23 Bible Verses about Acting For Oneself

Then said they to him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye who are spiritual, restore such one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.

For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?

And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house.

And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin-offering which is for himself:

And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he shall come out, and shall have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel.

And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt-offering, and the burnt-offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people.

If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art: and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.

For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:

But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

And ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered to my necessities, and to them that were with me.

Therefore whether it was I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.

Also from your own selves will men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

And be it indeed that I have erred, my error remaineth with myself.

And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thy own eye?

Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thy own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

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

Thy way and thy doings have procured these things to thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth to thy heart.

Hast thou not procured this to thyself in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?

His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the fat with the breast, that shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave-offering before the LORD.

Therefore I counsel that all Israel should be generally gathered to thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou shouldst go to battle in thy own person.