420 Bible Verses about people

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Isaiah 52:6

Therefore my people shall know my name. Therefore in that day they shall know that it is I who speak; here am I."

Psalm 95:7

For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today, if you hear his voice,

Isaiah 57:14

And it shall be said, "Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstruction from my people's way."

Jeremiah 11:14

"Therefore do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer on their behalf, for I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their trouble.

Jeremiah 16:20

Can man make for himself gods? Such are not gods!"

Acts 22:15

for you will be a witness for him to everyone of what you have seen and heard.

Jeremiah 5:14

Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of hosts: "Because you have spoken this word, behold, I am making my words in your mouth a fire, and this people wood, and the fire shall consume them.

Psalm 85:8

Let me hear what God the LORD will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints; but let them not turn back to folly.

Zephaniah 3:9

"For at that time I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech, that all of them may call upon the name of the LORD and serve him with one accord.

Isaiah 55:4

Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples.

James 2:9

But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

Psalm 81:13

Oh, that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!

Ezekiel 3:19

But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die for his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul.

James 2:3

and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, "You sit here in a good place,"while you say to the poor man, "You stand over there," or, "Sit down at my feet,"

Topics on People

A Solitary People

Numbers 23:9

For from the top of the crags I see him, from the hills I behold him; behold, a people dwelling alone, and not counting itself among the nations!

A Tenth Of People

Judges 20:10

and we will take ten men of a hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand of ten thousand, to bring provisions for the people, that when they come they may repay Gibeah of Benjamin, for all the outrage that they have committed in Israel."

A Thousand People

Joshua 23:10

One man of you puts to flight a thousand, since it is the LORD your God who fights for you, just as he promised you.

According To People

Genesis 47:12

And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father's household with food, according to the number of their dependents.

Adding People

Genesis 30:24

And she called his name Joseph, saying, "May the LORD add to me another son!"

Advice On Beating People

Proverbs 17:26

To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.

All People

Exodus 10:9

Moses said, "We will go with our young and our old. We will go with our sons and daughters and with our flocks and herds, for we must hold a feast to the LORD."

Angry People

Genesis 4:5-6

but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell.

Animals Eating People

Genesis 37:20

Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. Then we will say that a fierce animal has devoured him, and we will see what will become of his dreams."

Anointed By People

Leviticus 14:17

And some of the oil that remains in his hand the priest shall put on the lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot, on top of the blood of the guilt offering.

Asceticism, People Practicing

Numbers 6:1-8

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Aspects Of People Made Known

Psalm 139:15

My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

Attitudes, to other people

John 13:34-35

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.

Authority Delegated To People

Genesis 39:4

So Joseph found favor in his sight and attended him, and he made him overseer of his house and put him in charge of all that he had.

Bad People

Matthew 12:34

You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Beating People

Exodus 21:18

"When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist and the man does not die but takes to his bed,

Becoming Like People

1 Corinthians 9:20

To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law.

Black People

Job 30:30

My skin turns black and falls from me, and my bones burn with heat.

Blemished People

Leviticus 21:21

No man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a blemish shall come near to offer the LORD's food offerings; since he has a blemish, he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.

Burial Of Unnamed People

1 Kings 13:22

but have come back and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he said to you, "Eat no bread and drink no water," your body shall not come to the tomb of your fathers.'"

Burning People

2 Samuel 23:7

but the man who touches them arms himself with iron and the shaft of a spear, and they are utterly consumed with fire."

Causing People To Turn

1 Kings 11:2

from the nations concerning which the LORD had said to the people of Israel, "You shall not enter into marriage with them, neither shall they with you, for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods." Solomon clung to these in love.

Choosing People

2 Samuel 16:18

And Hushai said to Absalom, "No, for whom the LORD and this people and all the men of Israel have chosen, his I will be, and with him I will remain.

Christ Going With People

Matthew 17:1

And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.

Coming Out Of People

Matthew 15:11

it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person."

Contact With People

Genesis 27:21

Then Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, to know whether you are really my son Esau or not."

Corpses Of Other People

Genesis 23:3

And Abraham rose up from before his dead and said to the Hittites,

Crowns For God's People

Isaiah 28:5

In that day the LORD of hosts will be a crown of glory, and a diadem of beauty, to the remnant of his people,

Dealing With Many People

Genesis 50:9

And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen. It was a very great company.

