Bible Verses About Humanity's Role

What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

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?

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.

For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.

But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.

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.

Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.

According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

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.

And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

Put them in fear, O Lord: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.

Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.

Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?

I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?

Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.

For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.