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65 Bible verses about love of nature
Think about it: God didn't leave us a detailed instruction manual for creation, but instead, He set up these amazing physical laws that govern everything in nature. And these laws are constantly working, right now, according to His will. Pretty awesome, right?
Nature itself shouts that God is real. Psalm 19:11 puts it perfectly: "The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands." It's like the whole universe is a giant billboard for His existence.
As believers, it's important for us to grasp that the things we can't see about God—His incredible power, His majesty—are visible all around us, woven into the fabric of creation. It's mind-blowing!
God loves it when we're awestruck by His handiwork. Everything around us, from the smallest bug to the vastness of space, was made so we could catch a glimpse of His love for us, a tiny hint of how wonderful He truly is. And when we get that, it just makes us want to worship Him with all our hearts.
So take a moment to appreciate the beauty around you. See God in it. Thank Him for it. Every sunrise is a fresh reminder of His mercy in our lives.
And when they heard it, lifted their voices together with one united mind to God and said, O Sovereign Lord, You are He Who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything that is in them, [Exod. 20:11; Ps. 146:6.]
The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; the world and all that is in it, You have founded them.
Praise Him, sun and moon, praise Him, all you stars of light!Praise Him, you highest heavens and you waters above the heavens!Let them praise the name of the Lord, for He commanded and they were created.
When I view and consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained and established,
IN THE beginning God (prepared, formed, fashioned, and) created the heavens and the earth. [Heb. 11:3.]
At the beginning You existed and laid the foundations of the earth; the heavens are the work of Your hands.
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all the things which fill it;Let the field be exultant, and all that is in it! Then shall all the trees of the wood sing for joy
O Lord, how many and varied are Your works! In wisdom have You made them all; the earth is full of Your riches and Your creatures.
Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive the glory and the honor and dominion, for You created all things; by Your will they were [brought into being] and were created. [Ps. 19:1.]
And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good (suitable, pleasant) and He approved it completely. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
I have made the earth, the men, and the beasts that are upon the face of the earth by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and I give it to whomever it seems right and suitable to Me.
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He also has planted eternity in men's hearts and minds [a divinely implanted sense of a purpose working through the ages which nothing under the sun but God alone can satisfy], yet so that men cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.
For [even the whole] creation (all nature) waits expectantly and longs earnestly for God's sons to be made known [waits for the revealing, the disclosing of their sonship].For the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law of our new being] has freed me from the law of sin and of death.For the creation (nature) was subjected to frailty (to futility, condemned to frustration), not because of some intentional fault on its part, but by the will of Him Who so subjected it–[yet] with the hope [Eccl. 1:2.]
THE HEAVENS declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows and proclaims His handiwork. [Rom. 1:20, 21.]More to be desired are they than gold, even than much fine gold; they are sweeter also than honey and drippings from the honeycomb.Moreover, by them is Your servant warned (reminded, illuminated, and instructed); and in keeping them there is great reward.Who can discern his lapses and errors? Clear me from hidden [and unconscious] faults.Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then shall I be blameless, and I shall be innocent and clear of great transgression.Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my [firm, impenetrable] Rock and my Redeemer.Day after day pours forth speech, and night after night shows forth knowledge.There is no speech nor spoken word [from the stars]; their voice is not heard.Yet their voice [in evidence] goes out through all the earth, their sayings to the end of the world. Of the heavens has God made a tent for the sun, [Rom. 10:18.]
For ever since the creation of the world His invisible nature and attributes, that is, His eternal power and divinity, have been made intelligible and clearly discernible in and through the things that have been made (His handiworks). So [men] are without excuse [altogether without any defense or justification], [Ps. 19: 1-4.]
THE HEAVENS declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows and proclaims His handiwork. [Rom. 1:20, 21.]
O Lord, how many and varied are Your works! In wisdom have You made them all; the earth is full of Your riches and Your creatures.Yonder is the sea, great and wide, in which are swarms of innumerable creeping things, creatures both small and great.
I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase and the trees of the field yield their fruit.
