66 Bible Verses about Men

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Genesis 2:21-25

And the Lord God sent a deep sleep on the man, and took one of the bones from his side while he was sleeping, joining up the flesh again in its place: And the bone which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman, and took her to the man. And the man said, This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh: let her name be Woman because she was taken out of Man.read more.
For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh. And the man and his wife were without clothing, and they had no sense of shame.

1 Corinthians 11:11-12

But the woman is not separate from the man, and the man is not separate from the woman in the Lord. For as the woman is from the man, so the man is through the woman; but all things are from God.

Isaiah 3:1-3

For the Lord, the Lord of armies, is about to take away from Jerusalem and from Judah all their support; their store of bread and of water; The strong man and the man of war; the judge and the prophet; the man who has knowledge of secret arts, and the man who is wise because of his years; The captain of fifty, and the man of high position, and the wise guide, and the wonder-worker, and he who makes use of secret powers.

Lamentations 5:14

The old men are no longer seated in the doorway, and the music of the young men has come to an end.

Ezekiel 17:11-14

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Say now to this uncontrolled people, Are these things not clear to you? Say to them, See, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and took its king and its rulers away with him to Babylon; And he took one of the sons of the king and made an agreement with him; and he put him under an oath, and took away the great men of the land:read more.
So that the kingdom might be made low with no power of lifting itself up, but might keep his agreement to be his servants.

Acts 2:17-18

And it will come about, in the last days, says God, that I will send out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will be prophets, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will have dreams: And on my men-servants and my women-servants I will send my Spirit, and they will be prophets.

Joel 2:28-29

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: And on the servants and the servant-girls in those days I will send my spirit.

Ephesians 5:22-24

Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body. And as the church is under Christ's authority, so let wives be under the rule of their husbands in all things.

Colossians 3:18-21

Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as is right in the Lord. Husbands, have love for your wives, and be not bitter against them. Children, do the orders of your fathers and mothers in all things, for this is pleasing to the Lord.read more.
Fathers, do not be hard on your children, so that their spirit may not be broken.

Numbers 1:16

These are the men named out of all the people, chiefs of their fathers' houses, heads of the tribes of Israel.

Exodus 34:23-24

Three times in the year let all your males come before the Lord, the God of Israel. For I will send out the nations before you and make wide the limits of your land; and no man will make an attempt to take your land while you go up to give worship to the Lord, three times in the year.

Numbers 3:10-15

And give orders that Aaron and his sons are to keep their place as priests; any strange person who comes near is to be put to death. And the Lord said to Moses, See, I have taken the Levites out of the children of Israel to be mine in place of the first sons of the children of Israel;read more.
For all the first sons are mine; on the day when I put to death all the first sons in the land of Egypt, I took for myself every first male birth of man and beast. They are mine; I am the Lord. And the Lord said to Moses in the waste land of Sinai, Let all the children of Levi be numbered by their families and their fathers' houses; let every male of a month old and over be numbered.

Deuteronomy 1:9-15

At that time I said to you, I am not able to undertake the care of you by myself; The Lord your God has given you increase, and now you are like the stars of heaven in number. May the Lord, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times greater in number than you are, and give you his blessing as he has said!read more.
How is it possible for me by myself to be responsible for you, and undertake the weight of all your troubles and your arguments? Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. And you made answer and said to me, It is good for us to do as you say. So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men and respected, and made them rulers over you, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds and captains of fifties and captains of tens, and overseers of your tribes.

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Angels » Men » Called » Angels

2 Samuel 19:27

He has given you a false account of me: but my lord the king is like the angel of God: do then whatever seems good to you.

Great » Joy, occasions of » Men

Proverbs 18:16

A man's offering makes room for him, letting him come before great men.

Job 32:9

It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.

Proverbs 25:6

Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great:

Ecclesiastes 2:9

And I became great; increasing more than all who had been before me in Jerusalem, and my wisdom was still with me.

