Bible Verses about 'Self'

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• A person without self-control
  is like a city with broken-down walls.
  Proverbs 25:28self-controldesires
• For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.
  2 Timothy 1:7loveself-controlstrength
• In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone.
  2 Peter 1:5-7faithgoodnessself-control
• But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!
  Galatians 5:22-23lawSpiritblessing
• Better to be patient than powerful;
  better to have self-control than to conquer a city.
  Proverbs 16:32peacepatienceself-control
• Don’t lie to each other, for you have stripped off your old sinful nature and all its wicked deeds. Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him.
  Colossians 3:9-10lyinglifeconversion
• Do not deprive each other of sexual relations, unless you both agree to refrain from sexual intimacy for a limited time so you can give yourselves more completely to prayer. Afterward, you should come together again so that Satan won’t be able to tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
  1 Corinthians 7:5marriagedevilself-control
• That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day.
  2 Corinthians 4:16beautyencouragementreceiving
• All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize.
  1 Corinthians 9:25self-controlrewardeternal life
• So prepare your minds for action and exercise self-control. Put all your hope in the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world.
  1 Peter 1:13graceJesusSpirit
• The end of the world is coming soon. Therefore, be earnest and disciplined in your prayers.
  1 Peter 4:7second comingrestprayer
• My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
  Galatians 2:20faithSaviorlife
• Since we have been united with him in his death, we will also be raised to life as he was. We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin.
  Romans 6:5-6sinresurrectionaddiction
• For the grace of God has been revealed, bringing salvation to all people. And we are instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures. We should live in this evil world with wisdom, righteousness, and devotion to God.
  Titus 2:11-12gracerighteousnesssalvation
• Don’t be concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes. You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God.
  1 Peter 3:3-4humilitybeautyheart
• For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and evil of every kind.
  James 3:16sinselfishnessevil
• Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.
  1 Peter 5:8desirespersecutionovercoming
• He personally carried our sins
  in his body on the cross
  so that we can be dead to sin
  and live for what is right.
  By his wounds
  you are healed.
  1 Peter 2:24sinrighteousnesshealing
• For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love.
  Galatians 5:13freedomhumilitydesires
• Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged.
  1 Corinthians 13:4-5lovepatienceanger
• And I want women to be modest in their appearance. They should wear decent and appropriate clothing and not draw attention to themselves by the way they fix their hair or by wearing gold or pearls or expensive clothes. For women who claim to be devoted to God should make themselves attractive by the good things they do.
  1 Timothy 2:9-10beautyworshipmaterialism