Luke 12:7

7 Even every hair on your head has been counted. Don't be afraid! You are worth more than many sparrows.

Luke 12:7 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 12:7

But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered,
&c.] Not only their persons had passed under the hands of him that telleth them, who is the "Palmoni", or "wonderful numberer", as in the margin of ( Daniel 8:13 ) and not only the several members of their bodies, or the more substantial parts of them, were written in the book of his purposes, according to which they were fashioned in time, but the more minute parts, and less to be regarded, were all told over, and kept in account; even the very hairs of their head, and not one of them could fall to the ground, any more than a sparrow; or be plucked off by men, without the knowledge and will of God; so careful is the providence of God, of all his people:

fear not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows;
for if the hairs of their heads are as much regarded as sparrows, their persons and their lives must be of more account, than an infinite number of them, nor are they to be mentioned with them.

Luke 12:7 In-Context

5 I'll show you the one you should be afraid of. Be afraid of the one who has the power to throw you into hell after killing you. I'm warning you to be afraid of him.
6 "Aren't five sparrows sold for two cents? God doesn't forget any of them.
7 Even every hair on your head has been counted. Don't be afraid! You are worth more than many sparrows.
8 I can guarantee that the Son of Man will acknowledge in front of God's angels every person who acknowledges him in front of others.
9 But God's angels will be told that I don't know those people who tell others that they don't know me.
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