264 occurrences in 13 translations

'People' in the Bible

You people, how long will you malign my reputation? How long will you love what is vain and what is false? Interlude

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsUseless ThingsTrust, Lack OfAvoiding DeceitLoving EvilPsalm Interjections

Certainly you are not a God who approves of evil; evil people cannot dwell with you.

Verse ConceptsPleasing GodPleasureCharacter Of WickedNot Pleasing Godwickednessartists

So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.

Verse ConceptsGod On High

The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.

Verse ConceptsIntegrityIntegrity, Examples OfRighteousness, Of BelieversGod Vindicatesvindication

And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeGod, Righteousness OfJustification, Necessity OfPrayer, And Worshipfairness

For He who avenges blood [unjustly shed] remembers them (His people);He does not forget the cry of the afflicted and abused.

Verse ConceptsAvenger of bloodSuffering, Of The InnocentGod Remembering The NeedyCries Of Distress To GodGod ReprovingScoffersmindfulness

You, Lord, will protect them; you will continually shelter each one from these evil people,

Verse ConceptsSafetyShieldsProtection And Safetyjournaling

for the wicked seem to be everywhere, when people promote evil.

Verse ConceptsPolitics

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.

Verse ConceptsEating, Metaphorical UseCalling upon GodEvildoersNot PrayingThose Who Were Ignorantatheism

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Verse ConceptsGod Of The FathersJacob, The PatriarchRestorationRestoring NationsSalvation For IsraelRejoicing In SuccessSave Us!deliverance

He does not put out his money at interest [to a fellow Israelite],And does not take a bribe against the innocent.He who does these things will never be shaken.

Verse ConceptsCreditAcceptance Of BribesInterestLendingMoney, Stewardship OfImmovable SaintsNot MovedAvoiding BribesBriberyMoney Blessingslent

Concerning what people do:by the word of Your lipsI have avoided the ways of the violent.

Verse ConceptsEvil WaysLipsBible, Given ForAvoiding ViolenceAvoiding EvilSatan as DestroyerPaths

Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.

Verse ConceptsHeadshipServing PeopleNot Knowing PeopleHead As ChiefServingConflictServant Leadership

It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.

Verse ConceptsRevenge, And Retaliation

Preserve your servant from arrogant people; do not let them rule over me. Then I will be upright and acquitted of great wickedness.

Verse Conceptsethics, and graceBlameRestraintSin, Avoidance OfSin, Nature OfDivine Restraintsdominion

All the prosperous people will eat and bow down in submission. All those who are about to go down to the grave will bow down in submission, along with the one who can no longer keep himself alive.

Verse ConceptsBanquets, Events CelebratedKneelingMortalityGod Opposes The Prouddust

They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.

Such godly people are rewarded by the Lord, and vindicated by the God who delivers them.

Verse ConceptsGod VindicatesGod Will BlessBlessings From GodTrust In Relationshipsvindication

Such purity characterizes the people who seek his favor, Jacob's descendants, who pray to him. (Selah)

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodGenerationsJacob, The PatriarchPsalm InterjectionsPurityseeking

I do not sit with deceitful people, nor will I go about with hypocrites.

Verse ConceptsFellowship With WickedEvil AssociationsAssociationsPretendingHypocrisy

Do not sweep me away with sinners, or execute me along with violent people,

Verse ConceptsDriven Away By GodReady To KillThe Soul

I have a safe resting-place for my feet; I will give praise to the Lord in the meetings of the people.

Verse ConceptsStaying StrongPraising God In Public Worship

Because of all my enemies, people disdain me; my neighbors are appalled by my suffering -- those who know me are horrified by my condition; those who see me in the street run away from me.

Let the earth be full of the fear of the Lord; let all the people of the world be in holy fear of him.

Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of GodFearGodly ReverenceAweThe Fear Of The LordFearing GodWorshiping God

The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

Verse ConceptsAdvice, From GodPlansEvil DevicesPlans Of MenNothingGod Hindering

Remain loyal to the Lord, you chosen people of his, for his loyal followers lack nothing!

Verse ConceptsReverence, And BlessingSaintsFear Of God, Results OfPlenty Through GodFear God!Fearing God

For they do not speak peace; they devise clever lies against the peaceful people of the land.

Verse ConceptsClaimsDeception In Fallen Human NatureQuietnessPeace, In The WickedDeceitful TonguesNo Peace

Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your justice is like the great depths of the sea. You deliver both people and animals, LORD.

Verse ConceptsGod Sustaining CreationGod, Righteousness OfAnimals, God's Care OfGod On HighThings Like The SeaBoth Men And Animals SavedGod Sustaining HumanityPetsfootprintspreservation

Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.

Verse ConceptsPhysical LifeWeights And Measures, LinearVanityMan A Mere BreathPsalm InterjectionsPerspective

In fact, people walk around as shadows. Surely, they busy themselves for nothing, heaping up possessions but not knowing who will get them.

