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Luke 12:7

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5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!

6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.

And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

8 I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.

9 But whoever denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.

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BSB
And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
KJV
But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
WEB
But the very hairs of your head are all counted. Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
ASV
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
DARBY
But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore, ye are better than many sparrows.
BLB
But even the hairs of your⁺ head have all been numbered. Do not be afraid; you⁺ are more valuable than many sparrows.
ÅB
Men endog hårene på deres hode er tellet alle sammen; frykt ikke! Dere er mere enn mange spurver.
OTB
Ja, til og med hårene på hodet deres er alle talt. Frykt ikke; dere er mer verdt enn mange spurver.
B1930
Men endog hårene på eders hode er tellet alle sammen; frykt ikke! I er mere enn mange spurver.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 10:30–31

    And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

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  • Matthew 6:26

    Look 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?

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  • Isaiah 43:3–4

    For 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.

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  • 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.”

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  • Luke 21:18

    Yet not even a hair of your head will perish.

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  • 1 Samuel 14:45

    But 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.

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  • Acts 27:34

    So 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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  • Psalms 8:6

    You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:

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