114 Bible Verses about man

Also can any understand the spreading of the clouds, or the crashing of His canopy?

Do you know when God placed them, and caused the lightning of His cloud to shine?

Do you know the balancing of the clouds, the wonderful works of Him who is perfect in knowledge?

Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, so that floods of waters may cover you?

Who can number the clouds by wisdom; or who can empty out the jars of the heavens,

Who can number the clouds by wisdom; or who can empty out the jars of the heavens,

And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creepers creeping on the earth.

The heavens, even the heavens, are Jehovah's; but the earth He has given to the sons of men.

In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.

His breath goes forth; he returns to the earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

For He knows our form; He remembers that we are dust.

The first man was out of earth, earthy; the second Man was the Lord from Heaven. Such the earthy man, such also the earthy ones. And such the heavenly Man, such also the heavenly ones.

whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, those who mind earthly things.)

And to Adam He said, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it! The ground is cursed for your sake. In pain shall you eat of it all the days of your life.

Nor can they die any more, for they are equal to the angels, and are the sons of God, being the sons of the resurrection.

And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

But it is now having been manifested by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has made death of no effect, bringing life and immortality to light through the gospel;

Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. And so we shall ever be with the Lord.

So that if any one is in Christ, that one is a new creature; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision has any strength, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.

Therefore we were buried with Him by baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father; even so we also should walk in newness of life.

having abolished in His flesh the enmity (the Law of commandments contained in ordinances) so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, making peace between them;

and having put on the new, having been renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him,

But man, though high in honor, does not remain; he is like the animals that perish.

And David swore again and said, Your father certainly knows that I have found grace in your eyes. And he said, Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be full of sorrow. But truly as Jehovah lives, and as your soul lives, only a step is between me and death.

My heart pants; my strength fails me; as for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.

For He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away and does not come again.

For He knows our form; He remembers that we are dust.

And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Is there not one Father to us all? Has not one God created us? Why do we act deceitfully, each man with his brother, to profane the covenant of our fathers.

And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creepers creeping on the earth.

The Spirit of God made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

He created them male and female, and blessed them. And He called their name man in the day when they were created.

Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean? And he turned and went away in a rage.

And Asa was angry with the seer and put him in a prison-house. For he was in a rage with him because of this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at that time.

And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow nor worship him, then Haman was full of wrath.

And hearing these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath.

but He did not have respect to Cain and to his offering. And Cain glowed with anger, and his face fell.

Behold the birds of the air; for they sow not, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns. Yet your heavenly Father feeds them; are you not much better than they are?

For every kind of animals, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of sea-animals, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.

And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creepers creeping on the earth.

And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon the animals of the earth, and upon every bird of the air, upon all that moves on the earth, and upon all the fish of the sea. Into your hand they are delivered.

You made him rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet:

nor by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered once for all into the Holies, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, being made a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone having been hanged on a tree");

And they sang a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for You were slain and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every kindred and tongue and people and nation.

who gave Himself for us that He might redeem us from all iniquity and purify to Himself a special people, zealous of good works.

being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus;

Afterward He was seen by over five hundred brothers at once, of whom the greater part remain until this present day, but also some fell asleep.

And Jehovah said to Moses, Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers. And this people shall rise up and go lusting after the gods of the strangers of the land into which they are going, into their midst. And they will forsake Me and break My covenant which I made with them.

And why do You not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I shall sleep in the dust, and You shall seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

And going in He said to them, Why do you make a tumult and weep? The girl is not dead, but sleeps.

those who set out to go down to Egypt and have not asked at My mouth; to take refuge in the strength of Pharaoh and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and lean on horses and trust in chariots, because it is great; and in horsemen, because they are so very strong, but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor do they seek Jehovah!

When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then Ephraim went to the Assyrian and sent to King Jareb. Yet he could not heal you nor cure you of your wound.

Cease from man, whose breath is in his nostril; for in what is he to be esteemed?

So says Jehovah, Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Jehovah.

Therefore, even as through one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, and so death passed on all men inasmuch as all sinned:

There is no man who has power over the spirit to keep the spirit; nor power in the day of death; and there is no discharge in that war; nor shall wickedness deliver its owners.

For we must all die, and we are as water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. And God does not take a life, but has devised plans so that the outcast is not cast out from Him.

For I know that You will bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

For he sees wise men die; likewise the fool and the animal-like ones perish, and leave their wealth to others.

My flesh and my heart fail; but God is the strength of my heart, and my part forever.

that if our heart accuses us, God is greater than our heart and knows all things.

And Jehovah smelled a sweet odor. And Jehovah said in His heart, I will never again curse the ground for man's sake, because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth. And I will not again smite every living thing as I have done.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it? I Jehovah search the heart, I try the reins, even to give to each man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

Before shattering, the heart of man is proud, and before honor is humility.

Ephraim is like a bird; their glory shall fly away from birth, and from the womb, and from conception.

For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of men as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls out,

for when he dies he shall take nothing away; his glory shall not go down after him.

