421 Bible Verses about people

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Isaiah 52:6

Therefore My people shall know My name; therefore in that day I am the one who is speaking, ‘Here I am.’”

Isaiah 32:18

Then my people will live in a peaceful habitation,
And in secure dwellings and in undisturbed resting places;

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 would hear His voice,

Isaiah 57:14

And it will be said,
“Build up, build up, prepare the way,
Remove every obstacle out of the way of My people.”

Jeremiah 11:14

“Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them; for I will not listen when they call to Me because of their disaster.

Jeremiah 16:20

Can man make gods for himself?
Yet they are not gods!

Matthew 23:5

But they do all their deeds to be noticed by men; for they broaden their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their garments.

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 fire
And this people wood, and it will consume them.

Psalm 85:8

I will hear what God the Lord will say;
For He will speak peace to His people, to His godly ones;
But let them not turn back to folly.

Zephaniah 3:9

“For then I will give to the peoples purified lips,
That all of them may call on the name of the Lord,
To serve Him shoulder to shoulder.

Isaiah 55:4

“Behold, I have 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

Yet if you have warned the wicked and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered yourself.

James 2:3

and you pay special attention to the one who is wearing the fine clothes, and say, “You sit here in a good place,” and you say to the poor man, “You stand over there, or sit down by my footstool,”

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Numbers 11:15

So if You are going to deal thus with me, please kill me at once, if I have found favor in Your sight, and do not let me see my wretchedness.”

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Topics on People

A Solitary People

Numbers 23:9

“As I see him from the top of the rocks,
And I look at him from the hills;
Behold, a people who dwells apart,
And will not be reckoned among the nations.

A Tenth Of People

Judges 20:10

And we will take 10 men out of 100 throughout the tribes of Israel, and 100 out of 1,000, and 1,000 out of 10,000 to supply food for the people, that when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, they may punish them for all the disgraceful acts that they have committed in Israel.”

A Thousand People

Joshua 23:10

One of your men puts to flight a thousand, for the Lord your God is He who fights for you, just as He promised you.

According To People

Genesis 47:12

Joseph provided his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to their little ones.

Adding People

Genesis 30:24

She named him Joseph, saying, “May the Lord give me another son.”

Advice On Beating People

Proverbs 17:26

It is also not good to fine the righteous,
Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.

All People

Exodus 10:9

Moses said, “We shall go with our young and our old; with our sons and our daughters, with our flocks and our herds we shall go, for we must hold a feast to the Lord.”

Angry People

Genesis 4:5-6

but for Cain and for his offering He had no regard. So Cain became very angry and his countenance fell.

Animals Eating People

Genesis 37:20

Now then, come and let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits; and we will say, ‘A wild beast devoured him.’ Then let us see what will become of his dreams!”

Anointed By People

Leviticus 14:17

Of the remaining oil which is in his palm, the priest shall put some on the right ear lobe of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt offering;

Asceticism, People Practicing

Numbers 6:1-8

Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Aspects Of People Made Known

Psalm 139:15

My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought 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, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

Authority Delegated To People

Genesis 39:4

So Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal servant; and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he owned he put in his charge.

Bad People

Matthew 12:34

You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.

Beating People

Exodus 21:18

“If men have a quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but remains in bed,

Becoming Like People

1 Corinthians 9:20

To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might win Jews; to those who are under the Law, as under the Law though not being myself under the Law, so that I might win those who are under the Law;

Blemished People

Leviticus 21:21

No man among the descendants of Aaron the priest who has a defect is to come near to offer the Lord’s offerings by fire; since he has a defect, he shall not come near to offer the food of his God.

Burial Of Unnamed People

1 Kings 13:22

but have returned and 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 grave of your fathers.’”

Burning People

2 Samuel 23:7

But the man who touches them
Must be armed with iron and the shaft of a spear,
And they will be completely burned with fire in their place.”

Causing People To Turn

1 Kings 11:2

from the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the sons of Israel, “You shall not associate with them, nor shall they associate with you, for they will surely turn your heart away after their gods.” Solomon held fast to these in love.

