self hatred
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18The just cried out, and the Lord heard them, and he freed them from all their tribulations. 19The Lord is near to those who are troubled in heart, and he will save the humble in spirit. 20Many are the afflictions of the just, but from them all the Lord will free them. 21The Lord preserves all of their bones, not one of them shall be broken.
19Or do you not know that your bodies are the Temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? 20For you have been bought at a great price. Glorify and carry God in your body.
25I am. I am the very One who wipes away your iniquities for my own sake. And I will not remember your sins.
9And he said to me: “My grace is sufficient for you. For virtue is perfected in weakness.” And so, willingly shall I glory in my weaknesses, so that the virtue of Christ may live within me.
1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who are not walking according to the flesh.
9If we confess our sins, then he is faithful and just, so as to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all iniquity.
29For no man has ever hated his own flesh, but instead he nourishes and cherishes it, as Christ also does to the Church.
7For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of virtue, and of love, and of self-restraint.
32Whoever rejects discipline despises his own soul. But whoever agrees to correction is a possessor of the heart.
13Brothers, I do not consider that I have already attained this. Instead, I do one thing: forgetting those things that are behind, and extending myself toward those things that are ahead, 14I pursue the destination, the prize of the heavenly calling of God in Christ Jesus.
17A merciful man benefits his own soul. But whoever is cruel casts out even his close relatives.
27And God created man to his own image; to the image of God he created him; male and female, he created them.
31But the second is similar to it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
31And you shall remember your very wicked ways and your intentions, which were not good. And you will be displeased by your own iniquities and your own crimes.
2I will bless the Lord at all times. His praise will be ever in my mouth. 3In the Lord, my soul will be praised. May the meek listen and rejoice. 4Magnify the Lord with me, and let us extol his name in itself. 5I sought the Lord, and he heeded me, and he carried me away from all my tribulations. 6Approach him and be enlightened, and your faces will not be confounded. 7This poor one cried out, and the Lord heeded him, and he saved him from all his tribulations.
12Hatred rises up from disputes. And charity covers all offenses.