When I view and consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained and established,What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of [earthborn] man that You care for him?
And the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to tend and guard and keep it.
For you shall go out [from the spiritual exile caused by sin and evil into the homeland] with joy and be led forth [by your Leader, the Lord Himself, and His word] with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree; and it shall be to the Lord for a name of renown, for an everlasting sign [of jubilant exaltation] and memorial [to His praise], which shall not be cut off.
The [luxuriant] pastures in the uncultivated country drip [with moisture], and the hills gird themselves with joy.
Fair and beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth–Mount Zion [the City of David], to the northern side [Mount Moriah and the temple], the [whole] city of the Great King! [Matt. 5:35.]
Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father keeps feeding them. Are you not worth much more than they?And who of you by worrying and being anxious can add one unit of measure (cubit) to his stature or to the span of his life? [Ps. 39:5-7.]And why should you be anxious about clothes? Consider the lilies of the field and learn thoroughly how they grow; they neither toil nor spin.Yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his magnificence (excellence, dignity, and grace) was not arrayed like one of these. [I Kings 10:4-7.]
THE EARTH is the Lord's, and the fullness of it, the world and they who dwell in it. [I Cor. 10:26.]Who is [He then] this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah [pause, and think of that]!For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the currents and the rivers.
Behold, the heavens and the heaven of heavens belong to the Lord your God, the earth also, with all that is in it and on it.
Is it too little for you that you feed on the best pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pasture? And to have drunk of the waters clarified by subsiding, but you must foul the rest of the water with your feet?
[And Ezra said], You are the Lord, You alone; You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and You preserve them all, and the hosts of heaven worship You.
The land shall not be sold into perpetual ownership, for the land is Mine; you are [only] strangers and temporary residents with Me. [Heb. 11:13; I Pet. 2:11-17.]And in all the country you possess you shall grant a redemption for the land [in the Year of Jubilee].
He sends forth springs into the valleys; their waters run among the mountains.They give drink to every [wild] beast of the field; the wild asses quench their thirst there.Beside them the birds of the heavens have their nests; they sing among the branches. [Matt. 13:32.]He waters the mountains from His upper rooms; the earth is satisfied and abounds with the fruit of His works.He causes vegetation to grow for the cattle, and all that the earth produces for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food out of the earth–
The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. [James 1:10, 11; I Pet. 1:24, 25.]
Hear this, O Job; stand still and consider the wondrous works of God.Do you know how God lays His command upon them and causes the lightning of His [storm] cloud to shine?Do you know how the clouds are balanced [and poised in the heavens], the wonderful works of Him Who is perfect in knowledge?
A [consistently] righteous man regards the life of his beast, but even the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. [Deut. 25:4.]
Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.He gives to the beast his food, and to the young ravens that for which they cry.
And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the fatted domestic animal together; and a little child shall lead them.And the cow and the bear shall feed side by side, their young shall lie down together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.And the sucking child shall play over the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den.They shall not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
To Him Who stretched out the earth upon the waters, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever;To Him Who made the great lights, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever–The sun to rule over the day, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever;The moon and stars to rule by night, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever;
And God said, This is the token of the covenant (solemn pledge) which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:I set My bow [rainbow] in the cloud, and it shall be a token or sign of a covenant or solemn pledge between Me and the earth.
For thus says the Lord–Who created the heavens, God Himself, Who formed the earth and made it, Who established it and did not create it to be a worthless waste; He formed it to be inhabited–I am the Lord, and there is no one else.
And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons not [yet old enough to] know their right hand from their left, and also many cattle [not accountable for sin]?
And I brought you into a plentiful land to enjoy its fruits and good things. But when you entered, you defiled My land and made My heritage an abomination [detestable and loathsome].
For it was in Him that all things were created, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, whether thrones, dominions, rulers, or authorities; all things were created and exist through Him [by His service, intervention] and in and for Him.And He Himself existed before all things, and in Him all things consist (cohere, are held together). [Prov. 8:22-31.]
