Bible Verses About Human Beings
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for human beings, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 925 votes, led by Genesis 1:27. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Human Beings
Genesis 1:27183 votes
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Genesis 2:7130 votes
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Romans 12:272 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Psalms 139:13-1657 votes
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
Isaiah 13:1247 votes
I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
Job 10:8-1244 votes
Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
John 3:1637 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Jeremiah 1:535 votes
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Ephesians 2:1035 votes
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Matthew 25:4630 votes
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Hebrews 13:524 votes
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Genesis 1:2622 votes
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
1 Corinthians 6:19-2018 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Galatians 3:2818 votes
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Isaiah 64:816 votes
But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Genesis 1:26-2815 votes
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Romans 3:2315 votes
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Job 32:814 votes
But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
1 John 5:2014 votes
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Matthew 10:29-3113 votes
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
Genesis 1:1-3112 votes
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
1 John 3:1-212 votes
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
Genesis 8:2111 votes
And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Revelation 1:111 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Genesis 2:1-2510 votes
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
What does the Bible say about human beings?
Readers most often cite Genesis 1:27 on the subject of human beings. Across 925 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Genesis 2:7, Romans 12:2, Psalms 139:13-16. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.