Hebrews 2:6

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Instead someone testified somewhere:“What is man that you think of him or the son of man that you care for him?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 144:3 : 3 O LORD, of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should be concerned about them?
  • Ps 8:4-8 : 4 Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them? 5 You made them a little less than the heavenly beings. You crowned mankind with honor and majesty. 6 you appoint them to rule over your creation; you have placed everything under their authority, 7 including all the sheep and cattle, as well as the wild animals, 8 the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea and everything that moves through the currents of the seas.
  • Job 7:17-18 : 17 Insignificance of Humans“What is mankind that you make so much of them, and that you pay attention to them? 18 And that you visit them every morning, and try them every moment?
  • Job 25:6 : 6 how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot– a son of man, who is only a worm!”
  • Isa 51:12 : 12 “I, I am the one who consoles you. Why are you afraid of mortal men, of mere human beings who are as short-lived as grass?
  • Heb 4:4 : 4 For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this way:“And God rested on the seventh day from all his works,”
  • Gen 50:24 : 24 Then Joseph said to his brothers,“I am about to die. But God will surely come to you and lead you up from this land to the land he swore on oath to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
  • Job 15:14 : 14 What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
  • Luke 1:68 : 68 “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, because he has come to help and has redeemed his people.
  • Luke 1:78 : 78 Because of our God’s tender mercy the dawn will break upon us from on high
  • Luke 7:16 : 16 Fear seized them all, and they began to glorify God, saying,“A great prophet has appeared among us!” and“God has come to help his people!”
  • Heb 5:6 : 6 as also in another place God says,“You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
  • 1 Pet 1:11 : 11 They probed into what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when he testified beforehand about the sufferings appointed for Christ and his subsequent glory.
  • Ps 146:3-4 : 3 Do not trust in princes, or in human beings, who cannot deliver! 4 Their life’s breath departs, they return to the ground; on that day their plans die.
  • Isa 40:17 : 17 All the nations are insignificant before him; they are regarded as absolutely nothing.

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  • Ps 8:3-6
    4 verses
    91%

    3When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,

    4Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them?

    5You made them a little less than the heavenly beings. You crowned mankind with honor and majesty.

    6you appoint them to rule over your creation; you have placed everything under their authority,

  • Heb 2:7-9
    3 verses
    84%

    7You made him lower than the angels for a little while. You crowned him with glory and honor.

    8You put all things under his control.” For when he put all things under his control, he left nothing outside of his control. At present we do not yet see all things under his control,

    9but we see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by God’s grace he would experience death on behalf of everyone.

  • Job 7:17-18
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    81%

    17Insignificance of Humans“What is mankind that you make so much of them, and that you pay attention to them?

    18And that you visit them every morning, and try them every moment?

  • Ps 144:3-4
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    3O LORD, of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should be concerned about them?

    4People are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears.

  • Heb 2:5
    72%

    5Exposition of Psalm 8: Jesus and the Destiny of Humanity For he did not put the world to come, about which we are speaking, under the control of angels.

  • Job 25:6
    71%

    6how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot– a son of man, who is only a worm!”

  • Heb 1:4-6
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    4Thus he became so far better than the angels as he has inherited a name superior to theirs.

    5The Son Is Superior to Angels For to which of the angels did God ever say,“You are my son! Today I have fathered you”? And in another place he says,“I will be his father and he will be my son.”

    6But when he again brings his firstborn into the world, he says,“Let all the angels of God worship him!”

  • Ps 113:6
    69%

    6He bends down to look at the sky and the earth.

  • Heb 1:13
    69%

    13But to which of the angels has he ever said,“Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”?

  • Ps 80:17
    68%

    17May you give support to the one you have chosen, to the one whom you raised up for yourself!

  • Job 36:24
    68%

    24Remember to extol his work, which people have praised in song.

  • Eccl 6:11
    68%

    11The more one argues with words, the less he accomplishes. How does that benefit him?

  • Job 15:14
    68%

    14What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

  • Ps 82:6
    68%

    6I thought,‘You are gods; all of you are sons of the Most High.’

  • 2 Sam 7:19
    67%

    19And you didn’t stop there, O LORD God! You have also spoken about the future of your servant’s family. Is this your usual way of dealing with men, O Sovereign LORD?

  • Isa 2:22
    67%

    22Stop trusting in human beings, whose life’s breath is in their nostrils. For why should they be given special consideration?

  • Ps 103:14
    66%

    14For he knows what we are made of; he realizes we are made of clay.

  • Job 4:17
    66%

    17“Is a mortal man righteous before God? Or a man pure before his Creator?

  • Ps 49:12
    66%

    12but, despite their wealth, people do not last, they are like animals that perish.

  • Ps 89:47
    66%

    47Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal?

  • Job 20:4
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    4“Surely you know that it has been from old, ever since humankind was placed on the earth,

  • Job 10:4-6
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    4Motivations of God“Do you have eyes of flesh, or do you see as a human being sees?

    5Are your days like the days of a mortal, or your years like the years of a mortal,

    6that you must search out my iniquity, and inquire about my sin,

  • Job 18:3
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    3Why should we be regarded as beasts, and considered stupid in your sight?

  • Eccl 3:18
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    18I also thought to myself,“It is for the sake of people, so God can clearly show them that they are like animals.

  • Eccl 3:21
    66%

    21Who really knows if the human spirit ascends upward, and the animal’s spirit descends into the earth?

  • Ps 90:3
    66%

    3You make mankind return to the dust, and say,“Return, O people!”

  • 1 Chr 17:17-18
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    65%

    17And you did not stop there, O God! You have also spoken about the future of your servant’s family. You have revealed to me what men long to know, O LORD God.

    18What more can David say to you? You have honored your servant; you have given your servant special recognition.

  • Heb 5:6
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    6as also in another place God says,“You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

  • Ps 39:5
    65%

    5Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.(Selah)

  • Ps 53:2
    65%

    2God looks down from heaven at the human race, to see if there is anyone who is wise and seeks God.

  • Job 31:14
    65%

    14then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to him?

  • Heb 1:8
    65%

    8but of the Son he says,“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and a righteous scepter is the scepter of your kingdom.

  • Job 32:13
    65%

    13So do not say,‘We have found wisdom! God will refute him, not man!’

  • Ps 102:25
    65%

    25In earlier times you established the earth; the skies are your handiwork.

  • Gen 1:26
    65%

    26Then God said,“Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth.”

  • Phil 2:7
    65%

    7but emptied himself by taking on the form of a slave, by looking like other men, and by sharing in human nature.

  • Job 15:7
    65%

    7“Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?

  • Acts 2:34
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    34For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says,‘The Lord said to my lord,“Sit at my right hand