Bible Verses About Self-Denial: General references

And it cometh to pass after these things that God hath tried Abraham, and saith unto him, `Abraham;' and he saith, `Here am I.'

And He saith, `Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou hast loved, even Isaac, and go for thyself unto the land of Moriah, and cause him to ascend there for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains of which I speak unto thee.'

And Abraham riseth early in the morning, and saddleth his ass, and taketh two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and he cleaveth the wood of the burnt-offering, and riseth and goeth unto the place of which God hath spoken to him.

On the third day--Abraham lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the place from afar;

and Abraham saith unto his young men, `Remain by yourselves here with the ass, and I and the youth go yonder and worship, and turn back unto you.'

And Abraham taketh the wood of the burnt-offering, and placeth on Isaac his son, and he taketh in his hand the fire, and the knife; and they go on both of them together.

And Isaac speaketh unto Abraham his father, and saith, `My father,' and he saith, `Here am I, my son.' And he saith, `Lo, the fire and the wood, and where the lamb for a burnt-offering?'

and Abraham saith, `God doth provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son;' and they go on both of them together.

And they come in unto the place of which God hath spoken to him, and there Abraham buildeth the altar, and arrangeth the wood, and bindeth Isaac his son, and placeth him upon the altar above the wood;

and Abraham putteth forth his hand, and taketh the knife--to slaughter his son.

And the messenger of Jehovah calleth unto him from the heavens, and saith, `Abraham, Abraham;' and he saith, `Here am I;'

and He saith, `Put not forth thine hand unto the youth, nor do anything to him, for now I have known that thou art fearing God, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one, from Me.'

And the king saith unto Araunah, `Nay, for I do surely buy from thee for a price, and I do not cause to ascend to Jehovah my God burnt-offerings for nought;' and David buyeth the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver,

`If I enter into the tent of my house, If I go up on the couch of my bed,

If I give sleep to mine eyes, To mine eyelids--slumber,

Till I do find a place for Jehovah, Tabernacles for the Mighty One of Jacob.

Better is the slow to anger than the mighty, And the ruler over his spirit than he who is taking a city.

And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou art a man of appetite.

desirable bread I have not eaten, and flesh and wine hath not come in unto my mouth, and I have not anointed myself at all, till the completion of three weeks of days.

`But, if thy right eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna.

`And, if thy right hand doth cause thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna.

and a certain scribe having come, said to him, `Teacher, I will follow thee wherever thou mayest go;'

and Jesus saith to him, `The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may lay the head.'

And another of his disciples said to him, `Sir, permit me first to depart and to bury my father;'

and Jesus said to him, `Follow me, and suffer the dead to bury their own dead.'