For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills or upon the mountains where thousands are.I know and am acquainted with all the birds of the mountains, and the wild animals of the field are Mine and are with Me, in My mind.
Six years you shall sow your land and reap its yield.But the seventh year you shall release it and let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat [what the land voluntarily yields], and what they leave the wild beasts shall eat. In like manner you shall deal with your vineyard and olive grove.
In His hand are the deep places of the earth; the heights and strength of the hills are His also.The sea is His, for He made it; and His hands formed the dry land.
The land and the earth mourn and wither, the world languishes and withers, the high ones of the people [and the heavens with the earth] languish.The land and the earth also are defiled by their inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, disregarded the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant. [Gen. 9:1-17; Deut. 29:20.]
A land for which the Lord your God cares; the eyes of the Lord your God are always upon it from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.
The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the conies and badgers.[The Lord] appointed the moon for the seasons; the sun knows [the exact time of] its setting.[You are the One] Who covers Yourself with light as with a garment, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain or a tent,You [O Lord] make darkness and it becomes night, in which creeps forth every wild beast of the forest.The young lions roar after their prey and seek their food from God.When the sun arises, they withdraw themselves and lie down in their dens.Man goes forth to his work and remains at his task until evening.O Lord, how many and varied are Your works! In wisdom have You made them all; the earth is full of Your riches and Your creatures.
Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds;For riches are not forever; does a crown endure to all generations?When the hay is gone, the tender grass shows itself, and herbs of the mountain are gathered in,The lambs will be for your clothing, and the goats [will furnish you] the price of a field.And there will be goats' milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and for the maintenance of your maids.
Six days you shall do your work, but the seventh day you shall rest and keep Sabbath, that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your bondwoman, and the alien, may be refreshed.
PRAISE THE Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the heights!Beasts and all cattle, creeping things and flying birds!Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers and judges of the earth!Both young men and maidens, old men and children!Let them praise and exalt the name of the Lord, for His name alone is exalted and supreme! His glory and majesty are above earth and heaven!He has lifted up a horn for His people [giving them power, prosperity, dignity, and preeminence], a song of praise for all His godly ones, for the people of Israel, who are near to Him. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) [Ps. 75:10; Eph. 2:17.]Praise Him, all His angels, praise Him, all His hosts!Praise Him, sun and moon, praise Him, all you stars of light!Praise Him, you highest heavens and you waters above the heavens!Let them praise the name of the Lord, for He commanded and they were created.
For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth. And the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind. [Isa. 66:22; II Pet. 3:13; Rev. 21:1.]But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem to be a rejoicing and her people a joy.
THEN I saw a new sky (heaven) and a new earth, for the former sky and the former earth had passed away (vanished), and there no longer existed any sea. [Isa. 65:17; 66:22.]
I WILL lift up my eyes to the hills [around Jerusalem, to sacred Mount Zion and Mount Moriah]–From whence shall my help come? [Jer. 3:23.]My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.
The God Who produced and formed the world and all things in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in handmade shrines.Neither is He served by human hands, as though He lacked anything, for it is He Himself Who gives life and breath and all things to all [people]. [Isa. 42:5.]
Know (perceive, recognize, and understand with approval) that the Lord is God! It is He Who has made us, not we ourselves [and we are His]! We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. [Eph. 2:10.]
Are not two little sparrows sold for a penny? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's leave (consent) and notice.Philip and Bartholomew [Nathaniel]; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus [Judas, not Iscariot];But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.Fear not, then; you are of more value than many sparrows.
And all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing. And He does according to His will in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth, and none can stay His hand or say to Him, What are You doing?
For You did form my inward parts; You did knit me together in my mother's womb.I will confess and praise You for You are fearful and wonderful and for the awful wonder of my birth! Wonderful are Your works, and that my inner self knows right well.My frame was not hidden from You when I was being formed in secret [and] intricately and curiously wrought [as if embroidered with various colors] in the depths of the earth [a region of darkness and mystery].Your eyes saw my unformed substance, and in Your book all the days [of my life] were written before ever they took shape, when as yet there was none of them.