54 Bible Verses about Self Denial

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lust, which war against the soul;

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's dainties, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

choosing rather to share ill treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

But they said, We will drink no wine; for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons, for ever:

I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.

For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

For John the Baptist is come eating no bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a demon.

And he called unto him the multitude with his disciples, and said unto them, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

And he said unto all, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

Then Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

Howbeit what things were gain to me, these have I counted loss for Christ.

And if thy right eye causeth thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.

And as Jesus passed by from thence, he saw a man, called Matthew, sitting at the place of toll: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them. And as he passed by, he saw Levi the'son of Alphaeus sitting at the place of toll, and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

And after these things he went forth, and beheld a publican, named Levi, sitting at the place of toll, and said unto him, Follow me. And he forsook all, and rose up and followed him.

And if thy hand cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed, rather than having thy two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.

Jesus said unto him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell that which thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

Then answered Peter and said unto him, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee; what then shall we have?

Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.

And Peter said, Lo, we have left our own, and followed thee.

And every one that hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.

Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for my sake, and for the gospel's sake, but he shall receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.

And when they had brought their boats to land, they left all, and followed him.

So therefore whosoever he be of you that renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

But take heed to yourselves, lest haply your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you suddenly as a snare:

But I hold not my life of any account as dear unto myself, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

God forbid. We who died to sin, how shall we any longer live therein?

for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof .

All things are lawful for me; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me; but I will not be brought under the power of any.

And every man that striveth in the games exerciseth self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, as not uncertainly; so fight I, as not beating the air: but I buffet my body, and bring it into bondage: lest by any means, after that I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

and this , not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, meet for the master's use, prepared unto every good work.

instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world; looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

that ye no longer should live the rest of your time in flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been showed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother-in-law since the death of thy husband; and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people that thou knewest not heretofore.

not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin-; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.

It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby thy brother stumbleth.

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

Wherefore, if meat causeth my brother to stumble, I will eat no flesh for evermore, that I cause not my brother to stumble.

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;

No soldier on service entangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

Let no man seek his own, but each his neighbor's good .

He must increase, but I must decrease.