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Matthew 10:30
And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus speaks to his disciples during a mission discourse, addressing their anticipated persecution. He places this statement immediately after describing God's control over sparrow deaths and before commanding them not to fear.
The words — τρίχες (triches) literally means individual hairs, and πᾶσαι (pasai) means all. The syntax binds these terms to emphasize complete, itemized divine awareness of the physical body.
The thread — Luke 12:7 repeats the identical phrase, while Acts 27:34 applies the unharmed hair motif to physical preservation during a storm. 1 Samuel 14:45 reinforces the pattern by showing that God's sovereign will spares those who execute his deliverance.
Why it lands — The text states that God numbers every hair, asserting his precise knowledge of human existence. It requires the reader to replace fear with factual trust in a God whose attention does not overlook trivial details.
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The Greek words
King James Version
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Cross-references
- Luke 12:7 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
- 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.
- 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.”
- Luke 21:18 Yet not even a hair of your head will perish.
- 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.”
- 1 Kings 1:52 And 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.”