Genesis 1:26

New International Reader's Version

Then God said, “Let us make human beings so that they are like us. Let them rule over the fish in the seas and the birds in the sky. Let them rule over the livestock and all the wild animals. And let them rule over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

Cross References

Genesis 11:7

Come on! Let us go down and mix up their language. Then they will not be able to understand one another.”

Genesis 2:19

The Lord God had formed all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He had made all of them out of the ground. He brought them to the man to see what names he would give them. And the name the man gave each living creature became its name.

Genesis 3:22

The Lord God said, “Just like one of us, the man can now tell the difference between good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out and pick fruit from the tree of life and eat it. If he does, he will live forever.”

Genesis 5:1

Here is the written story of Adam’s family line. When God created human beings, he made them to be like him.

Genesis 9:6

“Anyone who murders a human being will be killed by a human being. That is because I have made human beings so that they are like me.

Job 35:10

But no one says, ‘Where is the God who made me? He gives us songs even during the night.

Job 39:11

Will you depend on them for their great strength? Will you let them do your heavy work?

Job 5:23

You will make a covenant with the stones in the fields. They won’t keep your crops from growing. Even wild animals will be at peace with you.

Psalm 100:3

Know that the Lord is God. He made us, and we belong to him. We are his people. We are the sheep belonging to his flock.

Psalm 149:2

Let Israel be filled with joy because God is their Maker. Let the people of Zion be glad because he is their King.

Ecclesiastes 7:29

Here’s the only other thing I found. God created human beings as honest. But they’ve made many evil plans.”

Song of Solomon 1:11

We will make gold earrings for you. We’ll decorate them with silver.”

Isaiah 45:18

The Lord created the heavens. He is God. He formed the earth and made it. He set it firmly in place. He didn’t create it to be empty. Instead, he formed it for people to live on. He says, “I am the Lord. There is no other Lord.

Isaiah 6:8

Then I heard the voice of the Lord. He said, “Who will I send? Who will go for us?” I said, “Here I am. Send me!”

Isaiah 64:8

Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay. You are the potter. Your hands made all of us.

Jeremiah 27:6

Now I will hand over all your countries to my servant Nebuchadnezzar. He is the king of Babylon. I will put even the wild animals under his control.

John 14:23

Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them. We will come to them and make our home with them.

John 5:17

Jesus defended himself. He said to them, “My Father is always doing his work. He is working right up to this day. I am working too.”

Acts 17:20

You have some strange ideas we’ve never heard before. We would like to know what they mean.”

Acts 17:26

From one man he made all the people of the world. Now they live all over the earth. He decided exactly when they should live. And he decided exactly where they should live.

1 Corinthians 11:7

A man should not cover his head. He is the likeness and glory of God. But woman is the glory of man.

2 Corinthians 3:18

None of our faces are covered with a veil. All of us can see the Lord’s glory and think deeply about it. So we are being changed to become more like him so that we have more and more glory. And this glory comes from the Lord, who is the Holy Spirit.

2 Corinthians 4:4

The god of this world has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They can’t see the light of the good news that makes Christ’s glory clear. Christ is the likeness of God.

Ephesians 4:24

You were taught to start living a new life. It is created to be truly good and holy, just as God is.

Colossians 1:15

The Son is the exact likeness of God, who can’t be seen. The Son is first, and he is over all creation.

Colossians 3:10

You have started living a new life. Your knowledge of how that life should have the Creator’s likeness is being made new.

James 3:7

People have tamed all kinds of wild animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures. And they still tame them.

James 3:9

With our tongues we praise our Lord and Father. With our tongues we curse people. We do it even though people have been created to be like God.

1 John 5:7

There are three that are witnesses about Jesus.