41 Bible Verses about Being Yourself

showing yourself to be an example of good works in every way. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,

But if we examined ourselves, we would not be judged.

Each of you should be concerned not only about your own interests, but about the interests of others as well.

Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed, teaching the message of truth accurately.

But Daniel replied to the king, "Keep your gifts, and give your rewards to someone else! However, I will read the writing for the king and make known its interpretation.

For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.

You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse.

"'Be ready and stay ready, you and all your companies assembled around you, and be a guard for them.

For no one who seeks to make a reputation for himself does anything in secret. If you are doing these things, show yourself to the world."

Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a snare, and like a bird from the trap of the fowler.

"I am about to die. Be strong and become a man!

To the Jews I became like a Jew to gain the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) to gain those under the law.

So do not be excessively righteous or excessively wise; otherwise you might be disappointed.

Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that -- whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent -- I should hear that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel,

Do not honor yourself before the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;

"Reconcile yourself with God, and be at peace with him; in this way your prosperity will be good.

You prove to be loyal to one who is faithful; you prove to be trustworthy to one who is innocent.

Be conscientious about how you live and what you teach. Persevere in this, because by doing so you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.

then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor's power: go, humble yourself, and appeal firmly to your neighbor.

But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.

who though he existed in the form of God did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped,

The second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'

You shrouded yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can get through.

Therefore you are without excuse, whoever you are, when you judge someone else. For on whatever grounds you judge another, you condemn yourself, because you who judge practice the same things.

So for me, it is a minor matter that I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.

For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, namely, "You must love your neighbor as yourself."

and to put on the new man who has been created in God's image -- in righteousness and holiness that comes from truth.

Remember those in prison as though you were in prison with them, and those ill-treated as though you too felt their torment.

Wash! Cleanse yourselves! Remove your sinful deeds from my sight. Stop sinning!

May you give support to the one you have chosen, to the one whom you raised up for yourself!

"If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.

Bring us back to yourself, O Lord, so that we may return to you; renew our life as in days before,

"I made myself available to those who did not ask for me; I appeared to those who did not look for me. I said, 'Here I am! Here I am!' to a nation that did not invoke my name.

Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that everyone will see your progress.

Are you looking for great things for yourself? Do not look for such things. For I, the Lord, affirm that I am about to bring disaster on all humanity. But I will allow you to escape with your life wherever you go."'"

therefore you who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people.

Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,

complete my joy and be of the same mind, by having the same love, being united in spirit, and having one purpose.

"Now I will rise up," says the Lord. "Now I will exalt myself; now I will magnify myself.