'Men' in the Bible

serve as His sign to all mankind,so that all men may know His work.

Now men cannot even look at the sunwhen it is in the skies,after a wind has swept through and cleared them away.

Therefore, men fear Him.He does not look favorably on any who are wise in heart.

How long, exalted men, will my honor be insulted?How long will you love what is worthlessand pursue a lie?Selah

Put terror in them, Lord;let the nations know they are only men.Selah

doing justice for the fatherless and the oppressedso that men of the earth may terrify them no more.

With Your hand, Lord, save me from men,from men of the worldwhose portion is in this life:You fill their bellies with what You have in store;their sons are satisfied,and they leave their surplus to their children.

He frees me from my enemies.You exalt me above my adversaries;You rescue me from violent men.

But I am a worm and not a man,scorned by men and despised by people.

Do not destroy me along with sinners,or my life along with men of bloodshed

You hide them in the protection of Your presence;You conceal them in a shelterfrom the schemes of men,from quarrelsome tongues.

You are the most handsome of men;grace flows from your lips.Therefore God has blessed you forever.

For one can see that wise men die;foolish and stupid men also pass away.Then they leave their wealth to others.

For strangers rise up against me,and violent men seek my life.They have no regard for God.Selah

God, You will bring them downto the Pit of destruction;men of bloodshed and treacherywill not live out half their days.But I will trust in You.

I am surrounded by lions;I lie down with those who devour men.Their teeth are spears and arrows;their tongues are sharp swords.

Deliver me from those who practice sin,and save me from men of bloodshed.

Lord, look! They set an ambush for me.Powerful men attack me,but not because of any sin or rebellion of mine.

Men are only a vapor;exalted men, an illusion.Weighed in the scales, they go up;together they are less than a vapor.

You let men ride over our heads;we went through fire and water,but You brought us out to abundance.

It was like men in a thicket of trees,wielding axes,

God’s anger flared up against them,and He killed some of their best men.He struck down Israel’s choice young men.

He abandoned the tabernacle at Shiloh,the tent where He resided among men.

Fire consumed His chosen young men,and His young women had no wedding songs.

However, you will die like menand fall like any other ruler.”

God, arrogant people have attacked me;a gang of ruthless men seeks my life.They have no regard for You.

they reeled and staggered like drunken men,and all their skill was useless.

If the Lord had not been on our sidewhen men attacked us,

Happy is the man who has filled his quiver with them.Such men will never be put to shamewhen they speak with their enemies at the city gate.

God, if only You would kill the wicked—you bloodthirsty men, stay away from me—

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.Rescue me, Lord, from evil men.Keep me safe from violent men

Protect me, Lord,from the clutches of the wicked.Keep me safe from violent menwho plan to make me stumble.

Do not let my heart turn to any evil thingor perform wicked actswith men who commit sin.Do not let me feast on their delicacies.

young men as well as young women,old and young together.

A gracious woman gains honor,but violent men gain only riches.

The wicked desire what evil men have,but the root of the righteous produces fruit.

A righteous man is careful in dealing with his neighbor,but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.

The glory of young men is their strength,and the splendor of old men is gray hair.

Do you see a man skilled in his work?He will stand in the presence of kings.He will not stand in the presence of unknown men. >

indeed, she sets an ambush like a robberand increases those among men who are unfaithful.

Don’t envy evil menor desire to be with them,

These too are proverbs of Solomon,which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, copied.

In his own eyes, a slacker is wiserthan seven men who can answer sensibly.

Evil men do not understand justice,but those who seek the Lord understand everything.

Bloodthirsty men hate an honest person,but the upright care about him.

I am more stupid than any other man,and I lack man’s ability to understand.

I also amassed silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered male and female singers for myself, and many concubines, the delights of men.

There was a small city with few men in it. A great king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege works against it.

on the day when the guardians of the house tremble,and the strong men stoop,the women who grind cease because they are few,and the ones who watch through the windows see dimly,

W Like an apricot tree among the trees of the forest,so is my love among the young men.I delight to sit in his shade,and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

Human pride will be humbled,and the loftiness of men will be brought low;the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.

So human pride will be brought low,and the loftiness of men will be humbled;the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.

Your men will fall by the sword,your warriors in battle.

So now, residents of Jerusalemand men of Judah,please judge between Meand My vineyard.

For the vineyard of the Lord of Hostsis the house of Israel,and the men of Judah,the plant He delighted in.He looked for justicebut saw injustice,for righteousness,but heard cries of wretchedness.

Isaiah said, “Listen, house of David! Is it not enough for you to try the patience of men? Will you also try the patience of my God?

Therefore the Lord does not rejoiceover Israel’s young menand has no compassionon its fatherless and widows,for everyone is a godless evildoer,and every mouth speaks folly.In all this, His anger is not removed,and His hand is still raised to strike.

Their bows will cut young men to pieces.They will have no compassion on little ones;they will not look with pity on children.

Where then are your wise men?Let them tell you and revealwhat the Lord of Hosts has planned against Egypt.

