What Does the Bible Say About Value Of Human Life?

Genesis 1:26-27 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

Exodus 20:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

“You shall not murder.

Romans 2:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes

For God shows no partiality.

Psalm 139:13-16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

James 3:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.

Psalm 127:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.

Psalm 51:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Romans 9:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?

Romans 3:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Luke 1:44 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.

Exodus 21:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“When men strive together and hit a pregnant woman, so that her children come out, but there is no harm, the one who hit her shall surely be fined, as the woman's husband shall impose on him, and he shall pay as the judges determine.

Luke 1:41 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

Psalm 8:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.

Genesis 9:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.

Hebrews 9:27 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,

Acts 17:28 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For “‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said, “‘For we are indeed his offspring.’

Psalm 139:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb.

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 1 helpful vote

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. ...

21 Bible Verses about Value Of Human Life

Genesis 1:26-27 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Exodus 20:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Romans 2:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Psalm 139:13-16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

James 3:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 127:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 51:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 9:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 1:44 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Exodus 21:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 1:41 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 8:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 9:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 9:27 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 17:28 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Psalm 139:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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21 Bible Verses about Value Of Human Life

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Genesis 1:26-27 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Exodus 20:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Romans 2:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Psalm 139:13-16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

James 3:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 127:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 51:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 9:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 3:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 1:44 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Exodus 21:22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 1:41 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 8:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 9:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 9:27 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 17:28 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Psalm 139:13 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 1 helpful vote