12 Bible Verses about What Value Is Man?

Stop regarding man, whose breath of life is in his nostrils;
For why should he be esteemed?

How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep! So then, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

“What is man that You magnify him,
And that You are concerned about him,

What is man that You take thought of him,
And the son of man that You care for him?

O Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him?
Or the son of man, that You think of him?

But one has testified somewhere, saying,
“What is man, that You remember him?
Or the son of man, that You are concerned about him?

So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.

Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.

Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; they have no storeroom nor barn, and yet God feeds them; how much more valuable you are than the birds!

The precious sons of Zion,
Weighed against fine gold,
How they are regarded as earthen jars,
The work of a potter’s hands!

Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptist! Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

I say to you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”