Bible Verses About Manliness
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for manliness, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 469 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 16:13. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Manliness
1 Corinthians 16:1385 votes
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
1 Corinthians 13:1161 votes
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
1 Kings 2:1-245 votes
Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
Psalms 1:1-343 votes
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Job 38:330 votes
Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
Ephesians 5:25-2820 votes
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
1 Chronicles 12:3217 votes
And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
Isaiah 3:1217 votes
As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
1 Corinthians 16:13-1417 votes
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Job 40:715 votes
Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Joshua 1:912 votes
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Proverbs 25:2812 votes
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
1 Corinthians 14:2012 votes
Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
Proverbs 27:1711 votes
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Jeremiah 29:1111 votes
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Micah 6:811 votes
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
1 Kings 2:210 votes
I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;
Ephesians 5:2510 votes
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Colossians 2:1-2310 votes
For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
2 Timothy 1:710 votes
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
James 2:2610 votes
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
What does the Bible say about manliness?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 16:13 on the subject of manliness. Across 469 votes, 21 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 13:11, 1 Kings 2:1-2, Psalms 1:1-3. This page lists all 21 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.