Low Self Esteem

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for I see not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”

For it isn’t he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.

I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

For if a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

You are all beautiful, my love. There is no spot in you.

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Then I said, “Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Armies!”

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.

Moses said to Yahweh, “O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.” — read the full passage →

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I don’t know how to speak; for I am a child.” — read the full passage →

Yahweh, your God, is in your midst, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.

knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers, — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance;

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

For though Yahweh is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but the proud, he knows from afar.

It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud.

For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.

A man’s pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

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

But I will leave in your midst an afflicted and poor people, and they will take refuge in Yahweh’s name.

But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.

For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that day.

If I wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye, — read the full passage →

We love him, because he first loved us. — read the full passage →

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

“Don’t remember the former things, and don’t consider the things of old. — read the full passage →

But now thus says Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine.

For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

Keep me as the apple of your eye. Hide me under the shadow of your wings,

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future. — read the full passage →

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; — read the full passage →

Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ. — read the full passage →

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

For Yahweh has called you as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of youth, when she is cast off,” says your God. — read the full passage →

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.

Thus says Yahweh, Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, don’t let the rich man glory in his riches; — read the full passage →

The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s. Beloved — read the full passage →

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit. — read the full passage →

and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness”; and he was called the friend of God.

so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. — read the full passage →

He doesn’t delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man. — read the full passage →

Don’t love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him.

For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. — read the full passage →

Who could bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who justifies. — read the full passage →

When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. — read the full passage →

I have come in my Father’s name, and you don’t receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him. — read the full passage →

Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life. — read the full passage →

The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.

However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.

let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water, — read the full passage →

For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness), — read the full passage →

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. — read the full passage →

One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”

Most certainly I tell you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and he will do greater works than these, because I am going to my Father.

A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

Thus says Yahweh: Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Yahweh.

Since you have been precious and honored in my sight, and I have loved you; therefore I will give people in your place, and nations instead of your life.

There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”

For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it; — read the full passage →

For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light, — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints who are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who doesn’t continue in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.” — read the full passage →

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.” — read the full passage →

They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house.” — read the full passage →

The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound; — read the full passage →