Top 25 Bible Verses About Worldly Things (NIV)

¹⁵ Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶ For everything in the world--the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does--comes not from the Father but from the world. ¹⁷ The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.

² Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

⁴ You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.

² Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will.

¹¹ Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

¹¹ For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. ¹² It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age,

¹⁴ The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still."

²⁶ What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

¹⁰ So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

³¹ but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

⁴ Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.

¹² It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age,

¹⁹ Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; ²⁰ you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.

¹¹ So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?

¹⁶ "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

⁹ The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

¹⁵ Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

⁷ The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray.

¹⁸ So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

¹³ I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

³⁰ "He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.

¹⁶ Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?

¹⁰ "I the LORD search the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve."

¹⁷ The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.

²⁰ In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has.