23 Bible Verses about Acting For Oneself

They said therefore unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

Brethren, even if a man be overtaken in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self?

And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself, and for his house.

And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and shall make atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin-offering which is for himself:

And there shall be no man in the tent of meeting when he goeth in to make atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the assembly of Israel.

and he shall bathe his flesh in water in a holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt-offering and the burnt-offering of the people, and make atonement for himself and for the people.

If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.

Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; And thy righteousness may profit a son of man.

For he hath said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I have understanding: and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and like a valiant man I have brought down them that sit on thrones :

But as for me, I am full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

Ye yourselves know that these hands ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

Whether then it be I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.

and from among your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

And be it indeed that I have erred, Mine error remaineth with myself.

And all went to enrol themselves, every one to his own city.

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reacheth unto thy heart.

Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, when he led thee by the way?

his own hands shall bring the offerings of Jehovah made by fire; the fat with the breast shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave-offering before Jehovah.

But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.