49 Bible Verses about Changing Yourself

"For I, Yahweh, have not changed, and you, O children of Jacob, have not perished.

Each one in the calling in which he was called--in this he should remain.

Fear Yahweh, my son, and the king; with those who change, do not associate.

and said, "Truly I say to you, unless you turn around and become like young children, you will never enter into the kingdom of heaven!

And who among you, [by] being anxious, is able to add one hour to his life span?

Can a Cushite change his skin, or a leopard his spots? [Then] you also will be able to do good, [who] are accustomed to doing evil.

But if we were evaluating ourselves, we would not be judged.

For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Christ Jesus [as] Lord, and ourselves [as] your slaves for the sake of Jesus.

and put on the new man (in accordance with God), who is created in righteousness and holiness from the truth.

be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

Restore us to you, O Yahweh, that we will be restored; renew our days as of old.

And do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, so that you may approve what [is] the good and well-pleasing and perfect will of God.

[By contrast,] I in righteousness shall see your face. Upon awakening I will be satisfied [seeing] your form.

To [the] loyal you show yourself loyal. To [the] blameless you show yourself blameless.

keep yourselves in the love of God, looking forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

holding fast to the word of life, for a source of pride to me in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

Then Jacob said to his household and to all who [were] with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods that [are] in your midst and purify yourselves and change your garments.

"For this [reason] I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, what you will eat, and not for your body, what you will wear. Is your life not more than food and your body [more than] clothing?

As the waters [reflect] {face to face}, so the heart of a person [reflects] the person.

Do not answer a fool according to his folly lest you become like him--even you.

"Concerning all [the things] of which I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate [that] before you I am about to defend myself today,

Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloominess.

And you may think in your heart, 'My strength and the might of my hand {acquired this wealth for} me.'

lest you learn his way and become entangled in a snare to yourself.

and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near!"

"I let myself be sought by [those who] did not ask; I let myself be found by [those who] did not seek me. I said, 'Here I am; here I am!' to a nation [that] did not call on my name;

Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean. Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

{who say}, "{Keep to yourself}! You must not come near me, for I am [too] holy for you!" These [are] a smoke in my {nostrils}, a fire burning all day.

And Yahweh said to Moses, "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes,

How you go about so much changing your way! Also by Egypt you will be put to shame, just as you were put to shame by Assyria.

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you, wear your garments." So the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went to war.

Then I saw all the work of God--man [is] not able to discover the work that is done under the sun. Although man may toil in seeking, he cannot find it. Even if a wise man claims [that he] knows it, he cannot find it.

and saying, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!"

Jeroboam said to his wife, "Please get up and disguise yourself so that they will not know that you [are] the wife of Jeroboam, and go [to] Shiloh. Look, Ahijah the prophet is there, and he spoke concerning me [before I became] king over this people.

Hold fast to the pattern of sound words which you heard from me, in the faith and love [that are] in Christ Jesus.

then [in that case] {you may exchange for money}, and you shall take the money to your hand and go to the place that Yahweh your God will choose.

But let a person examine himself, and in this way let him eat from the bread and let him drink from the cup.

Jesus answered and said to them, "Even if I testify concerning myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I have come from and where I am going. But you do not know where I have come from or where I am going.

And he said to them, "Take along nothing for the journey--neither a staff, nor a traveler's bag, nor bread, nor money, nor to have two tunics apiece.

And this [is] the commandment we have from him: that the one who loves God should love his brother also.

in order to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer for human desires, but for the will of God.

Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all the {needy}.

because you have a responsive heart, and you humbled yourself before Yahweh when you heard how I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants to become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before my face, I have also heard, declares Yahweh.

But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, "Do no harm to yourself, for we are all here!"

And we all, with unveiled face, reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory into glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

Therefore, if someone cleanses himself from these [things], he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.

{When I say} to the wicked, 'Surely you will die,' and you do not warn him and you do not speak to warn [the] wicked from his wicked way {so that he may live}, that wicked [person] will die because of his guilt, and from your hand I will seek his blood.

And if you say in your heart, 'Why have these [things] happened to me?' Because of the greatness of your iniquity your skirts are uncovered; your heels have endured violence.

You carefully observe days and months and seasons and years.