"Let no man seek his own, but every man another's {wealth}." — 1 Corinthians 10:24

1 Corinthians 10:24 · KJV

“Let no man seek his own, but every man another's {wealth}.”

— 1 Corinthians 10:24

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. {expedient: or, profitable}

Verse 25

Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, {that} eat, asking no question for conscience sake:

1 Corinthians 10 — Context

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. {expedient: or, profitable}

Let no man seek his own, but every man another's {wealth}.

Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, {that} eat, asking no question for conscience sake:

For the earth {is} the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.

Cross References

Romans 15:1-2

We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

Philippians 2:4-5

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

1 Corinthians 10:33

Even as I please all {men} in all {things}, not seeking mine own profit, but the {profit} of many, that they may be saved.

Philippians 2:21

For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.

1 Corinthians 9:19-23

For though I be free from all {men}, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.

1 Corinthians 13:5

Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

2 Corinthians 12:14

Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.