What Does the Bible Say About Deny Yourself?

Luke 9:23 ESV / 86 helpful votes

And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

Matthew 16:24 ESV / 76 helpful votes

Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

Luke 14:26 ESV / 51 helpful votes

“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 50 helpful votes

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

2 Corinthians 5:15 ESV / 44 helpful votes

And he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.

Mark 8:34 ESV / 44 helpful votes

And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

1 John 2:15 ESV / 36 helpful votes

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Luke 14:27 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

Luke 14:33 ESV / 29 helpful votes

So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

Matthew 10:38 ESV / 22 helpful votes

And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

Matthew 16:25 ESV / 16 helpful votes

For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

Ephesians 5:25 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,

Matthew 23:12 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

John 14:15 ESV / 14 helpful votes

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

Luke 16:13 ESV / 14 helpful votes

No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”

John 12:25 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

Hebrews 10:26-27 ESV / 12 helpful votes

For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.

John 15:5 ESV / 12 helpful votes

I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

Proverbs 11:2 ESV / 12 helpful votes

When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom.

Romans 1:26-27 ESV / 11 helpful votes

For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

John 3:30 ESV / 11 helpful votes

He must increase, but I must decrease.”

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 9 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

Luke 4:8 ESV / 9 helpful votes

And Jesus answered him, “It is written, “‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.’”

Matthew 7:21 ESV / 7 helpful votes

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

2 Timothy 2:4-5 ESV / 6 helpful votes

No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him. An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules.

Philippians 2:5-8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

Ephesians 3:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes

To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

Acts 2:38 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 22:39 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Matthew 16:24-27 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul? For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done.

Deuteronomy 8:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

Genesis 2:1-3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

2 Corinthians 4:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Luke 14:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Psalm 121:1-8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

A Song of Ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand. ...

1 Timothy 1:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.

Galatians 6:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Jude 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.

Philippians 2:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

John 21:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!”

43 Bible Verses about Deny Yourself

Luke 9:23 ESV / 86 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 16:24 ESV / 76 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 14:26 ESV / 51 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 50 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 5:15 ESV / 44 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 8:34 ESV / 44 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 2:15 ESV / 36 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 14:27 ESV / 31 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 14:33 ESV / 29 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 10:38 ESV / 22 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 16:25 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 5:25 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 23:12 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:15 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 16:13 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 12:25 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 10:26-27 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 15:5 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 11:2 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 1:26-27 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:30 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 4:8 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 7:21 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 2:4-5 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 2:5-8 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 3:8 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 2:38 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 22:39 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 16:24-27 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 8:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 2:1-3 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 4:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16-17 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 14:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 121:1-8 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 1:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 6:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jude 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 2:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 21:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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