Bible Verses about “self importance”

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”

“Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.”

“for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,”

“For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,”

“not of works, that no one would boast.”

“Blessed is the man who doesn't walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;”

“but his delight is in Yahweh's law. On his law he meditates day and night.”

“For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.”

“He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.”

“The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.”

“Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.”

“For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.”

“We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.”

“Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.”

“Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.”

“When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.”

“For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.”

“How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, who laid the nations low!”

“The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue.”

“You said in your heart, "I will ascend into heaven! I will exalt my throne above the stars of God! I will sit on the mountain of assembly, in the far north!”

“I will ascend above the heights of the clouds! I will make myself like the Most High!"”

“Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the depths of the pit.”