1 Corinthians 10:26

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1 Corinthians 10:24–28 · Berean Standard Bible

24 No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.

25 Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,

26 for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”

27 If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat anything set before you without raising questions of conscience.

28 But if someone tells you, “This food was offered to idols,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience—

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1 Corinthians 10:28

But if someone tells you, “This food was offered to idols,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience—

Exodus 19:5

Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.

Deuteronomy 10:14

Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it.

Job 41:11

Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.

Psalms 24:1

The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.

Psalms 50:12

If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.

1 Timothy 6:17

Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.