Bible Verses about “self love”
The Bible contains 32 verses about self love across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“¶ Charity suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,”
“Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;”
“Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.”
“Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;”
“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.”
“¶ Charity never faileth: but whether [there be] prophecies, they shall fail; whether [there be] tongues, they shall cease; whether [there be] knowledge, it shall vanish away.”
“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”
“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.”
“Favour [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain: [but] a woman [that] feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.”
“And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these [is] charity.”
“For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.”
“For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,”
“And though I have [the gift of] prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.”
“But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.”
“And though I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor], and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.”
“For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.”
“For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:”
“¶ Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become [as] sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.”
“[Let] nothing [be done] through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.”
“Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.”
“¶ This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.”
“Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;”
“Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,”
“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
“‹This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.›”
“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the issues of life.”
“Jesus said unto him, ‹Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.›”
“‹And the second› [is] ‹like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.›”
“And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.”
“‹And the second› [is] ‹like,› [namely] ‹this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.›”
“‹This is the first and great commandment.›”
“‹But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.›”