48 Bible Verses about Self Denial

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

Beloved, I exhort you, as sojourners and strangers, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; and will drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit from his very birth.

For John the Baptist hath come not eating bread, nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a demon.

And calling the multitude to him with his disciples also, he said to them, Whoever chooseth to follow me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

And he said to all, If any one chooseth to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

Then answered Paul, What mean ye that ye weep, and break my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

But whatever things were gain to me, those for the sake of Christ I have counted but loss.

And if thy right eye cause thee to offend, pluck it out, and cast it from thee; for it is better for thee that one of thy members should perish, than that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven;

And as Jesus passed on from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the customhouse; and he saith to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

And he went forth again to the lake; and all the multitude came to him, and he taught them. And passing along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the customhouse; and he saith to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

And after these things he went out, and saw a publican named Levi, sitting at the customhouse; and he said to him, Follow me. And leaving everything, he arose and followed him.

And if thy hand cause thee to fall away, cut it off. It is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having the two hands to go away into hell, into the fire that is unquenchable.

Jesus said to him, If thou wilt be perfect, go, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.

Then Peter answering said to him, Lo! we left all, and followed thee; what then shall we have?

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

Then Peter said, Lo! we left what we had, and followed thee.

And every one who hath left brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, or houses, for the sake of my name, will receive many fold more, and will inherit everlasting life.

Jesus said, Truly do I say to you, There is no one who hath left house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for the sake of me and of the glad tidings, who will not receive a hundredfold in the time that now is, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come everlasting life.

And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything, and followed him.

So likewise, whoever of you doth not forsake all that he hath, cannot be my disciple.

But take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be weighed down with surfeiting and drunkenness and worldly cares, and that day come upon you unawares.

But I count life of no value to me, so that I may finish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the glad tidings of the grace of God.

God forbid! How shall we, who died to sin, live any longer in it?

For if ye live according to the flesh, ye are sure to die; but if by the Spirit ye make an end of the deeds of the body, ye will live.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, wellpleasing to God, which is your spiritual worship;

but clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and think not about satisfying the lusts of the flesh.

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of anything.

And every one who contendeth in the games is temperate in all things; they, however, to obtain a perishable crown, but we, an imperishable. I therefore so run, not as one uncertain; I so fight, not as one striking the air; but I beat down my body, and bring it into subjection, lest perhaps, when I have been a herald to others, I should myself be rejected as unworthy.

and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God;

I have been crucified with Christ, and no longer do I live, but Christ liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

But I say, Walk by the Spirit, and ye will not fulfill the desires of the flesh.

For ye died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God;

If then any one shall purge himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, hallowed, useful for the householder, prepared for every good work.

teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in the present world; looking for the blessed hope, and appearing of the glory of the great God and of our Saviour Jesus Christ;

Submit yourselves therefore to God; resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.

that ye may no longer live the remaining time in the flesh after the lusts of men, but after the will of God.

looking each of you not to his own interest, but each to the interest of others also.

It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is put in danger of falling, or is made weak.

We then who are strong ought to hear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

Wherefore, if food cause my brother to fall, I will eat no flesh for ever, lest I cause my brother to fall. Am I not free?

Make dead therefore your members which are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, lust, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

No one serving as a soldier entangleth himself with the affairs of life, that he may please him who chose him to be a soldier.

Let no one seek his own pleasure, but the good of others.

He must increase, but I must decrease.