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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 had heard it, with one accord, they lifted up their voice to God, and they said: "Lord, you are the One who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them,
Praise him, sun and moon. Praise him, all stars and light.Praise him, heavens of the heavens. And let all the waters that are above the heavenspraise the name of the Lord. For he spoke, and they became. He commanded, and they were created.
Out of the mouths of babes and infants, you have perfected praise, because of your enemies, so that you may destroy the enemy and the revenger.
The light has risen for the just, and joy for the upright of heart.Rejoice in the Lord, you just ones, and confess to the memory of his sanctuary.
"You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power. For you have created all things, and they became and were created because of your will."
And God saw everything that he had made. And they were very good. And it became evening and morning, the sixth day.
I made the earth, and the men and beasts which are upon the face of the earth, by my great strength and by my outstretched arm. And I have given it to whomever it was pleasing in my eyes.
He has made all things good in their time, and he has handed over the world to their disputes, so that man may not discover the work which God made from the beginning, even until the end.
For the anticipation of the creature anticipates the revelation of the sons of God.For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has freed me from the law of sin and death.For the creature was made subject to emptiness, not willingly, but for the sake of the One who made it subject, unto hope.
Unto the end. A Psalm of David.O Lord, save the king, and hear us on the day that we will call upon you.May the Lord hear you in the day of tribulation. May the name of the God of Jacob protect you.May he send you help from the sanctuary and watch over you from Zion.May he be mindful of all your sacrifices, and may your burnt-offerings be fat.
For unseen things about him have been made conspicuous, since the creation of the world, being understood by the things that were made; likewise his everlasting virtue and divinity, so much so that they have no excuse.
And he helped his people greatly, and he strengthened them over their enemies.He turned their heart to hate his people, and to deal deceitfully with his servants.
and the ground shall bring forth its seedlings, and the trees shall be filled again with fruit.
Out of the mouths of babes and infants, you have perfected praise, because of your enemies, so that you may destroy the enemy and the revenger.For I will behold your heavens, the works of your fingers: the moon and the stars, which you have founded.
Thus, the Lord God brought the man, and put him into the Paradise of enjoyment, so that it would be attended and preserved by him.
For you will go forth rejoicing, and you will be led forward in peace. The mountains and the hills will sing praise before you, and all the trees of the countryside will clap their hands.In place of the shrub, the pine tree will arise, and in place of the nettle, the myrtle tree will grow. And the Lord will be named with an eternal sign, which will not be taken away.
You have set men over our heads. We have crossed through fire and water. And you have led us out to refreshment.
Consider the birds of the air, how they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of much greater value than they are?And which of you, by thinking, is able to add one cubit to his stature?And as for clothing, why are you anxious? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither work nor weave.But I say to you, that not even Solomon, in all his glory, was arrayed like one of these.
Unto the end. A Psalm of David. To you, Lord, I have lifted up my soul.All the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth, to those who yearn for his covenant and his testimonies.Because of your name, O Lord, you will pardon my sin, for it is great.Which is the man who fears the Lord? He has established a law for him, on the way that he has chosen.His soul will dwell upon good things, and his offspring will inherit the earth.The Lord is a firmament to those who fear him, and his covenant will be made manifest to them.My eyes are ever toward the Lord, for he will pull my feet from the snare.Look upon me and have mercy on me; for I am alone and poor.The troubles of my heart have been multiplied. Deliver me from my needfulness.See my lowliness and my hardship, and release all my offenses.Consider my enemies, for they have been multiplied, and they have hated me with an unjust hatred.In you, my God, I trust. Let me not be put to shame.
Lo, heaven belongs to the Lord your God, and the heaven of heaven, and the earth, and all the things that are within these.
Was it not enough for you to feed upon good pastures? For you even trample with your feet upon the remainder of your pastures. And when you drank the purist water, you disturbed the remainder with your feet.
You yourself alone, O Lord, made heaven, and the heaven of the heavens, and all their host, the earth and all things that are in it, the seas and all things that are in them. And you gave life to all these things. And the host of heaven adores you.
Also, the land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for it is mine, and you are newcomers and settlers to me.Therefore, every region of your possession shall be sold under the condition of redemption.
And he stationed the same for Jacob with a precept, and for Israel with an eternal testament,saying: To you, I will give the land of Canaan, the allotment of your inheritance.Though they may have been but a small number, very few and foreigners there,and though they passed from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people,he allowed no man to harm them, and he reproved kings on their behalf.
The grass has dried up, and the flower has fallen. But the Word of our Lord remains for eternity."
Listen to these things, Job. Stand up and consider the wonders of God.Do you know when God ordered the rains, so as to show the light of his clouds?Do you know the great paths of the clouds, and the perfect sciences?
The just one knows the lives of his beasts. But the inner most parts of the impious are cruel.
He announces his word to Jacob, his justices and his judgments to Israel.He has not done so much for every nation, and he has not made his judgments manifest to them. Alleluia.
