Feelings

What the Bible says about self-worth

The 15 verses readers most often turn to for this topic, quoted in full from the Berean Standard Bible.

Ps 139:14I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.

1 Pet 3:3–4Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes, but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.

Gen 1:27So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Gal 1:10Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Jer 29:11For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.

Gen 2:7Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

Rom 12:3For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.

Eph 2:10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

Gal 6:3If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

2 Cor 10:18For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.

Prov 29:25The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high.

Luke 12:6–7Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

Isa 64:8But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.

Luke 14:11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

1 Sam 16:7But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”

These are the verses readers most often turn to for this topic — not a teaching on it. Read each in its chapter.

Sources

The verses of each topic and their order: OpenBible.info topical data, by readers’ votes: OpenBible.info · CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible · Public domain