33 Bible Verses about Self Esteem

Keep on thinking in harmony with one another. Stop being high-minded but keep on associating with lowly people. Stop being conceited.

So we can confidently say: "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can men do to me?"

Now through the unmerited favor God has shown me I would say to every one of you not to estimate himself above his real value, but to make a sober rating of himself, in accordance with the degree of faith which God has apportioned to him.

Such is the confidence I have through Christ in the presence of God.

Then He said to them, "You are the men who exhibit your uprightness before the public, but God knows your hearts. For what stands high in the sight of men is detestable in the sight of God.

The second is like it: 'You must love your neighbor as you do yourself.'

But, as it is, you boast of your proud pretensions. All such boasting is wicked.

But now I count as nothing the sacrifice of my life, if only I can finish my race and render the service entrusted to me by the Lord Jesus, of faithfully telling the good news of God's favor.

Though He was existing in the nature of God, He did not think His being on an equality with God a thing to be selfishly grasped,

By union with Him and through faith in Him we have a free and confidential introduction to God.

though I too might rely on these. If anyone thinks that he can rely on outward privileges, far more might I do so:

So you must never give up your confident courage, for it holds a rich reward for you.

Dearly beloved, if our consciences do not condemn us, we come with perfect confidence to God,

Stop acting from motives of selfish strife or petty ambition, but in humility practice treating one another as your superiors.

Whoever does not love has never come to know God by experience, because God is love.

So faith by itself, if it has no deeds to back it up, is dead.

And this is the second, 'You must love your neighbor as you do yourself.' No other command is greater than these."

Yes, you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

For we are the true circumcision, who by the Spirit of God worship Him, who take pride in Christ Jesus only, and do not rely on outward privileges,

continue to hold them in the highest esteem for the sake of the work they do. Practice living at peace with one another.

So in my own case, I will most happily spend my money and myself for your sakes. If I love you much more than I love others, am I to be loved less by you?

But if you really observe the law of the King in accordance with the Scripture, "You must love your neighbor as you do yourself," you are doing right;

If you belonged to the world, the world would love what is its own. But it is because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, that the world hates you.

and the parts of it we deem devoid of honor we dress with special honor, and our ill-shaped parts receive more careful attention,

because you recognize this truth above all else, that no prophecy in Scripture is to be interpreted by one's own mind,

As for me, myself, it is of very little concern to me to be examined by you or any human court; in fact, I do not even examine myself.

but they must be of an internal nature, the character concealed in the heart, in the imperishable quality of a quiet and gentle spirit, which is of great value in the sight of God.

Stop loving the world, or the things that are in the world. If anyone persists in loving the world, there is no love for the Father in his heart,

And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask for anything that is in accordance with His will, He will listen to us.

This is the way to distinguish God's children from the devil's children. No one who fails to do right is God's child, and no one who fails to love his brother.

and to love Him with one's whole heart, one's whole understanding, and one's whole strength, and to love one's neighbor as one loves himself is far more than all the burnt-offerings and sacrifices."

Some, indeed, are actually preaching Christ because they are moved by jealousy and partisanship, but others are doing so from the motive of good will;