23 Bible Verses about Acting For Oneself

Then said they to him, Who art thou? that we might give answer to them having sent us. What sayest thou for thyself?

Brethren, if a man be taken in any fault, ye the spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness; observing thyself narrowly, lest thou also be tempted.

For what is a man profited, having gained the whole world, and having lost himself, or having been damaged?

And Aaron brought near the bullock of sin, which was to him, and he expiated for himself and for his house.

And Aaron brought near the bullock of the sin, which was to him, and he expiated for himself, and for his house, and he slaughtered the bullock of the sin which was to him.

And no man shall be in the tent of appointment in his coming in to expiate in the holy place, till his coming out, he expiated for himself and for his house, and for all the convocation of Israel.

And he washed his flesh in water in the holy place, and he put on his garments and came forth, and did his burnt-offering, and the burnt-offering of the people, and expiated for himself, and for the people.

If thou wert wise, thou wert wise for thyself: and thou mockedst, thou alone shalt suffer.

Thy injustice to a man as thou: and thy justice to the son of man.

For he said, By strength of my hand I did, and by my wisdom, for I was discreet: and I will remove the bounds of the people, and their things prepared I plundered, and I will bring down as a strong one the inhabitants.

But I was filled with power, with the spirit of Jehovah, and judgment and strength to announce to Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

And ye yourselves know, that to my necessities, and to those being with me, these hands served.

Whether therefore I or they, so we proclaim, and so ye believed.

And of yourselves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to tear away disciples after them.

If indeed I erred my error will lodge with me.

And all went to be enrolled, each in his own city.

And why seest thou the mote which is in thy brother's eye, and the beam in thine eye thou observest not?

Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam from thine eye, and thou shalt see clearly to cast out the mote from thy brother's eye.

His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink from the wrath of the Almighty.

Thy way and thy doings did these things to thee; this thine evil, for it was bitter because it reached even to thy heart.

Wilt thou not do this to thyself? thou didst forsake Jehovah thy God in the time of thy being led in the way.

His hands shall bring the sacrifices of Jehovah: the fat upon the breast he shall bring it, the breast to lift it up a waving before Jehovah.

For I counseled being gathered, all Israel shall be gathered to thee from Dan and even to the Well of the Oath, as the sand which is upon the sea for multitude; and thy face going in the midst of them.