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The 16 most-voted verses about the world, from 10 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.

1 John 5:19 (BSB)

[And] we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

1 John 5:19 (KJV)

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

1 John 5:19 (WEB)

so 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

Philippians 2:15 (BSB)

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;

Philippians 2:15 (KJV)

that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

Philippians 2:15 (WEB)

If 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.

John 15:19 (BSB)

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.

John 15:19 (KJV)

If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

John 15:19 (WEB)

Do 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.

Romans 12:2 (BSB)

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.

Romans 12:2 (KJV)

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Romans 12:2 (WEB)

You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

1 John 4:4 (BSB)

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.

1 John 4:4 (KJV)

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

1 John 4:4 (WEB)

Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

Matthew 10:16 (BSB)

¶ Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

Matthew 10:16 (KJV)

“Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.

Matthew 10:16 (WEB)

Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.

Matthew 24:42 (BSB)

¶ Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

Matthew 24:42 (KJV)

Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes.

Matthew 24:42 (WEB)

He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.

John 1:10 (BSB)

He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

John 1:10 (KJV)

He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn’t recognize him.

John 1:10 (WEB)

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:16 (BSB)

¶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

John 3:16 (KJV)

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

John 3:16 (WEB)

I 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.

John 17:9 (BSB)

I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.

John 17:9 (KJV)

I pray for them. I don’t pray for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.

John 17:9 (WEB)

For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.

2 Corinthians 1:12 (BSB)

For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

2 Corinthians 1:12 (KJV)

For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

2 Corinthians 1:12 (WEB)

But 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.

Galatians 6:14 (BSB)

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.

Galatians 6:14 (KJV)

But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Galatians 6:14 (WEB)

If 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:

Colossians 2:20 (BSB)

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,

Colossians 2:20 (KJV)

If you died with Christ from the elemental spirits of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,

Colossians 2:20 (WEB)

Pure 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.

James 1:27 (BSB)

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.

James 1:27 (KJV)

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

James 1:27 (WEB)

But 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.

1 Peter 2:9 (BSB)

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:

1 Peter 2:9 (KJV)

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

1 Peter 2:9 (WEB)

Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

1 John 2:15 (BSB)

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.

1 John 2:15 (KJV)

Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.

1 John 2:15 (WEB)

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