Thematic Bible: Of man


Thematic Bible








“Indeed, ask about the earlier days that preceded you, from the day God created man on the earth and from one end of the heavens to the other: Has anything like this great event ever happened, or has anything like it been heard of? Verse ConceptsCreation Of All MankindMan's Relation To GodEnd Of Days



But you have forgotten the Lord, your Maker,
who stretched out the heavens
and laid the foundations of the earth.
You are in constant dread all day long
because of the fury of the oppressor,
who has set himself to destroy.
But where is the fury of the oppressor?
Verse ConceptsFoundations



I—I am the One who comforts you.
Who are you that you should fear man who dies,
or a son of man who is given up like grass?
Verse ConceptsGrassMan As GrassFear Of ManFear, Overcome ByThe Spirit Of GodGod Will ComfortLike GrassMere Men

As for man, his days are like grass- he blooms like a flower of the field; when the wind passes over it, it vanishes, and its place is no longer known.

A voice was saying, "Cry out!" Another said, "What should I cry out?" "All humanity is grass, and all its goodness is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flowers fade when the breath of the Lord blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.

You end their life; they sleep. They are like grass that grows in the morning- in the morning it sprouts and grows; by evening it withers and dries up.

Their inhabitants have become powerless,
dismayed, and ashamed.
They are plants of the field,
tender grass,
grass on the rooftops,
blasted by the east wind.
Verse ConceptsGrassPlantsTendernessMan As GrassScorchingLike GrassNo Strength Left

but the one who is rich should boast in his humiliation because he will pass away like a flower of the field. Verse ConceptsImperfection, Influence OfMortalityMan As GrassEnjoying ShameWealthy PeoplePrideBeing HumbleHumility And PrideMoney Managementhumbletrails




I said, “You are gods;
you are all sons of the Most High.
Verse ConceptsThe Most HighIsrael As Sons Of GodMen As GodsThe BibleChild Of God

A man is worth far more than a sheep, so it is lawful to do what is good on the Sabbath.” Verse ConceptsValuesPrice Of PeopleDo Good!Intrinsic Importance Of ManThe Sabbath And ChristWhat Value Is Man?Self WorthWorthValue

The assembled people began to shout, “It’s the voice of a god and not of a man!” Verse ConceptsFlatteryVoicesMen As Godsworms

When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voices, saying in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in the form of men!” Verse ConceptsLanguages Mentioned In ScriptureBecoming Like PeopleLike MenMen As Gods

They expected that he would swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after they waited a long time and saw nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsWaitingPossibility Of DeathPeople Changing Their MindsSwellingMen As Gods

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