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Against Selfishness (compiled and ordered by Bill Stevenson) Note: During the night of Friday December 16, 2005, the thought came to me that I should do a Bible study on the word “self”. The next morning I did a computer software search in the King James Version Bible for verses with “self” and “selfish”. I thought that I would get a lot of verses, but only 6 came up for “self” and none for “selfish”. Then I did a search for “Myself” and 114 came up. Read the Scripture passages and decide how each is not for selfishness as is so common in our lives. Selfishness is the common element of every sin and is the basis of humanism. And humanism is never God-pleasing because it goes against faith and being guided by the Holy Spirit. The verses which have either “self” or “myself” in them are indicated by the numbers in parentheses. If you want the version of this study with all of the verses in the indention format, just e-mail your request. It is a 24 page document and teaches some more wonderful truths of the Bible. In relation to God the Father: Genesis 22:15-18 (16) Numbers 8:17-19 (17) Exodus 19:1-6 (4) Exodus 32:7-16 (13) Numbers 12:5-9 (6) Romans 11:1-5 (4) Isaiah 33:10

Isaiah 42:13-14 (14) Isaiah 43:21-23 (21) Isaiah 44:24 Isaiah 45:22-25 (23) Jeremiah 21:4-6 (5) Jeremiah 22:5 Jeremiah 49:12-13 (13)

Ezekiel 14:6-8 (7) Ezekiel 20:2-9 (5 & 9) Ezekiel 35:11-13 (11) Ezekiel 38:18-23 (23) John 17:4-5 (5)

Jesus Christ became a perfect human example of unselfishness even in His relationship to God the Father. John 5:24-37 (30 & 31) John 12:44-50 (49) John 7:14-18 & 28-29 (17 & 28) John 14:1-3, 8-12, & 21 (3, 10, & 21) John 8:14-18, 28-32, 42, & 54-59 John 17:12-13 & 19-23 (19) (14, 18, 28, 42, & 54) Luke 24:36-39 (39) John 10:14-21 (18) 1 Peter 2:19-25 (24) Related to human beings in the Old Testament: Genesis 3:9-10 (10) Job 6:7-10 (10) Job 7:20-21 (20) Job 9:20 & 27-31 (20, 27, & 30) Job 10:1-3 (1) Job 13:20-22 (20) Job 19:1-7 & 25-27 (4 & 27) Job 31:16-17, 22-23, 29-30, 35-37 (17 & 29) Job 42:1-6 (6) Deuteronomy 1:5-13 (9 & 12) Deuteronomy 10:3-5 (5) Judges 16:18-20 (20) Ruth 4:5-6 (6)

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1 Samuel 13:11-12 (12) 1 Samuel 20:5 1 Samuel 25:32-33 (33) Psalms 57:4-8 (8) Psalms 108:1-4 (2) Psalms 55:12-14 (12) Psalms 101:1-3 (2) 2 Samuel 22:21-25 (24) [also in Psalm 18:20-24] Psalms 35:11-17 (14) Psalms 109:1-5 (4) 2 Samuel 18:1-2 (2) Psalms 131:1-3 (1 & 2) Psalms 119:14-16, 47, & 52-55 (16, 47, & 52)

2 Chronicles 7:11-12 (12) Ecclesiastes 2:1-3 & 12-19 (3, 12, 14, & 19) 1 Kings 18:7-9 & 15 (15) 1 Kings 22:30 & 35 (30) [also in 2 Chronicles 18:29 & 34] 2 Kings 5:18:17-18 (18) Esther 5:12-14 (12) Esther 6:5-6 (6)

Nehemiah 5:4-7 (7) Jeremiah 8:18-22 (18) Ezekiel 29:2-3 (3) Daniel 10: 1-3 (3) Micah 6:6-8 (6) Habakkuk 3:16 Zechariah 7:1-3

Related to human beings in the New Testament: Luke 7:6-10 (7) Acts 10:25-26 (26) Acts 20:18-24 (24) Acts 24:10-16 (10 & 16) Acts 25:21-22 (22) Acts 26:1-11 (2) 1 Corinthians 4:1-4 (3 & 4) Romans 7:22-25 (25) Romans 15 (14) Romans 16:1-2 (2) 1 Corinthians 4:1-7 (4 & 6) ***Concluding verses for unselfishness: Galatians 2:17-21 (18) Ephesians 2:4-10 2 Corinthians 9:7-15

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1 Corinthians 7:7 2 Corinthians 2:1-4 (1) 2 Corinthians 10:1-6 (1) 2 Corinthians 11:10-16 (16) 1 Corinthians 9:16-27 (19 & 27) Romans 9:1-5 (3) 2 Corinthians 11:6-9 (7 & 9) 2 Corinthians 12:1-15 (5 & 13) Philemon 1:17-19 (17 & 19) Philippians 2:24-25 (24) Philippians 3:13-14 (13)