100 Bible Verses about Self-Respect

Here are 100 Bible verses about self-respect, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

1 Corinthians 6:20 KJV

²⁰ For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

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2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV

¹⁷ Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

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Romans 12:2 KJV

² And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

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Romans 12:3 KJV

³ For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

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Psalm 139:14 KJV

¹⁴ I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

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Galatians 2:20 KJV

²⁰ I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

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Psalm 139:13-14 KJV

¹³ For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. ¹⁴ I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

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Philippians 2:3 KJV

³ Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

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Genesis 1:27 KJV

²⁷ So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

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Philippians 4:13 KJV

¹³ I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

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Ephesians 2:10 KJV

¹⁰ For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

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2 Timothy 1:7 KJV

⁷ For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

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Mark 12:31 KJV

³¹ And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

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Romans 3:23 KJV

²³ For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

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1 Peter 2:9 KJV

⁹ But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;

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Jeremiah 1:5 KJV

⁵ Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

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2 Timothy 2:15 KJV

¹⁵ Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

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Jeremiah 29:11 KJV

¹¹ For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

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1 Peter 2:17 KJV

¹⁷ Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

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Isaiah 41:10 KJV

¹⁰ Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

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1 John 3:1 KJV

¹ Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

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2 Corinthians 3:18 KJV

¹⁸ But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

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Luke 12:7 KJV

⁷ But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

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Romans 5:8 KJV

⁸ But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

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Hebrews 4:16 KJV

¹⁶ Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

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Proverbs 17:22 KJV

²² A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

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Matthew 11:28-30 KJV

²⁸ Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. ³⁰ For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

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John 3:16 KJV

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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2 Timothy 2:22 KJV

²² Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

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Romans 6:23 KJV

²³ For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Ephesians 1:4 KJV

⁴ According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

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1 Samuel 16:7 KJV

⁷ But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

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Matthew 16:24-25 KJV

²⁴ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. ²⁵ For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

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Joshua 1:9 KJV

⁹ Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

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John 1:12 KJV

¹² But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

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1 Timothy 4:12-14 KJV

¹² Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. ¹³ Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. ¹⁴ Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

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Philippians 3:13-14 KJV

¹³ Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, ¹⁴ I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

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Deuteronomy 8:17-18 KJV

¹⁷ And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. ¹⁸ But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

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Galatians 6:4 KJV

⁴ But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.

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Matthew 7:12 KJV

¹² Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

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2 Corinthians 12:10 KJV

¹⁰ Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

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Colossians 3:9 KJV

⁹ Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

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1 Corinthians 13:4 KJV

⁴ Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

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1 John 5:4 KJV

⁴ For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

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1 Peter 2:5 KJV

⁵ Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

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Colossians 3:12 KJV

¹² Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

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2 Corinthians 10:12 KJV

¹² For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

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Psalm 56:2-7 KJV

² Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High. ³ What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. ⁴ In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. ⁵ Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil. ⁶ They …

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Isaiah 43:4 KJV

⁴ Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.

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John 15:5 KJV

⁵ I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

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Revelation 1:1 KJV

¹ The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

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Matthew 19:19 KJV

¹⁹ Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

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Genesis 1:26-27 KJV

²⁶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. ²⁷ So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

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2 Corinthians 12:9-10 KJV

⁹ And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. ¹⁰ Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

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Psalm 139:13 KJV

¹³ For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

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1 Timothy 5:1-2 KJV

¹ Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; ² The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

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Ecclesiastes 4:4 KJV

⁴ Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

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Matthew 7:6 KJV

⁶ Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

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1 John 4:19-21 KJV

¹⁹ We love him, because he first loved us. ²⁰ If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? ²¹ And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

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1 Peter 1:18-19 KJV

¹⁸ Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; ¹⁹ But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

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Jeremiah 31:3 KJV

³ The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

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John 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ¹⁷ For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

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Psalm 23:1-6 KJV

¹ The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. ² He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. ³ He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. ⁴ Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. …

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Leviticus 19:32 KJV

³² Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.

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Ephesians 6:1-3 KJV

¹ Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. ² Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; ³ That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

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Matthew 22:39 KJV

³⁹ And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

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1 John 5:3 KJV

³ For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

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Ephesians 5:33 KJV

³³ Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

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Matthew 19:26 KJV

²⁶ But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

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Hebrews 13:17 KJV

¹⁷ Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

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1 Corinthians 10:33 KJV

³³ Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.

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Hebrews 11:6 KJV

⁶ But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

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Romans 13:1-7 KJV

¹ Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. ² Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. ³ For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou …

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Colossians 3:2 KJV

² Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

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Proverbs 31:25 KJV

²⁵ Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

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1 Corinthians 15:10 KJV

¹⁰ But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

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1 Corinthians 10:1-33 KJV

¹ Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; ² And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; ³ And did all eat the same spiritual meat; ⁴ And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock …

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Ephesians 5:29 KJV

²⁹ For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:

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Hebrews 13:18 KJV

¹⁸ Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.

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Colossians 3:20 KJV

²⁰ Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

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2 Corinthians 1:12 KJV

¹² For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

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1 Corinthians 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶ Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? ¹⁷ If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

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Ephesians 2:22 KJV

²² In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

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Deuteronomy 10:12 KJV

¹² And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

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1 Corinthians 12:22-25 KJV

²² Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: ²³ And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. ²⁴ For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked. …

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John 7:18 KJV

¹⁸ He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

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Psalm 71:5 KJV

⁵ For thou art my hope, O Lord God: thou art my trust from my youth.

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Job 4:6 KJV

⁶ Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

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1 Timothy 4:4 KJV

⁴ For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:

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1 Thessalonians 4:4 KJV

⁴ That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;

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1 Corinthians 6:12-20 KJV

¹² All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. ¹³ Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. ¹⁴ And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own …

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James 1:9-10 KJV

⁹ Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: ¹⁰ But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

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Titus 2:2 KJV

² That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

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2 Timothy 4:17 KJV

¹⁷ Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

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Ephesians 1:14 KJV

¹⁴ Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

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Philippians 3:4-7 KJV

⁴ Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more: ⁵ Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; ⁶ Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. …

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Luke 17:12-13 KJV

¹² And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: ¹³ And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.

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Psalm 101:5 KJV

⁵ Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

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John 3:36 KJV

³⁶ He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

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Galatians 6:3 KJV

³ For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

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