Choosing People

2 Samuel 16:18

Then Hushai said to Absalom, “No! For whom the Lord, 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

Six days later Jesus *took with Him Peter and James and John his brother, and *led them up on a high mountain by themselves.

Coming Out Of People

Matthew 15:11

It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”

Contact With People

Genesis 27:21

Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come close, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”

Corpses Of Other People

Genesis 23:3

Then Abraham rose from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,

Crowns For God's People

Isaiah 28:5

In that day the Lord of hosts will become a beautiful crown
And a glorious diadem to the remnant of His people;

Dealing With Many People

Genesis 50:9

There also went up with him both chariots and horsemen; and it was a very great company.

Dealing With Young People

Judges 18:21

Then they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the livestock and the valuables 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 struck them and beat them down as far as Hormah.

Disorder Among People

Matthew 26:5

But they were saying, “Not during the festival, otherwise a riot might occur 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 will be our prey. Their protection has been removed from them, and the Lord is with us; do not fear them.”

Eight People

Genesis 22:23

Bethuel became the father of Rebekah; these eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.

Empty People

Ruth 1:21

I went out full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the Lord has witnessed against me and the Almighty has afflicted me?”

Equivalent People

Genesis 44:18

Then Judah approached him, and said, “Oh my lord, may your servant please speak a word in my lord’s ears, and do not be angry with your servant; for you are equal to Pharaoh.

Fat Of People

Job 15:27

“For he has covered his face with his fat
And made his thighs heavy with flesh.

Fat People

Judges 3:17

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

Fearing Other People

Genesis 20:8

So Abimelech arose early in the morning and called all his servants and told all these things in their hearing; and the men were greatly frightened.

Finding People

Genesis 16:7

Now the angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.

Fingers Of People

John 20:27

Then He *said to Thomas, Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing.”

Five People

Luke 12:52

for from now on five members in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.

Foolish People

1 Kings 3:7

Now, O Lord my God, You have made Your servant king in place of my father David, yet 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

The Lord appeared to him the same night and said,
I am the God of your father Abraham;
Do not fear, for I am with you.
I will bless you, and multiply your descendants,
For the sake of My servant Abraham.”

Four People

2 Samuel 21:22

These four were born to the giant 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

He shall go to the generation of his fathers;
They will never see the light.

God Beating People

1 Kings 14:15

“For the Lord will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and He will uproot Israel from this good land which He gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they have made their Asherim, provoking the Lord to anger.

God Can Harm People

Deuteronomy 32:23

I will heap misfortunes on them;
I will use 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

Moreover, you shall not follow the customs of the nation which I will drive out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I have abhorred them.

God Killed The Peoples

Zephaniah 3:6

“I have cut off nations;
Their corner towers are in ruins.
I have made their streets desolate,
With no one passing by;
Their cities are laid waste,
Without a man, without an inhabitant.

God Killing All People

Genesis 6:7

The Lord said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them.”

God Knowing His People

Exodus 33:12

Then Moses said to the Lord, “See, You say to me, ‘Bring up this people!’ But You Yourself have not let me know whom You will send with me. Moreover, You have said, ‘I have known you by name, and you have also found favor in My sight.’

God Might Kill His People

Exodus 16:3

The sons of Israel said to them, “Would that we had died by the Lord’s hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat, when we 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 cattle that were with him in the ark; and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water subsided.

God Renaming People

Isaiah 62:2

The nations will see your righteousness,
And all kings your glory;
And you will be called by a new name
Which the mouth of the Lord will designate.

God Searching For People

Ezekiel 34:11

For thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out.

God Seeing All People

Psalm 14:2

The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men
To see if there are any who understand,
Who seek after God.

God Strengthening People

1 Samuel 30:6

Moreover David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, for all the people were embittered, each one because of his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.

God Stripping People

Hosea 2:3

Or I will strip her naked
And expose her as on the day when she was born.
I will also make her like a wilderness,
Make her like desert land
And slay 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 I will draw My sword out of its sheath and cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.

God Will Kill The Peoples

Amos 2:3

“I will also cut off the judge from her midst
And slay all her princes with him,” says the Lord.

