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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.
So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one mind and said: "Lord, You are God, who made heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them,
The heavens are Yours, and the earth is Yours; You have founded the world, and the fullness of it.
Praise Him, sun and moon; praise Him, all you stars and light.Praise Him, you heavens of heavens, and the water that is above the heavens.Let them praise the name of the Lord; for He spoke, and they were made; He commanded, and they were created.
For I will regard the heavens, the work of Your fingers; the moon and stars, which You have established.
In the beginning You, O Lord, laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of Your hands.
Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth exalt; let the sea be moved, and all its fullness.The plains shall rejoice, and all things in them; then shall all the trees of the wood exalt before the presence of the Lord;
How great are Your works, O Lord! In wisdom have You done them all; the earth is filled with Your creation.
"You are worthy, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory and the honor and the power; because You created all things, and by Your will they existed and they were created."
And God saw all the things that He had made, and behold, they were very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day
I have made the earth by My great power, and by My outstretched arm, and I will give it to whomsoever it shall seem good in My eyes.
All the things which He has made are beautiful in His time. He has also set the whole world in their heart, that man might not find out the work which God has done from the beginning, even to the end.
For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly awaits the unveiling of the sons of God.For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but on account of Him who subjected it in hope;
For the end, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims the work of His hands.Day to day utters speech, and night to night proclaims knowledge.There are no speeches or words, in which their voices are not heard.Their voice is gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.
And God said, Let the water which is under the heaven be collected into one place, and let the dry land appear, and it was so. And the water which was under the heaven was collected into its places, and the dry land appeared.And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering of the waters He called Seas; and God saw that it was good.
For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things made, both His eternal power and Divinity, so that they are without excuse.
For the end, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims the work of His hands.
How great are Your works, O Lord! In wisdom have You done them all; the earth is filled with Your creation.So is this great and wide sea; there are things creeping innumerable, small animals and great.
then will I give you the rain in its season, and the land shall produce its fruits, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
For I will regard the heavens, the work of Your fingers; the moon and stars, which You have established.What is man, that You are mindful of him? Or the son of man, that You visit him?
And the Lord God took the man whom He had formed, and placed him in the garden of Delight, to cultivate and keep it.
But ask now the beasts, if they may speak to you, and the birds of the air, if they may declare to you.Tell the earth, if it may speak to you, and the fish of the sea shall explain to you.Who then has not known in all these things, that the hand of the Lord has made them?Seeing that the life of all living things is in His hand, and the breath of every man.
For you shall go forth with joy, and shall be taught with gladness; for the mountains and the hills shall exalt to welcome you with joy, and all the trees of the field shall applaud with their branches.And instead of the bramble shall come up the cypress, and instead of the nettle shall come up the myrtle; and the Lord shall be for a name, and for an everlasting sign, and shall not fail.
The mountains of the wilderness shall be enriched; and the hills shall gird themselves with joy.
The city of the great King is well planted on the mountains of Zion, with the joy of the whole earth, on the sides of the north.
You have visited the earth, and saturated it; You have abundantly enriched it. The river of God is filled with water; You have prepared their food, for thus is the preparation of it.Saturate her furrows, multiply her fruits; the crop springing up shall rejoice in its drops.You will bless the crown of the year because of Your goodness; and Your plains shall be filled with fatness.The mountains of the wilderness shall be enriched; and the hills shall gird themselves with joy.The rams of the flock are clothed with wool, and the valleys shall abound in grain; they shall cry aloud; yea, they shall sing hymns.
Praise the Lord from the earth, you serpents, and all the depths.Fire, hail, snow, ice, and stormy wind; the things that perform His word.Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars;wild beasts, and all cattle; reptiles, and winged birds;
Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap, nor do they gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth more than they?Which of you by worrying is able to add one cubit to his stature?So why do you worry about clothes? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither labor, nor spin;and yet I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these.
A Psalm of David on the first day of the week. The earth is the Lord's and all its fullness; the world, and all that dwell in it.He has founded it upon the seas, and prepared it upon the rivers.
Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens belong to the Lord your God, the earth and all things that are in it.
And is it not enough for you that you fed on the good pasture, that you trampled with your feet the remnant of your pasture? And that you drank the standing water, and that you disturbed the residue with your feet?
The Lord is good to those that wait on Him; and His compassions are over all His works.Let all Your works, O Lord, give thanks to You; and let Your saints bless You.
And Ezra said, You are the only true Lord; You have made the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and everything in it, the seas, and everything in them; and You give life to all things, and the hosts of heaven worship You.
And the land shall not be sold for a permanence; for the land is Mine, because you are strangers and sojourners before Me.And in every land of your possession, you shall allow ransoms for the land.
He sends forth His fountains among the valleys; the waters shall run between the mountains.They shall give drink to all the wild beasts of the field; the wild donkeys shall take of them to quench their thirst.By them shall the birds of the sky lodge; they shall utter a voice out of the midst of the rocks.He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth shall be satisfied with the fruit of Your works.He makes grass to grow for the cattle, and green herbs for the service of men, to bring bread out of the earth;
Listen to this, O Job: stand still, and be admonished of the power of the Lord.We know that God has disposed His works, having made light out of darkness.And He knows the divisions of the clouds, and the signal overthrows of the ungodly.
