31 Bible Verses about Man's Relation To God

Give thought now to the days which are past, before your time, from the day when God first gave life to man on the earth, and searching from one end of heaven to the other, see if such a great thing as this has ever been, or if anything like it has been talked of in story.

And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all flesh of man.

What came into existence in him was life, and the life was the light of men.

Male and female he made them, naming them Man, and giving them his blessing on the day when they were made.

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God made man, he made him in the image of God; Male and female he made them, naming them Man, and giving them his blessing on the day when they were made.

Whoever takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God made man in his image.

For you have made him only a little lower than the gods, crowning him with glory and honour.

The earth is the Lord's, with all its wealth; the world and all the people living in it.

Playing in his earth; and my delight was with the sons of men.

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, or your ways my ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

I will not put into effect the heat of my wrath; I will not again send destruction on Ephraim; for I am God and not man, the Holy One among you; I will not put an end to you.

Truly, in saying this you are wrong; for God is greater than man.

And his designs will be turned against the holy people, causing deceit to do well in his hand; in his heart he will make himself great, and send destruction on numbers who are living unconscious of their danger; and he will put himself up against the prince of princes; but he will be broken, though not by men's hands.

For he is not a man as I am, that I might give him an answer, that we might come together before a judge.

May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?

God is not a man, to say what is false; or the son of man, that his purpose may be changed: what he has said, will he not do? and will he not give effect to the words of his mouth

And further, the Glory of Israel will not say what is false, and his purpose may not be changed: for he is not a man, whose purpose may be changed.

In no way: but let God be true, though every man is seen to be untrue; as it is said in the Writings, That your words may be seen to be true, and you may be seen to be right when you are judged.

Will it be good for you to be searched out by him, or have you the thought that he may be guided into error like a man?

But the king of Israel, after reading the letter, was greatly troubled and said, Am I God, to give death and life? why does this man send a leper to me to be made well? is it not clear that he is looking for a cause of war?

And Jesus, looking at them, said, With men this is not possible; but with God all things are possible.

Jesus, looking on them, said, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for all things are possible with God.

But he said, Things which are not possible with man are possible with God.

Up! O Lord; let not man overcome you: let the nations be judged before you.

But, O man, who are you, to make answer against God? May the thing which is made say to him who made it, Why did you make me so?

But it is not possible for you to see my face, for no man may see me and still go on living.

Paul, an Apostle (not from men, and not through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who made him come back from the dead),

Am I now using arguments to men, or God? or is it my desire to give men pleasure? if I was still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

And this was only a small thing to you, O Lord God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, O Lord God!

And after that, it will come about, says the Lord, that I will send my spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will be prophets, your old men will have dreams, your young men will see visions: