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4,607 verses contain “man” (in the KJV: 4,036, in the BSB: 2,686) — showing 3,901–4,000
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And it maketh every heart rich, so that a man remembereth neither king nor governor; and it maketh to speak all things by talents:
And yet he is but one man: if he command to kill, they kill; if he command to spare, they spare;
A man leaveth his own father that brought him up, and his own country, and cleaveth unto his wife.
Yea, a man taketh his sword, and goeth his way to rob and to steal, to sail upon the sea and upon rivers;
Wherefore a man loveth his wife better than father or mother.
Yea, many there be that have run out of their wits for women, and become servants for their sakes.
Many also have perished, have erred, and sinned, for women.
Now when this young man was gone forth, he lifted up his face to heaven toward Jerusalem, and praised the King of heaven,
And they returned unto Jerusalem, and to the other parts of Jewry, every man to his own city, who came with Zorobabel, with Jesus, Nehemias, and Zacharias, and Reesaias, Enenius, Mardocheus. Beelsarus, Aspharasus, Reelius, Roimus, and Baana, their guides.
But when the seventh month was at hand, and when the children of Israel were every man in his own place, they came all together with one consent into the open place of the first gate which is toward the east.
To offer burnt sacrifices upon it, according as it is expressly commanded in the book of Moses the man of God.
But many with trumpets and joy shouted with loud voice,
And as for this house, it was builded many years ago by a king of Israel great and strong, and was finished.
As many therefore as have a mind thereunto, let them depart with thee, as it hath seemed good both to me and my seven friends the counsellors;
I command you also, that ye require no tax, nor any other imposition, of any of the priests, or Levites, or holy singers, or porters, or ministers of the temple, or of any that have doings in this temple, and that no man have authority to impose any thing upon them.
Like as thou hast decreed, and as many as do obey the law of the Lord.
But forasmuch as the people are many, and it is foul weather, so that we cannot stand without, and this is not a work of a day or two, seeing our sin in these things is spread far:
Of the sons of Mani; Olamus, Mamuchus, Jedeus, Jasubus, Jasael, and Hieremoth.
And of the sons of Addi; Naathus, and Moosias, Lacunus, and Naidus, and Mathanias, and Sesthel, Balnuus, and Manasseas.
And of the sons of Asom; Altaneus, and Matthias, and Baanaia, Eliphalet, and Manasses, and Semei.
So Esdras the chief priest brought the law unto the whole multitude from man to woman, and to all the priests, to hear law in the first day of the seventh month.
Many kings have I destroyed for their sakes; Pharaoh with his servants and all his power have I smitten down.
Then had I pity upon your mournings, and gave you manna to eat; so ye did eat angels’ bread.
Whensoever ye shall call upon me, I will not hear you: for ye have defiled your hands with blood, and your feet are swift to commit manslaughter.
And as many fountains flowing with milk and honey, and seven mighty mountains, whereupon there grow roses and lilies, whereby I will fill thy children with joy.
Heal the broken and the weak, laugh not a lame man to scorn, defend the maimed, and let the blind man come into the sight of my clearness.
And in the midst of them there was a young man of a high stature, taller than all the rest, and upon every one of their heads he set crowns, and was more exalted; which I marvelled at greatly.
Then the angel said unto me, Go thy way, and tell my people what manner of things, and how great wonders of the Lord thy God, thou hast seen.
And it happened, that when they that dwelt upon the earth began to multiply, and had gotten them many children, and were a great people, they began again to be more ungodly than the first.
Now when they lived so wickedly before thee, thou didst choose thee a man from among them, whose name was Abraham.
When this was done many years, then they that inhabited the city forsook thee,
For when I came thither, and had seen impieties without number, then my soul saw many evildoers in this thirtieth year, so that my heart failed me.
Then answered I and said, What man is able to do that, that thou shouldest ask such things of me?
And he said unto me, If I should ask thee how great dwellings are in the midst of the sea, or how many springs are in the beginning of the deep, or how many springs are above the firmament, or which are the outgoings of paradise:
The floods of the sea also in like manner took counsel, and said, Come, let us go up and subdue the woods of the plain, that there also we may make us another country.
And the Sodomitish sea shall cast out fish, and make a noise in the night, which many have not known: but they shall all hear the voice thereof.
There shall be a confusion also in many places, and the fire shall be oft sent out again, and the wild beasts shall change their places, and menstruous women shall bring forth monsters:
And shall be sought of many, and yet not be found: then shall unrighteousness and incontinency be multiplied upon earth.
One land also shall ask another, and say, Is righteousness that maketh a man righteous gone through thee? And it shall say, No.
And now, O Lord, why hast thou given this one people over unto many? and upon the one root hast thou prepared others, and why hast thou scattered thy only one people among many?
The hand of man is betwixt the heel and the hand: other question, Esdras, ask thou not.
And it happened, that when I had heard it I stood up upon my feet, and hearkened, and, behold, there was a voice that spake, and the sound of it was like the sound of many waters.
And the trumpet shall give a sound, which when every man heareth, they shall be suddenly afraid.
And it came to pass after this, that I wept again, and fasted seven days in like manner, that I might fulfil the three weeks which he told me.
And then was the spirit, and darkness and silence were on every side; the sound of man’s voice was not yet formed.
For immediately there was great and innumerable fruit, and many and divers pleasures for the taste, and flowers of unchangeable colour, and odours of wonderful smell: and this was done the third day.
And gavest them a charge to do service unto man, that was to be made.
And one only path between them both, even between the fire and the water, so small that there could but one man go there at once.
If this city now were given unto a man for an inheritance, if he never shall pass the danger set before it, how shall he receive this inheritance?