A righteous man has pity for the lives of his cattle, but the bowels of the ungodly are unmerciful.
who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who causes grass to spring up on the mountains, and green herb for the service of men;and gives cattle their food, and to the young ravens that call upon Him.
And the wolf shall feed with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the young calf and bull and lion shall feed together; and a little child shall lead them.And the ox and bear shall feed together; and their young shall be together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.And an infant shall put his hand into the holes of asps, and on the nest of young asps.And they shall not be hurt, nor shall they be able to destroy anyone on My holy mountain; for the whole world is filled with the knowledge of the Lord, as much water covers the seas.
To Him who established the earth on the waters; for His mercy endures forever.To Him who alone made great lights; for His mercy endures forever.The sun to rule by day; for His mercy endures forever.The moon and the stars to rule the night; for His mercy endures forever.
And the Lord God said to Noah, This is the sign of the covenant which I set between Me and you, and between every living creature which is with you for perpetual generations.I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of covenant between Me and the earth.
Thus says the Lord that made the heaven, this God that created the earth, and made it; He marked it out, He made it not in vain, but formed it to be inhabited; I am the Lord, and there is no other.
and shall not I spare Nineveh, the great city, in which dwell more than twelve myriads of human beings, who do not know their right hand or their left hand; and also much cattle?
And I brought you to Carmel, that you should eat the fruits thereof, and the goods thereof; and you went in, and defiled My land, and made My heritage an abomination.
because by Him all things were created, those in the heavens and those on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through Him and for Him.And He is before all things, and in Him all things are held together.
For all the wild beasts of the thicket are Mine, the cattle on the mountains, and oxen.I know all the birds of the sky; and the beauty of the field is Mine.
Six years you shall sow your land, and gather in the fruits of it.But in the seventh year you shall let it rest, and leave it, and the poor of your nation shall feed; and the wild beasts of the field shall eat that which remains; thus shall you do to your vineyard and to your olive grove.
For the ends of the earth are in His hands; and the heights of the mountains are His.For the sea is His, and He made it; and His hands formed the dry land.
The earth mourns, and the world is ruined, the lofty ones of the earth are mourning.And she has sinned by reason of her inhabitants; because they have transgressed the law, and changed the ordinances, even the everlasting covenant.
A land which the Lord your God surveys continually, the eyes of the Lord your God are upon it from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.
The high mountains are a refuge for the goats, and the rock for the rabbits.He appointed the moon for seasons; the sun knows its going down.You made the darkness, and it was night; in it all the wild beasts of the forest will be abroad;even the young lions roar after their prey, and they seek meat for themselves from God.The sun arises, and they shall be gathered together, and shall lie down in their dens.Man shall go forth to his work, and to his labor till evening.How great are Your works, O Lord! In wisdom have You done them all; the earth is filled with Your creation.
Do you thoroughly know the number of your flock, and pay attention to your herds?For a man has not strength and power forever; neither does he transmit it from generation to generation.Take care of the herbage in the field, and you shall cut grass, and gather the mountain hay;that you may have sheep's wool for clothing; pay attention to the land, that you may have lambs.My son, you have from me words very useful for your life, and for the life of your servants.
Six days shall you do your works, and on the seventh day there shall be rest, that your ox and your donkey may rest, and that the son of your maidservant and the stranger may be refreshed.
Alleluia, A Psalm of Aggaeus and Zacharias. Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise Him in the highest.Praise Him, all His angels: praise Him, all His hosts.Praise Him, sun and moon; praise Him, all you stars and light.Praise Him, you heavens of heavens, and the water that is above the heavens.Let them praise the name of the Lord; for He spoke, and they were made; He commanded, and they were created.
For there shall be a new heaven and a new earth; and they shall not at all remember the former, neither shall they at all come into their mind.But they shall find in her joy and exaltation; for behold, I make Jerusalem a rejoicing, and My people a joy.
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. And there was no more sea.
A Song of Degrees. I lifted up my eyes to the mountains - from where my help shall come.My help shall come from the Lord, who made the heaven and the earth.
The God who made the world and all the things in it, Him being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in sanctuaries made by human hands,nor by the hands of men is He served, as though He needed anything, for He gives to all life, and breath, with respect to all things.
Know that the Lord, He is God; He made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them shall fall on the ground apart from the will of your Father.But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.Therefore do not fear; you are worth more than many sparrows.
All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and He does according to His will in the host of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and there is none who shall withstand His power, and say to Him, What have You done?
For You, O Lord, have possessed my reins; You have helped me from my mother's womb.I will give You thanks; for You are fearfully wondrous; wondrous are Your works; and my soul knows it well.My bones, which You made in secret, were not hidden from You, nor my substance, in the lowest parts of the earth.Your eyes saw my unwrought substance, and all men shall be written in Your book; they shall be formed by day, though there should for a time be no one among them.