Psalm 8:3-4 - When I look up into the night skies and see the work of your fingers-the moon and the stars you have made  4 what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for and visit him?  5 You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings (elohiym) and crowned him with glory and honor and dignity and worth.  6 You made him to have dominion over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet.

John 5:39-41 - Jesus said, "You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!  40 Yet you refuse to come to me to receive this life. 41 Your approval means nothing to me."

Philippians 3:4-10 - Yet I could have confidence in myself if anyone could. If others have reason for confidence in their own efforts, I have even more!   5  For I was circumcised when I was eight days old, having been born into a pure-blooded Jewish family that is a branch of the tribe of Benjamin. So I am a real Jew if there ever was one! What's more, I was a member of the Pharisees, who demand the strictest obedience to the Jewish law.   6  And zealous? Yes, in fact, I harshly persecuted the church. And I obeyed the Jewish law so carefully that I was never accused of any fault.  7 I once thought all these things were so very important, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done.  8 Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the priceless gain of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I may have Christ  9 and become one with him. I no longer count on my own goodness or my ability to obey God's law, but I trust Christ to save me. For God's way of making us right with himself depends on faith.

Acts 17:28 - "For in Him we live and move and have our being." As some of your own poets have said, "We are his offspring."