Humility » Examples of » Men

1 Samuel 24:14

After whom has the king of Israel come out? for whom are you searching? for a dead dog, an insect.

2 Samuel 9:8

And he went down on his face before the king, and said, What is your servant, for you to take note of a dead dog such as I am?

Genesis 41:16

Then Joseph said, Without God there will be no answer of peace for Pharaoh.

1 Samuel 18:18

And David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my father's family in Israel, that I am to be son-in-law to the king?

Daniel 2:30

As for me, this secret is not made clear to me because of any wisdom which I have more than any living man, but in order that the sense of the dream may be made clear to the king, and that you may have knowledge of the thoughts of your heart.

More verses: Luke 1:43

Israel » Chosen » Men » Canaan

Numbers 34:17-29

These are the names of the men who are to make the distribution of the land among you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun. And you are to take one chief from every tribe to make the distribution of the land. And these are the names of the men: of the tribe of Judah, Caleb, the son of Jephunneh. read more.
And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel, the son of Ammihud. Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad, the son of Chislon. And of the tribe of the children of Dan, a chief, Bukki, the son of Jogli. Of the children of Joseph: of the tribe of the children of Manasseh, a chief, Hanniel, the son of Ephod: And of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, a chief, Kemuel, the son of Shiphtan. And of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, a chief, Elizaphan, the son of Parnach. And of the tribe of the children of Issachar, a chief, Paltiel, the son of Azzan. And of the tribe of the children of Asher, a chief, Ahihud, the son of Shelomi. And of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, a chief, Pedahel, the son of Ammihud. These are they to whom the Lord gave orders to make the distribution of the heritage among the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

Jewels » Worn » Men

Ezekiel 23:42

... and they put jewels on her hands and beautiful crowns on her head.

Leprosy » Infected » Men

Luke 17:12

And when he went into a certain small town he came across ten men who were lepers, and they, keeping themselves at a distance,

Men » Traffic in

Revelation 18:13

And sweet-smelling plants, and perfumes, and wine, and oil, and well crushed grain, and cattle and sheep; and horses and carriages and servants; and souls of men.

Matthew 26:15

What will you give me, if I give him up to you? And the price was fixed at thirty bits of silver.

Genesis 37:28

And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver, and they took him to Egypt.

Amos 8:6

Getting the poor for silver, and him who is in need for the price of two shoes, and taking a price for the waste parts of the grain.

Joel 3:3

And they have put the fate of my people to the decision of chance: giving a boy for the price of a loose woman and a girl for a drink of wine.

Men » Spiritual » Evil men put to silence

Titus 2:8

Saying true and right words, against which no protest may be made, so that he who is not on our side may be put to shame, unable to say any evil of us.

Job 5:16

So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.

Psalm 107:42

The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.

Ezekiel 16:63

So that, at the memory of these things, you may be at a loss, never opening your mouth because of your shame; when you have my forgiveness for all you have done, says the Lord.

Men » Men being the head of women

Ephesians 5:22-23

Wives, be under the authority of your husbands, as of the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.

1 Corinthians 11:2-16

Now I am pleased to see that you keep me in memory in all things, and that you give attention to the teaching which was handed down from me to you. But it is important for you to keep this fact in mind, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God. Every man who takes part in prayer, or gives teaching as a prophet, with his head covered, puts shame on his head. read more.
But every woman who does so with her head unveiled, puts shame on her head: for it is the same as if her hair was cut off. For if a woman is not veiled, let her hair be cut off; but if it is a shame to a woman to have her hair cut off, let her be veiled. For it is not right for a man to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. For the man did not come from the woman, but the woman from the man. And the man was not made for the woman, but the woman for the man. For this reason it is right for the woman to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels. But the woman is not separate from the man, and the man is not separate from the woman in the Lord. For as the woman is from the man, so the man is through the woman; but all things are from God. Be judges yourselves of the question: does it seem right for a woman to take part in prayer unveiled? Does it not seem natural to you that if a man has long hair, it is a cause of shame to him? But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given to her for a covering. But if any man will not be ruled in this question, this is not our way of doing things, and it is not done in the churches of God.