So hell has enlarged itself, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their pride, and he who rejoices in her, shall go down into it.

For so has Jehovah said to me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;

But God said to him, Fool! This night your soul shall be required of you, then whose shall be those things which you have prepared?

They shall die from deaths of diseases; they shall not be mourned, nor shall they be buried. But they shall be as dung on the face of the earth. And they shall be destroyed by the sword and by famine; and their bodies shall be food for the birds of the heavens and for the beasts of the earth.

Do I actually delight in the death of the wicked? says the Lord Jehovah. Is it not that he should turn from his ways and live?

Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not; and I looked for him, but he could not be found.

He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of men as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls out,

I, I, am He who comforts you. Who are you, that you should fear a man. He shall die, or from the son of man? He shall be made as grass?

As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourishes. For the wind passes over it, and it is gone; and its place shall know it no more.

The voice said, Cry! And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the beauty of it is as the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades, because the Spirit of Jehovah blows on it; surely the people is grass.

You carry them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep; in the morning they are like grass which grows up. In the morning it sprouts and shoots up; in the evening it is cut down, and dries up.

And He has made all nations of men of one blood to dwell on all the face of the earth, ordaining fore-appointed seasons and boundaries of their dwelling,

But you must not be called Rabbi, for One is your teacher, Christ, and you are all brothers.

The rich and poor meet together; Jehovah is the maker of them all.

And he said to them, You know that it is an unlawful thing for a man, a Jew to keep company with or to come near to one of another nation. But God has shown me not to call any man common or unclean.

There cannot be Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is no male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

When Jesus had said this, He was troubled in spirit, and testified and said, Truly, truly, I say to you that one of you shall betray Me.

He is despised and rejected of men; a Man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as it were a hiding of faces from Him, He being despised, and we esteemed Him not.

And looking up to Heaven, He sighed and said to him, Ephphatha! (that is, Be opened!)

And He sighed deeply in His spirit and said, Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly I say to you, There shall no sign be given to this generation.

And as He drew near, He beheld the city and wept over it,

For if you live according to the flesh, you shall die. But if you through the Spirit mortify the deeds of the body, you shall live.

For he sowing to his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh. But he sowing to the Spirit will reap life everlasting from the Spirit.

because all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwells no good thing. For to will is present with me, but how to perform that which is good I do not find.

I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then with the mind I myself serve the Law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.

Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Jehovah, the God of truth.

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you are sealed until the day of redemption.

BETH: With what shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your Word.

Let Israel hope in Jehovah; for with Jehovah there is mercy, and with Him is plentiful redemption.

But now so says Jehovah who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel; Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine.

O Jehovah, I know that the way of man does not belong to man; it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.

For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and He watches all his paths.

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Jehovah ponders the hearts.

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but Jehovah weighs the spirits.

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to Jehovah, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon. For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor your ways My ways, says Jehovah. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.

But you must not be called Rabbi, for One is your teacher, Christ, and you are all brothers.

The rich and poor meet together; Jehovah is the maker of them all.

For there is no difference both of Jew and of Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call on Him.

And he said to them, You know that it is an unlawful thing for a man, a Jew to keep company with or to come near to one of another nation. But God has shown me not to call any man common or unclean.

There cannot be Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is no male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

But you must not be called Rabbi, for One is your teacher, Christ, and you are all brothers.

The rich and poor meet together; Jehovah is the maker of them all.

For there is no difference both of Jew and of Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call on Him.

And he said to them, You know that it is an unlawful thing for a man, a Jew to keep company with or to come near to one of another nation. But God has shown me not to call any man common or unclean.

There cannot be Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is no male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

When I look at Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars which You have established; what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man, that You visit him?

Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell if you have understanding!

What is man, that he should be clean? And what is he born of a woman that he should be righteous?

Behold, He puts no trust in His servants, and His angels He charges with folly! How much less in those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth?

Can a man be useful to God, as he who is wise may be useful to himself? Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous, or gain to Him that you make your ways perfect? Will He reprove you because of your reverence, or enter into judgment with you? read more.
Is not your wickedness great, and your iniquity without measure?

Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood shall be shed by man; for He made man in the image of God.

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in the likeness of God.

By this we bless God, even the Father. And by this we curse men, who have come into being according to the image of God.

And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creepers creeping on the earth. And God created man in His image; in the image of God He created him. He created them male and female.

For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God. But the woman is the glory of the man.

Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood shall be shed by man; for He made man in the image of God.

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in the likeness of God.

By this we bless God, even the Father. And by this we curse men, who have come into being according to the image of God.

And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creepers creeping on the earth. And God created man in His image; in the image of God He created him. He created them male and female.

For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God. But the woman is the glory of the man.

But now, O Jehovah, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are our Former; and we all are the work of Your hand.

Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel to honor and another to dishonor?

Woe to him who fights with the One who formed him, a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to its former, What are you making? Or your work, He has no hands?

O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter? says Jehovah. Behold, As the clay in the potter's hands, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.

O your perversity! Shall the former be counted as the potter's clay; for shall the work say of him who made it, He did not make me? Or shall the thing formed say to him who formed it, He had no understanding?