The wolf will dwell with the lamb; and the leopard will lie down with the kid; the calf and the lion and the sheep will abide together; and a little boy will drive them.The calf and the bear will feed together; their young ones will rest together. And the lion will eat straw like the ox.And a breastfeeding infant will play above the lair of the asp. And a child who has been weaned will thrust his hand into the den of the king snake.They will not harm, and they will not kill, on all my holy mountain. For the earth has been filled with the knowledge of the Lord, like the waters covering the sea.
May my tongue adhere to my jaws, if I do not remember you, if I do not set Jerusalem first, as the beginning of my joy.O Lord, call to mind the sons of Edom, in the day of Jerusalem, who say: "Despoil it, despoil it, even to its foundation."O daughter of Babylon, have pity. Blessed is he who will repay you with your payment, which you have paid to us.Blessed is he who will take hold of your little ones and dash them against the rock.
And God said: "This is the sign of the pact that I grant between me and you, and to every living soul that is with you, for perpetual generations.I will place my arc in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the pact between myself and the earth.
For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens, God himself who formed the earth and made it, the very Molder of it. He did not create it to no purpose. He formed it so that it would be inhabited. I am the Lord, and there is no other.
And shall I not spare Nineveh, the great city, in which there are more than one hundred and twenty thousand men, who do not know the difference between their right and their left, and many beasts?"
And I led you into the land of Carmel, so that you would eat from its fruit and from its excellence. And having entered it, you defiled my land, and you turned my inheritance into an abomination.
For in him was created everything in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominations, or principalities, or powers. All things were created through him and in him.And he is before all, and in him all things continue.
In my hearing, you will grant gladness and rejoicing. And the bones that have been humbled will exult.Turn your face away from my sins, and erase all my iniquities.
For six years, you shall sow your land and gather its produce.But in the seventh year, you shall release it and cause it to rest, so that the poor of your people may eat. And whatever remains, let the beasts of the field eat it. So shall you do with your vineyard and your olive grove.
For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised. He is terrible, beyond all gods.For all the gods of the Gentiles are demons, but the Lord made the heavens.
The earth mourned, and slipped away, and languished. The world slipped away; the loftiness of the people of the earth was weakened.And the earth was corrupted by its inhabitants. For they have transgressed the laws, they have changed the ordinance, they have dissipated the everlasting covenant.
And the Lord your God always visits it, and his eyes are upon it, from the beginning of the year, all the way to its end.
They humbled his feet in shackles; the iron pierced his soul,until his word arrived. The eloquence of the Lord inflamed him.Sing to him, and sing psalms to him. Describe all his wonders.The king sent and released him; he was the ruler of the people, and he dismissed him.He established him as master of his house and ruler of all his possessions,so that he might instruct his princes as himself, and teach his elders prudence.And Israel entered into Egypt, and Jacob became a sojourner in the land of Ham.And he helped his people greatly, and he strengthened them over their enemies.
Be diligent to know the countenance of your cattle, and consider your own flocks,for you will not always hold this power. But a crown shall be awarded from generation to generation.The meadows are open, and the green plants have appeared, and the hay has been collected from the mountains.Lambs are for your clothing, and goats are for the price of a field.Let the milk of goats be sufficient for your food, and for the necessities of your household, and for the provisions of your handmaids.
For six days, you shall work. On the seventh day, you shall cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and so that the newcomer and the son of your handmaid may be refreshed.
Alleluia. Praise the Lord from the heavens. Praise him on the heights.wild beasts and all cattle, serpents and feathered flying things,kings of the earth and all peoples, leaders and all judges of the earth,young men and virgins. Let the older men with the younger men, praise the name of the Lord.For his name alone is exalted.Confession of him is beyond heaven and earth, and he has exalted the horn of his people. A hymn to all his holy ones, to the sons of Israel, to a people close to him. Alleluia.Praise him, all his Angels. Praise him, all his hosts.Praise him, sun and moon. Praise him, all stars and light.Praise him, heavens of the heavens. And let all the waters that are above the heavenspraise the name of the Lord. For he spoke, and they became. He commanded, and they were created.
For behold, I create the new heavens and the new earth. And the former things will not be in memory and will not enter into the heart.But you will be glad and exult, even forever, in these things that I create. For behold, I create Jerusalem as an exultation, and its people as a joy.
I saw the new heaven and the new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and the sea is no more.
A Canticle in steps. I rejoiced in the things that were said to me: "We shall go into the house of the Lord."Our feet were standing in your courts, O Jerusalem.
the God who made the world and all that is in it, the One who is the Lord of heaven and earth, who does not live in temples made with hands.Neither is he served by the hands of men, as if in need of anything, since it is he who gives to all things life and breath and all else.
I will not display any unjust thing before my eyes. I have hated those carrying out betrayals.
Are not two sparrows sold for one small coin? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father.James of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector, and James of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus,For even the hairs of your head have all been numbered.Therefore, do not be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows.
I know that the Lord will accomplish justice for the needy and vindication for the poor.So then, truly, the just will confess your name, and the upright will dwell with your countenance.