Unselfishness

How Nave’s arranged it

• General scriptures concerningRomans 12:10Romans 15:1–31 Corinthians 9:19–231 Corinthians 10:241 Corinthians 10:331 Corinthians 13:41 Corinthians 13:52 Corinthians 5:142 Corinthians 5:152 Corinthians 8:9Philippians 2:3Philippians 2:4James 2:8
• INSTANCES OF
• AbrahamGenesis 13:9Genesis 14:23Genesis 14:24
• King of SodomGenesis 14:21
• The children of HethGenesis 23:6Genesis 23:11
• JudahGenesis 44:33Genesis 44:34
• MosesNumbers 11:29Numbers 14:12–19
• GideonJudges 8:22Judges 8:23
• Saul1 Samuel 11:121 Samuel 11:13
• Jonathan1 Samuel 23:171 Samuel 23:18
• David1 Samuel 24:172 Samuel 15:192 Samuel 15:202 Samuel 23:162 Samuel 23:171 Chronicles 21:17Psalms 69:6
• Araunah2 Samuel 24:22–24

The passages, in Bible order (52)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. 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.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 13:92 voices

   “Is not the whole land before thee?....

   “Is not the whole land before thee - As the patriarch or head of the family, Abram, by prescriptive right, might have chosen his own portion first, and appointed Lot his; but intent upon peace, and feeling pure and parental affection for his nephew, he permitted him to make his choice first.

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2. Genesis 14:21

   The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, but take the goods for yourself.”

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   “But the king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the persons, and take the goods for yourself." But he replied to him, "I raise my hand to the Lord, God most high, possessor of heaven and earth, that I will not take a thread …

   “And the king of Sodom said unto Abram,....

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3. Genesis 14:23

   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.’

   ›Commentary on Genesis 14:232 voices

   “But the king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the persons, and take the goods for yourself." But he replied to him, "I raise my hand to the Lord, God most high, possessor of heaven and earth, that I will not take a thread …

   “It is characteristic of the perfect mind not to take for itself any earthly thing, anything prone to bodily seduction. This is why Abraham says, "I will take nothing of what is yours." He avoids intemperance like the plague. He flees from sensual bodily temptations as from filth. He rejects worldly pleasures to seek those that are above the world. This is what it means to raise one's hands to the Lord. The hand that does good is the virtue of the soul.

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4. Genesis 14:24

   I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion.”

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   “How remarkable it is, then, that Abraham did not wish to touch any of the spoil gained by his victory or to take even what was offered him? The fact is that to receive recompense diminishes the joy of a victory and blunts the gratuitous character of a favor. For it makes a great difference whether one has fought for money or for fame. In one case, a person will be regarded as a mercenary. In the other case he will be deemed worthy of fame as a deliverer.

   “Save only that which the young men have eaten,....

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5. 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.”

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   “Hear us, my lord,....

   “Thou art a mighty prince - נשיא אלהים nesi Elohim, a prince of God - a person whom we know to be Divinely favored, and whom, in consequence, we deeply respect and reverence.

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6. 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.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 23:111 voice

   “Nay, my lord, hear me,....

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7. Genesis 44:33

   Now please let your servant stay here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy. Let him return with his brothers.

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   “Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord,....

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8. Genesis 44:34

   For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”

   ›Commentary on Genesis 44:341 voice

   “For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me?....

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9. 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!”

   ›Commentary on Numbers 11:292 voices

   “Moses said unto him, enviest thou for my sake?....

   “Enviest thou for my sake? - Moses, the minister of God, Rebukes our partial love, Who envy at the gifts bestow’d On those we disapprove. We do not our own spirit know, Who wish to see suppress’d The men that Jesu’s spirit show, The men whom God hath bless’d. Would God that all the Lord’s people were prophets - Shall we the Spirit’s course restrain, Or quench the heavenly fire? Let God his messengers ordain, And whom he will inspire.

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10. 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.”

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    “Now the Lord said to Moses, "I will strike them with death and wipe them out. Then I will make the house of your father a nation, greater and mightier than they." This threat is not a sign of wrath but a prophecy. Another nation …

    “I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them,....

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11. Judges 8:22

    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.”

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    “Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon,....

    “Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son - That is, Become our king, and let the crown be hereditary in thy family. What a weak, foolish, and inconstant people were these! As yet their government was a theocracy; and now, dazzled with the success of a man who was only an instrument in the hands of God to deliver them from their enemies, they wish to throw off the Divine yoke, and shackle themselves with an unlimited hereditary monarchy!

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12. Judges 8:23

    But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.”

    ›Commentary on Judges 8:232 voices

    “And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you,....

    “The Lord shall rule over you - Few with such power at their command would have acted as Gideon. His speech calls them back to their first principles, and should have excited in them both shame and contrition. How different is this speech from that of Oliver Cromwell when the commons offered him the crown of England!

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13. 1 Samuel 11:12

    Then the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!”

    ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 11:121 voice

    “15. For the Lord had said above to Samuel: They have not rejected you, but me, that I should not reign over them (1 Kings VIII, 7). But of Saul it was said a little before: Because they despised him, and did not bring him gifts (Ibid., X, 27). But he who was rejected, and he who was despised, after the enemies had been slain and victory obtained, heard the people crying out: Give us the men, and we will kill them.

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14. 1 Samuel 11:13

    But Saul ordered, “No one shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel.”

    ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 11:132 voices

    “15. For the Lord had said above to Samuel: They have not rejected you, but me, that I should not reign over them (1 Kings VIII, 7). But of Saul it was said a little before: Because they despised him, and did not bring him gifts (Ibid., X, 27). But he who was rejected, and he who was despised, after the enemies had been slain and victory obtained, heard the people crying out: Give us the men, and we will kill them.

    “And Saul said,....

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15. 1 Samuel 23:17

    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.”

    ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 23:171 voice

    “And he said to him: Fear not, etc. Although Jonathan, unaware of the fate and future destiny, as a man, made a false statement about himself under David's reign, yet according to the mystical meanings, he reveals the joys of Christ and the Church. Truly, …

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16. 1 Samuel 23:18

    So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD. And David remained in Horesh, while Jonathan went home.

    ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 23:182 voices

    “Therefore, each struck a covenant before the Lord, etc. The Lord and the faithful strike a covenant with each other, that they should follow Him, and He should give them eternal life; and this before His divine presence, in whose faith He commands us to …

    “And they two made a covenant before the Lord,.... Renewed the covenant they had before made in the name and fear of God, and before him as a witness of it.

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