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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.
The righteous cares about his animal’s health, but even the merciful acts of the wicked are cruel.
Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, the whole earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth.’
Consider the birds of the sky: They don’t sow or reap or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth more than they?
‘If you see the donkey of someone who hates you lying helpless under its load, and you want to refrain from helping it, you must help with it. ,
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. You must not do any work #– #you, your son or daughter, your male or female servant, your livestock, or the resident foreigner who is within your city gates.
The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like cattle, but the serpent’s food will be dust! They will not do what is evil or destroy on my entire holy mountain,’ says the Lord.
Go to the ant, you slacker! Observe its ways and become wise.Without leader, administrator, or ruler,it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food during harvest.
Aren’t five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten in God’s sight.
On that day I will make a covenant for them with the wild animals, the birds of the sky, and the creatures that crawl on the ground. I will shatter bow, sword, and weapons of war in the land , and will enable the people to rest securely.
So may I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot distinguish between their right and their left, as well as many animals? ’
‘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, do not take the mother along with the young.You may take the young for yourself, but be sure to let the mother go free, so that you may prosper and live long.
‘Do your work for six days but rest on the seventh day so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female slave as well as the resident foreigner may be refreshed.
The Lord God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and watch over it.
The wolf will dwell with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat. The calf, the young lion, and the fattened calf will be together, and a child will lead them.
All of its growth may serve as food for your livestock and the wild animals in your land.
Who provides the raven’s food when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?
But during the seventh year you are to let it rest and leave it uncultivated, so that the poor among your people may eat from it and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.
‘You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to a resident foreigner within your city 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. Do not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
He protects his flock like a shepherd; he gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them in the fold of his garment. He gently leads those that are nursing.
But you are not to slaughter an animal from the herd or flock on the same day as its young.
And to them, he said, ‘Which of you whose son or ox falls into a well, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day? ’
Wild animals – jackals and ostriches #– #will honour me, because I provide water in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my chosen people.
He went over to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on olive 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 treads out grain. , Is God really concerned about oxen?
For the fate of the children of Adam and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; they all have the same breath. People have no advantage over animals since everything is futile.
Sand partridges will make their nests there; they will lay and hatch their eggs and will gather their broods under their shadows. Indeed, the birds of prey will gather there, each with its mate.
He replied to them, ‘Who among you, if he had a sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, wouldn’t take hold of it and lift it out?A person is worth far more than a sheep; so it is lawful to do what is good on the Sabbath.’
The cow and the bear will graze, their young ones will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like cattle.
‘When a man uncovers a pit or digs a pit, and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,the owner of the pit must give compensation; he must pay to its owner, but the dead animal will become his.
I will tend them in good pasture, and their grazing place will be on Israel’s lofty mountains. There they will lie down in a good grazing place; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.
The Lord God formed out of the ground every wild animal and every bird of the sky, and brought each to the man to see what he would call it. And whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name.
Consider the ravens: They don’t sow or reap; they don’t have a storeroom or a barn; yet God feeds them. Aren’t you worth much more than the birds?
God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth.’
I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open ground and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you to the wild creatures of the earth and the birds of the sky as food.
They will not harm or destroy each other on my entire holy mountain, for the land will be as full of the knowledge of the Lord as the sea is filled with water.
who gives us more understanding than the animals of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky? ’
but those who trust in the Lord will renew their strength; they will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not become weary, they will walk and not faint.
God remembered Noah, as well as all the wildlife and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water began to subside.
The angel of the Lord asked him, ‘Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Look, I came out to oppose you, because I consider what you are doing to be evil.The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If she had not turned away from me, I would have killed you by now and let her live.’
You are also to bring into the ark two of all the living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.the sons of God saw that the daughters of mankind were beautiful, and they took any they chose as wives for themselves.Two of everything #– #from the birds according to their kinds, from the livestock according to their kinds, and from the animals that crawl on the ground according to their kinds #– #will come to you so that you can keep them alive.
If you see your brother’s donkey or ox fallen down on the road, do not ignore it; help him lift it up.