Verse ConceptsBusynessFutilityWealthHuman IgnoranceRest, PhysicalRiches, Ungodly Use OfTreasureCare, WorldlyCovetousness, Nature ofNot Knowing The FutureDrawbacks To Richesgathering

You severely discipline people for their sins; like a moth you slowly devour their strength. Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah)

Verse ConceptsInsectsRebukeBeauty, Temporal Nature OfVanityPossessions DecayingMothsMan A Mere BreathPsalm InterjectionsGod Requite Them!Time Passing

How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.

Verse Conceptsdriving outHeathenGod TroublingThe Lord Drove Them OutGod's People Planted

Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.

Verse ConceptsBuying and sellingFree Of ChargeValue

Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

Verse Conceptsjoking

Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfFeetArrows, Described AsArrows, Figurative OfGod's ArrowsSharp Tools

And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

Verse ConceptsMarriage, The Bridegroom

I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.

Verse ConceptsFutureReminders Of God

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.} O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

Verse ConceptsClappingJoy In WorshipJoy, Of IsraelShoutingVoicesShouting For JoyShouting To The Lord

He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.

Verse ConceptsFeetAll Enemies Under God's Feet

The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Family And DescendantsClaimsEarth, Belonging To GodNoblesShieldsBlessings For Jew And GentileSurrender

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.} Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:

Verse ConceptsMusic

both average people and those of means, the rich and the poor together.

Verse ConceptsGreat And SmallPoor Or Rich

(the ransom price for a human life is too high, and people go to their final destiny),

Verse ConceptsExpensiveRedemptionThe SoulBeauty And Self WorthValueSaving Moneysoulredeemedtrying

Though he praises himself during his lifetime—and people praise you when you do well for yourself—

Verse ConceptsSelf DelusionCommending OneselfBlessings And Prosperity

He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.

Verse ConceptsGod, As Judge

He says: "Assemble my covenant people before me, those who ratified a covenant with me by sacrifice!"

Verse ConceptsSealing A CovenantSaintsGathered By GodLater Covenants With GodSacrificecovenantgathering

Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.

Verse ConceptsThe Witness Of GodI Will Be Their God

I will praise You forever for what You have done.In the presence of Your faithful people,I will put my hope in Your name, for it is good.

Verse ConceptsHope, In GodThose Who Wait For GodWhat God DoesWe Thank GodThank YouPraise And WorshipGrateful HeartPraising God In Public Worship

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Verse ConceptsJoy, Of IsraelRestoring NationsGod Saves The NeedyRejoicing In Success

But you, God, bring them down to the Pit of corruption; bloodthirsty and deceitful people will not live out half their days. But I put my full confidence in you. To the Director: A special Davidic psalm to the tune of "A Silent Dove Far Away," when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

Verse ConceptsDeceit, Practice OfDeceit Leading to JudgmentHell, As An ExperienceLiesPitsLiarsThe Fate Of The WickedAbasing PeopleHalf Of ThingsPits As A Term For Graves

All day long people distort what I say; all their schemes against me are for evil purposes.

Verse ConceptsTwistingThoughts Of The WickedMisrepresentationAll DayConspiracyMisunderstandings

Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.

Verse ConceptsGod Angry With The Nations

I am surrounded by lions. I lie down with those who burn with fire that is, with people whose teeth are like spears and arrows whose tongues are like sharp swords.

Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfBitingLionsSpeech, Power And Significance OfSuffering, Of Jesus ChristTeethSharpnessEnemies Surrounding

I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.

Verse ConceptsPraiseMission, Of IsraelWorship, Results OfThe Nations Before GodWe Thank God

For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A Davidic Miktam.Do you really speak righteously, you mighty ones?Do you judge people fairly?

Verse ConceptsMusicPeople Involved In JudgementMen As Gods

Then people will say,“Yes, there is a reward for the righteous!There is a God who judges on earth!”

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeJudgesReward, Divine

Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

Verse ConceptsScattering The PeoplesPeople Remembering

By the power of your hand the earth is shaking and broken; make it strong again, for it is moved.

Verse ConceptsCarvings Of FlowersMusicDivine DispleasureDispleasure

Human beings are a mere vapor, while people in high positions are not what they appear. When they are placed on the scales, they weigh nothing; even when weighed together, they are less than nothing.

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceWeighingLight As ChaffComparative MeasuresMere Menbalancegirlfriends

and all people will fear. They will proclaim what God has done, and reflect on his deeds.

Verse ConceptsReverence, And God's Nature

O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:

Verse ConceptsPraiseBless The Lord!Being Beautifuldeliverance

Then those living on earth will know what you are like; all nations will know how you deliver your people.

Verse ConceptsKnowing God's WaysGod Wants To Save AllThe Gospel To The NationsHealth And Healing

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