33 Bible Verses about Self Respect

And the second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Second is this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.

All things, therefore, which you wish men to do to you, do also thus to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

Honor your father and mother; and you shall love your neighbor as yourself.

For I say through the grace given me, to every one among you, not to be higher-minded than he ought to be, but to think soberly, as God has distributed to each the measure of faith.

for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ also the church;

although I have ground of confidence in the flesh. If any other one thinks he may trust in the flesh, I [may] more;

Know you not that you are a temple of God and the Spirit of God dwells in you? If any one destroys the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God which you are is holy.

All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient; all things are lawful, but I will not be brought under the power of any. Food for the stomach, and the stomach for food; but God will destroy both it and them. And the body is not for fornication but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body; and God both raised the Lord, and will raise us up by his power.read more.
Know you not that your bodies are Christ's members? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them a harlot's members? by no means. Know you not that he who is joined to a harlot is one body [with her]? For the two, says he, shall be one flesh. But he that is joined to the Lord is one spirit [with him]. Avoid fornication. Every crime that a man commits is out of his body; but he that commits fornication sins in his body. Know you not that your bodies are a temple of the Holy Spirit in you which you have from God, and you are not your own? For you are bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body.

and what agreement has a temple of God with idols? For you are a temple of the living God; as God said, I will dwell in them, and I will walk in them, and I will be to them a God and they shall be to me a people.

in which you also are built up together for a spiritual habitation of God.

For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be rejected, [but] to be received with thanksgiving;

But let the brother that is humble rejoice in his exaltation, and the rich in his humiliation, for he shall pass away like a flower of the grass.

but much more those members of the body which seem to be weak are necessary, and those which we esteem to be less honorable members of the body, on these we bestow more abundant honor, and our uncomely members have more abundant comeliness, for our comely ones have no need. But God has commingled the body, giving more abundant honor to that part which was lacking,read more.
that there should be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care one for another.

For this is our rejoicing; the testimony of our conscience that in purity and godly sincerity, not with a carnal wisdom, but with a divine grace, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and most abundantly towards you.

He that speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but he that seeks the glory of him that sent him, this [man] is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

But let each one prove his work, and then shall he have joy in himself alone and not in another,

Pray for us; for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things wishing to live well.

but the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that the word should be fully declared by me, and all the nations should hear, and I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.

that each one should know how to have his wife in purity and honor,

That the aged men be sober, grave, of sound mind, sound in faith, in love, in patience;

For if any one thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

although I have ground of confidence in the flesh. If any other one thinks he may trust in the flesh, I [may] 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 righteousness by the law being blameless.read more.
But whatever things were my gain, these I have considered a loss for the sake of Christ.

And as he went out of the ship, a man with an impure spirit immediately met him from the tombs, who lived in the tombs, and none could bind him with a chain; for he was often bound with fetters and chains, and his chains were broken by him, and his fetters crushed, and no one could subdue him.read more.
And he was always night and day in the tombs, and in the mountains, crying, and cutting himself with stones.

And as he went out on the land, there met him a certain man from the city who had had demons for a long time; and he wore no clothes, and remained not in a house, but in the tombs. And seeing Jesus, he cried out, and worshipped him, and said with a loud voice, What have you to do with me, Jesus, son of the Most High God? I beg of you not to torment me; for he had commanded the impure spirit to go out of the man; for it had often seized him; and he had been bound with chains, and confined with fetters; and breaking his bonds he had been driven by the demon into solitary places.

And a certain woman having a hemorrhage of twelve years, and having taken many things by many physicians, and expended all her property, and not being benefited, but rather growing worse, hearing of Jesus, came in the crowd behind him and touched his clothes.read more.
For she said, If I can touch his clothes I shall be cured.

And behold a woman having a hemorrhage of twelve years approached him from behind, and touched the fringe of his garment; for she said within herself, If I can only touch his garment I shall be cured. And Jesus turning around and seeing her, said, Daughter, be of good courage, your faith has cured you. And the woman was cured from that hour.

And a woman having a hemorrhage of twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians, and could not be cured by any one, coming up behind, touched the fringe of his garment, and immediately her flow of blood was stopped. And Jesus said, Who touched me? And all denying, Peter and those with him said, Master, the multitudes press upon and throng you, and do you say, Who touched me?read more.
And Jesus said, Some one touched me; for I perceived a power going from me. And the woman seeing that she was not concealed, came trembling, and falling down related to him in the presence of all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was immediately cured. And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has cured you; go in peace.

And not many days after, the youngest son, collecting all his property, went abroad to a distant country; and there wasted his property, living intemperately. And when he had spent all, there was a severe famine in that country; and he began to be in want. And he went and attached himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his field to feed swine.read more.
And he desired to fill his stomach with the carob pods which the swine eat; and no man gave him.

And coming to a certain village, ten lepers met him, who stood afar off. And they lifted up their voice saying, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.

Brothers, if a man is overtaken with any fault, do you that are spiritual restore such a one with a spirit of meekness, considering yourself; lest you also be tried.

Rebuke not an aged man, but entreat him as a father, the younger men as brothers, the aged women as mothers, the younger as sisters, with all purity.

And reprove some, separatists,