It's this kind of selfishness that leads down the 'road/path to perdition'. [=that is very dangerous or harmful]
sinners condemned to eternal 'perdition'
(..) For if you do, all the armies of my boot will kick you in the teeth and you will be cast up and thrown in the dirt and thrust back to perdition! And as long as I have teeth, I will bite you, and if I have no teeth, I will gum you! And as long as I have fists, I will bash you! (..)2007 There Will Be Blood