24 Bible Verses about ego
Most Relevant Verses
Being deeply grieved and extremely distressed, each one of them began to say to Him, “Surely not I, Lord?”
Peace I leave with you; My [perfect] peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid. [Let My perfect peace calm you in every circumstance and give you courage and strength for every challenge.]
Jesus replied, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, before Abraham was born, I Am.”
But if I am doing them, even if you do not believe Me or have faith in Me, [at least] believe the works [that I do—admit that they are the works of God], so that you may know and keep on knowing [clearly—without any doubt] that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father [that is, I am One with Him].”
A calm and peaceful and tranquil heart is life and health to the body,
But passion and envy are like rottenness to the bones.
Now the Lord God said, “It is not good (beneficial) for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper [one who balances him—a counterpart who is] suitable and complementary for him.”
I am no longer in the world; yet they are still in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, so that they may be one just as We are.
And when I came to you, brothers and sisters, proclaiming to you the testimony of God [concerning salvation through Christ], I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom [no lofty words of eloquence or of philosophy as a Greek orator might do];
and all things that are Mine are Yours, and [all things that are] Yours are Mine; and I am glorified in them.
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder [unrest, rebellion] and every evil thing and morally degrading practice.
Just as the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, even so the one who feeds on Me [believes in Me, accepts Me as Savior] will also live because of Me.
That is why I told you that you will die [unforgiven and condemned] in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am the One [I claim to be], you will die in your sins.”
Behold, I am going to rebuke your seed, and I will spread the refuse on your faces, the refuse from the festival offerings; and you will be taken away with it [in disgrace].
In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you are assembled, and I am with you in spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus,
Why do you misunderstand what I am saying? It is because [your spiritual ears are deaf and] you are unable to hear [the truth of] My word.
In the mouth of the [arrogant] fool [who rejects God] is a rod for his back,
But the lips of the wise [when they speak with godly wisdom] will protect them.
God is spirit [the Source of life, yet invisible to mankind], and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
“Look at the proud one,
His soul is not right within him,
But the righteous will live by his faith [in the true God].
By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you have love and unselfish concern for one another.”
Luxury is not fitting for a fool;
Much less for a slave to rule over princes.
But in my opinion a widow is happier if she stays as she is. And I think that I also have the Spirit of God [in this matter].