What does the Bible say about fearfully and wonderfully made?

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The Bible says that every human life is wonderfully and purposefully made by God, bearing His image and therefore possessing deep dignity and value. Psalm 139:13-16 praises God for forming us in the womb, knowing our days, and weaving each person together with wise care. Genesis 1:27 grounds this worth in humanity's creation in God's image, while Isaiah 64:8 pictures the Lord as the Potter and us as His workmanship. Jeremiah 1:5 and Isaiah 49:1 show that God knows and calls His servants before birth. Yet our greatest hope is not self-esteem but God's redeeming love: John 3:16 declares that He gave His Son to save sinners and make them new.

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  • Psalms 139:14

    I will give thanks to you, For I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.

  • Psalms 139:13-16

    [13] For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb. [14] I will give thanks to you, For I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well. [15] My frame wasn't hidden from you, When I was made in secret, Woven together in the depths of the earth. [16] Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there were none of them.

  • Psalms 139:1-24

    [1] > Yahweh, you have searched me, And you know me. [2] You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar. [3] You search out my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. [4] For there is not a word on my tongue, But, behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether. [5] You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me. [6] This knowledge is beyond me. It's lofty. I can't attain it. [7] Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence? [8] If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there! [9] If I take the wings of the dawn, And settle in the uttermost parts of the sea; [10] Even there your hand will lead me, And your right hand will hold me. [11] If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; The light around me will be night;" [12] Even the darkness doesn't hide from you, But the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you. [13] For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb. [14] I will give thanks to you, For I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well. [15] My frame wasn't hidden from you, When I was made in secret, Woven together in the depths of the earth. [16] Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there were none of them. [17] How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! [18] If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you. [19] If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men! [20] For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain. [21] Yahweh, don't I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you? [22] I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies. [23] Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts. [24] See if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.

  • Genesis 1:27

    God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.

  • Psalms 139:13-14

    [13] For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb. [14] I will give thanks to you, For I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.

  • Isaiah 64:8

    But now, Yahweh, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand.

  • Jeremiah 1:5

    Before I formed you in the belly I knew you, and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.

  • Isaiah 49:1

    Listen, isles, to me; and listen, you peoples, from far: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother has he made mention of my name:

  • Psalms 139:13

    For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb.

  • John 3:16

    For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

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