Dealing With Young People

Judges 18:21

So they turned and departed, putting the little ones and the livestock and the goods in front of them.

Defeat Of God's People

Numbers 14:45

Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down and defeated them and pursued them, even to Hormah.

Disorder Among People

Matthew 26:5

But they said, "Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people."

Easy For People

Numbers 14:9

Only do not rebel against the LORD. And do not fear the people of the land, for they are bread for us. Their protection is removed from them, and the LORD is with us; do not fear them."

Eight People

Genesis 22:23

(Bethuel fathered Rebekah.) These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

Empty People

Ruth 1:21

I went away full, and the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi, when the LORD has testified against me and the Almighty has brought calamity upon me?"

Equivalent People

Genesis 44:18

Then Judah went up to him and said, "Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not your anger burn against your servant, for you are like Pharaoh himself.

Fat Of People

Job 15:27

because he has covered his face with his fat and gathered fat upon his waist

Fat People

Judges 3:17

And he presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.

Fearing Other People

Genesis 20:8

So Abimelech rose early in the morning and called all his servants and told them all these things. And the men were very much afraid.

Five People

Luke 12:52

For from now on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three.

Foolish People

1 Kings 3:7

And now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king in place of David my father, although I am but a little child. I do not know how to go out or come in.

For The Sake Of God's People

Genesis 26:24

And the LORD appeared to him the same night and said, "I am the God of Abraham your father. Fear not, for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham's sake."

Four People

2 Samuel 21:22

These four were descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

Gathered To One's People

Psalm 49:19

his soul will go to the generation of his fathers, who will never again see light.

God Beating People

1 Kings 14:15

the LORD will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water, and root up Israel out of this good land that he gave to their fathers and scatter them beyond the Euphrates, because they have made their Asherim, provoking the LORD to anger.

God Can Harm People

Deuteronomy 32:23

"'And I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend my arrows on them;

God Carrying People

Exodus 19:4

You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself.

God Hating People

Leviticus 20:23

And you shall not walk in the customs of the nation that I am driving out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I detested them.

God Killed The Peoples

Zephaniah 3:6

"I have cut off nations; their battlements are in ruins; I have laid waste their streets so that no one walks in them; their cities have been made desolate, without a man, without an inhabitant.

God Killing All People

Genesis 6:7

So the LORD said, "I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them."

God Knowing His People

Exodus 33:12

Moses said to the LORD, "See, you say to me, 'Bring up this people,' but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, 'I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight.'

God Might Kill His People

Exodus 16:3

and the people of Israel said to them, "Would that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger."

God Remembering His People

Genesis 8:1

But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided.

God Renaming People

Isaiah 62:2

The nations shall see your righteousness, and all the kings your glory, and you shall be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will give.

God Searching For People

Ezekiel 34:11

"For thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out.

God Seeing All People

Psalm 14:2

The LORDlooks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.

God Stripping People

Hosea 2:3

lest I strip her naked and make her as in the day she was born, and make her like a wilderness, and make her like a parched land, and kill her with thirst.

God Will Kill His People

Ezekiel 21:3

and say to the land of Israel, Thus says the LORD: Behold, I am against you and will draw my sword from its sheath and will cut off from you both righteous and wicked.

God Will Kill The Peoples

Amos 2:3

I will cut off the ruler from its midst, and will kill all its princes with him," says the LORD.

God's Hands On People

Ezekiel 1:3

the word of the LORD came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the Chebar canal, and the hand of the LORD was upon him there.

God's People Planted

2 Samuel 7:10

And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more. And violent men shall afflict them no more, as formerly,

God's People Sinning

Exodus 32:22

And Aaron said, "Let not the anger of my lord burn hot. You know the people, that they are set on evil.

Good People

Luke 6:45

The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

Grinding People

Isaiah 3:15

What do you mean by crushing my people, by grinding the face of the poor?" declares the Lord GOD of hosts.

Guidance, From Godly People

Exodus 32:34

But now go, lead the people to the place about which I have spoken to you; behold, my angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them."

Hairy People

Genesis 27:11

But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, "Behold, my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.

Handing Over People

Isaiah 24:16

From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise, of glory to the Righteous One. But I say, "I waste away, I waste away. Woe is me! For the traitors have betrayed, with betrayal the traitors have betrayed."

Hating Peoples

Genesis 43:32

They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because the Egyptians could not eat with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.

