100 Bible Verses About Self-Reflection

For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.

If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.

He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?

I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?

And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the Lord had said.

A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;

Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out.

I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.

And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:

It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.

Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.

I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.

Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.

But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.

For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?

Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.

For thy name’s sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.

And the Lord said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.

The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.

Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.

For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God.

Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste.

But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?

I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.

And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?

And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;

But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off.

He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, when he led thee by the way?

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.

I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.

And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?

What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.

Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.

What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?

O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord.

And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed.

Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.

Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.

And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.

A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?

For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,

How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.

But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.

And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing:

Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?

The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.