'Person' in the Bible

“But if anyone suddenly pushes a person without hostility or throws any object at him without malicious intent

or without looking drops a stone that could kill a person and he dies, but he was not his enemy and wasn’t trying to harm him,

for the one who killed a person was supposed to live in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may the one who has killed a person return to the land he possesses.

“If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death based on the word of witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of one witness.

Neither should you accept a ransom for the person who flees to his city of refuge, allowing him to return and live in the land before the death of the high priest.

“Do not defile the land where you are, for bloodshed defiles the land, and there can be no atonement for the land because of the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of the person who shed it.

You said, ‘Look, the Lord our God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice from the fire. Today we have seen that God speaks with a person, yet he still lives.

“If there is a poor person among you, one of your brothers within any of your gates in the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother.

Eat it within your gates; both the unclean person and the clean may eat it, as though it were a gazelle or deer.

The person who acts arrogantly, refusing to listen either to the priest who stands there serving the Lord your God or to the judge, must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.

“Here is the law concerning a case of someone who kills a person and flees there to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally without previously hating him:

If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber, and his hand swings the ax to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes his neighbor so that he dies, that person may flee to one of these cities and live.

“One witness cannot establish any wrongdoing or sin against a person, whatever that person has done. A fact must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

“Fathers are not to be put to death for their children or children for their fathers; each person will be put to death for his own sin.

‘The person who makes a carved idol or cast image, which is detestable to the Lord, the work of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret is cursed.’And all the people will reply, ‘Amen!’

‘The one who leads a blind person astray on the road is cursed.’And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

‘The one who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person is cursed.’And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

The Lord will not be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that person, and every curse written in this scroll will descend on him. The Lord will blot out his name under heaven,

The Israelites plundered all the spoils and cattle of these cities for themselves. But they struck down every person with the sword until they had annihilated them, leaving no one alive.

so that a person who kills someone unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

These are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and foreigners among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die at the hand of the avenger of blood until he stands before the assembly.

Each person also cut his own branch and followed Abimelech. They put the branches against the inner chamber and set it on fire around the people, and all the people in the Tower of Shechem died—about 1,000 men and women.

They told him, “Be quiet. Keep your mouth shut. Come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or for you to be a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”

The Spirit of the Lord will control you, you will prophesy with them, and you will be transformed into a different person.

Let our lord command your servants here in your presence to look for someone who knows how to play the lyre. Whenever the evil spirit from God troubles you, that person can play the lyre, and you will feel better.”

Whenever David attacked the land, he did not leave a single person alive, either man or woman, but he took flocks, herds, donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he came back to Achish,

when the person told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ he thought he was a bearer of good news, but I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was my reward to him for his news!

When David returned home to bless his household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel honored himself today!” she said. “He exposed himself today in the sight of the slave girls of his subjects like a vulgar person would expose himself.”

When a person approached to bow down to him, Absalom reached out his hand, took hold of him, and kissed him.

I am a peaceful person, one of the faithful in Israel, but you’re trying to destroy a city that is like a mother in Israel. Why would you devour the Lord’s inheritance?”

When Jehu came out to his master’s servants, they asked, “Is everything all right? Why did this crazy person come to you?”Then he said to them, “You know the sort and their ranting.”

for there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves, and so the Levites were in charge of slaughtering the Passover lambs for every unclean person to consecrate the lambs to the Lord.

You warned them to turn back to Your law,but they acted arrogantlyand would not obey Your commands.They sinned against Your ordinances,which a person will live by if he does them.They stubbornly resisted,stiffened their necks, and would not obey.

and no restraint was placed on the drinking. The king had ordered every wine steward in his household to serve as much as each person wanted.

“All the royal officials and the people of the royal provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner courtyard and who has not been summoned—the death penalty. Only if the king extends the gold scepter will that person live. I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the last 30 days.”

In each of King Ahasuerus’s provinces the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who intended to harm them. Not a single person could withstand them; terror of them fell on every nationality.

“Can a person be more righteous than God,or a man more pure than his Maker?”

Look, God does not reject a person of integrity,and He will not support evildoers.

Yes, I know what you’ve said is true,but how can a person be justified before God?

Yes, this will result in my deliverance,for no godless person can appear before Him.

Were you the first person ever born,or were you brought forth before the hills?