God With Specific People

Genesis 21:22

Now it came about at that time that Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all that you do;

God's Hands On People

Ezekiel 1:3

the word of the Lord came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and there the hand of the Lord came upon him.)

God's People Planted

2 Samuel 7:10

I will also appoint a place for My people Israel and will plant them, that they may live in their own place and not be disturbed again, nor will the wicked afflict them any more as formerly,

God's People Sinning

Exodus 32:22

Aaron said, “Do not let the anger of my lord burn; you know the people yourself, that they are prone to evil.

Good People

Luke 6:45

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart.

Grinding People

Isaiah 3:15

“What do you mean by crushing My people
And grinding the face of the poor?”
Declares the Lord God of hosts.

Guidance, From Godly People

Exodus 32:34

But go now, lead the people where I told you. Behold, My angel shall go before you; nevertheless in the day when I punish, I will punish them for their sin.”

Hairy People

Genesis 27:11

Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, “Behold, Esau my brother 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, “Glory to the Righteous One,”
But I say, “Woe to me! Woe to me! Alas for me!
The treacherous deal treacherously,
And the treacherous deal very treacherously.”

Hating Peoples

Genesis 43:32

So they served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because the Egyptians could not eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is loathsome to the Egyptians.

Heart, Of Unregenerate People

Hosea 10:2

Their heart is faithless;
Now they must bear their guilt.
The Lord will break down their altars
And destroy their sacred pillars.

Hiding From People

Deuteronomy 7:20

Moreover, the Lord your God will send the hornet against them, until those who are left and hide themselves from you perish.

How People Eat

Ezekiel 18:6

and does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her menstrual period—

Imitating Wicked People

2 Kings 17:15

They rejected His statutes and His covenant which He made with their fathers and His warnings with which He warned them. And they followed vanity and became vain, and went after the nations which surrounded them, concerning which the Lord had commanded them not to do like them.

Importunity, Towards People

Genesis 19:3

Yet he urged them strongly, so they turned aside to him and entered his house; and he prepared a feast for them, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

Impossible For People

Genesis 13:16

I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can number the dust of the earth, then your descendants can also be numbered.

Judgement On Old People

1 Samuel 2:31

Behold, the days are coming when I will break 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 iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is very, very great, and the land is filled with blood and the city is full of perversion; for they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see!’

Leaving People Alone

Nahum 3:7

“And it will come about that all who see you
Will shrink from you and say,
‘Nineveh is devastated!
Who will grieve for her?’
Where will I seek comforters for you?”

Like Good People

Matthew 12:35

The good man brings out of his good treasure what is good; and the evil man brings out of his evil treasure what is evil.

Like People In Character

Psalm 106:6

We have sinned like our fathers,
We have committed iniquity, we have behaved wickedly.

Likening People

Matthew 11:16

“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places, who call out to the other children,

Limitations Of Old People

1 Kings 11:4

For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been.

Looking Intently At People

Genesis 24:21

Meanwhile, the man was gazing at her in silence, to know whether the Lord had made his journey successful or not.

Lost People

Jeremiah 50:6

“My people have become lost sheep;
Their shepherds have led them astray.
They have made them turn aside on the mountains;
They have gone along from mountain to hill
And have forgotten their resting place.

Lowering People

Mark 2:4

Being unable to get to Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Him; and when they had dug an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying.

Making People Holy

Exodus 31:13

“But as for you, speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘You shall surely observe My sabbaths; for this is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you.

Marks On People

Exodus 13:9

And it shall serve as a sign to you on your hand, and as a reminder on your forehead, that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth; for with a powerful hand the Lord brought you out of Egypt.

Marriage, Between God And His People

Ezekiel 16:8-14

“Then I passed by you and saw you, and behold, you were at the time for love; so I spread My skirt over you and covered your nakedness. I also swore to you and entered into a covenant with you so that you became Mine,” declares the Lord God.

Meeting People

Genesis 14:17

Then 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

To them I will give in My house and within My walls a memorial,
And a name better than that of sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name which will not be cut off.

