67+Bible Verses About Self Denial [KJV Scripture]

“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, gave himself for me”

— Galatians 2:20

“He said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily, follow me”

— Luke 9:23

“Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, follow me”

— Matthew 16:24

“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me”

— Philippians 4:13

“Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?”

— 1 Corinthians 3:16

“If any man come to me, hate not his father, mother, wife, children, brethren, sisters, yea, his own life also, he cannot be my disciple”

— Luke 14:26

“When he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, follow me”

— Mark 8:34

“For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, him crucified”

— 1 Corinthians 2:2

“Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, covetousness, which is idolatry”

— Colossians 3:5

“Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul”

— 1 Peter 2:11

“Ye adulterers adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God”

— James 4:4

“Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, hast professed a good profession before many witnesses”

— 1 Timothy 6:12

“But I keep under my body, bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway”

— 1 Corinthians 9:27

“Whosoever doth not bear his cross, come after me, cannot be my disciple”

— Luke 14:27

“If a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully”

— 2 Timothy 2:5

“Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth”

— 1 Corinthians 10:24

“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, he will flee from you”

— James 4:7

“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it”

— 1 Corinthians 10:13

“Have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him”

— Colossians 3:10

“Being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross”

— Philippians 2:8

“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, of love, of a sound mind”

— 2 Timothy 1:7

“Yea, if I be offered upon the sacrifice service of your faith, I joy, rejoice with you all”

— Philippians 2:17

“But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth”

— Colossians 3:8

“Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory”

— 2 Timothy 2:10

“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, if there be any praise, think on these things”

— Philippians 4:8

“For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil”

— Romans 13:4

“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”

— Romans 12:1

“If thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched”

— Mark 9:43

“To an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you”

— 1 Peter 1:4

“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light”

— 1 Peter 2:9

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour”

— 1 Peter 5:8

“He must increase, but I must decrease”

— John 3:30

“Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting prayer; come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency”

— 1 Corinthians 7:5

“If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, meet for the master’s use, prepared unto every good work”

— 2 Timothy 2:21

“If ye love me, keep my commandments”

— John 14:15

“Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin”

— Romans 6:6

“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, the sin which doth so easily beset us, let us run with patience the race that is set before us”

— Hebrews 12:1

“Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear trembling”

— Philippians 2:12

“But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God”

— Acts 20:24

“He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love”

— 1 John 4:8

“No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier”

— 2 Timothy 2:4

“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, his righteousness; all these things shall be added unto you”

— Matthew 6:33

“Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren”

— 1 John 3:16

“But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you”

— John 14:26

“For by it the elders obtained a good report”

— Hebrews 11:2

“Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time”

— 1 Peter 5:6

“That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God”

— 1 Peter 4:2

“The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits”

— 2 Timothy 2:6

“Because strait is the gate, narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, few there be that find it”

— Matthew 7:14

“With all lowliness meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love”

— Ephesians 4:2

“Put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite”

— Proverbs 23:2

“He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, without walls”

— Proverbs 25:28

“They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, unto every good work reprobate”

— Titus 1:16

“Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, in all”

— Colossians 3:11

“Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear”

— Hebrews 11:3

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful just to forgive us our sins, to cleanse us from all unrighteousness”

— 1 John 1:9

“For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live”

— Romans 8:13

“A double minded man is unstable in all his ways”

— James 1:8

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life”

— John 3:16

“Every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible”

— 1 Corinthians 9:25

“But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof”

— Romans 13:14

“So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple”

— Luke 14:33

“The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; he sent signified it by his angel unto his servant John”

— Revelation 1:1

“But if any provide not for his own, specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, is worse than an infidel”

— 1 Timothy 5:8

“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord”

— Romans 6:23

“He that taketh not his cross, followeth after me, is not worthy of me”

— Matthew 10:38

“But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, I unto the world”

— Galatians 6:14

“Teaching us that, denying ungodliness worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, godly, in this present world”

— Titus 2:12