The Bible is clear that every human life is precious and valuable in God’s sight. From the beginning of creation to the teachings of Jesus, Scripture affirms the dignity and worth of every person. Let’s explore verses that remind us of the immense value God places on human life and how we can honor that in our daily actions.
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Bible Verses About Value Of Human Life
Genesis 1:27 – Humans are created in the image of God
“So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” – Genesis 1:27
Psalm 139:13-14 – God knit us together in our mother’s womb
“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” – Psalm 139:13-14
Jeremiah 1:5 – God knew and set us apart even before we were formed
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” – Jeremiah 1:5
Matthew 10:31 – God knows the number of hairs on our heads
“So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.” – Matthew 10:31
Matthew 22:37-39 – Command to love your neighbor as yourself
“Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” – Matthew 22:37-39
Mark 8:36 – Our souls are more valuable than the whole world
“What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?” – Mark 8:36
John 3:16 – God’s love for us led to the sacrifice of Jesus
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” – John 3:16
Acts 17:28 – In God, we live, move, and have our being
“‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’” – Acts 17:28
Romans 5:8 – Christ died for us while we were still sinners
“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” – Romans 5:8
Romans 12:10 – Honor one another and value their feelings
“Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.” – Romans 12:10
1 Corinthians 3:16 – Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit
“Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?” – 1 Corinthians 3:16
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 – Your body is bought with a price
“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore, honor God with your bodies.” – 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
1 Corinthians 12:14-20 – Each member of the body of Christ has value
“Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many. Now if the foot should say, ‘Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,’ it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. And if the ear should say, ‘Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,’ it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. If 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? But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. If they were all one part, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, but one body.” – 1 Corinthians 12:14-20
2 Corinthians 5:17 – In Christ, we are a new creation
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” – 2 Corinthians 5:17
Galatians 3:26-28 – All are one in Christ Jesus
“So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” – Galatians 3:26-28
Ephesians 2:10 – We are God’s handiwork
“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” – Ephesians 2:10
Ephesians 4:1-6 – Walk in a manner worthy of the calling
“As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit throughthe bond of peace. There is ones body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.” – Ephesians 4:1-6
Ephesians 5:29 – We nourish and cherish our bodies as Christ does the church
“After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church.” – Ephesians 5:29
Philippians 2:3-4 – Consider others above yourself
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.” – Philippians 2:3-4
Colossians 3:12 – Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.” – Colossians 3:12
1 Timothy 4:12 – Be an example in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity
“Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.” – 1 Timothy 4:12
Hebrews 10:24-25 – Encourage one another and meet together
“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” – Hebrews 10:24-25
1 Peter 2:9 – We are a chosen people, a royal priesthood
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.” – 1 Peter 2:9
1 Peter 3:15 – Be prepared to give a reason for your hope
“But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.” – 1 Peter 3:15
1 Peter 5:6-7 – Cast all your anxieties on God
“Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” – 1 Peter 5:6-7
1 John 3:1 – How great is the love the Father has lavished on us
“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.” – 1 John 3:1
1 John 3:18 – Love in action, not just in speech
“Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.” – 1 John 3:18
1 John 4:7-8 – Love comes from God, for God is love
“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” – 1 John 4:7-8
Jeremiah 29:11 – God has plans to prosper and not to harm you
“‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’” – Jeremiah 29:11
Philippians 4:19 – God will meet all your needs
“And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.” – Philippians 4:19
Isaiah 43:4 – You are precious and honored in God’s sight
“Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you, I will give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your life.” – Isaiah 43:4
Jeremiah 31:3 – God’s love for us is an everlasting love
“The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: ‘I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.’” – Jeremiah 31:3
Psalm 36:7 – God’s love reaches to the heavens
“How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.” – Psalm 36:7
Psalm 103:17-18 – God’s love is for those who fear him
“But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children—with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts.” – Psalm 103:17-18
Matthew 6:26 – God cares for the birds of the air, how much more for us
“Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?” – Matthew 6:26
Luke 12:7 – God even knows the number of hairs on your head
“Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.” – Luke 12:7
Romans 8:38-39 – Nothing can separate us from God’s love
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” – Romans 8:38-39
Ephesians 3:17-19 – Know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge
“…and I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” – Ephesians 3:17-19
1 John 4:9-11 – God’s love was shown by sending his Son to die for us
“This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.” – 1 John 4:9-11
1 John 4:16 – We have come to know and believe in the love God has for us
“So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and anyone who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in them.” – 1 John 4:16 (NRSV)
John 15:13 – Greater love has no one than this, to lay down one’s life for a friend
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” – John 15:13
Isaiah 49:15 – Even if a mother forgets her child, God will not forget us
“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!” – Isaiah 49:15
Proverbs 3:5-6 – Trust in the Lord and he will make your paths straight
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” – Proverbs 3:5-6
Psalm 8:4 – What is mankind that you are mindful of them?
“what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?” – Psalm 8:4
Psalm 139:17-18 – God’s thoughts about us are more than the grains of sand
“How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand—when I awake, I am still with you.” – Psalm 139:17-18
Matthew 10:30 – God knows even the hairs on your head
“And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.” – Matthew 10:30
Psalm 34:8 – Taste and see that the Lord is good
“Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.” – Psalm 34:8
Romans 8:28 – All things work together for good for those who love God
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” – Romans 8:28
Deuteronomy 7:6 – You are a treasured possession of the Lord
“For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.” – Deuteronomy 7:6