Behold the birds of the air; for they sow not, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns. Yet your heavenly Father feeds them; are you not much better than they are?

You made him rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet:

And God blessed them. And God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply and fill the earth, and subdue it. And have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the heavens, and all animals that move upon the earth.

I have said, You are gods; and all of you sons of the Most High.

How much better is a man then than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

then the dust shall return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God who gave it.

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit in you, whom you have of God? And you are not your own, for you are bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

The spirit of a man will nourish his sickness, but a wounded spirit who can bear?

And now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant. And I have also given him the beast of the field to serve him.

And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creepers creeping on the earth.

And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon the animals of the earth, and upon every bird of the air, upon all that moves on the earth, and upon all the fish of the sea. Into your hand they are delivered. Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you all things, even as the green herb.

And God blessed them. And God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply and fill the earth, and subdue it. And have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the heavens, and all animals that move upon the earth.

And out of the ground Jehovah God formed every animal of the field and every fowl of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. And Adam gave names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field. But there was not found a suitable helper for Adam.

even from Jesus Christ the faithful Witness, the First-born from the dead and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood,

for you are bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot;

For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

even from Jesus Christ the faithful Witness, the First-born from the dead and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood,

for you are bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot;

For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

For every kind of animals, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of sea-animals, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.

And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creepers creeping on the earth.

And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon the animals of the earth, and upon every bird of the air, upon all that moves on the earth, and upon all the fish of the sea. Into your hand they are delivered.

You made him rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet:

You subjected all things under his feet." For in subjecting all things to Him, He did not leave anything not subjected to Him. But now we do not see all things having been subjected to him.

I have fed you with milk and not with solid food, for you were not yet able to bear it; nor are you able even now.

I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

And He came to the disciples and found them asleep. And He said to Peter, What! Could you not watch with Me one hour?

I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.

Because the foolish thing of God is wiser than men, and the weak thing of God is stronger than men.

You are of God, little children, and you have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to Jehovah, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon. For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor your ways My ways, says Jehovah. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.

Behold, in this you are not right; I will answer you, for God is greater than man.

Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood shall be shed by man; for He made man in the image of God.

By this we bless God, even the Father. And by this we curse men, who have come into being according to the image of God.

Such the earthy man, such also the earthy ones. And such the heavenly Man, such also the heavenly ones. And according as we bore the image of the earthy man, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.

And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creepers creeping on the earth. And God created man in His image; in the image of God He created him. He created them male and female.

For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God. But the woman is the glory of the man.

And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creepers creeping on the earth. And God created man in His image; in the image of God He created him. He created them male and female. And God blessed them. And God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply and fill the earth, and subdue it. And have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the heavens, and all animals that move upon the earth.

And God blessed Noah and his sons. And He said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon the animals of the earth, and upon every bird of the air, upon all that moves on the earth, and upon all the fish of the sea. Into your hand they are delivered.

what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man, that You visit him? For You have made him lack a little from God, and have crowned him with glory and honor. You made him rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet: read more.
all sheep and oxen, yes, and the beasts of the field; the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, and all that pass through the paths of the seas.

But one testified in a certain place, saying, "What is man, that You are mindful of him; or the son of man, that You visit him? You have made him a little lower than the angels. You crowned him with glory and honor and set him over the works of Your hands. You subjected all things under his feet." For in subjecting all things to Him, He did not leave anything not subjected to Him. But now we do not see all things having been subjected to him.

Bread of deceit is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

The spirit of a man will nourish his sickness, but a wounded spirit who can bear?

For who among men knows the things of a man except the spirit of man within him? So also no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.

All go to one place; all are of the dust, and all return to dust again.

And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment,

For since death is through man, the resurrection of the dead also is through a Man. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all will be made alive.

Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?

The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness; and I also knew that one event happens to all of them. Then I said in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it happens even to me; and why was I then more wise? And I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.

and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.

But I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and you keep the doctrines as I delivered them to you. But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

For jealousy is the rage of a man; therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

And Saul was very angry, and this thing was evil in his eyes. And he said, They have given David ten thousands, and to me they have given only thousands. And what more can he have but the kingdom?

And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away, and have brought the king and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan?

How then can man be justified with God? Or how can one who is born of a woman be clean?

because by the works of the Law none of all flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law is the knowledge of sin.

And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, for in Your sight no one living is just.

Truly I know it is so, but how can man be just with God?

Behold the birds of the air; for they sow not, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns. Yet your heavenly Father feeds them; are you not much better than they are?

Therefore do not fear, you are of more value than many sparrows.

How much better is a man then than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.

But now, O Jehovah, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are our Former; and we all are the work of Your hand.

Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause you to hear My Words.

O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter? says Jehovah. Behold, As the clay in the potter's hands, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.

And He humbled you and allowed you to hunger, and then He fed you with manna, which you did not know, neither did your fathers know it, so that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes out of the mouth of Jehovah man shall live.

But He answered and said, It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God."

And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written that "man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word of God."