Thematic Bible: Of man


Thematic Bible








Indeed, ask about the distant past, starting from the day God created humankind on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether there has ever been such a great thing as this, or even a rumor of it. Verse ConceptsCreation Of All MankindMan's Relation To GodEnd Of Days

and make them a little less than the heavenly beings? You grant mankind honor and majesty; Verse ConceptsPeople Have HonourMan's Relation To GodSpiritual crownsBeauty And Self Worthcrownsmindfulnessdignityhonour


Why do you forget the Lord, who made you, who stretched out the sky and founded the earth? Why do you constantly tremble all day long at the anger of the oppressor, when he makes plans to destroy? Where is the anger of the oppressor? Verse ConceptsFoundations



"I, I am the one who consoles you. Why are you afraid of mortal men, of mere human beings who are as short-lived as grass? Verse ConceptsGrassMan As GrassFear Of ManFear, Overcome ByThe Spirit Of GodGod Will ComfortLike GrassMere Men

A person's life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes, but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.

A voice says, "Cry out!" Another asks, "What should I cry out?" The first voice responds: "All people are like grass, and all their promises are like the flowers in the field. The grass dries up, the flowers wither, when the wind sent by the Lord blows on them. Surely humanity is like grass.

You bring their lives to an end and they "fall asleep." In the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up; in the morning it glistens and sprouts up; at evening time it withers and dries up.

Their residents are powerless; they are terrified and ashamed. They are as short-lived as plants in the field or green vegetation. They are as short-lived as grass on the rooftops when it is scorched by the east wind. Verse ConceptsGrassPlantsTendernessMan As GrassScorchingLike GrassNo Strength Left

But the rich person's pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow. Verse ConceptsImperfection, Influence OfMortalityMan As GrassEnjoying ShameWealthy PeoplePrideBeing HumbleHumility And PrideMoney Managementhumbletrails


you appoint them to rule over your creation; you have placed everything under their authority, Verse ConceptsFootstoolsFeetProperty, LandMan's DominionSubject To ChristAll Authority Has Been Given To JesusThe Environmentdominion


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

How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath." Verse ConceptsValuesPrice Of PeopleDo Good!Intrinsic Importance Of ManThe Sabbath And ChristWhat Value Is Man?Self WorthWorthValue

But the crowd began to shout, "The voice of a god, and not of a man!" Verse ConceptsFlatteryVoicesMen As Godsworms

So when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have come down to us in human form!" Verse ConceptsLanguages Mentioned In ScriptureBecoming Like PeopleLike MenMen As Gods

But they were expecting that he was going to swell up or suddenly drop dead. So after they had waited a long time and had seen 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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