Bible Verses About Why God Created Man
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for why god created man, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 5,002 votes, led by Isaiah 43:7. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Why God Created Man
Isaiah 43:7477 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.
Genesis 1:26374 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.
Isaiah 43:21275 votes
This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
Genesis 1:27211 votes
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Ephesians 2:10204 votes
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Revelation 4:11179 votes
Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
Ephesians 3:9-10175 votes
And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
Colossians 1:16153 votes
For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
Genesis 1:28147 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.
Titus 2:14145 votes
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Ecclesiastes 12:13116 votes
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
Romans 11:36107 votes
For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
1 Peter 5:6-7104 votes
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
1 Peter 1:12100 votes
Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
Genesis 2:1585 votes
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
John 3:16-1775 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.
Romans 5:874 votes
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
1 Samuel 12:2470 votes
Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
Acts 17:2769 votes
That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
John 15:1566 votes
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
Matthew 5:1664 votes
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Deuteronomy 6:551 votes
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Micah 6:849 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?
Jeremiah 9:23-2446 votes
Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
Genesis 1:26-2743 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.
What does the Bible say about why god created man?
Readers most often cite Isaiah 43:7 on the subject of why god created man. Across 5,002 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Genesis 1:26, Isaiah 43:21, Genesis 1:27. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.