'Ourselves' in the Bible

And he told it to his father, and to his brethren; and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

And they said, The man asked straitly concerning ourselves, and concerning our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we in any wise know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's bondmen, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found.

but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which we had taken.

But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey unto ourselves.

Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves unto this day, although there came a plague upon the congregation of Jehovah,

Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto the men, and we will disclose ourselves unto them.

But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers houses of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us in building a house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God;

Let us choose for us that which is right: Let us know among ourselves what is good.

Who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession The habitations of God.

Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; Let us solace ourselves with loves.

Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

Come ye,'say they , I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, a day great beyond measure.

And forgive us our sins; for we ourselves also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation.

And they said, What further need have we of witness? for we ourselves have heard from his own mouth.

and they said to the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy speaking: for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world.

And they came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.

And not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for our adoption, to wit , the redemption of our body.

or ministry, let us give ourselves to our ministry; or he that teacheth, to his teaching;

Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

But if we discerned ourselves, we should not be judged.

who comforteth us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction, through the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

yea, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead:

For our glorifying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? or need we, as do some, epistles of commendation to you or from you?

not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;

but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus'sake.

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;

We are not again commending ourselves unto you, but'speak as giving you occasion of glorying on our behalf, that ye may have wherewith to answer them that glory in appearance, and not in heart.

For whether we are beside ourselves, it is unto God; or whether we are of sober mind, it is unto you.

but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with certain of them that commend themselves: but they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

For we stretch not ourselves overmuch, as though we reached not unto you: for we came even as far as unto you in the gospel of Christ:

Ye think all this time that we are excusing ourselves unto you. In the sight of God speak we in Christ. But all things, beloved, are for your edifying.

But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a minister of sin? God forbid.

how that our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; even as ye know what manner of men we showed ourselves toward you for your sake.

Ye are witnesses, and God also , how holily and righteously and unblameably we behaved ourselves toward you that believe:

so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which ye endure;

For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves and ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.

not by works done in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

and this voice we ourselves heard borne out of heaven, when we were with him in the holy mount.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.