'Sons of Men' in the Bible

The Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built.

I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; when he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men,

then hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive and act and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart You know, for You alone know the hearts of all the sons of men,

then hear from heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive, and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart You know for You alone know the hearts of the sons of men,

O sons of men, how long will my honor become a reproach?How long will you love what is worthless and aim at deception? Selah.

The Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven;His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men.

For the choir director; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases to be,For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.

The wicked strut about on every sideWhen vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of menTo see if there are any who understand,Who seek after God.

Their offspring You will destroy from the earth,And their descendants from among the sons of men.

How great is Your goodness,Which You have stored up for those who fear You,Which You have wrought for those who take refuge in You,Before the sons of men!

The Lord looks from heaven;He sees all the sons of men;

You are fairer than the sons of men;Grace is poured upon Your lips;Therefore God has blessed You forever.

God has looked down from heaven upon the sons of menTo see if there is anyone who understands,Who seeks after God.

My soul is among lions;I must lie among those who breathe forth fire,Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrowsAnd their tongue a sharp sword.

For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David.Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods?Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?

Come and see the works of God,Who is awesome in His deeds toward the sons of men.

Remember what my span of life is;For what vanity You have created all the sons of men!

Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness,And for His wonders to the sons of men!

Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness,And for His wonders to the sons of men!

Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness,And for His wonders to the sons of men!

Let them give thanks to the Lord for His lovingkindness,And for His wonders to the sons of men!

The heavens are the heavens of the Lord,But the earth He has given to the sons of men.

To make known to the sons of men Your mighty actsAnd the glory of the majesty of Your kingdom.

“To you, O men, I call,And my voice is to the sons of men.

Rejoicing in the world, His earth,And having my delight in the sons of men.

And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under heaven. It is a grievous task which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

I explored with my mind how to stimulate my body with wine while my mind was guiding me wisely, and how to take hold of folly, until I could see what good there is for the sons of men to do under heaven the few years of their lives.

I have seen the task which God has given the sons of men with which to occupy themselves.

I said to myself concerning the sons of men, “God has surely tested them in order for them to see that they are but beasts.”

For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same. As one dies so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is vanity.

Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil.

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one fate for all men. Furthermore, the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil and insanity is in their hearts throughout their lives. Afterwards they go to the dead.

Moreover, man does not know his time: like fish caught in a treacherous net and birds trapped in a snare, so the sons of men are ensnared at an evil time when it suddenly falls on them.

Just as many were astonished at you, My people,So His appearance was marred more than any manAnd His form more than the sons of men.

great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, giving to everyone according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds;

For He does not afflict willinglyOr grieve the sons of men.

so that all the trees by the waters may not be exalted in their stature, nor set their top among the clouds, nor their well-watered mighty ones stand erect in their height. For they have all been given over to death, to the earth beneath, among the sons of men, with those who go down to the pit.”

and wherever the sons of men dwell, or the beasts of the field, or the birds of the sky, He has given them into your hand and has caused you to rule over them all. You are the head of gold.

The vine dries upAnd the fig tree fails;The pomegranate, the palm also, and the apple tree,All the trees of the field dry up.Indeed, rejoicing dries upFrom the sons of men.

Then the remnant of JacobWill be among many peoplesLike dew from the Lord,Like showers on vegetationWhich do not wait for manOr delay for the sons of men.

“Truly I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter;

which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;