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19 Bible Verses About Insecurity

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Summary

  • Genesis 1:27 gives the image of God to mankind as a whole, male and female, and Psalm 139:13-16 describes God forming a person before birth.
  • In 1 Samuel 16:7 God tells Samuel to disregard Eliab’s appearance and height, and the son anointed is the youngest, who had been left tending the sheep.
  • Jeremiah objected “I am too young” (Jeremiah 1:6), and God answered with a command, a promise of presence and his words in Jeremiah’s mouth.
  • In 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 Paul pleaded three times for his thorn to be removed; the answer was “My grace is sufficient for you,” and the thorn stayed.
  • Isaiah 41:14 calls Israel “you worm Jacob, little Israel” in the same sentence as the promise “I myself will help you.”

The Bible meets insecurity at two points: what a person is worth to God, and whether God stays with someone who feels unequal to what is asked of them. Psalm 139:14 answers the first in a prayer of praise, and Jeremiah 1:5-8 answers the second with a call and an objection. On worth, Genesis 1:27 gives the image of God to mankind, Jesus tells his disciples they are worth more than many sparrows (Matthew 10:29-31), and the Lord tells Samuel…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

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