The best Bible verses for self harm include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for self harm, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"Do not accuse a man for no reason— when he has done you no harm."Proverbs 3:30
"Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited."Romans 12:16
"Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed."1 Peter 1:13
"Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight."1 Peter 3:4
"The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray."1 Peter 4:7
"So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-controlled."1 Thessalonians 5:6
"But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet."1 Thessalonians 5:8
"Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,"1 Timothy 3:2
"In this self-confident boasting I am not talking as the Lord would, but as a fool."2 Corinthians 11:17
"and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness;"2 Peter 1:6
"without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,"2 Timothy 3:3
Scripture returns to self harm often enough that no single verse covers it. The 15 passages below come from across the Old and New Testaments, and they do not all say the same thing — read together they give a fuller picture than any one of them does alone.
Each links to a study page with the full passage, its context, and the text in six translations, so a verse that catches your attention can be followed properly rather than left as a fragment.
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The most-cited Bible verses for self harm are Proverbs 3:30, Psalms 91:10, Psalms 121:6. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to self harm across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for self harm, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.