What Does the Bible Say About Self Image?

Romans 12:1-2 ESV / 32 helpful votes

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Psalm 139:14 ESV / 27 helpful votes

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.

1 Peter 3:3-4 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 25 helpful votes

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

Galatians 1:10 ESV / 20 helpful votes

For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

Proverbs 29:25 ESV / 14 helpful votes

The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 12 helpful votes

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

1 Corinthians 9:25 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.

Ecclesiastes 3:11-12 ESV / 10 helpful votes

He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live;

1 Samuel 16:7 ESV / 10 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.”

Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 9 helpful votes

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

1 Corinthians 7:5 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Do not deprive one another, except perhaps by agreement for a limited time, that you may devote yourselves to prayer; but then come together again, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 8 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.

1 Corinthians 15:10 ESV / 7 helpful votes

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.

Acts 3:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: “Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.” Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged. Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. ...

Romans 1:26-27 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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.

19 Bible Verses about Self Image

Romans 12:1-2 ESV / 32 helpful votes

Psalm 139:14 ESV / 27 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:3-4 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Galatians 1:10 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Proverbs 29:25 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 12 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 9:25 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 3:11-12 ESV / 10 helpful votes

1 Samuel 16:7 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 9 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:5 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 8 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:10 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Acts 3:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:26-27 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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19 Bible Verses about Self Image

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Romans 12:1-2 ESV / 32 helpful votes

Psalm 139:14 ESV / 27 helpful votes

1 Peter 3:3-4 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Galatians 1:10 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Proverbs 29:25 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:10 ESV / 12 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 9:25 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Ecclesiastes 3:11-12 ESV / 10 helpful votes

1 Samuel 16:7 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:12 ESV / 9 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:5 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Galatians 2:20 ESV / 8 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:10 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Acts 3:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 1:26-27 ESV / 1 helpful vote