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30 Bible Verses About Loving Yourself

  1. Matthew 22:39 (NIV)

    “And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

  2. Mark 12:31 (NIV)

    “The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”

  3. Ephesians 5:29 (NIV)

    “After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church—”

  4. Genesis 1:27 (NIV)

    “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.”

  5. Psalm 139:14 (NIV)

    “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”

  6. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NIV)

    “Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.”

  7. Romans 12:3 (NIV)

    “For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.”

  8. Galatians 6:4 (NIV)

    “Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else,”

  9. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (NIV)

    “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”

  10. Matthew 10:30 (NIV)

    “And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.”

  11. Luke 12:7 (NIV)

    “Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.”

  12. Psalm 103:13-14 (NIV)

    “As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him; for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.”

  13. Romans 5:8 (NIV)

    “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

  14. Psalm 46:5 (NIV)

    “God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.”

  15. 1 John 3:1 (NIV)

    “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.”

  16. 1 Peter 5:7 (NIV)

    “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”

  17. Romans 8:38-39 (NIV)

    “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

  18. Jeremiah 31:3 (NIV)

    “The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: ‘I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.’”

  19. 1 Corinthians 3:16 (NIV)

    “Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?”

  20. Isaiah 49:15-16 (NIV)

    “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.”

  21. Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)

    “For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’”

  22. Romans 12:6 (NIV)

    “We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith;”

  23. Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV)

    “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”

  24. Philippians 4:13 (NIV)

    “I can do all this through him who gives me strength.”

  25. Psalm 27:10 (NIV)

    “Though my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will receive me.”

  26. John 15:13 (NIV)

    “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”

  27. Proverbs 14:1 (NIV)

    “The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.”

  28. Psalm 100:3 (NIV)

    “Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.”

  29. Psalm 37:4 (NIV)

    “Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.”

  30. Psalm 139:16 (NIV)

    “Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.”