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Unselfishness

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Genesis 13:9[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 14:21And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.Genesis 14:23That 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 14:24Save 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 23:6Hear 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 23:11Nay, 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 44:33Now 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 44:34For 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 11:29And 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 14:12I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.Numbers 14:13And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear [it], (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)Numbers 14:14And they will tell [it] to the inhabitants of this land: [for] they have heard that thou LORD [art] among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and [that] thy cloud standeth over them, and [that] thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.Numbers 14:15Now [if] thou shalt kill [all] this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,Numbers 14:16Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.Numbers 14:17And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,Numbers 14:18The LORD [is] longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation].Numbers 14:19Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.Judges 8:22Then 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 8:23And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.1 Samuel 11:12And the people said unto Samuel, Who [is] he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.1 Samuel 11:13And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.1 Samuel 23:17And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.1 Samuel 23:18And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.1 Samuel 24:17And he said to David, Thou [art] more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.2 Samuel 15:19Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou [art] a stranger, and also an exile.2 Samuel 15:20Whereas thou camest [but] yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth [be] with thee.2 Samuel 23:16And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that [was] by the gate, and took [it], and brought [it] to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.2 Samuel 23:17And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: [is not this] the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.2 Samuel 24:22And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what [seemeth] good unto him: behold, [here be] oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and [other] instruments of the oxen for wood.2 Samuel 24:23All these [things] did Araunah, [as] a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.2 Samuel 24:24And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy [it] of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.1 Chronicles 21:17And David said unto God, [Is it] not I [that] commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but [as for] these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father’s house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.Nehemiah 5:14Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [that is], twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.Nehemiah 5:15But the former governors that [had been] before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.Nehemiah 5:16Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants [were] gathered thither unto the work.Nehemiah 5:17Moreover [there were] at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that [are] about us.Nehemiah 5:18Now [that] which was prepared [for me] daily [was] one ox [and] six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.Esther 9:15For the Jews that [were] in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.Psalm 69:6Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.Daniel 5:17Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.Jonah 1:12And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest [is] upon you.Jonah 1:13Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring [it] to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.Matthew 1:19Then Joseph her husband, being a just [man], and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.Acts 4:34Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,Acts 4:35And laid [them] down at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.Romans 12:10[Be] kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;Romans 15:1We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.Romans 15:2Let every one of us please [his] neighbour for [his] good to edification.Romans 15:3For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.Romans 16:3Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:Romans 16:4Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.1 Corinthians 9:19For though I be free from all [men], yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.1 Corinthians 9:20And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;1 Corinthians 9:21To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all [men], that I might by all means save some.1 Corinthians 9:23And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with [you].1 Corinthians 10:24Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s [wealth].1 Corinthians 10:33Even as I please all [men] in all [things], not seeking mine own profit, but the [profit] of many, that they may be saved.1 Corinthians 13:4Charity suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,1 Corinthians 13:5Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;