Bible Verses About Purpose of Man
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for purpose of man, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,328 votes, led by Ecclesiastes 12:13. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Purpose of Man
Ecclesiastes 12:13320 votes
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
1 Corinthians 10:31241 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Genesis 1:26148 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 12:1130 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Proverbs 19:21129 votes
There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.
Isaiah 43:21119 votes
This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
Micah 6:8113 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 Peter 4:1166 votes
If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Genesis 1:2864 votes
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Psalms 150:660 votes
Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.
Isaiah 43:754 votes
Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
Psalms 138:847 votes
The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
Titus 2:11-1446 votes
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
John 4:2444 votes
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Psalms 128:1-643 votes
Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways.
Revelation 4:9-1141 votes
And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
Romans 7:1840 votes
For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
Ephesians 1:11-1240 votes
In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
Romans 8:2839 votes
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Genesis 1:2737 votes
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Isaiah 55:1135 votes
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Exodus 9:1633 votes
And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
Jeremiah 29:1133 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.
John 17:17-2029 votes
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
Mark 16:1628 votes
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
What does the Bible say about purpose of man?
Readers most often cite Ecclesiastes 12:13 on the subject of purpose of man. Across 2,328 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 10:31, Genesis 1:26, Romans 12:1. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.