And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Parallel translations
- WEB but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
- KJV But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
- NKJV But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
- NASB But even the hairs of your head are all counted.
- NLT And the very hairs on your head are all numbered.
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Quick answer
God's care for His own is so detailed that even the hairs of their head are numbered. No part of a believer's life is overlooked.
Overview
Building on the sparrow illustration, Jesus declares that God's knowledge of His people is exhaustive, down to the hairs of their heads. This vivid image assures believers of God's intimate, personal care amid danger. Such providence undergirds confidence that nothing befalls them outside the Father's loving rule.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Luke 12:7And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
- 1 Sam 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.
- 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.”
- 2 Sam 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.”
- 1 Kgs 1:52And Solomon replied, “If he is a man of character, not a single hair of his will fall to the ground. But if evil is found in him, he will die.”
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