22 Bible Verses about Danger From Men
Most Relevant Verses
Beware of men [whose nature is to act in opposition to God], for they will hand you over to the courts and flog you in their synagogues;
Thus says the Lord,
“Cursed is the man who trusts in and relies on mankind,
Making [weak, faulty human] flesh his strength,
And whose mind and heart turn away from the Lord.
Do not trust in princes,
In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation (help).
Give us help against the enemy,
For the help of man is worthless (ineffectual, without purpose).
Give us help against the adversary,
For deliverance by man is in vain [a worthless hope].
Now the Egyptians are men and not God,
And their horses are flesh and not spirit;
And the Lord will stretch out His hand,
And he (Egypt) who helps will stumble,
And he (Judah) who is helped will fall,
And all of them will perish together.
In God, whose word I praise;
In God I have put my trust;
I shall not fear.
What can mere man do to me?
In God have I put my trust and confident reliance; I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
So we take comfort and are encouraged and confidently say,
“The Lord is my Helper [in time of need], I will not be afraid.
What will man do to me?”
The fear of man brings a snare,
But whoever trusts in and puts his confidence in the Lord will be exalted and safe.
Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Let us fall into the hands of the Lord, for His mercies are great, but do not let me fall into the hands of man.”
“As for me, is my complaint to man or about him?
And why should I not be impatient and my spirit troubled?
When they were gathering together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be betrayed and handed over to men [who are His enemies];
because He was teaching His disciples [and preparing them for the future]. He told them, “The Son of Man is to be betrayed and handed over to men [who are His enemies], and they will kill Him; and when He has been killed, He will rise [from the dead] three days later.”
“Let these words sink into your ears: the Son of Man is going to be betrayed and handed over to men [who are His enemies].”
But the testimony I receive is not from man [a merely human witness]; but I say these things so that you may be saved [that is, have eternal life].
But far be it from me to boast [in anything or anyone], except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
in which you once walked. You were following the ways of this world [influenced by this present age], in accordance with the prince of the power of the air (Satan), the spirit who is now at work in the disobedient [the unbelieving, who fight against the purposes of God].
for the [resentful, deep-seated] anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God [that standard of behavior which He requires from us].
