33 Bible Verses about Self Respect

There is a second like it: "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."

The second is this: "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." There is no other commandment greater than these.

All things, then, whatever ye would that men should do to you, do ye also so to them; for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Honor thy father and thy mother;" and, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."

For through the grace given to me I warn every one among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, according to the measure of faith which God hath imparted to each.

for no one ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as Christ doth the church;

though I myself have reason for confidence even in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath reason for confidence in the flesh, I more;

Know ye not, that ye are Gods temple, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any one defaceth the temple of God, God will deface him; for the temple of God is holy, and such are ye.

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of anything. Meats are for the stomach, and the stomach for meats; but God will make an end of both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body; and God both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his power.read more.
Know ye not, that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them members of a harlot? God forbid! Know ye not, that he who is connected with a harlot is one body with her? "For the two," saith he, "shall become one flesh;" but he that is connected with the Lord is one spirit with him. Flee fornication. Every other sin which a man may commit, is apart from the body; but he that committeth fornication, sinneth against his own body. Know ye not, that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God, and that ye are not your own? For ye were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body.

And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For ye are the temple of the living God; as God said: "I will dwell among them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people."

in whom ye also are built together into a dwellingplace of God in the Spirit.

For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving;

Let the brother of low degree glory in that he is exalted; but the rich, in that he is made low; because as the flower of the grass he will pass away.

Nay, still more, those members of the body which seem to be weak, are necessary; and what we think to be less honorable parts of the body, upon these we bestow more abundant honor; and our unseemly parts have more abundant seemliness; while our seemly parts have no need. But God so put the body together, as to give special honor to that part which lacked,read more.
that there might be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care one for another.

For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and the sincerity which is of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you.

He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory; but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and in him is no unrighteousness.

But let each one prove his own work, and then will he have his ground for boasting in himself alone, and not in comparison with another;

Pray for us; for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring in all things to conduct ourselves well;

But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that the preaching might be fully accomplished by me, and that all the gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the lions mouth.

that every one of you should know how to procure for himself his own vessel in purity and honor,

that aged men be sober, grave, discreet, sound in faith, in love, in patience;

For if a man thinketh himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

though I myself have reason for confidence even in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath reason for confidence in the flesh, I more; circumcised the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; as to the Law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, blameless.read more.
But whatever things were gain to me, those for the sake of Christ I have counted but loss.

And when he had come out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, who had his dwelling in the tombs; and not even with a chain could any one bind him any longer; because he had often been bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been snapped asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces; and no one could master him;read more.
and continually, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself, with stones.

And when he had landed, there met him a certain man out of the city who had demons, and for a long time had worn no clothes, and abode not in a house, but in the tombs. And seeing Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and said with a loud voice, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the most high God? I beseech thee, do not torment me. For he was about to command the unclean spirit to come out of the man; for it had possessed him for a long time, and he had been kept bound and secured with chains and fetters; and bursting the bands, he had been driven by the demon into the wilderness.

And a woman, who had had an issue of blood twelve years, and had undergone much at the hands of many physicians, and spent all that she had, and was not at all benefited, but rather grew worse, having heard about Jesus, came in the crowd behind, and touched his garment.read more.
For she said, If I touch even his garments, I shall be made well.

And, lo! a woman, who had had an issue of blood for twelve years, came up behind, and touched the fringe of his garment. For she said within herself, If I only touch his garment, I shall be made well. And he turned round, and seeing her, said, Be of good cheer, daughter; thy faith hath made thee well. And the woman was made well from that hour.

And a woman who had had an issue of blood twelve years, and had spent all her living upon physicians, and could not be cured by any one, came up behind and touched the fringe of his garment; and immediately her issue of blood ceased. And Jesus said, Who touched me? And when all denied it, Peter and those with him said, Master, the multitudes are thronging thee, and pressing against thee.read more.
But Jesus said, Some one touched me; for I perceived that power went out from me. And the woman, seeing that she was discovered, came trembling, and falling down before him declared before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was cured immediately. And he said to her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee well; go in peace.

And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, and went abroad into a far country; and there wasted his substance in riotous living. And when he had spent all, there arose a great famine in that country; and he began to be in want. And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.read more.
And he longed to fill himself with the husks that the swine ate; and no one gave to him.

And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten lepers, who stood afar off. And they lifted up their voice, saying, Jesus, Master, have pity on us.

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

Do not sharply rebuke an aged man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men, as brethren; the elder women, as mothers; the younger, as sisters, with all purity.

And some rebuke when they contend; and others save, snatching them out of the fire; and on others have compassion