Topic
Unselfishness
51 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1896 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 13:9Nave INSTANCES OF — Abraham
Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
- Genesis 14:21Nave INSTANCES OF — King of Sodom
And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
- Genesis 14:23Nave INSTANCES OF — Abraham
That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
- Genesis 14:24Nave INSTANCES OF — Abraham
Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
- Genesis 23:6Nave INSTANCES OF — The children of Heth
Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
- Genesis 23:11Nave INSTANCES OF — The children of Heth
Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
- Genesis 44:33Nave INSTANCES OF — Judah
Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
- Genesis 44:34Nave INSTANCES OF — Judah
For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.
- Numbers 11:29Nave INSTANCES OF — Moses
And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD’s people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!
- Numbers 14:12–19Nave INSTANCES OF — Moses
I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they. ¶ And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)…
- Judges 8:22Nave INSTANCES OF — Gideon
¶ Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.
- Judges 8:23Nave INSTANCES OF — Gideon
And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.
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- 1 Samuel 11:12 Nave INSTANCES OF — Saul
- 1 Samuel 11:13 Nave INSTANCES OF — Saul
- 1 Samuel 23:17 Nave INSTANCES OF — Jonathan
- 1 Samuel 23:18 Nave INSTANCES OF — Jonathan
- 1 Samuel 24:17 Nave INSTANCES OF — David
- 2 Samuel 15:19 Nave INSTANCES OF — David
- 2 Samuel 15:20 Nave INSTANCES OF — David
- 2 Samuel 23:16 Nave INSTANCES OF — David
- 2 Samuel 23:17 Nave INSTANCES OF — David
- 2 Samuel 24:22–24 Nave INSTANCES OF — Araunah
- 1 Chronicles 21:17 Nave INSTANCES OF — David
- Nehemiah 5:14–18 Nave INSTANCES OF — Nehemiah
- Esther 9:15 Nave INSTANCES OF — Jews
- Psalms 69:6 Nave INSTANCES OF — David
- Daniel 5:17 Nave INSTANCES OF — Daniel
- Jonah 1:12 Nave INSTANCES OF — Jonah
- Jonah 1:13 Nave INSTANCES OF — Jonah
- Matthew 1:19 Nave INSTANCES OF — Joseph
- Acts 4:34 Nave INSTANCES OF — The disciples
- Acts 4:35 Nave INSTANCES OF — The disciples
- Romans 12:10 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Romans 15:1–3 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Romans 16:3 Nave INSTANCES OF — Priscilla and Aquila
- Romans 16:4 Nave INSTANCES OF — Priscilla and Aquila
- 1 Corinthians 9:19–23 Nave General scriptures concerning
- 1 Corinthians 10:24 Nave General scriptures concerning
- 1 Corinthians 10:33 Nave General scriptures concerning
- 1 Corinthians 13:4 Nave General scriptures concerning
- 1 Corinthians 13:5 Nave General scriptures concerning
- 2 Corinthians 5:14 Nave General scriptures concerning
- 2 Corinthians 5:15 Nave General scriptures concerning
- 2 Corinthians 8:9 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Philippians 1:18 Nave INSTANCES OF — Paul
- Philippians 2:3 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Philippians 2:4 Nave General scriptures concerning
- Philippians 4:17 Nave INSTANCES OF — Paul
- 2 Thessalonians 3:8 Nave INSTANCES OF — Paul
- Philemon 1:1 Nave INSTANCES OF — Philemon
- James 2:8 Nave General scriptures concerning
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 52 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → General scriptures concerning Ro 12:10; 15:1-3; 1Co 9:19-23; 10:24,33; 13:4,5; 2Co 5:14,15; 8:9; Php 2:3,4; Jas 2:8
- → INSTANCES OF
- Abraham Ge 13:9; 14:23,24
- King of Sodom Ge 14:21
- The children of Heth Ge 23:6,11
- Judah Ge 44:33,34
- Moses Nu 11:29; 14:12-19
- Gideon Jud 8:22,23
- Saul 1Sa 11:12,13
- Jonathan 1Sa 23:17,18
- David 1Sa 24:17; 2Sa 15:19,20; 23:16,17; 1Ch 21:17; Ps 69:6
- Araunah 2Sa 24:22-24
- Nehemiah Ne 5:14-18
- Jews Es 9:15
- Daniel Da 5:17
- Jonah Jon 1:12,13
- Joseph Mt 1:19
- The disciples Ac 4:34,35
- Priscilla and Aquila Ro 16:3,4
- Paul 1Co 10:33; Php 1:18; 4:17; 2Th 3:8
- Philemon Phm 1:13,14
- See CHARITABLENESS
- See FELLOWSHIP
- See FRATERNITY
- See SELFISHNESS
Texts: Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.