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VERSES ABOUT NATURE
Think about this: God created everything. The earth, the sky, the whole world—it all belongs to Him. He made it all, just like Exodus 20:11 says: "For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it." He created it all perfectly, and He deserves all the praise for the amazing things He's done.
You know, we should really stand in awe of God and give Him glory. The time is coming when He will judge the world, so let's worship the One who made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and the springs of water.
When you're out enjoying nature – at the beach, in the mountains, or just looking at a beautiful tree – remember who made it all so beautiful and perfect. Let's give God all the glory He deserves.
A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns—and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
If you see the donkey of one who hates you fallen under its load, do not leave it there; you must help him with it.
Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O Lord, You preserve man and beast.
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.
The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the Lord.
Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.
How many are Your works, O Lord! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and weapons of war in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”
If you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young.You may take the young, but be sure to let the mother go, so that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days.
For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.
Then the Lord God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them.
and for your livestock and the wild animals in your land. All its growth may serve as food.
Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.
You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the Lord your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
for every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand hills.I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.
He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet: all sheep and oxen, and even the beasts of the field,the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
And He asked them, “Which of you whose son or ox falls into a pit on the Sabbath day will not immediately pull him out?”
The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.
He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?
I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,
For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.
There the owl will make her nest; she will lay and hatch her eggs and gather her brood under her shadow. Even there the birds of prey will gather, each with its mate.
He replied, “If one of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”
who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
The cow will graze with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.
If a man opens or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he must pay its owner, and the dead animal will be his.
I will feed them in good pasture, and the lofty mountains of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in a good grazing land; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.
And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air.
They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the sea is full of water.
How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!
who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
But those who wait upon the Lord will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she places her young near Your altars, O Lord of Hosts, my King and my God.
But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.
The angel of the Lord asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you, because your way is perverse before me.The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If she had not turned away, then by now I would surely have killed you and let her live.”
And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.
If you see your brother’s donkey or ox fallen on the road, you must not ignore it; you must help him lift it up.
You shall do likewise with your cattle and your sheep. Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but on the eighth day you are to give them to Me.
who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
“Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat:All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.However, you may eat the following kinds of flying insects that walk on all fours: those having jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground.Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper.All other flying insects that have four legs are detestable to you.These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,and whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening.Every animal with hooves not completely divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. Whoever touches any of them will be unclean. All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,and anyone who picks up a carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.The following creatures that move along the ground are unclean for you: the mole, the mouse, any kind of great lizard,You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.
If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother.
Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise:The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;
And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;The waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of fifteen cubits.And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.And the waters prevailed upon the earth for 150 days.and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.
you are to present to the Lord the firstborn male of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the Lord.
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.
And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet: all sheep and oxen, and even the beasts of the field,the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.
Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and lance. Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar— the shouts of captains and the cry of war.
You are to keep My statutes. You shall not crossbreed two different kinds of livestock; you shall not sow your fields with two kinds of seed; and you shall not wear clothing made of two kinds of material.
There are three things that are stately in their stride, and four that are impressive in their walk:I have not learned wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One.a lion, mighty among beasts, refusing to retreat before anything;a strutting rooster; a he-goat; and a king with his army around him.
Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?
And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
For the life of all flesh is its blood. Therefore I have told the Israelites, ‘You must not eat the blood of any living thing, because the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.’
Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.
But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.
He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.
For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork. For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
Like cattle going down to the valley, the Spirit of the Lord gave them rest. You led Your people this way to make for Yourself a glorious name.