Heart, Of Unregenerate People

Hosea 10:2

Their heart is false; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and destroy their pillars.

Hiding From People

Deuteronomy 7:20

Moreover, the LORD your God will send hornets among them, until those who are left and hide themselves from you are destroyed.

How People Eat

Ezekiel 18:6

if he does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor's wife or approach a woman in her time of menstrual impurity,

Imitating Wicked People

2 Kings 17:15

They despised his statutes and his covenant that he made with their fathers and the warnings that he gave them. They went after false idols and became false, and they followed the nations that were around them, concerning whom the LORD had commanded them that they should not do like them.

Importunity, Towards People

Genesis 19:3

But he pressed them strongly; so they turned aside to him and entered his house. And he made them a feast and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

Impossible For People

Genesis 13:16

I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.

Judgement On Old People

1 Samuel 2:31

Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father's house, so that there will not be an old man in your house.

Killing Many People

Ezekiel 9:9

Then he said to me, "The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of blood, and the city full of injustice. For they say, 'The LORD has forsaken the land, and the LORD does not see.'

Leaving People Alone

Nahum 3:7

And all who look at you will shrink from you and say, Wasted is Nineveh; who will grieve for her? Where shall I seek comforters for you?

Like Good People

Matthew 12:35

The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.

Like People In Character

Psalm 106:6

Both we and our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.

Likening People

Matthew 11:16

"But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates,

Looking Intently At People

Genesis 24:21

The man gazed at her in silence to learn whether the LORD had prospered his journey or not.

Lost People

Jeremiah 50:6

"My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains. From mountain to hill they have gone. They have forgotten their fold.

Lowering People

Mark 2:4

And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay.

Making People Holy

Exodus 31:13

"You are to speak to the people of Israel and say, 'Above all you shall keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, the LORD, sanctify you.

Marks On People

Exodus 13:9

And it shall be to you as a sign on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth. For with a strong hand the LORD has brought you out of Egypt.

Marriage, Between God And His People

Ezekiel 16:8-14

"When I passed by you again and saw you, behold, you were at the age for love, and I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your nakedness; I made my vow to you and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Lord GOD, and you became mine.

Meeting People

Genesis 14:17

After his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).

Memorials For People

Isaiah 56:5

I will give in my house and within my walls a monument and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off.

Mixing People

Daniel 2:43

As you saw the iron mixed with soft clay, so they will mix with one another in marriage, but they will not hold together, just as iron does not mix with clay.

Neglecting People

Deuteronomy 14:27

And you shall not neglect the Levite who is within your towns, for he has no portion or inheritance with you.

No Water For People

Genesis 21:15

When the water in the skin was gone, she put the child under one of the bushes.

Not Believing People

Genesis 45:26

And they told him, "Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt." And his heart became numb, for he did not believe them.

Not Knowing People

Exodus 1:8

Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.

Not Like People

Exodus 1:19

The midwives said to Pharaoh, "Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife comes to them."

Not Recognising People

Genesis 27:23

And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's hands. So he blessed him.

Not Seeing People

Genesis 9:23

Then Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned backward, and they did not see their father's nakedness.

Obeying People

Ecclesiastes 8:2

I say: Keep the king's command, because of God's oath to him.

Only Child Of People

Genesis 22:2

He said, "Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you."

Other Sad People

Genesis 40:6

When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were troubled.

Other Unimportant People

Daniel 4:17

The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, the decision by the word of the holy ones, to the end that the living may know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will and sets over it the lowliest of men.'

Pay Attention To People!

Exodus 18:19

Now obey my voice; I will give you advice, and God be with you! You shall represent the people before God and bring their cases to God,

Paying Attention To People

Jeremiah 26:5

and to listen to the words of my servants the prophets whom I send to you urgently, though you have not listened,

People Acting Madly

Ecclesiastes 10:13

The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is evil madness.

People Actually Doing Evil

Genesis 43:6

Israel said, "Why did you treat me so badly as to tell the man that you had another brother?"

People Appalled

Job 18:20

They of the west are appalled at his day, and horror seizes them of the east.

People Appearing

Matthew 17:3

And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him.

People Are The Same

Job 34:19

who shows no partiality to princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor, for they are all the work of his hands?

People As Rocks

Nehemiah 9:11

And you divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on dry land, and you cast their pursuers into the depths, as a stone into mighty waters.

