So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.
Genesis 1:27
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”
— Genesis 1:27
The Bible's basis for human worth is not self-esteem arithmetic; it is ownership and intention — "fearfully and wonderfully made," bought with a price. These verses are what it actually says. The fifteen verses below are the Bible's direct address to that situation, shown in full KJV text from Genesis 1:27 to 1 Peter 2:9.
Quick answer: The best-known verse about self-worth here is Genesis 1:27: "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." Psalms 8:4 follows close behind: "What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?" Both are public-domain translations, shown in full on the cards below with a modern-English toggle.
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them.
Genesis 1:27
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?
Psalms 8:4
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and crowned him with glory and honor.
Psalms 8:5
Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Psalms 100:3
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.
Psalms 139:14
Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
Since you have been precious and honored in my sight, and I have loved you, therefore I will give people in your place, and nations instead of your life.
Isaiah 43:4
But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
But now, Yahweh, you are our Father. We are the clay and you our potter. We all are the work of your hand.
Isaiah 64:8
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says Yahweh, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29:11
Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
Matthew 10:31
But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
But the very hairs of your head are all counted. Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
Luke 12:7
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
For I say through the grace that was given me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.
Romans 12:3
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,
1 Corinthians 6:19
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
1 Corinthians 6:20
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
not that we are sufficient of ourselves to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,
2 Corinthians 3:5
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
1 Peter 2:9
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