'Man' in the Bible

then I will make your royal throne secure, just as I agreed to do for your father David when I said, "You are to not lack a man to rule over Israel.'

Following proscriptions laid down by his father David, Solomon appointed divisions of priests for their service as well as descendants of Levi for duties of praise and ministry before the priests consistent with the daily rules. Furthermore, because David, the man of God, had commanded it, Solomon also appointed gatekeepers to serve by divisions at every gate of the Temple.

But a message from the LORD came to Shemaiah, a man of God:

Asa cried out to the LORD his God, telling him, "LORD, there is no one except for you to help between the powerful and the weak. So help us, LORD God, because we're depending on you and have come against this vast group in your name. LORD, you are our God. Let no mere mortal man defeat you!"

and they further agreed that whoever would refuse to seek the LORD God of Israel was to be executed, whether important or unimportant, man or woman.

"There is still one man left by whom we could ask the LORD what to do," the king of Israel replied to Jehoshaphat, "but I hate him because he won't prophesy anything good about me. Instead, he always prophesies evil. He is Imla's son Micaiah." But Jehoshaphat rebuked Ahab, "Kings should never talk like that."

A man came from God and warned him, "Your majesty, don't let the army of Israel accompany you into battle, because the LORD isn't with any of the descendants of Ephraim.

Amaziah asked the man of God, "What are we to do about the 100 talents that I have paid to the army of Israel?"

The man of God answered, "The LORD has a lot more than that to give you!" So Amaziah sent the troops home who had arrived from Ephraim. They flew into a rage against Judah but left for home very angry.

The priests and descendants of Levi felt ashamed of themselves, so they consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the LORD's Temple. Then they took their customary places, as the Law of Moses the man of God prescribes, and the priests sprinkled the blood that they were given by the descendants of Levi.

"This is what the LORD God of Israel says: "Tell the man who sent you to me, "This is what the LORD says: "Pay attention! I'm bringing evil to visit this place and its inhabitants every single curse written in the book that they've been reading to the King of Judah.

Therefore he brought up the king of the Chaldeans against them, who executed their young men in the holy Temple, showing no compassion on young man or young virgin, adult men or the aged. God gave them all into the king's control,

Then Jozadak's son Jeshua and his brothers got up, along with Shealtiel's son Zerubbabel and his brothers. They built an altar of the God of Israel in order to offer burnt offerings, as prescribed by the Law of Moses, the man of God.

By the grace of our God they brought back a discerning man from the descendants of Mahli, a descendant of Israel's son Levi, along with Sherebiah and eighteen of his sons and brothers;

"And now, Lord, I ask you to listen to the prayer of your servant and to the prayers of your servants who delight in revering your Name. I ask you, please prosper your servant today by granting him to receive favor from this man." Now I was the king's senior security advisor.

So I called the priests and made them take an oath to fulfill this promise. I also shook my robes, and said, "May God shake out every man from his house and his possessions who does not keep this promise. May he be emptied out and shaken just like this." All the assembly said, "Amen!" and praised the LORD. And the people kept their promise.

But I asked him, "Should a man like me run? Should someone like me run into the Temple to save his life? I won't go there!"

The leaders of the descendants of Levi were: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Kadmiel's son Jeshua, along with their associates who served opposite them to give praise and thanks, division by division, according to the commands given by David the man of God.

with his associates Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani, accompanied by the musical instruments of David, the man of God. Ezra the scribe led the procession.

He sent letters to all the provinces of the king, written in the script of that province, and to each people in their own language, ordering that every man should be the master in his house and speak the language of his own people.

In Susa the capital there was a Jewish man from the tribe of Benjamin, Jair's son Mordecai, who was a descendant of Kish's son Shimei the descendant of Benjamin.

"Every servant of the king and every person in the king's provinces knows that for any man or woman who goes to the king in the inner court without being summoned there is only one law that he be put to death unless the king holds out the golden scepter to him. Only then he will live. For these last 30 days I've not been summoned to come to the king."

After Haman came in, the king asked him, "What should be done for the man whom the king desires to honor?"

Haman told himself, "Whom would the king desire to honor more than me?" Haman answered the king, "For a man whom the king desires to honor,

Then give the robes and the horse to one of the king's most noble officials. Let them put the robes on the man whom the king desires to honor, and let them put him on the horse in the main square of the city. Then let them announce in front of him, "This is what is done for the man whom the king desires to honor.'"

So Haman took the clothes and the horse, dressed Mordecai, and put him on the horse in the main square of the city. He cried out in front of him, "This is what is done for the man whom the king desires to honor."

When the king returned to the banquet hall from the palace garden, Haman was prostrate on the couch where Esther was. The king asked, "Will this man even assault the queen with me in the house?" The king had no sooner spoken than they covered Haman's face.

Indeed, Mordecai was a powerful official in the palace and his fame spread throughout the provinces. Indeed, the man Mordecai grew more and more powerful.

There once was a man in the land of Uz named Job. The man was blameless as well as upright. He feared God and kept away from evil.

Then the LORD asked Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on earth. The man is blameless as well as upright. He fears God and keeps away from evil."

