25 Bible Verses About Why God Created Man (ESV)

7   everyone who is called by my name,
    whom I created for my glory,
    whom I formed and made.”

26 Then 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 birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

21     the people whom I formed for myself
  that they might declare my praise.

27   So God created man in his own image,
    in the image of God he created him;
    male and female he created them.

10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

9 and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God, who created all things, 10 so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.

11   “Worthy are you, our Lord and God,
    to receive glory and honor and power,
  for you created all things,
    and by your will they existed and were created.”

28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.

14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.

6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, 7 casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.

36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.

13 The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.

12 It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.

15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.

16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

24 Only fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you.

8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.

27 that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us,

16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

8   He has told you, O man, what is good;
    and what does the LORD require of you
  but to do justice, and to love kindness,
    and to walk humbly with your God?

11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

23 Thus says the LORD: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, 24 but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the LORD.”