33 Bible Verses about Self Esteem

Live in harmony with one another. Do not be too ambitious, but accept humble tasks. Do not be conceited.

So that we can confidently say, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can men do to me?"

By the favor that God has shown me, I would tell every one of you not to think too highly of himself, but to think reasonably, judging himself by the degree of faith God has allowed him.

Such is the confidence that I have through Christ in my relations to God.

And he said to them, "You are the men who parade your uprightness before people, but God knows your hearts. For what men consider great is detestable in the sight of God.

There is a second like it: 'You must love your neighbor as you do yourself.'

But, as it is, you pride yourselves on your pretensions. All such pride is wrong.

But my life does not matter, if I can only finish my race and do the service intrusted to me by the Lord Jesus, of declaring the good news of God's favor.

Though he possessed the nature of God, he did not grasp at equality with God,

Through union with him and through faith in him, we have courage to approach God with confidence.

though I at least am entitled to rely on them. If anyone thinks he can rely on his physical advantages, still more can I!

You must not lose your courage, for it will be richly rewarded,

Dear friends, if our consciences do not condemn us, we approach God with confidence,

Do not act for selfish ends or from vanity, but modestly treat one another as your superiors.

Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.

So faith by itself, if it has no good deeds to show, is dead.

And this is the second: 'You must love your neighbor as you do yourself.' No other command is greater than these."

But you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

We are the true circumcision, who worship God by his Spirit, priding ourselves only on Christ Jesus, and not relying on physical advantages,

Hold them in the highest esteem and affection for what they do. Live at peace with one another.

And I will be glad to spend all I have and all I am for your sake. Are you going to love me the less for loving you so intensely?

If you really obey the supreme law where the Scripture says, "You must love your neighbor as you do yourself," you are doing right,

If you belonged to the world, the world would love what was its own. But it is because you do not belong to the world, but I have selected you from the world, that the world hates you.

and the parts of it that we think common, we dress with especial care, and our unpresentable parts receive especial attention

You must understand this in the first place, that no prophecy in Scripture can be understood through one's own powers,

I for my part care very little about being examined by you or by any human court. I do not even offer myself for investigation.

yours must be the inner beauty of character, the imperishable attraction of a quiet and gentle spirit, which has great value in the sight of God.

Do not love the world or what is in the world. If anyone loves the world, there is no love for the Father in his heart,

And we have confidence in him, that if we ask him for anything that is in accordance with his will, he will listen to us.

This is how the children of God and those of the devil can be distinguished: No one who does not act uprightly or who does not love his brother is a child of God.

and to love him with one's whole heart, one's whole understanding, and one's whole strength, and to love one's neighbor as one's self is far more than all these burnt-offerings and sacrifices."

Some of them, it is true, are actually preaching the Christ from jealousy and partisanship, but there are others who are doing it out of good-will.