Luke 12:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.”
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“And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not: ye are of more value than many sparrows.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“but even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 12:7 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 14:45But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God’s help he has accomplished this today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
- 2 Samuel 14:11“Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”
- Job 35:11who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
- Psalms 8:6You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:
- Isaiah 43:3For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.
- Matthew 6:26Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns—and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
- Matthew 10:30And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
- Matthew 12:12How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”
- Luke 21:18Yet not even a hair of your head will perish.
- Acts 27:34So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”
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