48 Bible Verses about Self Denial

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

Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly desires,

Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.

For he shall be great before the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.

For John the Baptist came neither eating bread, nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.

And when he had called the people to him, with his disciples also, he said to them, Whosoever is willing to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me.

And he said to all, if any man be willing to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow me.

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

But whatsoever things were gain to me, those I have accounted loss for Christ.

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

Thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

And as Jesus passed along from thence, he saw a man named Matthew, sitting at the receit of custom, and saith to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

And he went forth again by the sea-side, and all the multitude came to him, and he taught them. And passing by, he saw Levi, the son of Alpheus sitting at the custom-house, and saith to him, Follow me.

And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom, and said to him, Follow me. And leaving all, he rose up and followed him.

And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands, to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

Jesus saith to him, If thou desirest to be perfect, go, sell what thou hast and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.

Then answered Peter and said to him, Behold we have forsaken all, and followed thee. What shall we have therefore?

And Peter said to him, Lo, we have left all and followed thee. And Jesus answering said,

Then Peter said, Lo we have left all and followed thee.

And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my names sake, shall receive an hundred fold, and inherit everlasting life.

Verily I say to you, there is none that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my sake and the gospel's, But he shall receive an hundred fold 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 forsook all and followed him.

So every one of you, who forsaketh not all that he hath, cannot be my disciple.

But take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overloaded with gluttony, and drunkenness, and the cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life precious to myself, so I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

God forbid. How shall we who are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die; but if ye through the Spirit mortify the deeds of the flesh, ye shall live.

I exhort you therefore, brethren, by the tender mercies of God, to present your bodies unto God, a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable, which is your reasonable service.

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

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

And every one that contendeth, is temperate in all things: and they indeed, to obtain a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; I so fight, not as one that beateth the air. But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection, lest by any means, after having preached to others, I myself should become a reprobate.

And this they did, not as we hoped; but first gave themselves to the Lord, and to us by the will of God:

I am crucified with Christ, and I live no longer, but Christ liveth in me, and the life that I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

I say then, walk by the Spirit, and fulfil not the desire of the flesh.

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

If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, consecrated and fit for the master's use, prepared for every good work.

Teaching us, that, having renounced ungodliness and all wordly desires, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present world, Looking for the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the great God, even our Saviour Jesus Christ.

Submit yourselves, therefore, to God: resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

(for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin) That ye may no longer live the rest of your time in the flesh, to the desire of men, but to the will of God.

Look not every one at his own things, but every one also at the things of others.

It is good, not to eat flesh, neither to drink wine, nor to do any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or made weak.

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

Wherefore if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

No man that warreth intangleth himself in the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath inlisted him.

Let no one seek his own, but every one another's welfare.

He must increase, but I must decrease. He that cometh from above is above all: