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Bible Verses About Dying to Self
Find Bible verses about dying to self — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about dying to self?
The Bible addresses dying to self 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
Genesis 50:24
“Joseph said to his brothers, "I am dying, but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob."”
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Luke 9:25
“For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?”
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2 Corinthians 6:9
“as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and not killed;”
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Mark 4:38
“He himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up, and told him, "Teacher, don't you care that we are dying?"”
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Luke 8:24
“They came to him, and awoke him, saying, "Master, master, we are dying!" He awoke, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and it was calm.”
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Matthew 8:25
“They came to him, and woke him up, saying, "Save us, Lord! We are dying!"”
Exodus 32:13
“Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and all this land that I have spoken of I ...”
Luke 15:17
“But when he came to himself he said, 'How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough to spare, and I'm dying with hunger!”
2 Timothy 3:2
“For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,”
Genesis 48:21
“Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.”
John 11:37
“Some of them said, "Couldn't this man, who opened the eyes of him who was blind, have also kept this man from dying?"”
Luke 8:42
“for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. But as he went, the multitudes pressed against him.”
1 Timothy 4:16
“Pay attention to yourself, and to your teaching. Continue in these things, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.”
Matthew 23:12
“Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
Matthew 22:39
“A second likewise is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'”
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Daniel 11:36 — “The king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every...”
Ezekiel 38:23 — “I will magnify myself, and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations...”
Luke 14:11 — “For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted."...”
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