People As Signs

Zechariah 3:8

Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who sit before you, for they are men who are a sign: behold, I will bring my servant the Branch.

People Beginning

Job 15:7

"Are you the first man who was born? Or were you brought forth before the hills?

People Being Hated

Psalm 88:8

You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape;

People Being Polluted

Genesis 34:5

Now Jacob heard that he had defiled his daughter Dinah. But his sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob held his peace until they came.

People Being Silent

Job 29:22

After I spoke they did not speak again, and my word dropped upon them.

People Bound By Oaths

Judges 15:12

And they said to him, "We have come down to bind you, that we may give you into the hands of the Philistines." And Samson said to them, "Swear to me that you will not attack me yourselves."

People Carrying Live People

2 Kings 4:19

And he said to his father, "Oh, my head, my head!" The father said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."

People Changing Their Minds

Exodus 13:17

When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near. For God said, "Lest the people change their minds when they see war and return to Egypt."

People Commended By God

Psalm 22:25

From you comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will perform before those who fear him.

People Cut In Pieces

Judges 19:29

And when he entered his house, he took a knife, and taking hold of his concubine he divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the territory of Israel.

People Destroying Foreign Nations

Isaiah 37:11

Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, devoting them to destruction. And shall you be delivered?

People Drying Things Up

2 Kings 3:19

and you shall attack every fortified city and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree and stop up all springs of water and ruin every good piece of land with stones."

People Eating

John 4:31

Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, saying, "Rabbi, eat."

People Ended

Genesis 6:13

And God said to Noah, "I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

People Exiled

Isaiah 5:13

Therefore my people go into exile for lack of knowledge; their honored men go hungry, and their multitude is parched with thirst.

People Following People

Exodus 14:17

And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they shall go in after them, and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, his chariots, and his horsemen.

People From Far Away

Deuteronomy 28:49

The LORD will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, swooping down like the eagle, a nation whose language you do not understand,

People Getting Up

Genesis 23:3

And Abraham rose up from before his dead and said to the Hittites,

People Giving Clothes

Genesis 24:53

And the servant brought out jewelry of silver and of gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave to her brother and to her mother costly ornaments.

People Going Astray

Jeremiah 50:6

"My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains. From mountain to hill they have gone. They have forgotten their fold.

People Going Before

Matthew 17:10

And the disciples asked him, "Then why do the scribes say that first Elijah must come?"

People Have Honour

Psalm 8:5

Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.

People Helping Orphans

Deuteronomy 26:12-13

"When you have finished paying all the tithe of your produce in the third year, which is the year of tithing, giving it to the Levite, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that they may eat within your towns and be filled,

People Hiding People

Deuteronomy 13:8

you shall not yield to him or listen to him, nor shall your eye pity him, nor shall you spare him, nor shall you conceal him.

People Hung To Death

Deuteronomy 21:22

"And if a man has committed a crime punishable by death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,

People Improved

John 4:52

So he asked them the hour when he began to get better, and they said to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him."

People In Caves

Isaiah 2:19

And people shall enter the caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth.

People Involved In Judgement

Exodus 18:13

The next day Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning till evening.

People Jumping

Acts 19:16

And the man in whom was the evil spirit leaped on them, mastered all of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

People Keeping

Genesis 41:35

And let them gather all the food of these good years that are coming and store up grain under the authority of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.

People Lacking Authority

Daniel 4:31

While the words were still in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, "O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: The kingdom has departed from you,

People Made Known

Genesis 45:1

Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him. He cried, "Make everyone go out from me." So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

People Making Drunk

2 Samuel 11:13

And David invited him, and he ate in his presence and drank, so that he made him drunk. And in the evening he went out to lie on his couch with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.

People Mourning Catastrophe

1 Samuel 11:4

When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, they reported the matter in the ears of the people, and all the people wept aloud.

People Naming Things

Genesis 2:19-20

Now out of the ground the LORD God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.

People Not Abandoning

Exodus 10:26

Our livestock also must go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind, for we must take of them to serve the LORD our God, and we do not know with what we must serve the LORD until we arrive there."

People Not Far Away

Genesis 44:4

They had gone only a short distance from the city. Now Joseph said to his steward, "Up, follow after the men, and when you overtake them, say to them, 'Why have you repaid evil for good?

