Bible Verses about “take care of yourself”
The Bible contains 21 verses about take care of yourself across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?”
“For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.”
“‹But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.›”
“¶ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service.”
“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.”
“Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.”
“‹Come unto me, all› [ye] ‹that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.›”
“For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:”
“¶ Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?”
“If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are.”
“For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.”
“Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.”
“¶ Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.”
“Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.”
“It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.”
“‹And the second› [is] ‹like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.›”
“[It is] vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: [for] so he giveth his beloved sleep.”
“¶ A sound heart [is] the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.”
“¶ My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.”
“Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.”
“For they [are] life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.”