gain the whole world
Proverbs Chapter 11:4
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs Chapter 11:28
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
Proverbs Chapter 23:4
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Proverbs Chapter 23:5
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Ecclesiastes Chapter 5:10
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Matthew Chapter 6:19
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Matthew Chapter 6:20
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
Matthew Chapter 6:21
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Matthew Chapter 6:24
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Matthew Chapter 16:26
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Matthew Chapter 16:27
For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
Matthew Chapter 19:21
Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
Matthew Chapter 19:22
But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
Matthew Chapter 19:23
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew Chapter 19:24
And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Mark Chapter 8:36
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Luke Chapter 9:25
For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
Luke Chapter 12:15
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Luke Chapter 12:16
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
Luke Chapter 12:17
And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
Luke Chapter 12:18
And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
Luke Chapter 12:19
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Luke Chapter 12:20
But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
Luke Chapter 12:21
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Luke Chapter 16:13
No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
1 Timothy Chapter 6:9
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
1 Timothy Chapter 6:10
For 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.
Hebrews Chapter 13:5
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
James Chapter 4:4
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
1 John Chapter 2:15
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1 John Chapter 2:16
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
1 John Chapter 2:17
And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.