44 Bible Verses about humanity
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So God created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them.
He created them male and female, and blessed them and named them Mankind at the time they were created.
For just as in one [physical] body we have many parts, and these parts do not all have the same function or special use,
The Lord regretted that He had made mankind on the earth, and He was [deeply] grieved in His heart.
I said to myself regarding the sons of men, “God is surely testing them in order for them to see that [by themselves, without God] they are [only] animals.”
Then God said, “Let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) make man in Our image, according to Our likeness [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness]; and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the cattle, and over the entire earth, and over everything that creeps and crawls on the earth.”
What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of [earthborn] man that You care for him?
It is better to take refuge in the Lord
Than to trust in man.
[This is] because the foolishness of God [is not foolishness at all and] is wiser than men [far beyond human comprehension], and the weakness of God is stronger than men [far beyond the limits of human effort].
A third of mankind was killed by these three plagues—by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone that came from the mouths of the horses.
The heavens are the heavens of the Lord,
But the earth He has given to the children of men.
“And it shall be that from New Moon to New Moon
And from Sabbath to Sabbath,
All mankind will come to bow down and worship before Me,” says the Lord.
The idols [of the nations] are silver and gold,
The work of man’s hands.
If we accept [as we do] the testimony of men [that is, if we are willing to take the sworn statements of fallible humans as evidence], the testimony of God is greater [far more authoritative]; for this is the testimony of God, that He has testified regarding His Son.
The Lord saw that the wickedness (depravity) of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination or intent of the thoughts of his heart were only evil continually.
God has looked down from heaven upon the children of men
To see if there is anyone who understands,
Who seeks after God [who requires Him, who longs for Him as essential to life].
In Him was life [and the power to bestow life], and the life was the Light of men.
Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not strive and remain with man forever, because he is indeed flesh [sinful, corrupt—given over to sensual appetites]; nevertheless his days shall yet be a hundred and twenty years.”
so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom and rhetoric of men, but on the power of God.
For there is [only] one God, and [only] one Mediator between God and mankind, the Man Christ Jesus,
Do not trust in princes,
In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation (help).
“Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; is there anything too difficult for Me?”
For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles at the end of the line, like men sentenced to death [and paraded as prisoners in a procession], because we have become a spectacle to the world [a show in the world’s amphitheater], both to angels and to men.
The Lord looks [down] from heaven;
He sees all the sons of man;
For every species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and sea creatures, is tamed and has been tamed by the human race.
For just as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts, though many, form [only] one body, so it is with Christ.
In the beginning God (Elohim) created [by forming from nothing] the heavens and the earth.
For the [earthly] fate of the sons of men and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no preeminence or advantage for man [in and of himself] over an animal, for all is vanity.
Give us help against the adversary,
For deliverance by man is in vain [a worthless hope].
And wine which makes the heart of man glad,
So that he may make his face glisten with oil,
And bread to sustain and strengthen man’s heart.
Now the whole earth spoke one language and used the same words (vocabulary).
All flesh is not the same. There is one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish.
Topics on Humanity
Christ, Humanity Of
John 1:14And the Word (Christ) became flesh, and lived among us; and we [actually] saw His glory, glory as belongs to the [One and] only begotten Son of the Father, [the Son who is truly unique, the only One of His kind, who is] full of grace and truth (absolutely free of deception).
Corruption, Of Humanity
Isaiah 1:4
Ah, sinful nation,
A people loaded down with wickedness [with sin, with injustice, with wrongdoing],
Offspring of evildoers,
Sons who behave corruptly!
They have abandoned (rejected) the Lord,
They have despised the Holy One of Israel [provoking Him to anger],
They have turned away from Him.
Fate Of Humanity
Hebrews 9:27And just as it is appointed and destined for all men to die once and after this [comes certain] judgment,
God Sustaining Humanity
Acts 17:28For in Him we live and move and exist [that is, in Him we actually have our being], as even some of