Mixing People

Daniel 2:43

And in that you saw the iron mixed with common clay, they will combine with one another in the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, even as iron does not combine with pottery.

Neglecting People

Deuteronomy 14:27

Also you shall not neglect the Levite who is in your town, for he has no portion or inheritance among you.

No Water For People

Genesis 21:15

When the water in the skin was used up, she left the boy under one of the bushes.

Not Believing People

Genesis 45:26

They told him, saying, “Joseph is still alive, and indeed he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” But he was stunned, for he did not believe them.

Not Knowing People

Exodus 1:8

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

Not Like People

Exodus 1:19

The midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife can get to them.”

Not Recognising People

Genesis 27:23

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

But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.

Obeying People

Ecclesiastes 8:2

I say, “Keep the command of the king because of the oath before God.

Only Child Of People

Genesis 22:2

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

Other Sad People

Genesis 40:6

When Joseph came to them in the morning and observed them, behold, they were dejected.

Other Unimportant People

Daniel 4:17

“This sentence is by the decree of the angelic watchers
And the decision is a command of the holy ones,
In order that the living may know
That the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind,
And bestows it on whom He wishes
And sets over it the lowliest of men.”

Pay Attention To People!

Exodus 18:19

Now listen to me: I will give you counsel, and God be with you. You be the people’s representative before God, and you bring the disputes to God,

Paying Attention To People

Jeremiah 26:5

to listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have been sending to you again and again, but you have not listened;

People Acting Madly

Ecclesiastes 10:13

the beginning of his talking is folly and the end of it is wicked madness.

People Actually Doing Evil

Genesis 43:6

Then Israel said, “Why did you treat me so badly by telling the man whether you still had another brother?”

People Appalled

Job 18:20

“Those in the west are appalled at his fate,
And those in the east are seized with horror.

People Appearing

Matthew 17:3

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

People Are Corruptible

Romans 1:23

and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.

People As Rocks

Nehemiah 9:11

You divided the sea before them,
So they passed through the midst of the sea on dry ground;
And their pursuers You hurled into the depths,
Like a stone into raging waters.

People As Signs

Zechariah 3:8

Now listen, Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who are sitting in front of you—indeed they are men who are a symbol, for behold, I am going to bring in My servant the Branch.

People Beginning

Job 15:7

“Were you the first man to be born,
Or were you brought forth before the hills?

People Being Hated

Psalm 88:8

You have removed my acquaintances far from me;
You have made me an object of loathing to them;
I am shut up and cannot go out.

People Being Polluted

Genesis 34:5

Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; but his sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob kept silent until they came in.

People Being Silent

Job 29:22

“After my words they did not speak again,
And my speech dropped on them.

People Bound By Oaths

Judges 15:12

They said to him, “We have come down to bind you so that we may give you into the hands of the Philistines.” And Samson said to them, “Swear to me that you will not kill me.”

People Carrying Live People

2 Kings 4:19

He said to his father, “My head, my head.” And he said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother.”

People Changing Their Minds

Exodus 13:17

Now when Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, even though it was near; for God said, “The people might 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 assembly;
I shall pay my vows before those who fear Him.

People Cut In Pieces

Judges 19:29

When he entered his house, he took a knife and laid hold of his concubine and cut her in twelve pieces, limb by limb, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel.

People Destroying Foreign Nations

Isaiah 37:11

Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, destroying them completely. So will you be spared?

People Drying Things Up

2 Kings 3:19

Then you shall strike every fortified city and every choice city, and fell every good tree and stop all springs of water, and mar 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

Then God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth.

People Exiled

Isaiah 5:13

Therefore My people go into exile for their lack of knowledge;
And their honorable men are famished,
And their multitude is parched with thirst.

People Following People

Exodus 14:17

As for Me, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen.

People From Far Away

Deuteronomy 28:49

The Lord will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as the eagle swoops down, a nation whose language you shall not understand,

People Getting Up

Genesis 23:3

Then Abraham rose from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,

People Giving Clothes

Genesis 24:53

The servant brought out articles of silver and articles of gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave precious things to her brother and to her mother.

