What Does the Bible Say About The World?
Here are 16 Bible verses about the world, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.
- #11 John 5:19
And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
BSBWe know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.
- #2Philippians 2:15
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
BSBso that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
- #3John 15:19
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
BSBIf you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
- #4Romans 12:2
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
BSBDo not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
- #51 John 2:15-17
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. 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. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
BSBDo not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.
- #61 John 4:4
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
BSBYou, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
- #71 John 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.
BSBDo not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
- #8John 17:9
I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
BSBI ask on their behalf. I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those You have given Me; for they are Yours.
- #9Colossians 2:20
Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
BSBIf you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:
- #10Matthew 24:42
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
BSBTherefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.
- #11Galatians 6:14
But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
BSBBut as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
- #12Matthew 10:16
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
BSBBehold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
- #13John 17:14-18
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
BSBI have given them Your word and the world has hated them; for they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth. As You sent Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world.
- #14James 1:27
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
BSBPure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
- #15John 1:10
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
BSBHe was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.
- #161 Peter 2:9
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
BSBBut you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Verse rankings: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY). Scripture: KJV & BSB (public domain).