People not returning

Job 7:10

he returns no more to his house, nor does his place know him anymore.

People Of Judah

Joshua 14:6

Then the people of Judah came to Joshua at Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, "You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God in Kadesh-barnea concerning you and me.

People Ostracised

Isaiah 66:5

Hear the word of the LORD, you who tremble at his word: "Your brothers who hate you and cast you out for my name's sake have said, 'Let the LORD be glorified, that we may see your joy'; but it is they who shall be put to shame.

People Parting

Genesis 13:9

Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me. If you take the left hand, then I will go to the right, or if you take the right hand, then I will go to the left."

People Polluting Themselves

Ezekiel 14:11

that the house of Israel may no more go astray from me, nor defile themselves anymore with all their transgressions, but that they may be my people and I may be their God, declares the Lord GOD."

People Possessing Other Things

Genesis 23:17-18

So the field of Ephron in Machpelah, which was to the east of Mamre, the field with the cave that was in it and all the trees that were in the field, throughout its whole area, was made over

People Possibly Doing Evil

Genesis 16:5

And Sarai said to Abram, "May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my servant to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me!"

People Promising

Matthew 14:7

so that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.

People Providing Food

Genesis 42:19

if you are honest men, let one of your brothers remain confined where you are in custody, and let the rest go and carry grain for the famine of your households,

People Releasing Others

Genesis 40:14

Only remember me, when it is well with you, and please do me the kindness to mention me to Pharaoh, and so get me out of this house.

People Renaming People

Genesis 41:45

And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah. And he gave him in marriage Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On. So Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.

People Rotting

Leviticus 26:39

And those of you who are left shall rot away in your enemies' lands because of their iniquity, and also because of the iniquities of their fathers they shall rot away like them.

People Sending People

Luke 7:8

For I too am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me: and I say to one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."

People Set Free By People

Genesis 41:14

Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they quickly brought him out of the pit. And when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came in before Pharaoh.

People Shaking

Luke 9:5

And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them."

People Sitting Down

John 6:10

Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number.

People Stripping Off

1 Samuel 31:9

So they cut off his head and stripped off his armor and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines, to carry the good news to the house of their idols and to the people.

People Stripping People

Exodus 32:25

And when Moses saw that the people had broken loose (for Aaron had let them break loose, to the derision of their enemies),

People Stumbling

John 11:10

But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him."

People Torn To Pieces

Genesis 37:33

And he identified it and said, "It is my son's robe. A fierce animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces."

People Tumbling

Joshua 6:20

So the people shouted, and the trumpets were blown. As soon as the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they captured the city.

People Unwashed

Matthew 15:20

These are what defile a person. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone."

People Waiting

Genesis 8:10

He waited another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.

People Wearing Out

Exodus 18:18

You and the people with you will certainly wear yourselves out, for the thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to do it alone.

People Who Delayed

Genesis 24:55

Her brother and her mother said, "Let the young woman remain with us a while, at least ten days; after that she may go."

People Willing

Genesis 24:58

And they called Rebekah and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" She said, "I will go."

People With Apt Names

Genesis 30:13

And Leah said, "Happy am I! For women have called me happy." So she called his name Asher.

People With General Knowledge

Job 13:1

"Behold, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood it.

People Withered

Lamentations 4:8

Now their face is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets; their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as wood.

People's Inability To Save

Deuteronomy 28:32

Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, while your eyes look on and fail with longing for them all day long, but you shall be helpless.

People's Inability To Serve God

Joshua 24:19

But Joshua said to the people, "You are not able to serve the LORD, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.

People's Inability To Understand

Daniel 2:27

Daniel answered the king and said, "No wise men, enchanters, magicians, or astrologers can show to the king the mystery that the king has asked,

Peoples Who Fled

Isaiah 2:19

And people shall enter the caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth.

Possibilities For People

Genesis 11:6

And the LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.

Possible For People

Genesis 11:6

And the LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.

Praising Specific People

Song of Solomon 6:9

My dove, my perfect one, is the only one, the only one of her mother, pure to her who bore her. The young women saw her and called her blessed; the queens and concubines also, and they praised her.

Predestined People

Romans 8:29-30

For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

Proud People

Exodus 18:11

Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods, because in this affair they dealt arrogantly with the people."

Pure People

Psalm 24:4

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.

Recognising People

Mark 6:33

Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they ran there on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them.

