8 Bible Verses About Self-Worth: See Yourself as God Sees You
Do you ever compare yourself to others and feel like you don’t measure up? Maybe you want to learn how to embrace yourself the way you are, but you don’t know where to begin. Today, we’ll explore eight powerful Bible verses about self-worth.
8 Bible Verses About Self-Worth
Our self-worth is not found in others say about us or even what we think about ourselves. We find our worth through God’s thoughts about us. Soak in these eight Bible verses about self-worth as you let God’s love fill your heart today.
Bible Verses About Self-Worth
1. Song of Solomon 2:16
My beloved is mine, and I am his.
If you are a follower of Christ, you belong to him, and he belongs to you in the way a married couple belongs to one another.
Jesus is yours, and you are his. This is the truest part of your identity.
Soak in this and speak it until you believe it.
2. Psalm 139:13-14
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.
God formed you in your mother’s womb. He created you with passion and purposefulness. You are fearfully and wonderfully made.
I encourage you to meditate on these words and repeat them until you begin to believe them. Hang these verses in a frame on your wall or write them on a note and hang them beside your bathroom mirror.
You will learn how to embrace yourself as you as when you consistently align your heart with what God says about you.
3. Matthew 10:29-31
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
You are so dear to God that he has numbered the hairs on your head.
He knows you better than you know yourself, and he cares for you deeply. Lean into this truth when you feel less-than.
4. Song of Solomon 4:1
Behold, you are beautiful, my love, behold, you are beautiful!
God’s love for you can be represented by the love a man has for his wife in a healthy, thriving marriage. As a husband looks at his wife and calls her beautiful, God looks at you and calls you beautiful.
5. Genesis 1:27
So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
This verse states that you were created in the image of God. The next time you doubt your worth or experience critical thoughts about your worth, remind yourself that you were made in the image of the Living God.
6. 1 John 3:1
See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!
God is a good Father. He loves you in the way a good dad loves his children. He believes in you, stands with you, and will never leave you.
7. Isaiah 49:15
Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you.
God can never forget you. As a mother tenderly thinks of her nursing child, the child she sustains, God’s thoughts are always with you.
8. John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
God demonstrated your value once and for all when he allowed his precious Son to die in your place. You are dear to him, so dear that Jesus would have gone to the cross if you were the only person on earth. Soak in this radical love today.
Apply These Bible Verses About Self-Worth to Your Life
I invite you to join me in the woods, and we’ll talk about the parts of our lives that make us feel unique as we aim to embrace ourselves as we are.
The bluebells have returned. Emerging from rocky soil as if breaking into the light took no effort at all, they hang their huddled heads—embarrassed by their brilliance. It seems they’re not unlike most of us: bashful about the precise attributes that make us remarkably unique in this world.
Some part of me wants to tell the bluebells, “Your color is what makes you extraordinary. Embrace yourself. Don’t hide it.”
In the same way, I want to tell the friend who hides her gifts, “The parts of you that make you feel different are your gifts to the world. Don’t hide them.”
Here are eight thoughts about how to embrace yourself the way God made you:
1. Remember that your uniqueness is your gift to the world.
God creates no two vessels exactly the same way. You are the way you are so that you might complete the purpose set before you in this world. No part of you is an accident, from the way you look to the things you love to do.
You don’t need to hide these parts of yourself. Embrace them. They are your gift to the world.
2. Focus on what you can give, not what you can receive.
The writer of Proverbs reminds us: “He who waters will himself be watered” (Proverbs 11:25).
We are called to give ourselves away for the sake of others. We all face the temptation to look inward more than we look outward; however, shifting our focus helps us fulfill God’s purpose.
As we embrace the way God created us, we will be compelled to offer our authentic selves to others, and this is always a gift.
3. Remember that you’re wildly loved just as you are, and nothing can take this love away from you.
You are loved by the God who created you. He loves you with your imperfections, your weaknesses, your idiosyncrasies, and your failures. He loves you when others reject you and misunderstand you.
God loves you so much that he demonstrated his love for you through the ultimate act of sacrifice: the suffering and death of his only Son (see Romans 5:8).
When you don’t feel loved by him, the sacrifice on the cross is still real. It is lasting proof that goes beyond feelings and emotions. Cling to this truth when you need the reminder that he loves you.
You can embrace yourself because the Creator of the world embraces you.
4. Create your own inner circle of kindness and compassion.
Walk into crowded rooms and try to fit in, and you will always be an outsider.
Walk into crowded rooms and look for someone to love, and you will forget all about yourself.
In the process, you will find yourself in the middle of the only inner circle that really matters: The inner circle of those who live to love others.
5. Surround yourself with people who love you for who you are and not what you can do for them.
Ask God to lead you to some friends who will love you for who you are, not what you can do for them. These people will build you up and remind you of your identity.
6. Don’t let the words of critical people define your worth.
Remember that you are defined by God’s love for you. When critical comments from others hurt, return to today’s Bible verses about self-worth. Stand on them as promises, anchors for the storms of life.
7. Take the time to cultivate hobbies that fill you with joy.
We all need space to care for ourselves. Carve out this space, and God will use it to affirm your worth.
8. Refuse to compare yourself to others.
Comparison is the great joy stealer. Instead of comparing yourself to others, ask God to help you stand firm in his love. He wants you to live from the overflow of this love. When you learn to do so, you will have nothing to prove, nothing to measure up to.
Lastly, Remember This:
Above all else, remember this: God made you the way you are for a specific reason, and you need to be just like this to fulfill the purpose God has for your life. Ask him to help you embrace yourself.
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