100 Bible verses that say who you are, what defines you, and why you matter

100 Bible verses that will remind you of your worth, your identity and how God sees you…in case you forget sometimes.

The way we view ourselves has been marred by decades of lies we’ve absorbed and it’s not hard to imagine that it would impact more than just how we feel about ourselves. Relationships, decisions, our faith…everything really.

And as hard as we try, we’re not going to find the truth in a self-help book (even if it’s really witty and well-written), from our friends (even if they are the best people on the planet), or “inside ourself” (insert eyeroll).

Nothing changes us like God’s word.  So scroll through these verses and see what hits you, then see if you can put a verse or two to memory.

You’ll find a free, printable, version of all 100 verses at the bottom of the post, too!

Bible verses to remind you of your identity

As you read through these, one of them…some of them… will strike a chord. Maybe that’s an area that you are struggling to accept God’s view of you. Maybe that’s an area you are not seeing clearly. Don’t move on too quickly. Sit there for a minute.

Perhaps you are even thinking…”I have no idea who I am to begin with.” That’s okay too. Read through what Scripture has to say about who God says you are and invite Him to speak to you what you need to hear. (I happen to think he loves that invitation and doesn’t often turn it down!)

… So what does Scripture say about your identity??  

You are loved

Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.  Colossians 3:12

But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ — by grace you have been saved.  Ephesians 2:4-5

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.  Romans 5:8

We love because he first loved us.  1 John 4:19

You are chosen

For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. Ephesians 1:4

For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you.  I Thessalonians 1:4

You are forgiven

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace.   Ephesians 1:7

I am writing to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.  1 John 2:12

You are changed by his grace

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect.  1 Corinthians 15:10

You are heard

Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice.  Psalm 55:17

You are understood

You have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You understand my thought from afar.  Psalm 139: 1-2

This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us–whatever we ask–we know that we have what we asked of him.  1 John 5:14-15

You are made new

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!  2 Corinthians 5:17

You are God’s child

Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.   John 1:12

See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.  1 John 3:1

So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith.  Galatians 3:16

You are an heir along with Jesus

Now if we are children, then we are heirs–heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.  Romans 8:17

You are free

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.  Galatians 5:1

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.  Romans 8:2

You are set apart (sanctified)

By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.  Hebrews 10:10

You are justified (declared or made righteous in the sight of God)

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.  Romans 3:23-24

You are redeemed

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.”  He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.  Galatians 3: 13-14

He will redeem my soul in peace from the battle which is against me, For they are many who strive with me.  Psalm 55:18

You are no longer a slave to sin

For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin  Romans 6:6

You are not condemned by God

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.  Romans 8:1

You are accepted by Christ

Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.  Romans 15:7

You are God’s workmanship, created for a good purpose

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. Ephesians 2:10

You are seen by God (even when you can’t see Him)

But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him. When he is at work in the north, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him. But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.  Job 23 8-10

You are not righteous, but you are righteous (wait, what?!)

As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.  Romans 3:10

Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous, no one who does what is right and never sins.  Ecclesiastes 7:20

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.  2 Corinthians 5:21

For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous.  Romans 5:19

Not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith.  Philippians 3:9

You are saved by grace

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith–and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God–  Ephesians 2:8

You are lacking nothing

And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.  Philippians 4:19

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.  Matthew 6:33-34

You are blessed with every spiritual blessing

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.  Ephesians 1:3

You are sealed with the Holy Spirit

And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit.  Ephesians 1:13

You are Christ’s ambassador

We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.  2 Corinthians 5:20

You are not friendless

You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.  John 15: 14-15

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You are created in his image

So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.  Genesis 1:27

You are wonderfully made

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.  Psalm 139: 13-14

You are a temple of the Holy Spirit

Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own  1 Corinthians 6:19

You are strong

I can do all this through him who gives me strength.  Philippians 4:13

You are complete

And in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority.  Colossians 2:10

You are God’s special possession

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.   1 Peter 2:9

You are full of complete joy

I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.  John 15:11

You have dignity

She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.  Proverbs 31:25

You are in the light

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light.  Ephesians 5:8

You are an overwhelming conqueror

But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.  Romans 8:37

You are not wandering aimlessly

Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”  Isaiah 30:21

You are sufficient

Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God.  2 Corinthians 3:5

And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.  2 Corinthians 9:8

I have everything I need for a godly life – His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.  2 Peter 1:3

You are rescued

For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves.  Colossians 1:13

You are healed

He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.  1 Peter 2:24

You are not ruled by fear

For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.  2 Timothy 1:7

You are secure

It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure.  Psalm 18:32

You can have peace

You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.  Isaiah 26:3

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.  John 14:27

And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.  Philippians 4:7

You are not abandoned

God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”  Hebrews 13:5

You can have an abundant life

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.  John 10:10

You can hold your head high

But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high.  Psalm 3:3

Your honor depends on God

My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge.  Psalm 62:7

You are wooed by God

Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her. … I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion. I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will acknowledge the LORD.  Hosea 2:14, 19-20

You can say ‘no’ to temptation and sin

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. 1 Corinthians 10:13

For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age.  Titus 2:11-12

So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.  Galatians 5:16

You have an advocate

My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father–Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.  1 John 2:1

For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus.  1 Timothy 2:5

You cannot be snatched from Christ

I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.  John 10:28

Your work is not in vain

Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.  1 Corinthians 15:58

Your heart is seen by God

But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”  1 Samuel 16:7

All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.  Proverbs 21:2

You are able to discern God’s will

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is–his good, pleasing and perfect will.  Romans 12:2

You are valued by God

Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.  Luke 12:7

You are helped by God

For I am the LORD your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.  Isaiah 41:13

So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.  Isaiah 41:10

You can become more like Jesus

And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.  2 Corinthians 3:18

Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.  1 John 2:6

I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.  John 13:15

You have received God’s grace

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect.   1 Corinthians 15:10

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.  2 Corinthians 12:9

You have been gifted by God

Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.  1 Corinthians 12:7

We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us.  Romans 12:6

and one more biggie ==>

You are not done yet!

Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.  Philippians 1:6

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