The LORD asked Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on earth. The man is blameless as well as upright. He fears God and keeps away from evil. He remains firm in his integrity, even though you have been urging me to overwhelm him without cause."

Satan answered the LORD, "Skin for skin! The man will give up everything that he owns in exchange for his health.

To the formerly successful man who lost his way in life, and God fenced him in?

Am I as strong as a rock? Am I some kind of iron man?

He's not a man like me, so that I can answer him, or that we can enter into litigation with one another.

Can you live only as long as a human being? Or live the years of a mortal man?

"I'm a laughingstock to my friends, someone who called on God. But then he answered this upright and blameless man, and I have become a laughingstock.

So I'm a man who wears out like something rotten, like a garment that has become moth-eaten."

then how much less is one who is abhorred and corrupted, such as a man who drinks injustice like water?"

crying for him to arbitrate between this man and God; as a human being does with his fellow neighbor.

How much less is man, who is only a maggot, or a man's children, who are only worms!"

(even a poor man had grown up with me as if I were his father, and even though I had guided the widow from the time I was born),

"So that you cannot claim, "We have found wisdom!' let God do the rebuking, not man;

"What man is like Job, who drinks mockery like water,

Because he says, "There's no profit for a man to find joy with God.'"

to keep the godless man from reigning or laying a snare for the people."

Remember to magnify his awesome activities, about which mortal man has sung.

Stand up like a man! I'll ask you some questions, and you give me some answers!"

"Stand up like a man! I'll ask you some questions, and you give me some answers!

what is man that you take notice of him, or the son of man that you pay attention to him?

Rise up, LORD, do not let man prevail! The nations will be judged in your presence.

Break the arm of the wicked and evil man; so that when you seek out his wickedness you will find it no more.

But as for me, I am only a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by people.

Who is the man who fears the LORD? God will teach him the path he should choose.

Like a dead man, I am forgotten in their thoughts like broken pottery.

This poor man cried out, and the LORD heard and delivered him from all of his distress.

Observe the blameless! Take note of the upright! Indeed, the future of that man is peace.

Indeed, I have become like a man who hears nothing, and in whose mouth there is no rebuke.

You rebuke by chastening a man with the consequence of iniquities; you destroy what is attractive to him, as one would treat a moth. Indeed, every person is a puff of wind. Interlude

You be my judge, God, and plead my case against an unholy nation; rescue me from the deceitful and unjust man.

No man can redeem the life of another, nor can he give to God a sufficient payment for him

"Look, here is a young man who refused to make God his strength; instead, he trusted in his great wealth and made his wickedness his strength.

but it is you a man whom I treated as my equal my personal confidant, my close friend!

In God, whose word I praise, in God I put my trust. I will not fear what mortal man can do to me.

in God I will put my trust. I will not fear what mortal man can do to me.

May you support the man at your right hand; the son of man whom you have raised for yourself.

I am considered as one of those descending into the Pit, like a mighty man without strength,

What valiant man can live and not see death? Who can deliver himself from the power of Sheol. Interlude

Blessed is the LORD forever! Amen and amen! A prayer by Moses, the godly man

A stupid man doesn't know, and a fool can't comprehend this:

How blessed is the man whom you instruct, LORD, whom you teach from your Law,

Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, eliminating everyone who practices iniquity from the LORD's city. A prayer by the afflicted man who is overwhelmed and talks about his troubles with the LORD.

He sent a man before them Joseph, who had been sold as a slave.

How can a young man keep his behavior pure? By guarding it in accordance with your word.

How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them! He will not be ashamed as they confront their enemies at the city gate. A Song of Ascents

See how the man will be blessed who fears the LORD.

Let not the slanderer become established in the land. May evil quickly hunt down the violent man.

LORD, what are human beings, that you should care about them, or mortal man, that you should think about him?

How joyful is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gains understanding,

Do not envy a violent man, and do not emulate his lifestyle.

Indeed, a perverse man is utterly disgusting to the LORD, but he takes the upright into his confidence.

Indeed, what a man does is always in the LORD's presence, and he weighs all his paths.

Go to the ant, you lazy man! Observe its ways and become wise.

How long will you lie down, lazy man? When will you get up from your sleep?

and your poverty will come on you like a bandit and your desperation like an armed man.

A worthless man, a wicked man, goes around with devious speech,

Can a man scoop fire into his bosom without burning his clothes?

Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?

and I noticed among the naive that is, I discerned among the youths a senseless young man.

Counsel a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will add to his learning.

Just as the fool considers wickedness his joy, so is wisdom to the discerning man.

Whoever belittles his neighbor lacks sense, but the discerning man controls his comments.

A gracious man benefits himself, but the cruel person damages himself.

The good person will gain favor from the LORD, but the man who plots evil will be condemned by him.

A man is praised because of his wise words, but the perverted mind will be despised.

By his fruitful speech a man can remain satisfied, and a man's handiwork will reward him.

The lifestyle of the fool is right in his own opinion, but wise is the man who listens to advice.

A prudent man keeps what he knows to himself, but the hearts of fools shout forth their foolishness.

From the fruit of his words a man receives benefit, but the treacherous crave violence.

The life of a wealthy man may be held for ransom, but whoever is poor receives no threats.