People Giving Other Things

Matthew 25:28

Therefore take away the talent from him, and give it to the one who has the ten talents.’

People Going Astray

Jeremiah 50:6

“My people have become lost sheep;
Their shepherds have led them astray.
They have made them turn aside on the mountains;
They have gone along from mountain to hill
And have forgotten their resting place.

People Going Before

Matthew 17:10

And His disciples asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

People Helping Orphans

Deuteronomy 26:12-13

When you have finished paying all the tithe of your increase in the third year, the year of tithing, then you shall give it to the Levite, to the stranger, to the orphan and to the widow, that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied.

People Hiding People

Deuteronomy 13:8

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

People Hung To Death

Deuteronomy 21:22

“If a man has committed a sin worthy of death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,

People Improved

John 4:52

So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. Then they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.”

People In Caves

Isaiah 2:19

Men will go into caves of the rocks
And into holes of the ground
Before the terror of the Lord
And the splendor of His majesty,
When He arises to make the earth tremble.

People Involved In Judgement

Exodus 18:13

It came about the next day that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood about Moses from the morning until the evening.

People Jumping

Acts 19:16

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

People Keeping

Genesis 41:35

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

People Lacking Authority

Daniel 4:31

While the word was in the king’s mouth, a voice came from heaven, saying, ‘King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is declared: sovereignty has been removed from you,

People Made Known

Genesis 45:1

Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried, “Have everyone go out from me.” So there was no man with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

People Making Drunk

2 Samuel 11:13

Now David called him, and he ate and drank before him, and he made him drunk; and in the evening he went out to lie on his bed with his lord’s servants, but he did not go down to his house.

People Mourning Catastrophe

1 Samuel 11:4

Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and spoke these words in the hearing of the people, and all the people lifted up their voices and wept.

People Naming Things

Genesis 2:19-20

Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name.

People Not Abandoning

Exodus 10:26

Therefore, our livestock too shall go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind, for we shall take some of them to serve the Lord our God. And until we arrive there, we ourselves do not know with what we shall serve the Lord.”

People Not Far Away

Genesis 44:4

They had just gone out of the city, and were not far off, when Joseph said to his house steward, “Up, follow the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?

People not returning

Job 7:10

“He will not return again to his house,
Nor will his place know him anymore.

People Of Judah

Joshua 14:6

Then the sons of Judah drew near to Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know the word which the Lord spoke to Moses the man of God concerning you and me in Kadesh-barnea.

People Ostracised

Isaiah 66:5

Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble at His word:
“Your brothers who hate you, who exclude you for My name’s sake,
Have said, ‘Let the Lord be glorified, that we may see your joy.’
But they will be put to shame.

People Parting

Genesis 13:9

Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me; if to the left, then I will go to the right; or if to the right, then I will go to the left.”

People Polluting Themselves

Ezekiel 14:11

in order that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me and no longer defile themselves with all their transgressions. Thus they will be My people, and I shall be their God,”’ declares the Lord God.”

People Possessing Other Things

Genesis 23:17-18

So Ephron’s field, which was in Machpelah, which faced Mamre, the field and cave which was in it, and all the trees which were in the field, that were within all the confines of its border, were deeded over

People Possibly Doing Evil

Genesis 16:5

And Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done me be upon you. I gave my maid into your arms, but when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her sight. May the Lord judge between you and me.”

People Promising

Matthew 14:7

so much that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked.

People Providing Food

Genesis 42:19

if you are honest men, let one of your brothers be confined in your prison; but as for the rest of you, go, carry grain for the famine of your households,

People Releasing Others

Genesis 40:14

Only keep me in mind when it goes well with you, and please do me a kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh and get me out of this house.

People Renaming People

Genesis 41:45

Then Pharaoh named Joseph Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, as his wife. And Joseph went forth over the land of Egypt.

People Rotting

Leviticus 26:39

So those of you who may be left will rot away because of their iniquity in the lands of your enemies; and also because of the iniquities of their forefathers they will rot away with them.

People Sending Creatures

Genesis 8:7

and he sent out a raven, and it flew here and there until the water was dried up from the earth.