Reinstating People

Genesis 20:7

Now then, return the man's wife, for he is a prophet, so that he will pray for you, and you shall live. But if you do not return her, know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours."

Remembering People

Genesis 40:14

Only remember me, when it is well with you, and please do me the kindness to mention me to Pharaoh, and so get me out of this house.

Removing People From Your Life

Proverbs 25:5

take away the wicked from the presence of the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

Renewal, Of People Of God

Isaiah 40:30-31

Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted;

Resentment, Against People

Proverbs 3:11-12

My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline or be weary of his reproof,

Reward, For God's People

1 Corinthians 3:12-15

Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw--

Rules About Young People

Numbers 30:3

"If a woman vows a vow to the LORD and binds herself by a pledge, while within her father's house in her youth,

Scattering The Peoples

Deuteronomy 4:27

And the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the LORD will drive you.

Seeing People

Genesis 37:18

They saw him from afar, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him.

Seeking But Not Finding People

Song of Solomon 3:1

On my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not.

Sending people home

Joshua 24:28

So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.

Separation From Evil People

Ezra 6:21

It was eaten by the people of Israel who had returned from exile, and also by every one who had joined them and separated himself from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to worship the LORD, the God of Israel.

Servants Of People

Psalm 123:2

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, till he has mercy upon us.

Seven People

Deuteronomy 7:1

"When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to take possession of it, and clears away many nations before you, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and mightier than yourselves,

Short People

Leviticus 21:20

or a hunchback or a dwarf or a man with a defect in his sight or an itching disease or scabs or crushed testicles.

Side Of People

1 Samuel 20:25

The king sat on his seat, as at other times, on the seat by the wall. Jonathan sat opposite, and Abner sat by Saul's side, but David's place was empty.

Six People

1 Chronicles 3:4

six were born to him in Hebron, where he reigned for seven years and six months. And he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

Snares Laid for People

Psalm 35:7

For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life.

Stiffnecked People

Exodus 7:12-13

For each man cast down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs.

Subtracting From People

Judges 21:3

And they said, "O LORD, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that today there should be one tribe lacking in Israel?"

Taking Other People

Genesis 14:16

Then he brought back all the possessions, and also brought back his kinsman Lot with his possessions, and the women and the people.

Tall People

1 Samuel 9:2

And he had a son whose name was Saul, a handsome young man. There was not a man among the people of Israel more handsome than he. From his shoulders upward he was taller than any of the people.

Telling Of People's Situations

Genesis 3:11

He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?"

Telling What People Did

Genesis 24:66

And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.

Telling What People Said

Genesis 27:42

But the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah. So she sent and called Jacob her younger son and said to him, "Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you.

Ten People

Genesis 18:32

Then he said, "Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak again but this once. Suppose ten are found there." He answered, "For the sake of ten I will not destroy it."

Things Like People

Judges 9:36

And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, "Look, people are coming down from the mountaintops!" And Zebul said to him, "You mistake the shadow of the mountains for men."

Those Jealous Of People

Genesis 30:1

When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, "Give me children, or I shall die!"

Those Looking For People

Genesis 37:15-16

And a man found him wandering in the fields. And the man asked him, "What are you seeking?"

Those Subjected To People

Psalm 74:8

They said to themselves, "We will utterly subdue them"; they burned all the meeting places of God in the land.

Throwing People

Exodus 15:1

Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the LORD, saying, "I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.

Times Of People

Isaiah 54:9

"This is like the days of Noah to me: as I swore that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you, and will not rebuke you.

Unmarried People

Matthew 19:9-12

And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery."

Useful People

2 Peter 1:8

For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Valuation Of People

Leviticus 27:2-8

"Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, If anyone makes a special vow to the LORD involving the valuation of persons,

Wealthy People

Exodus 30:15

The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when you give the LORD's offering to make atonement for your lives.

Welcoming Other People

Luke 16:4

I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.'

Where People Live To This Day

Deuteronomy 2:22

as he did for the people of Esau, who live in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites before them and they dispossessed them and settled in their place even to this day.

Why Do People Not Do This?

Leviticus 10:17

"Why have you not eaten the sin offering in the place of the sanctuary, since it is a thing most holy and has been given to you that you may bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD?

Writing On People

Jeremiah 31:33

But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Wronging Other People

Leviticus 25:14

And if you make a sale to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.

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