48 Bible Verses about Self Denial

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to go with me, he must disregard himself and take his cross and follow me.

Dear friends, I beg you, as aliens and exiles here, not to indulge the physical cravings that are at war with the soul.

for he preferred sharing the hardships of God's people to a short-lived enjoyment of sin,

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He will drink no wine or strong drink, but he will be filled with the holy Spirit from his very birth,

"For when John the Baptist came, he did not eat any bread or drink any wine, and you said, 'He has a demon!'

And he called the people and his disciples to him and said to them, "If anyone wants to go with me, he must disregard himself, and take his cross and follow me.

And he said to everyone, "If anyone wants to go with me, he must disregard himself, and take his cross day after day and follow me.

Then Paul answered, "What do you mean by crying and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound at Jerusalem but to die there for the sake of the Lord Jesus."

But for the sake of Christ I have come to count my former gains as loss.

But if your right eye makes you fall, tear it out and throw it away, for you might better lose one part of your body than have it all thrown into the pit!

Your kingdom come! Your will be done on earth as it is done in heaven!

Afterward, as Jesus was passing along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tollhouse, and he said to him, "Follow me!" And he got up and followed him.

He went out of the town again and along the shore, and all the people came to him and he taught them. And as he was passing along he saw Levi, the son of Alpheus, sitting at the tollhouse, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him.

After this he went out, and he saw a tax-collector named Levi sitting at the tollhouse, and he said to him, "Follow me!" And he left everything and got up and followed him.

If your hand makes you fall, cut it off. You might better enter upon life maimed, than go with both your hands to the pit, into the fire that cannot be put out.

Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go! Sell your property and give the money to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven. Then come back and be a follower of mine."

Then Peter spoke and said to him, "Here we have left all we had and followed you. What are we to have?"

Peter started to say to him, "Well, we have left all we had, and have followed you."

Peter said, "Here we have left home and followed you."

And anyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or land for my sake will receive many times as much, and share eternal life.

Jesus said, "I tell you, there is no one who has given up home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or land for me and for the good news, but will receive now in this life a hundred times as much in homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and lands, though not without persecution??nd in the coming age eternal life.

And they brought the boats to land and left everything and followed him.

In just that way, no one of you who does not say goodbye to all he has can be a disciple of mine.

But take care that your hearts are not loaded down with self-indulgence and drunkenness and worldly cares, and that day takes you by surprise, like a trap.

But my life does not matter, if I can only finish my race and do the service intrusted to me by the Lord Jesus, of declaring the good news of God's favor.

Certainly not! When we have died to sin, how can we live in it any longer?

for if you live under the control of the physical you will die, but if, by means of the Spirit, you put the body's doings to death, you will live.

I appeal to you, therefore, brothers, by this mercy of God, to offer your bodies in a living sacrifice that will be holy and acceptable to God; that is your rational worship.

But clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about gratifying your physical cravings.

I may do anything I please, but not everything I may do is good for me. I may do anything I please; but I am not going to let anything master me.

Any man who enters an athletic contest goes into strict training, to win a wreath that will soon wither, but the one we compete for will never wither. So that is the way I run, unswervingly. That is the way I fight, not punching the air. But I beat and bruise my body and make it my slave, so that after I have called others to the contest I may not be disqualified myself.

They did far more than I hoped, for first in obedience to God's will, they gave themselves to the Lord, and to me.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ that lives in me. The life I am now living in the body I am living by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me.

I mean this: Live by the Spirit, and then you will not indulge your physical cravings.

For you have died, and your life now lies hidden with Christ in God.

So if a man will cleanse himself from these things, he will be put to great uses, consecrated and used by the master of the house himself, and ready for any good use.

training us to renounce godless ways and worldly passions, and live serious, upright, and godly lives in this world, while we wait for the fulfilment of our blessed hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Christ Jesus.

Therefore, submit to God. Resist the devil and he will fly from you.

and no longer lives by what men desire, but for the rest of his earthly life by what God wills.

Do not take account of your own interests, but of the interests of others as well.

The right thing to do is to eat no meat at all and to drink no wine or do anything else if it hurts your brother's conscience.

It is the duty of us who are strong to put up with the weaknesses of those who are immature, and not just suit ourselves.

Therefore, if what I eat makes my brother fall, I will never eat meat again, rather than make my brother fall.

So treat as dead your physical nature, as far as immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed are concerned; for it is really idolatry.

Anyone who is in the army keeps from being involved in business affairs, so as to please the officer who enlisted him.

No one should look after his own advantage but after that of his neighbor.

He must grow greater and greater, but I less and less."