People Sending People

Luke 7:8

For I also am a man placed under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”

People Set Free By People

Genesis 41:14

Then Pharaoh sent and called for Joseph, and they hurriedly brought him out of the dungeon; and when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came to Pharaoh.

People Shaking

Luke 9:5

And as for those who do not receive you, as you go out from that city, shake the dust off 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, in number about five thousand.

People Stripping Off

1 Samuel 31:9

They cut off his head and stripped off his weapons, and sent them 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

Now when Moses saw that the people were out of control—for Aaron had let them get out of control to be a derision among 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

Then he examined it and said, “It is my son’s tunic. A wild beast has devoured him; Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”

People Tumbling

Joshua 6:20

So the people shouted, and priests blew the trumpets; and when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight ahead, and they took the city.

People Unwashed

Matthew 15:20

These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.”

People Unwilling

John 5:40

and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life.

People Waiting

Genesis 8:10

So he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent out the dove from the ark.

People Wearing Out

Exodus 18:18

You will surely wear out, both yourself and these people who are with you, for the task is too heavy for you; you cannot do it alone.

People Who Delayed

Genesis 24:55

But her brother and her mother said, “Let the girl stay with us a few days, say ten; afterward she may go.”

People Willing

Genesis 24:58

Then they called Rebekah and said to her, “Will you go with this man?” And she said, “I will go.”

People With Apt Names

Genesis 30:13

Then Leah said, “Happy am I! For women will call me happy.” So she named him Asher.

People With General Knowledge

Job 13:1

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

People With Knowledge

Genesis 3:22

Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”—

People Withered

Lamentations 4:8

Their appearance is blacker than soot,
They are not recognized in the streets;
Their skin is shriveled on their bones,
It is withered, it has become like 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 yearn for them continually; but there will be nothing you can do.

People's Inability To Serve God

Joshua 24:19

Then Joshua said to the people, “You will not be able to serve the Lord, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your transgression or your sins.

People's Inability To Understand

Daniel 2:27

Daniel answered before the king and said, “As for the mystery about which the king has inquired, neither wise men, conjurers, magicians nor diviners are able to declare it to the king.

Peoples Who Fled

Isaiah 2:19

Men will go into caves of the rocks
And into holes of the ground
Before the terror of the Lord
And the splendor of His majesty,
When He arises to make the earth tremble.

Possibilities For People

Genesis 11:6

The Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. And this is what they began to do, and now nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible for them.

Possible For People

Genesis 11:6

The Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. And this is what they began to do, and now nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible for them.

Praising Specific People

Song of Solomon 6:9

But my dove, my perfect one, is unique:
She is her mother’s only daughter;
She is the pure child of the one who bore her.
The maidens saw her and called her blessed,
The queens and the concubines also, and they praised her, saying,

Predestined People

Romans 8:29-30

For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren;

Proud People

Exodus 18:11

Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods; indeed, it was proven when they dealt proudly against the people.”

Pure People

Psalm 24:4

He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood
And has not sworn deceitfully.

Recognising People

Mark 6:33

The people saw them going, and many recognized them and ran there together on foot from all the cities, and got there ahead of them.

Reinstating People

Genesis 20:7

Now therefore, restore the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours.”

Remembering People

Genesis 40:14

Only keep me in mind when it goes well with you, and please do me a kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh and get me out of this house.

Removing People From Your Life

Proverbs 25:5

Take away the wicked before the king,
And his throne will be established in righteousness.

Renewal, Of People Of God

Isaiah 40:30-31

Though youths grow weary and tired,
And vigorous young men stumble badly,

Resentment, Against People

Proverbs 3:11-12

My son, do not reject the discipline of the Lord
Or loathe His reproof,

Reward, For God's People

1 Corinthians 3:12-15

Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,

Rules About Young People

Numbers 30:3

“Also if a woman makes a vow to the Lord, and binds herself by an obligation in her father’s house in her youth,

Scattering The Peoples

Deuteronomy 4:27

The Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord drives you.

Seeing People

Genesis 37:18

When they saw him from a distance and before he came close to them, they plotted against him to put him to death.

