'Humanity' in the Bible
God looked on the earth and saw how debased and degenerate it was, for all humanity had corrupted their way on the earth and lost their true direction.
"Does not humanity have hard service on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man?
[If] I have sinned, what have I done to you, watcher of humanity? Why have you made me as a target for yourself, so that I have become a burden to myself?
When the clouds pour down; they drop their rain on all of humanity.
Therefore humanity fears him, which none of the wise can quite comprehend."
The LORD is in his holy Temple; the LORD's throne is in the heavens. His eyes see, his glance examines humanity.
Help, LORD, for godly people no longer exist; trustworthy people have disappeared from humanity.
The LORD looks down from the heavens upon humanity to see if anyone shows discernment as he searches for God.
But humanity cannot last, despite its conceit; it will pass away just like the animals.
Humanity, despite its conceit, does not understand that it will perish, just like the animals. A song of Asaph.
God looks down from the heavens upon humanity to see if anyone shows discernment as he searches for God.
Here is a tragedy I have observed under the sun, and it weighs heavily on humanity:
When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is: fear God and keep His commands, because this is for all humanity.
So humanity is brought low,and man is humbled.Do not forgive them!
The {haughty eyes} of humanity will be brought low, and the pride of everyone will be humbled, and Yahweh alone will be exalted on that day.
On that day humanity will throw away its idols of silver and its idols of gold, which they made for it to worship, to the rodents and to the bats--
Turn away from humanity, who [has] breath in its nostrils, for by what [is] it esteemed?
Humanity is brought low, man is humbled,and haughty eyes are humbled.
I will make humanity more rare than gold and humankind more than the gold of Ophir.
I said: I will never see the Lord,the Lord in the land of the living;I will not look on humanity any longerwith the inhabitants of what is passing away.
And the glory of the Lord will appear,and all humanity together will see it,for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
A voice was saying, “Cry out!”Another said, “What should I cry out?”“All humanity is grass,and all its goodness is like the flower of the field.
The grass dries up, the flowers wither, when the wind sent by the Lord blows on them. Surely humanity is like grass.
For with fire and with his sword the LORD will proceed to judgment on all humanity, and those slain by the LORD will be many."
And from New Moon to New Moon, and from Sabbath to Sabbath, all humanity will come to worship before me," says the LORD.
"Then they will go out and look upon the dead bodies of the people who rebelled against me. For their worm will not die, nor will their fire be extinguished, and they will remain an object of revulsion to all humanity."
You are the one who performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt and continue to do so until this day, both in Israel and among the rest of humanity. You made a reputation for yourself that continues to this day.
Are you looking for great things for yourself? Do not look for such things. For I, the Lord, affirm that I am about to bring disaster on all humanity. But I will allow you to escape with your life wherever you go."'"
Look, I will certainly make you insignificant among the nations,despised among humanity.
After thisI will pour out My Spirit on all humanity;then your sons and your daughters will prophesy,your old men will have dreams,and your young men will see visions.
Because you plundered many nations, all the remaining nations will plunder you on account of the blood of humanity and violence [against the] land, [and against] cities and all who live in them.
For [the] violence of Lebanon will cover you, and [the] destruction of wild animals will shatter them on account of the blood of humanity, and [the] violence [against the] land, [against] a city and all the inhabitants in it.
"I will destroy people and animals; I will destroy the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea. (The idolatrous images of these creatures will be destroyed along with evil people.) I will remove humanity from the face of the earth," says the Lord.
A declaration: this message from the LORD in the land of Hadrach, with Damascus its confederate, because the eyes of humanity will look to the LORD, along with those of all the tribes of Israel.
In him was life, and that life brought light to humanity.
For you have given him authority over all humanity so that he might give eternal life to all those you gave him.
And it will be in the last days, says God,that I will pour out My Spirit on all humanity;then your sons and your daughters will prophesy,your young men will see visions,and your old men will dream dreams.
so that the rest of humanity may seek the Lord, namely, all the Gentiles I have called to be my own,' says the Lord, who makes these things
From one man he made every nation of humanity to live all over the earth, fixing the seasons of the year and the national boundaries within which they live,
regarding his Son. He was a descendant of David with respect to his humanity
For what the Law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did. By sending his own Son in the form of humanity, he condemned sin by being incarnate,
No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to humanity. God is faithful, and He will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation He will also provide a way of escape so that you are able to bear it.
He rendered the Law inoperative, along with its commandments and regulations, thus creating in himself one new humanity from the two, thereby making peace,
For there is one God and one intermediary between God and humanity, Christ Jesus, himself human,
Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in their humanity, so that through death he could destroy the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil),
Because He Himself [in His humanity] has suffered in being tempted, He is able to help and provide immediate assistance to those who are being tempted and exposed to suffering.
So the four angels who were ready for that hour, day, month, and year were released to kill one-third of humanity.
By these three plagues the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came out of their mouths one-third of humanity was killed.
The rest of humanity, who had not been killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so that they did not stop worshiping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood -- idols that cannot see or hear or walk about.
And the great dragon was thrown down, the age-old serpent who is called the devil and Satan, he who continually deceives and seduces the entire inhabited world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
They have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins, and they follow the lamb wherever he goes. They have been redeemed from among humanity as the first fruits for God and the lamb.
Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch humanity with [raging] fire.
Then there were flashes of lightning, roaring, and crashes of thunder, and there was a tremendous earthquake -- an earthquake unequaled since humanity has been on the earth, so tremendous was that earthquake.
so that you may feast on the flesh of kings, the flesh of commanders, the flesh of powerful and mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all humanity, both free men and slaves, both small and great [in a complete conquest of evil].”
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, the dwelling of God [is] with humanity, and he will take up residence with them, and they will be his people and God himself will be with them.