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Bible Verses About Self Examination
Find Bible verses about self examination — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about self examination?
The Bible addresses self examination 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
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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Psalms 26:2
“Examine me, Yahweh, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.”
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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 will give to your seed, and they shall inherit it forever.'"”
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2 Timothy 3:2
“For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,”
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Genesis 32:27
“He said to him, "What is your name?" He said, "Jacob."”
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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.”
John 18:19
“The high priest therefore asked Jesus about his disciples, and about his teaching.”
Leviticus 14:37
“He shall examine the plague; and behold, if the plague is in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and it appears to be deeper than the wall;”
Leviticus 14:3
“and the priest shall go forth out of the camp. The priest shall examine him, and behold, if the plague of leprosy is healed in the leper,”
Leviticus 13:2
“"When a man shall have a rising in his body's skin, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes in the skin of his body the plague of leprosy, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one o...”
1 Corinthians 11:28
“But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.”
Romans 2:21
“You therefore who teach another, don't you teach yourself? You who preach that a man shouldn't steal, do you steal?”
Matthew 23:12
“Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
Luke 6:41
“Why do you see the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye?”
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...”
2 Corinthians 10:7 — “Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he...”
Proverbs 20:27 — “The spirit of man is Yahweh's lamp, searching all his innermost parts....”
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