Do the same with your cattle and your flock. Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but on the eighth day you are to give them to me.
‘Tell the Israelites: You may eat all these kinds of land animals.‘All winged insects that walk on all fours are to be abhorrent to you.But you may eat these kinds of all the winged insects that walk on all fours: those that have jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground.You may eat these: any kind of locust, cicada, cricket, and grasshopper. All other winged insects that have four feet are to be abhorrent to you.‘These will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,and whoever carries any of their carcasses is to wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.All animals that have hooves but do not have a divided hoof and do not chew the cud are unclean for you. Whoever touches them becomes 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 carries their carcasses is to wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.‘These creatures that swarm on the ground are unclean for you: weasels, mice, any kind of large lizard, You may eat any animal with divided hooves and that chews the cud.
‘If you see your brother Israelite’s ox or sheep straying, do not ignore it; make sure you return it to your brother.
Four things on earth are small, yet they are extremely wise:ants are not a strong people, yet they store up their food in the summer;
You are to take with you seven pairs, a male and its female, of all the clean animals, and two of the animals that are not clean, a male and its female,The mountains were covered as the water surged above them more than seven metres.Every creature perished #– #those that crawl on the earth, birds, livestock, wildlife, and those that swarm on the earth, as well as all mankind.Everything with the breath of the spirit of life in its nostrils #– #everything on dry land died.He wiped out every living thing that was on the face of the earth, from mankind to livestock, to creatures that crawl, to the birds of the sky, and they were wiped off the earth. Only Noah was left, and those that were with him in the ark.And the water surged on the earth for 150 days.and seven pairs, male and female, of the birds of the sky #– #in order to keep offspring alive throughout the earth.
you are to present to the Lord every firstborn male of the womb. All firstborn offspring of the livestock you own that are males will be the Lord’s.
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. Do not do any work #– #you, your son or daughter, your male or female slave, your ox or donkey, any of your livestock, or the resident foreigner who lives within your city gates, so that your male and female slaves may rest as you do.
Then she gave birth to her firstborn son, and she wrapped him tightly in cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.
Every creature that lives and moves will be food for you; as I gave the green plants, I have given you everything.However, you must not eat meat with its lifeblood in it.
Do you give strength to the horse? Do you adorn his neck with a mane? Can you count the months they are pregnant so you can know the time they give birth?Do you make him leap like a locust? His proud snorting fills one with terror.He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle. He laughs at fear, since he is afraid of nothing; he does not run from the sword.A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and a javelin.He charges ahead with trembling rage; he cannot stand still at the sound of the ram’s horn.When the ram’s horn blasts, he snorts defiantly. He smells the battle from a distance; he hears the officers’ shouts and the battle cry.
‘You are to keep my statutes. Do not crossbreed two different kinds of your livestock, sow your fields with two kinds of seed, or put on a garment made of two kinds of material.
Three things are stately in their stride; four are stately in their walk:I have not gained wisdom, and I have no knowledge of the Holy One. a lion, which is mightiest among beasts and doesn’t retreat before anything;a strutting cockerel; a goat; and a king at the head of his army.
Who knows if the spirits of the children of Adam go upwards and the spirits of animals go downwards to the earth?
Then God said, ‘Let the earth produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that crawl, and the wildlife of the earth according to their kinds.’ And it was so.
Since the life of every creature is its blood, I have told the Israelites: You are not to eat the blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.
One person slaughters an ox, another kills a person; one person sacrifices a lamb, another breaks a dog’s neck; one person offers a grain offering, another offers pig’s blood; one person offers incense, another praises an idol – all these have chosen their ways and delight in their abhorrent practices.
But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
‘For I will create new heavens and a new earth; the past events will not be remembered or come to mind.
The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but are her feathers and plumage like the stork’s? , She abandons her eggs on the ground and lets them be warmed in the sand.She forgets that a foot may crush them or that some wild animal may trample them.She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own, with no fear that her labour may have been in vain.For God has deprived her of wisdom; he has not endowed her with understanding. When she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
Like cattle that go down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord gave them rest. You led your people this way to make a glorious name for yourself.