Some Helpful Bible Principles - Jehovah's Witnesses Official Web Site

Some Helpful Bible Principles - Jehovah's Witnesses Official Web Site: "Within the family: 'Let each one keep seeking, not his own advantage, but that of the other person.'—1 Corinthians 10:24. 'Love . . . does not look for its own interests.'—1 Corinthians 13:4, 5. 'Let each one of you individually so love his wife as he does himself.'—Ephesians 5:33. 'You wives, be in subjection to your husbands.'—Colossians 3:18. 'Listen to your father who caused your birth, and do not despise your mother just because she has grown old.'—Proverbs 23:22. At school, at work, or in business: 'A cheating pair of scales is something detestable . . . The wicked one is making false wages.'—Proverbs 11:1, 18. 'Let the stealer steal no more, but rather let him do hard work.'—Ephesians 4:28. 'If anyone does not want to work, neither let him eat.'—2 Thessalonians 3:10. 'Whatever you are doing, work at it whole-souled as to Jehovah.'—Colossians 3:23. 'We wish to conduct ourselves honestly in all things.'—Hebrews 13:18. Attitude toward wealth: 'He that is hastening to gain riches will not remain innocent.'—Proverbs 28:20. 'A mere lover of silver will not be satisfied with silver.'—Ecclesiastes 5:10. Assessing one's own worth: 'For people to search out their own glory, is it glory?'—Proverbs 25:27. 'May a stranger, and not your own mouth, praise you.'—Proverbs 27:2. 'I tell everyone there among you not to think more of himself than it is necessary to think.'—Romans 12:3. 'If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he is deceiving his own mind.'—Galatians 6:3."