1 Timothy 2:11-14

Let a woman quietly take the place of a learner and be under authority. In my opinion it is right for a woman not to be a teacher, or to have rule over a man, but to be quiet. For Adam was first formed, then Eve; read more.
And Adam was not taken by deceit, but the woman, being tricked, became a wrongdoer.

Men » Great

Proverbs 18:16

A man's offering makes room for him, letting him come before great men.

Job 32:9

It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.

Proverbs 25:6

Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great:

Ecclesiastes 2:9

And I became great; increasing more than all who had been before me in Jerusalem, and my wisdom was still with me.

Men » What men should not do

Deuteronomy 22:5

It is not right for a woman to be dressed in man's clothing, or for a man to put on a woman's robe: whoever does such things is disgusting to the Lord your God.

1 Corinthians 11:2-16

Now I am pleased to see that you keep me in memory in all things, and that you give attention to the teaching which was handed down from me to you. But it is important for you to keep this fact in mind, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God. Every man who takes part in prayer, or gives teaching as a prophet, with his head covered, puts shame on his head. read more.
But every woman who does so with her head unveiled, puts shame on her head: for it is the same as if her hair was cut off. For if a woman is not veiled, let her hair be cut off; but if it is a shame to a woman to have her hair cut off, let her be veiled. For it is not right for a man to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. For the man did not come from the woman, but the woman from the man. And the man was not made for the woman, but the woman for the man. For this reason it is right for the woman to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels. But the woman is not separate from the man, and the man is not separate from the woman in the Lord. For as the woman is from the man, so the man is through the woman; but all things are from God. Be judges yourselves of the question: does it seem right for a woman to take part in prayer unveiled? Does it not seem natural to you that if a man has long hair, it is a cause of shame to him? But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given to her for a covering. But if any man will not be ruled in this question, this is not our way of doing things, and it is not done in the churches of God.

Men » Where men come from

1 Corinthians 11:11-12

But the woman is not separate from the man, and the man is not separate from the woman in the Lord. For as the woman is from the man, so the man is through the woman; but all things are from God.

Men » Men needing women

1 Corinthians 11:11-12

But the woman is not separate from the man, and the man is not separate from the woman in the Lord. For as the woman is from the man, so the man is through the woman; but all things are from God.

Men » Men being equal to women in Christ

Galatians 3:27-29

For all those of you who were given baptism into Christ did put on Christ. There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ. And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.

Men » The curse on men

Genesis 3:17-19

And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life. Thorns and waste plants will come up, and the plants of the field will be your food; With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.

Men » Strong men

Proverbs 11:16

A woman who is full of grace is honoured, but a woman hating righteousness is a seat of shame: those hating work will undergo loss, but the strong keep their wealth.

Women » Women » Needing » Men

1 Corinthians 11:11-12

But the woman is not separate from the man, and the man is not separate from the woman in the Lord. For as the woman is from the man, so the man is through the woman; but all things are from God.

Wrath » Wrathful » Men

Proverbs 19:19

A man of great wrath will have to take his punishment: for if you get him out of trouble you will have to do it again.

Topics on Men

Archers, Men

Genesis 21:20

And God was with the boy, and he became tall and strong, and he became a bowman, living in the waste land.

Archers, Men Shot By

1 Samuel 31:3

And the fight was going badly for Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.

Beauty, In Men

Isaiah 44:13

The woodworker is measuring out the wood with his line, marking it out with his pencil: after smoothing it with his plane, and making circles on it with his instrument, he gives it the form and glory of a man, so that it may be placed in the house.

Both Men And Animals Affected

Ezekiel 29:11

No foot of man will go through it and no foot of beast, and it will be unpeopled for forty years.

