What The Bible Says About Low Self-Esteem So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27 The second is this; 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these. Mark 12:31 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgement, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you. Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. Romans 12:3-5