Now therefore why disquietest thou thyself, seeing thou art but a corruptible man? and why art thou moved, whereas thou art but mortal?
For there be many that perish in this life, because they despise the law of God that is set before them.
And the world shall be turned into the old silence seven days, like as in the former judgments: so that no man shall remain.
And Ezechias for the people in the time of Sennacherib: and many for many.
Then shall no man be able to save him that is destroyed, nor to oppress him that hath gotten the victory.
Then answered he me, and said, This is the condition of the battle, which man that is born upon the earth shall fight;
And he answered me, saying, The most High hath made this world for many, but the world to come for few.
There be many created, but few shall be saved.
O Lord, if thou suffer not thy servant, that we may pray before thee, and thou give us seed unto our heart, and culture to our understanding, that there may come fruit of it; how shall each man live that is corrupt, who beareth the place of a man?
Now therefore, Lord, I will speak; touching man in general, thou knowest best; but touching thy people, for whose sake I am sorry;
For the just, which have many good works laid up with thee, shall out of their own deeds receive reward.
For what is man, that thou shouldest take displeasure at him? or what is a corruptible generation, that thou shouldest be so bitter toward it?
For in truth them is no man among them that be born, but he hath dealt wickedly; and among the faithful there is none which hath not done amiss.
For as the husbandman soweth much seed upon the ground, and planteth many trees, and yet the thing that is sown good in his season cometh not up, neither doth all that is planted take root: even so is it of them that are sown in the world; they shall not all be saved.
Even so perisheth man also, which is formed with thy hands, and is called thine own image, because thou art like unto him, for whose sake thou hast made all things, and likened him unto the husbandman’s seed.
For many great miseries shall be done to them that in the latter time shall dwell in the world, because they have walked in great pride.
For like as all that is made in the world hath a beginning and an end, and the end is manifest:
I have said before, and now do speak, and will speak it also hereafter, that there be many more of them which perish, than of them which shall be saved:
And now when I prepared the world, which was not yet made, even for them to dwell in that now live, no man spake against me.
For then every one obeyed: but now the manners of them which are created in this world that is made are corrupted by a perpetual seed, and by a law which is unsearchable rid themselves.
O Lord, thou that shewest thyself unto us, thou wast shewed unto our fathers in the wilderness, in a place where no man treadeth, in a barren place, when they came out of Egypt.
For ask the earth, and she shall tell thee, that it is she which ought to mourn for the fall of so many that grow upon her.
Then say I unto thee, Like as thou hast brought forth with labour; even so the earth also hath given her fruit, namely, man, ever since the beginning unto him that made her.
Do not so, but be counselled. by me: for how many are the adversities of Sion? be comforted in regard of the sorrow of Jerusalem.
Where is Uriel the angel, who came unto me at the first? for he hath caused me to fall into many trances, and mine end is turned into corruption, and my prayer to rebuke.
And he said unto me, Stand up manfully, and I will advise thee.
He answered me then, and said, Hear me, and I shall inform thee, and tell thee wherefore thou art afraid: for the Highest will reveal many secret things unto thee.
For in the place wherein the Highest beginneth to shew his city, there can no man’s building be able to stand.
For thou art blessed above many other, and art called with the Highest; and so are but few.
And I saw that all things under heaven were subject unto her, and no man spake against her, no, not one creature upon earth.
And I beheld, and lo, as it were a roaring lion chased out of the wood: and I saw that he sent out a man’s voice unto the eagle, and said,
And I said, Lord that bearest rule, if I have found grace before thy sight, and if I am justified with thee before many others, and if my prayer indeed be come up before thy face;
In his last days shall the most High raise up three kingdoms, and renew many things therein, and they shall have the dominion of the earth,
And now go your way home every man, and after these days will I come unto you.
And I beheld, and, lo, that man waxed strong with the thousands of heaven: and when he turned his countenance to look, all the things trembled that were seen under him.
And after this I beheld, and, lo, there was gathered together a multitude of men, out of number, from the four winds of the heaven, to subdue the man that came out of the sea
Afterward saw I the same man come down from the mountain, and call unto him another peaceable Multitude.
Therefore are they come into great perils and many necessities, like as these dreams declare.
This is the meaning of the vision: Whereas thou sawest a man coming up from the midst of the sea:
And the time shall be when these things shall come to pass, and the signs shall happen which I shewed thee before, and then shall my Son be declared, whom thou sawest as a man ascending.
And when all the people hear his voice, every man shall in their own land leave the battle they have one against another.
But they took this counsel among themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the heathen, and go forth into a further country, where never mankind dwelt,
Then said I, O Lord that bearest rule, shew me this: Wherefore have I seen the man coming up from the midst of the sea?
And he said unto me, Like as thou canst neither seek out nor know the things that are in the deep of the sea: even so can no man upon earth see my Son, or those that be with him, but in the day time.
Then said he unto me, In the bush I did manifestly reveal myself unto Moses, and talked with him, when my people served in Egypt:
And told him many wondrous things, and shewed him the secrets of the times, and the end; and commanded him, saying,
Let go from thee mortal thoughts, cast away the burdens of man, put off now the weak nature,
For thy law is burnt, therefore no man knoweth the things that are done of thee, or the work that shall begin.
But look thou prepare thee many box trees, and take with thee Sarea, Dabria, Selemia, Ecanus, and Asiel, these five which are ready to write swiftly;
For after death shall the judgment come, when we shall live again: and then shall the names of the righteous be manifest, and the works of the ungodly shall be declared.
Let no man therefore come unto me now, nor seek after me these forty days.