Both Men And Animals Killed

Genesis 6:7

And the Lord said, I will take away man, whom I have made, from the face of the earth, even man and beast and that which goes on the earth and every bird of the air; for I have sorrow for having made them.

Both Men And Animals Saved

Ezekiel 36:11

Man and beast will be increased in you, and they will have offspring and be fertile: I will make you thickly peopled as you were before, and will do more for you than at the first: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

Bringing Men To Jesus

Mark 2:4

And when they were unable to get near him because of all the people, they got the roof uncovered where he was: and when it was broken up, they let down the bed on which the man was.

Do Not Fear Men

Deuteronomy 1:17

In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.

Driven From Men

Daniel 4:33

That very hour the order about Nebuchadnezzar was put into effect: and he was sent out from among men, and had grass for his food like the oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair became long as eagles' feathers and his nails like those of birds.

Example Of Godly Men Who Failed

Genesis 20:1-3

And Abraham went on his way from there to the land of the South, and was living between Kadesh and Shur, in Gerar.

Examples Of Ungodly Men

2 Peter 2:6

And sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah, burning them up with fire as an example to those whose way of life might in the future be unpleasing to him;

Fierce Men

Genesis 49:7

A curse on their passion for it was bitter; and on their wrath for it was cruel. I will let their heritage in Jacob be broken up, driving them from their places in Israel.

Handsome Men

Psalm 45:2

You are fairer than the children of men; grace is flowing through your lips; for this cause the blessing of God is with you for ever.

In Men's Presence

Genesis 23:9

That he will give me the hollow in the rock named Machpelah, which is his property at the end of his field; let him give it to me for its full price as a resting-place for my dead among you.

Kept Alive By Men

Genesis 7:3

And of the birds of the air, seven males and seven females, so that their seed may still be living on the face of the earth.

Like Men

Judges 9:36

And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, See! people are coming down from the tops of the mountains. And Zebul said to him, You see the shade of the mountains like men.

Men As Gods

Genesis 3:5

For God sees that on the day when you take of its fruit, your eyes will be open, and you will be as gods, having knowledge of good and evil.

Men Deceiving

Proverbs 26:18-19

As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death,

Men Of Peace

Genesis 34:21

It is the desire of these men to be at peace with us; let them then go on living in this country and doing trade here, for the country is wide open before them; let us take their daughters as wives and let us give them our daughters.

Men Worshipping

Exodus 10:11

Not so; but let your males go and give worship to the Lord, as your desire is. This he said, driving them out from before him.

Plans Of Men

James 4:13-15

How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and do business there and get wealth:

Regulations For Men And Women

Exodus 20:10

But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day you are to do no work, you or your son or your daughter, your man-servant or your woman-servant, your cattle or the man from a strange country who is living among you:

The Mighty Men

Genesis 10:8

And Cush was the father of Nimrod, who was the first of the great men of the earth.

The Will Of Men

Matthew 21:31

Which of the two did his father's pleasure? They say, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, that tax-farmers and loose women are going into the kingdom of God before you.

Three Men

Genesis 18:2

And lifting up his eyes, he saw three men before him; and seeing them, he went quickly to them from the door of the tent, and went down on his face to the earth;

Turning Against Men

Ecclesiastes 8:3

Be not quick to go from before him. Be not fixed in an evil design, because he does whatever is pleasing to him.

Two Needy Men

Luke 7:41

And he said, Two men were in debt to a certain man of business: one had a debt of five hundred pence, and the other of fifty.

Two Other Men

Exodus 2:13

And he went out the day after and saw two of the Hebrews fighting: and he said to him who was in the wrong, Why are you fighting your brother?

Wise Men In The Church

Matthew 23:34

For this reason, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them you will put to death and put on the cross, and to some of them you will give blows in your Synagogues, driving them from town to town;

Worshipping Men

Daniel 2:46

Then King Nebuchadnezzar, falling down on his face, gave worship to Daniel, and gave orders for an offering and spices to be given to him;

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