What Does the Bible Say About Low Self-esteem?

1 Samuel 16:7 ESV / 28 helpful votes

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”

Philippians 2:3 ESV / 24 helpful votes

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

Romans 12:3 ESV / 20 helpful votes

For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.

Matthew 11:28-30 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 17 helpful votes

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV / 16 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,

Luke 15:1-32 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable: “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. ...

Proverbs 23:7 ESV / 11 helpful votes

For he is like one who is inwardly calculating. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

1 Corinthians 8:11 ESV / 10 helpful votes

And so by your knowledge this weak person is destroyed, the brother for whom Christ died.

John 14:28 ESV / 10 helpful votes

You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.

Matthew 7:6 ESV / 10 helpful votes

“Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.

Galatians 4:4-5 ESV / 9 helpful votes

But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.

Romans 6:23 ESV / 9 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Acts 17:28 ESV / 9 helpful votes

For “‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said, “‘For we are indeed his offspring.’

John 3:16 ESV / 9 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.

1 John 4:19-21 ESV / 8 helpful votes

We love because he first loved us. If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.

1 Samuel 2:3 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

1 John 4:10 ESV / 7 helpful votes

In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

1 John 3:1 ESV / 7 helpful votes

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

Luke 18:14 ESV / 7 helpful votes

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Hebrews 2:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes

For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers,

1 Corinthians 11:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man.

1 Corinthians 11:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.

Romans 12:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.

Romans 11:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes

That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast through faith. So do not become proud, but fear.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Romans 6:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Acts 9:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And immediately he proclaimed Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is the Son of God.”

John 4:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

John 2:25 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.

John 1:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Matthew 16:24-25 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.

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Ecclesiastes 12:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.

Proverbs 27:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

1 Kings 8:39 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Then hear in heaven your dwelling place and forgive and act and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways (for you, you only, know the hearts of all the children of mankind),

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

Hebrews 5:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,

1 Timothy 2:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

Philippians 2:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,

Luke 24:39 ESV / 4 helpful votes

See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.”

Luke 16:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Luke 12:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

Matthew 16:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Genesis 2:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”

Genesis 1:26-27 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

Hebrews 2:3-4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

How shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard, while God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.

1 Corinthians 15:24-28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death. For “God has put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when it says, “all things are put in subjection,” it is plain that he is excepted who put all things in subjection under him. When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that God may be all in all.

John 1:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Luke 17:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.’”

Mark 12:31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Mark 12:30 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’

Mark 7:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

Matthew 22:39 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

Matthew 22:37-39 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Matthew 16:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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?

Judges 16:28-30 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Then Samson called to the Lord and said, “O Lord God, please remember me and please strengthen me only this once, O God, that I may be avenged on the Philistines for my two eyes.” And Samson grasped the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and he leaned his weight against them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other. And Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he bowed with all his strength, and the house fell upon the lords and upon all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he killed at his death were more than those whom he had killed during his life.

59 Bible Verses about Low Self-esteem

1 Samuel 16:7 ESV / 28 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 2:3 ESV / 24 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 12:3 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 11:28-30 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 6:19 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 15:1-32 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 23:7 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 8:11 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 14:28 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 7:6 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 4:4-5 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 6:23 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 17:28 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 4:19-21 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Samuel 2:3 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 4:10 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 3:1 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 18:14 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 2:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 11:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 11:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 12:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 11:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 6:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 3:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 9:20 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 4:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 2:25 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 16:24-25 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 12:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 27:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Kings 8:39 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 5:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 2:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 2:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 24:39 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 16:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 12:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 16:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 2:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:26-27 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 2:3-4 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 15:24-28 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 17:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 12:31 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 12:30 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 7:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 22:39 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 22:37-39 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 16:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Judges 16:28-30 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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