97 Bible Verses about Selfish Ambitions (KJV)

Here are 97 Bible verses about selfish ambitions, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Philippians 2:3-4 KJV

³Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. ⁴Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

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James 3:14-16 KJV

¹⁴But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. ¹⁵This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. ¹⁶For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

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Galatians 5:19-21 KJV

¹⁹Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, ²⁰Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, ²¹Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of …

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James 4:15 KJV

¹⁵For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.

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Philippians 2:3 KJV

³Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

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1 Peter 3:8-10 KJV

⁸Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: ⁹Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. ¹⁰For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:

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1 Timothy 6:10 KJV

¹⁰For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

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Galatians 5:14 KJV

¹⁴For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

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1 Peter 5:8 KJV

⁸Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

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Galatians 5:21 KJV

²¹Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

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1 Corinthians 10:24 KJV

²⁴Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.

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Revelation 21:8 KJV

⁸But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

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James 3:16 KJV

¹⁶For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

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Galatians 5:26 KJV

²⁶Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

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Romans 2:8 KJV

⁸But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

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1 Corinthians 13:4-5 KJV

⁴Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, ⁵Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

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Romans 2:4 KJV

⁴Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

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James 3:14 KJV

¹⁴But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

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Romans 12:10 KJV

¹⁰Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

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Ephesians 5:5 KJV

⁵For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

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Galatians 5:1-26 KJV

¹Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. ²Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. ³For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. ⁴Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever …

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Galatians 2:20 KJV

²⁰I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

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Mark 12:31 KJV

³¹And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

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Psalm 119:36 KJV

³⁶Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

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Galatians 5:22-26 KJV

²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, ²³Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. ²⁴And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. ²⁵If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. ²⁶Let us not be desirous of vain …

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1 Corinthians 3:2 KJV

²I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.

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Mark 7:21-23 KJV

²¹For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, ²²Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: ²³All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

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Matthew 7:12 KJV

¹²Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

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1 Peter 5:5 KJV

⁵Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

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Philippians 3:1-21 KJV

¹Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe. ²Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision. ³For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. ⁴Though I might also have confidence …

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Philippians 2:7 KJV

⁷But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

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Philippians 2:4 KJV

⁴Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

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Philippians 1:17 KJV

¹⁷But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.

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Philippians 1:1-30 KJV

¹Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: ²Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. ³I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, ⁴Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, …

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Ephesians 5:21 KJV

²¹Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

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Galatians 6:2 KJV

²Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

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2 Corinthians 12:20 KJV

²⁰For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

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1 Corinthians 4:2 KJV

²Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

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1 Corinthians 3:18 KJV

¹⁸Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

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Romans 15:2 KJV

²Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

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Romans 12:3 KJV

³For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

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Acts 20:24 KJV

²⁴But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

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Mark 8:34 KJV

³⁴And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

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Proverbs 18:2 KJV

²A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

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Proverbs 11:25 KJV

²⁵The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

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Leviticus 19:18 KJV

¹⁸Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.

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James 3:1 KJV

¹My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

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1 Thessalonians 4:11 KJV

¹¹And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

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Philippians 2:2 KJV

²Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.

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John 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ¹⁷For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

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1 John 5:11 KJV

¹¹And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

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1 John 3:12 KJV

¹²Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

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2 Peter 1:4 KJV

⁴Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

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1 Peter 5:5-6 KJV

⁵Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. ⁶Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

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1 Peter 3:21 KJV

²¹The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

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James 3:2 KJV

²For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

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2 Timothy 3:1-5 KJV

¹This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. ²For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, ³Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, ⁴Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures …

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2 Timothy 1:13 KJV

¹³Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

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1 Timothy 5:18 KJV

¹⁸For the scripture saith, thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.

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Colossians 3:1-25 KJV

¹If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. ²Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. ³For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. ⁴When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. …

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Ephesians 4:28 KJV

²⁸Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

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Galatians 5:16-21 KJV

¹⁶This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. ¹⁷For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. ¹⁸But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. ¹⁹Now the works of the flesh are manifest, …

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1 Corinthians 3:3 KJV

³For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

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Romans 10:9 KJV

⁹That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

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Romans 3:23 KJV

²³For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

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Luke 18:14 KJV

¹⁴I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

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Matthew 6:19 KJV

¹⁹Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

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James 2:1-26 KJV

¹My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. ²For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; ³And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here …

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Galatians 5:3 KJV

³For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.

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2 Corinthians 8:9 KJV

⁹For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

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1 Corinthians 13:5 KJV

⁵Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

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1 Corinthians 13:3 KJV

³And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

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1 Corinthians 10:3 KJV

³And did all eat the same spiritual meat;

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Romans 6:23 KJV

²³For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Romans 5:8 KJV

⁸But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

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Acts 20:33-35 KJV

³³I have coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel. ³⁴Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. ³⁵I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

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Acts 10:34-35 KJV

³⁴Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: ³⁵But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

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Mark 8:2 KJV

²I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:

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Matthew 20:28 KJV

²⁸Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

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Proverbs 28:13 KJV

¹³He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

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Proverbs 12:20 KJV

²⁰Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.

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Psalm 14:1 KJV

¹The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

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Esther 1:1-3 KJV

¹Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) ²That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, ³In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the …

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1 Samuel 15:23 KJV

²³For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

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2 Peter 3:15-16 KJV

¹⁵And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; ¹⁶As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

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James 3:4 KJV

⁴Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.

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2 Timothy 3:16 KJV

¹⁶All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

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2 Timothy 3:12 KJV

¹²Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

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Galatians 5:1 KJV

¹Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

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Galatians 1:8-12 KJV

⁸But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. ⁹As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. ¹⁰For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. …

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1 Corinthians 6:12 KJV

¹²All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.

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Romans 12:4 KJV

⁴For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:

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Acts 14:22 KJV

²²Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

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John 1:18 KJV

¹⁸No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

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Isaiah 59:1-2 KJV

¹Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: ²But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

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Isaiah 40:28 KJV

²⁸Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

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Isaiah 11:1-16 KJV

¹And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: ²And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; ³And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his …

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