Unselfishness
38 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
20 sections
Abraham
- Genesis 13:9 Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”
- Genesis 14:23–24 that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’ …
Araunah
- 2 Samuel 24:22–24 Araunah said to David, “May my lord the king take whatever seems good to him and offer it up. Here are the oxen for a burnt offering and the threshing sledges and ox yokes for the wood. …
Daniel
- Daniel 5:17 In response, Daniel said to the king, “You may keep your gifts for yourself and give your rewards to someone else. Nevertheless, I will read the inscription for the king and interpret it for him.
David
- 1 Samuel 24:17 and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.
- 2 Samuel 15:19–20 Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner and an exile from your homeland. …
- 2 Samuel 23:16–17 So the three mighty men broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD, …
- 1 Chronicles 21:17 And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s …
- Psalm 69:6 May those who hope in You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of Hosts; may those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel.
General Scriptures Concerning
- Romans 12:10 Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.
- Romans 15:1–3 We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves. …
- 1 Corinthians 9:19–23 Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. …
- 1 Corinthians 10:24 No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.
- 1 Corinthians 10:33 as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4–5 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. …
- 2 Corinthians 5:14–15 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died. …
- 2 Corinthians 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
- Philippians 2:3–4 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves. …
- James 2:8 If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
Gideon
- Judges 8:22–23 Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us — you and your son and grandson — for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.” …
Jews
- Esther 9:15 On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
Jonah
- Jonah 1:12–13 “Pick me up,” he answered, “and cast me into the sea, so it may quiet down for you. For I know that I am to blame for this violent storm that has come upon you.” …
Jonathan
- 1 Samuel 23:17–18 saying, “Do not be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. And you will be king over Israel, and I will be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows this is true.” …
Joseph
- Matthew 1:19 Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly.
Judah
- Genesis 44:33–34 Now please let your servant stay here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy. Let him return with his brothers. …
King of Sodom
- Genesis 14:21 The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, but take the goods for yourself.”
Moses
- Numbers 11:29 But Moses replied, “Are you jealous on my account? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD would place His Spirit on them!”
- Numbers 14:12–19 I will strike them with a plague and destroy them — and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are.” …
Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 5:14–18 Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor. …
Paul
- 1 Corinthians 10:33 as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.
- Philippians 1:18 What then is the issue? Just this: that in every way, whether by false motives or true, Christ is preached. And in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice,
- Philippians 4:17 Not that I am seeking a gift, but I am looking for the fruit that may be credited to your account.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:8 nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
Philemon
- Philemon 13–14 I would have liked to keep him with me, so that on your behalf he could minister to me in my chains for the gospel. …
Priscilla and Aquila
- Romans 16:3–4 Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, …
Saul
- 1 Samuel 11:12–13 Then the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!” …
The Children of Heth
- Genesis 23:6 “Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”
- Genesis 23:11 “No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”
The Disciples
- Acts 4:34–35 There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales, …
Related topics
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.