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Bible Verses About Comparing Ourselves to Others
Find Bible verses about comparing ourselves to others — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about comparing ourselves to others?
The Bible addresses comparing ourselves to others with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
2 Corinthians 1:9
“Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,”
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Matthew 7:12
“Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.”
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Philippians 2:4
“each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.”
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John 4:42
“They said to the woman, "Now we believe, not because of your speaking; for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world."”
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John 19:18
“where they crucified him, and with him two others, on either side one, and Jesus in the middle.”
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2 Corinthians 4:5
“For we don't preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake;”
Romans 15:1
“Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.”
1 John 1:8
“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”
Matthew 27:42
“"He saved others, but he can't save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.”
Psalms 49:10
“For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.”
Isaiah 56:8
“The Lord Yahweh, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says, "Yet will I gather others to him, besides his own who are gathered."”
Philippians 2:3
“doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;”
1 Corinthians 14:19
“However in the assembly I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in another language.”
Genesis 11:4
“They said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth."”
2 Corinthians 3:5
“not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;”
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Romans 8:23 — “Not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan wi...”
1 Corinthians 11:31 — “For if we discerned ourselves, we wouldn't be judged....”
Mark 15:31 — “Likewise, also the chief priests mocking among themselves with the scribes said, "He saved others. H...”
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