Bible Verses About Self-Denial: Becomes strangers and pilgrims

All these died in faith, and receiued not the promises, but sawe them a farre off, and beleeued them, and receiued them thankefully, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

For they that say such things, declare plainely, that they seeke a countrey.

And if they had bene mindfull of that countrey, from whence they came out, they had leasure to haue returned.

Dearely beloued, I beseeche you, as strangers and pilgrims, abstaine from fleshly lusts, which fight against the soule,