From creation onward, God has shown a profound regard for human life, forming people in His own image, as seen in Genesis 1:27. The value of every life is further emphasized in Genesis 9:6, where taking a human life is strongly condemned. In Jeremiah 1:5, God affirms that He knows and values each person even before they are born, and Psalms 139:13-16 and 127:3 beautifully express the wonder and sanctity of life in the womb, testifying to God's loving and intimate involvement in every stage of human existence. This biblical perspective underscores the inherent worth and dignity of every human being.
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“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well. My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.
Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.
Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?