here are 30 Bible verses on loving yourself:
- Matthew 22:39:
“And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
- Ephesians 5:29:
“For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.”
- Psalm 139:14:
“I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.”
- 1 Corinthians 6:19-20:
“Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.”
- 1 John 4:19:
“We love because he first loved us.”
- Proverbs 19:8:
“Whoever gets sense loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding will discover good.”
- Matthew 10:29-31:
“Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.”
- Romans 12:3:
“For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.”
- Galatians 5:14:
“For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”
- Philippians 2:3-4:
“Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.”
- Psalm 27:10:
“For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord will take me in.”
- Luke 12:7:
“Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.”
- 1 Timothy 4:12:
“Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.”
- 1 Corinthians 13:4-7:
“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”
- Romans 5:8:
“But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
- Matthew 7:12:
“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.”
- Ephesians 2:10:
“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”
- 1 Peter 3:3-4:
“Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.”
- Proverbs 3:5-6:
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.”
- Jeremiah 31:3:
“The Lord appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.”
- 1 John 4:7:
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.”
- Isaiah 49:15-16:
“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you. Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.”
- Psalm 46:5:
“God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns.”
- Matthew 22:37:
“And he said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’”
- 1 Peter 5:7:
“Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.”
- 1 John 3:1:
“See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.”
- Isaiah 43:4:
“Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life.”
- Romans 8:38-39:
“For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
- Zephaniah 3:17:
“The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.”
- John 15:13:
“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.”
These verses affirm the importance of self-love as a reflection of God’s love for us and our identity as His beloved children.
