19 Bible Verses about Saving Oneself

even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, declares the Lord GOD.

even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, declares the Lord GOD, they would deliver neither son nor daughter. They would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness.

even if these three men were in it, as I live, declares the Lord GOD, they would deliver neither sons nor daughters. They alone would be delivered, but the land would be desolate.

though these three men were in it, as I live, declares the Lord GOD, they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they alone would be delivered.

and saying, "You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross."

save yourself, and come down from the cross!"

And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!"

and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!"

One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!"

He feeds on ashes; a deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, "Is there not a lie in my right hand?"

"He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.

So also the chief priests with the scribes mocked him to one another, saying, "He saved others; he cannot save himself.

Behold, they are like stubble; the fire consumes them; they cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. No coal for warming oneself is this, no fire to sit before!

save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, "Save yourselves from this crooked generation."

He heard the sound of the trumpet and did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself. But if he had taken warning, he would have saved his life.

But if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, that person shall die in his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul.

For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,