Yet the righteous person will hold to his way,and the one whose hands are clean will grow stronger.

God reserves a person’s punishment for his children.Let God repay the person himself, so that he may know it.

One person dies in excellent health,completely secure and at ease.

Yet another person dies with a bitter soul,having never tasted prosperity.

How can a person be justified before God?How can one born of woman be pure?

if I have seen anyone dying for lack of clothingor a needy person without a cloak,

Why do you take Him to courtfor not answering anything a person asks?

For God speaks time and again,but a person may not notice it.

in order to turn a person from his actionsand suppress his pride.

A person may be disciplined on his bed with painand constant distress in his bones,

If there is an angel on his side,one mediator out of a thousand,to tell a person what is right for him

For He repays a person according to his deeds,and He brings his ways on him.

God does not need to examine a person further,that one should approach Him in court.

Your wickedness affects a person like yourself,and your righteousness another human being.

Unleash your raging anger;look on every proud person and humiliate him.

Look on every proud person and humble him;trample the wicked where they stand.

Any hope of capturing him proves false.Does a person not collapse at the very sight of him?

Break the arm of the wicked and evil person;call his wickedness into accountuntil nothing remains of it.

No one who waits for Youwill be disgraced;those who act treacherously without causewill be disgraced.

Who is the man who fears the Lord?He will show him the way he should choose.

I am forgotten: gone from memorylike a dead person—like broken pottery.

I am like a deaf person; I do not hear.I am like a speechless personwho does not open his mouth.

Yet these cannot redeem a personor pay his ransom to God—

Happy is the person who trusts in You,Lord of Hosts!

A stupid person does not know,a fool does not understand this:

Set a wicked person over him;let an accuser stand at his right hand.

If they say—“Come with us!Let’s set an ambush and kill someone.Let’s attack some innocent person just for fun!

A worthless person, a wicked mangoes around speaking dishonestly,

The righteousness of the blameless clears his path,but the wicked person will fall because of his wickedness.

One person gives freely,yet gains more;another withholds what is right,only to become poor.

A generous person will be enriched,and the one who gives a drink of waterwill receive water.

A shrewd person conceals knowledge,but a foolish heart publicizes stupidity.

Every sensible person acts knowledgeably,but a fool displays his stupidity.

A patient person shows great understanding,but a quick-tempered one promotes foolishness.

A fool despises his father’s discipline,but a person who accepts correction is sensible.

The mind of the righteous person thinks before answering,but the mouth of the wicked blurts out evil things.

A wicked person listens to malicious talk;a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

A rebuke cuts into a perceptive personmore than a hundred lashes into a fool.

It is certainly not good to fine an innocent personor to beat a noble for his honesty.

The intelligent person restrains his words,and one who keeps a cool headis a man of understanding.

Laziness induces deep sleep,and a lazy person will go hungry.

A person with great anger bears the penalty;if you rescue him, you’ll have to do it again.

A wicked person desires evil;he has no consideration for his neighbor.

The proud and arrogant person, named “Mocker,”acts with excessive pride.

The sacrifice of a wicked person is detestable—how much more sowhen he brings it with ulterior motives!

A sensible person sees danger and takes cover,but the inexperienced keep going and are punished.

A generous person will be blessed,for he shares his food with the poor.

If you say, “But we didn’t know about this,”won’t He who weighs hearts consider it?Won’t He who protects your life know?Won’t He repay a person according to his work?

Trusting an unreliable person in a difficult timeis like a rotten tooth or a faltering foot.

A righteous person who yields to the wickedis like a muddied spring or a polluted well.

A hateful person disguises himself with his speechand harbors deceit within.

A person who is full tramples on a honeycomb,but to a hungry person, any bitter thing is sweet.

As water reflects the face,so the heart reflects the person.

When a land is in rebellion, it has many rulers,but with a discerning and knowledgeable person, it endures.

One who rebukes a person will later find more favorthan one who flatters with his tongue.

A greedy person provokes conflict,but whoever trusts in the Lord will prosper.

The righteous person knows the rights of the poor,but the wicked one does not understand these concerns.

Bloodthirsty men hate an honest person,but the upright care about him.

I have seen that there is nothing better than for a person to enjoy his activities because that is his reward. For who can enable him to see what will happen after he dies?