Seeking But Not Finding People

Song of Solomon 3:1

On my bed night after night I sought him
Whom my soul loves;
I sought him but did not find him.

Sending people home

Joshua 24:28

Then Joshua dismissed the people, each to his inheritance.

Separation From Evil People

Ezra 6:21

The sons of Israel who returned from exile and all those who had separated themselves from the impurity of the nations of the land to join them, to seek the Lord God of Israel, ate the Passover.

Servants Of People

Psalm 123:2

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,
As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,
So our eyes look to the Lord our God,
Until He is gracious to us.

Seven People

Deuteronomy 7:1

When the Lord your God brings you into the land where you are entering to possess it, and clears away many nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and stronger than you,

Short People

Leviticus 21:20

or a hunchback or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye or eczema or scabs or crushed testicles.

Side Of People

1 Samuel 20:25

The king sat on his seat as usual, the seat by the wall; then Jonathan rose up and Abner sat down by Saul’s side, but David’s place was empty.

Six People

1 Chronicles 3:4

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

Snares Laid for People

Psalm 35:7

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

Stiffnecked People

Exodus 7:12-13

For each one threw down his staff and they turned into serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.

Stingy People

Proverbs 11:24

There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more,
And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in want.

Subtracting From People

Judges 21:3

They said, “Why, O Lord, God of Israel, has this come about in Israel, so that one tribe should be missing today in Israel?”

Taking Other People

Genesis 14:16

He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative Lot with his possessions, and also the women, and the people.

Tall People

1 Samuel 9:2

He had a son whose name was Saul, a choice and handsome man, and there was not a more handsome person than he among the sons of Israel; from his shoulders and up he was taller than any of the people.

Telling Of People's Situations

Genesis 3:11

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

Telling What People Did

Genesis 24:66

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

Telling What People Said

Genesis 27:42

Now when the words of her elder son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she sent and called her younger son Jacob, and said to him, “Behold your brother Esau is consoling himself concerning you by planning to kill you.

Ten People

Genesis 18:32

Then he said, “Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak only this once; suppose ten are found there?” And He said, “I will not destroy it on account of the ten.”

Thanks To People

Acts 24:3

we acknowledge this in every way and everywhere, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.

Things Like People

Judges 9:36

When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains.” But Zebul said to him, “You are seeing the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.”

Those Jealous Of People

Genesis 30:1

Now when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she became jealous of her sister; and she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I die.”

Those Looking For People

Genesis 37:15-16

A man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field; and the man asked him, “What are you looking for?”

Those Subjected To People

Psalm 74:8

They said in their heart, “Let us completely subdue them.”
They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land.

Throwing People

Exodus 15:1

Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to the Lord, and said,
I will sing to the Lord, for He is highly exalted;
The horse and its rider He has hurled into the sea.

Times Of People

Isaiah 54:9

“For this is like the days of Noah to Me,
When I swore that the waters of Noah
Would not flood the earth again;
So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you
Nor will I rebuke you.

Unmarried People

Matthew 19:9-12

And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.”

Useful People

2 Peter 1:8

For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Valuation Of People

Leviticus 27:2-8

“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When a man makes a difficult vow, he shall be valued according to your valuation of persons belonging to the Lord.

Wealthy People

Exodus 30:15

The rich shall not pay more and the poor shall not pay less than the half shekel, when you give the contribution to the Lord to make atonement for yourselves.

Welcoming Other People

Luke 16:4

I know what I shall do, so that when I am removed from the management people will welcome me into their homes.’

Where People Live To This Day

Deuteronomy 2:22

just as He did for the sons of Esau, who live in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them; they dispossessed them and settled in their place even to this day.

Why Do People Not Do This?

Leviticus 10:17

“Why did you not eat the sin offering at the holy place? For it is most holy, and He gave it to you to bear away the guilt of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord.

Writing On People

Jeremiah 31:33

“But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares the Lord, “I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

Wronging Other People

Leviticus 25:14

If you make a sale, moreover, to your friend or buy from your friend’s hand, you shall not wrong one another.

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