Be ashamed Sidon, the stronghold of the sea,for the sea has spoken:“I have not been in labor or given birth.I have not raised young menor brought up young women.”

Pick up your lyre,stroll through the city,prostitute forgotten by men.Play skillfully,sing many a song,and you will be thought of again.

therefore I will again confound these peoplewith wonder after wonder.The wisdom of their wise men will vanish,and the understanding of the perceptive will be hidden.

But He also is wise and brings disaster.He does not go back on what He says;He will rise up against the house of wicked menand against the allies of evildoers.

Egyptians are men, not God;their horses are flesh, not spirit.When the Lord raises His hand to strike,the helper will stumbleand the one who is helped will fall;both will perish together.

Then Assyria will fall,but not by human sword;a sword will devour him,but not one made by man.He will flee from the sword;his young men will be put to forced labor.

But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words to your master and to you, and not to the men who are sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine?”

Then the prophet Isaiah came to King Hezekiah and asked him, “Where did these men come from and what did they say to you?”Hezekiah replied, “They came to me from a distant country, from Babylon.”

Youths may faint and grow weary,and young men stumble and fall,

Do not fear, you worm Jacob,you men of Israel:I will help you—this is the Lord’s declaration.Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

This is what the Lord says:The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cushand the Sabeans, men of stature,will come over to youand will be yours;they will follow you,they will come over in chainsand bow down to you.They will confess to you:God is indeed with you, and there is no other;there is no other God.

Listen to Me, you who know righteousness,the people in whose heart is My instruction:do not fear disgrace by men,and do not be shattered by their taunts.

He was despised and rejected by men,a man of suffering who knew what sickness was.He was like someone people turned away from;He was despised, and we didn’t value Him.

The righteous one perishes,and no one takes it to heart;faithful men are swept away,with no one realizingthat the righteous one is swept awayfrom the presence of evil.

“As they leave, they will see the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never go out, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”

The men of Memphis and Tahpanheshave also broken your skull.

For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:Break up the unplowed ground;do not sow among the thorns.

Circumcise yourselves to the Lord;remove the foreskin of your hearts,men of Judah and residents of Jerusalem.Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fireand burn with no one to extinguish itbecause of your evil deeds.

for wicked men live among My people.They watch like fowlers lying in wait.They set a trap;they catch men.

But I am full of the Lord’s wrath;I am tired of holding it back.Pour it out on the children in the street,on the gang of young men as well.For both husband and wife will be captured,the old with the very old.

They grasp bow and javelin.They are cruel and show no mercy.Their voice roars like the sea,and they ride on horses,lined up like men in battle formationagainst you, Daughter Zion.

Therefore, I will give their wives to other men,their fields to new occupants,for from the least to the greatest,everyone is making profit dishonestly.From prophet to priest,everyone deals falsely.

for Death has climbed through our windows;it has entered our fortresses,cutting off children from the streets,young men from the squares.

“Listen to the words of this covenant and tell them to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.

The Lord said to me, “A conspiracy has been discovered among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.

Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts says: “I am about to punish them. The young men will die by the sword; their sons and daughters will die by famine.

I made their widows more numerousthan the sand of the seas.I brought a destroyer at noonagainst the mother of young men.I suddenly released on heragitation and terrors.

kings and princes will enter through the gates of this city. They will sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses with their officials, the men of Judah, and the residents of Jerusalem. This city will be inhabited forever.

So now, say to the men of Judah and to the residents of Jerusalem: This is what the Lord says: I am about to bring harm to you and make plans against you. Turn now, each from your evil way, and correct your ways and your deeds.

Therefore, hand their children over to famine,and pour the sword’s power on them.Let their wives become childless and widowed,their husbands slain by deadly disease,their young men struck down by the sword in battle.

But King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor and certain other men with him went to Egypt.

Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters to men in marriage so that they may bear sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.

Then the young woman will rejoice with dancing,while young and old men rejoice together.I will turn their mourning into joy,give them consolation,and bring happiness out of grief.

the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men in order to give to each person according to his ways and the result of his deeds.

because of all the evil the Israelites and Judeans have done to provoke Me to anger—they, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets, the men of Judah, and the residents of Jerusalem.

The people coming to fight the Chaldeans will fill the houses with the corpses of their own men that I strike down in My wrath and rage. I have hidden My face from this city because of all their evil.

“This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Go, say to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem: Will you not accept discipline by listening to My words?”—this is the Lord’s declaration.

I will punish him, his descendants, and his officers for their wrongdoing. I will bring on them, on the residents of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah all the disaster, which I warned them about but they did not listen.”

Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire Chaldean army that is fighting with you, and there remained among them only the badly wounded men, each in his tent, they would get up and burn this city down.”

“My lord the king, these men have been evil in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern where he will die from hunger, because there is no more bread in the city.”

So the king commanded Ebed-melech, the Cushite, “Take from here 30 men under your authority and pull Jeremiah the prophet up from the cistern before he dies.”