23 Bible Verses about Acting For Oneself

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

Brethren, if even a man be taken in some fault, ye who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness, considering thyself lest thou also be tempted.

For what shall a man profit if he shall have gained the whole world, and have destroyed, or come under the penalty of the loss of himself?

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 slaughter 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 sanctuary until he come out; and he shall make atonement for himself, and for his house, and for the whole congregation of Israel.

and he shall bathe his flesh with water in a holy place, and put on his garments, and go 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 shalt be wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

Thy wickedness may affect a man as thou art, and thy righteousness a son of man.

For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I am intelligent; 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 truly I am filled with power by the Spirit of Jehovah, and with judgment and with might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

Yourselves know that these hands have ministered to my wants, and to those who were with me.

Whether, therefore, I or they, thus we preach, and thus ye have believed.

and from among your own selves shall rise up men speaking perverted things to draw away the disciples after them.

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

And all went to be inscribed in the census roll, each to his own city:

But why lookest thou on the mote that is in the eye of thy brother, but observest not the beam that is in thine eye?

Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine eye, and then thou wilt see clearly to cast out the mote out of the eye of thy brother.

His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the fury of the Almighty.

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

Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken Jehovah thy God, at the time he was leading thee in the way?

His own hands shall bring Jehovah's offerings by fire, the fat with the breast shall he bring: the breast, that it may be waved as a wave-offering before Jehovah.

But I counsel that all Israel be speedily gathered to 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.