17 Bible Verses About Value and Worth

The Bible places a person’s worth in what God has done and said. God made humankind “in the image of God” (Genesis 1:27). Jesus told his disciples they are “worth more than many sparrows” (Matthew 10:31) and asked what anyone could give in exchange for a soul (Matthew 16:26). Other passages speak to God’s people: Israel as his “treasured possession” (Deuteronomy 7:6), called by name (Isaiah 43:1), and Christians redeemed “with the precious blood of Christ” (1 Peter 1:19) and…