Bible verses about Comparison
Verses about comparing ourselves with others and finding freedom in our own calling.
And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”
1 Samuel 18:7And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?”
1 Samuel 18:8A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
Proverbs 14:30When Peter saw him, he asked, “Lord, what about him?”
John 21:21Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you? You follow Me!”
John 21:22Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,
Romans 12:4so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.
Romans 12:5We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;
Romans 12:6For the body does not consist of one part, but of many.
1 Corinthians 12:14If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.
1 Corinthians 12:15And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.
1 Corinthians 12:16If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?
1 Corinthians 12:17But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design.
1 Corinthians 12:18We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.
2 Corinthians 10:12Each one should test his own work. Then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in someone else.
Galatians 6:4For each one should carry his own load.
Galatians 6:5Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
Philippians 2:3Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.
Philippians 2:4Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
James 1:17