Bible Verses AboutMan
Bible verses about Man
Understanding "Man" through scripture is pivotal to grasping God's grand narrative. The Bible reveals our creation in His image, a testament to inherent worth and potential for divine connection. Exploring verses about humanity illuminates our purpose, struggles, and ultimate redemption through Christ. It unveils our dual nature – both dust and divinity – urging us to embrace humility while striving for spiritual growth. Studying these passages fosters self-awareness, compassion for others, and a deeper understanding of our role in God's plan, empowering us to live more authentically and purposefully in His light.
Most Helpful Verses
Begin with these carefully selected verses that address this topic most directly.
If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
Scripture Passages
Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.
If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,
And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.
For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.
And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
And if any man’s seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.
Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the Lord in Mizpeh.
And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.
When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests:
Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!
And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
The Lord shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.
What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels’ necks.
If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;
How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof.
And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth–lehem–judah.
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
The Lord shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.
The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there.
Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.
A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.
And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the Lord’s firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the Lord’s.
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.
And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.
And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;
These are the statutes, which the Lord commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father’s house.
And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man’s name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.
And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days’ respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.
And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.
He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
And say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.
Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man’s days,
And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.
What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.
And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:
And every man’s hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.
From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.
For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man’s days,
And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.
Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth–el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.
As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.
The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.
When a man’s ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David’s enemy continually.
Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s,
Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.
But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again.
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another.
Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:
Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the Lord; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it unto the Lord; even that man shall be cut off from among his people.
Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man’s days,
And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.
Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man’s name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.
What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:
A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.
And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man’s face, except our youngest brother be with us.
And it shall come to pass, that the man’s rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the Lord, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.
I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.
And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.
Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.
And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head:
A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.
Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day.
And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.
So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.
It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.
And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.
But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:
And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.
And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.
And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.
Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law.
He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
Neither said they, Where is the Lord that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.
And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.
Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.
Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the Lord.
And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron.
Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing.
Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the Lord’s firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the Lord’s.
And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.
And she said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,
And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king’s weight.
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.
He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
Furthermore Elihu answered and said,
Reflection
Contemplating Man
Exploring these Bible verses about man reveals a profound narrative: from creation in God's image, imbued with purpose and dominion, to the humbling reality of our fallen nature and the subsequent need for redemption. These scriptures underscore our inherent worth, spiritual capacity, and the weighty responsibility of stewardship. Ultimately, they paint a picture of humanity as both magnificent and flawed, capable of great love and devastating sin. Meditating on these passages invites introspection. How are we reflecting God's image in our daily lives? Are we actively pursuing righteousness and fulfilling our God-given purpose? Let these verses serve as a constant reminder of our potential for good, the ever-present call to humility, and the transformative power of God's grace in shaping us into the individuals He intended us to be.
May these verses about man bring wisdom and guidance to your spiritual journey
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