48 Bible Verses about Self Denial

Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Beloved, I exhort you, as strangers and sojourners, Abstain from carnal lusts, which war against the soul;

choosing rather to suffer afflictions with the people of God, than to have a temporary fruition of sin;

for he shall be great in the sight of the Lord; and he shall never drink wine, nor any intoxicating liquor; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.

For John the Baptist came neither eating bread, nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.

Then calling to him the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

And he said unto them, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

But Paul replied, Why do ye thus??eeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not only to be bound, but to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

But what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ.

If then thine eye, the right, leads thee to offend, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is highly for thy advantage, that one of thy members be destroyed, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

And Jesus passing from thence, saw a man sitting at the custom house, called Matthew: and saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

And he went forth again to the sea side; and all the people came unto him; and he taught them. And passing by, he saw Levi the son of Alpheus sitting at the custom-house, and he saith to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him

And after these things he went out, and saw a farmer of the taxes, named Levi, sitting at the custom-house: and he said unto him, Follow me. And leaving all behind, he rose, and followed him.

And if thy hand cause thee to offend, cut it off: it were better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having both hands to go into hell, into the fire that never will be quenched:

Jesus said to him, If thou art desirous to be perfect, go, sell all thy substance, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.

Then Peter addressing him, said unto him, Lo! we have left all and followed thee; what, I pray thee, shall we receive?

And Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.

Then said Peter, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.

And every one who hath left family, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name sake, shall receive an hundred fold, and shall inherit life eternal.

Then Jesus in reply said, Verily I say unto you, there is no man who hath left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake and the Gospel's, who shall not receive an hundred-fold more now, at this very time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecution, and in the world to come life everlasting.

And when they had brought their vessels on shore, they left all, and followed him.

So then, every one of you who will not part with all his possessions, cannot be my disciple.

But take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts should be overloaded with surfeiting and drunkenness, and the anxious cares of life, and that day should come upon you unawares.

Yet I make no account of any [suffering], nor regard my life as of any value to myself, farther than as I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord, to testify fully the Gospel of the grace of God.

God forbid. We who are dead to sin, how shall we still live therein?

For if ye live after the flesh, ye are ready to die: but if by the Spirit ye mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

I BESEECH you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to gratify its passions.

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient; all things are lawful for me, but I will not put myself under the power of any.

And every one who contendeth [in the games] is temperate in all things: they indeed therefore do it that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run not as uncertainly; so do I exercise with my fists, not as striking the air: but I beat down my body, and bring it into subjection, that I may not by any means, after having preached to others, myself become reprobate.

And not [merely] as we hoped, but gave themselves first to the Lord, and to us according to the will of God.

I am crucified with Christ, yet I live; though no more I, but Christ liveth in me: and my present life in the flesh, is a life by faith in the Son of God, who hath loved me, and delivered up himself for me.

But I say, Walk in the Spirit, and ye will not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

If therefore a man preserve himself pure from these things, he shall be a vessel for honour, sanctified and highly useful to the master, ready for every good work.

instructing us, that denying ungodliness and worldly affections, we should live soberly and righteously, and godly in the present day; expecting the blessed hope, and glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;

Be in subjection then to God. Resist the devil, and he will fly from you.

that he might not spend the remaining space of life in the flesh after human passions, but the divine will.

Let not each aim at their own particular interests, but every man at those of others.

It is laudable not to eat flesh, or to drink wine, nor to do any thing whereby thy brother is stumbled, or scandalized, or weakened.

WE then that are strong, ought to bear the infirmities of those who are feeble, and not to gratify ourselves.

Wherefore if meat give occasion of offence to my brother, I will in no wise eat meat for ever, that I give no cause of offence to my brother.

Mortify therefore your members which are on the earth, fornication, impurity, the vile passion, evil concupiscence, and insatiable desire, which is idolatry:

No man who enters the army involves himself with secular affairs; that he may please the person who hath enlisted him.

Let no man seek his own gratification, but every one another's good.

He must grow great, but I diminutive.