Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Self’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Self’ occurs 35 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Self’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 22:16 “By my own self, I have sworn, says the Lord. Because you have done this thing, and have not spared your only begotten son for my sake,Genesis 22:16
Genesis 49:6 Let not my soul go by their counsel, nor my glory be within their meeting. For in their fury they killed a man, and in their self-will they undermined a wall.Genesis 49:6
Number of the word / term Self in Genesis: 2
Bible passages with ‘Self’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 32:13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your very self, saying: ‘I will multiply your offspring like the stars of heaven. And this entire land, about which I have spoken, I will give to your offspring. And you shall possess it forever.’ ”Exodus 32:13
Number of the word / term Self in Exodus: 1
Bible passages with ‘Self’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 21:20 And they shall say to them: ‘This our son is reckless and disobedient. He shows contempt when listening to our admonitions. He occupies himself with carousing, and self-indulgence, and feasting.’Deuteronomy 21:20
Deuteronomy 28:54 The man who is pampered and very self-indulgent among you will vie with his own brother, and with the wife who lies at his bosom,Deuteronomy 28:54
Number of the word / term Self in Deuteronomy: 2
Bible passages with ‘Self’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 109:18 And he loved a curse, and it came to him. And he was unwilling to have a blessing, and it went far from him. And he clothed himself with curses like a garment, and it entered his inner self like water, and it entered his bones like oil.Psalm 109:18
Number of the word / term Self in Psalm: 1
Bible passages with ‘Self’ in the book Proverbs
Proverbs 20:27 The spirit of a man is a lamp to the Lord, which investigates all the secrets of the inner self.Proverbs 20:27
Proverbs 20:30 The bruise of a wound, as well as scourges, shall wipe away evils in the more secret places of the inner self.Proverbs 20:30
Proverbs 22:18 It shall be beautiful to you, if you preserve it in your inner self, and it shall overflow from your lips,Proverbs 22:18
Proverbs 26:22 The words of a whisperer seem simple, but they penetrate to the innermost parts of the self.Proverbs 26:22
Number of the word / term Self in Proverbs: 4
Bible passages with ‘Self’ in the book Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 10:17 Blessed is the land whose king is noble, and whose princes eat at the proper time, for refreshment and not for self-indulgence.Ecclesiastes 10:17
Number of the word / term Self in Ecclesiastes: 1
Bible passages with ‘Self’ in the book Song
Song of Solomon 5:4 My beloved put his hand through the window, and my inner self was moved by his touch.Song of Solomon 5:4
Number of the word / term Self in Song: 1
Bible passages with ‘Self’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 2:12 For the day of the Lord of hosts will prevail over all the proud and self-exalted, and over all the arrogant, and each one shall be humbled,Isaiah 2:12
Number of the word / term Self in Isaiah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Self’ in the book Daniel
Daniel 4:8 And then their colleague came in before me, Daniel, (whose name is Belteshazzar according to the name of my god,) who has the spirit of the holy gods within his very self, and I told the dream directly to him.Daniel 4:8
Daniel 5:6 Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts disturbed him, and he lost his self-control, and his knees knocked against one other.Daniel 5:6
Number of the word / term Self in Daniel: 2
Bible passages with ‘Self’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 27:40 and saying: “Ah, so you would destroy the temple of God and in three days rebuild it! Save your own self. If you are the Son of God, descend from the cross.”Matthew 27:40
Number of the word / term Self in Matthew: 1
Bible passages with ‘Self’ in the book Mark
Mark 7:22 thefts, avarice, wickedness, deceitfulness, homosexuality, an evil eye, blasphemy, self-exaltation, foolishness.Mark 7:22
Mark 12:33 and that he should be loved from the whole heart, and from the whole understanding, and from the whole soul, and from the whole strength. And to love one’s neighbor as one’s self is greater than all holocausts and sacrifices.”Mark 12:33
Number of the word / term Self in Mark: 2
Bible passages with ‘Self’ in the book Luke
Luke 21:34 But be attentive to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts may be weighed down by self-indulgence and inebriation and the cares of this life. And then that day may overwhelm you suddenly.Luke 21:34
Number of the word / term Self in Luke: 1
Bible passages with ‘Self’ in the book John
John 8:44 You are of your father, the devil. And you will carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning. And he did not stand in the truth, because the truth is not in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks it from his own self. For he is a liar, and the father of lies.John 8:44
Number of the word / term Self in John: 1
Bible passages with ‘Self’ in the book Romans
Romans 1:30 slanderous, hateful toward God, abusive, arrogant, self-exalting, devisers of evil, disobedient to parents,Romans 1:30
Romans 3:27 So then, where is your self-exaltation? It is excluded. Through what law? That of works? No, but rather through the law of faith.Romans 3:27
Number of the word / term Self in Romans: 2
Bible passages with ‘Self’ in the book 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians 12:20 Yet I fear, lest perhaps, when I have arrived, I might not find you such as I would want, and I might be found by you, such as you would not want. For perhaps there may be among you: contention, envy, animosity, dissension, detraction, whispering, self-exaltation, and rebellion.2 Corinthians 12:20
Number of the word / term Self in 2 Corinthians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Self’ in the book Galatians
Galatians 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest; they are: fornication, lust, homosexuality, self-indulgence,Galatians 5:19
Number of the word / term Self in Galatians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Self’ in the book Ephesians
Ephesians 5:18 And do not choose to be inebriated by wine, for this is self-indulgence. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit,Ephesians 5:18
Number of the word / term Self in Ephesians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Self’ in the book 1 Timothy
1 Timothy 2:15 Yet she will be saved by bearing children, if she has continued in faith and love, and in sanctification accompanied by self-restraint.1 Timothy 2:15
Number of the word / term Self in 1 Timothy: 1
Bible passages with ‘Self’ in the book 2 Timothy
2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of virtue, and of love, and of self-restraint.2 Timothy 1:7
2 Timothy 2:25 correcting with self-restraint those who resist the truth. For at any time God may give them repentance, so as to recognize the truth,2 Timothy 2:25
2 Timothy 3:2 Men will be lovers of themselves, greedy, self-exalting, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, wicked,2 Timothy 3:2
2 Timothy 3:4 traitorous, reckless, self-important, loving pleasure more than God,2 Timothy 3:4
2 Timothy 4:5 But as for you, truly, be vigilant, laboring in all things. Do the work of an Evangelist, fulfilling your ministry. Show self-restraint.2 Timothy 4:5
Number of the word / term Self in 2 Timothy: 5
Bible passages with ‘Self’ in the book Titus
Titus 1:6 if such a man is without offense, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not accused of self-indulgence, nor of insubordination.Titus 1:6
Titus 2:6 Exhort young men similarly, so that they may show self-restraint.Titus 2:6
Number of the word / term Self in Titus: 2
Bible passages with ‘Self’ in the book 2 Peter
2 Peter 2:13 receiving the reward of injustice, the fruition of valuing the delights of the day: defilements and stains, overflowing with self-indulgences, taking pleasure in their feasts with you,2 Peter 2:13
Number of the word / term Self in 2 Peter: 1
Bible passages with ‘Self’ in the book Jude
Jude 1:4 For certain men entered unnoticed, who were written of beforehand unto this judgment: impious persons who are transforming the grace of our God into self-indulgence, and who are denying both the sole Ruler and our Lord Jesus Christ.Jude 1:4
Number of the word / term ‘Self’ in Jude: 1
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 35
