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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.
God said, “Let us make human beings in our image who are like us. They will have authority over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over the whole of the earth and every creature that moves on it.”
You make the grass grow for the cattle, and plants for people to eat—crops produced by the earth for food,
Look at the birds—they don't sow or reap or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you worth more than they are?
You should know the condition of your flocks really well and take good care of your herds,
If you see the donkey of someone who hates you that has fallen under its load, don't just leave it there. You must stop and help.
Your goodness is like the highest mountains, your fairness is like the deepest oceans. Lord, you save both the people and the animals.
but the seventh day is the Sabbath to honor the Lord your God. On this day you must not do any work—not you, not your son or daughter, not your male slave or female slave or livestock, and not the foreigner who is staying with you.
The wolf and the lamb will eat together. The lion will eat straw like the ox. The snakes will eat dust. Nothing will cause any harm or damage anywhere on my holy mountain.
Go and observe the ants, you slacker! Learn from what they do and become wise.They don't have a leader, an officer, or a ruler,yet they work hard during the summer getting their food, gathering what they need during the harvest.
Lord, how many different things you have made—all of them wisely created! The earth is full of your creatures.
At that time I will make a solemn agreement with the wild animals and the birds of the sky and the creeping things of the ground. I will do away with the bow and the sword; I will abolish war from the land so you can lie down in safety.
Shouldn't I be concerned about the great city of Nineveh where one hundred and twenty thousand people live who don't know their right hand from their left, not to mention all the animals?”
If you happen to find a bird's nest with chicks or eggs, whether it's in a tree or on the ground beside the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, don't take the mother with the young.You may take the young, but make sure you let the mother go, so that you will do well and have a good long life.
You have six days to do your work, but on the seventh day you must stop working, so that your ox and your donkey can rest, and your slaves' families can catch their breath, as well as the foreigners living among you.
Wolves will live with lambs; leopards will lie down with young goats, calves and young lions and young livestock will be together, and a small child will lead them along.
and to your livestock and the wild animals living in your land. Whatever grows can be used for food.
but in the seventh year you are to let it rest and leave it uncultivated, so that poor people may eat what grows naturally from the field and the wild animals can finish what's left. Follow the same procedure for your vineyards and olive groves.
You must not eat any animal that dies. You can give it to a foreigner in your town, and they can eat it, or you can sell it to a foreigner. You, however, are a holy people who belong to the Lord your God. Don't cook a young goat in its mother's milk.
for I own all the animals of the forest, and the cattle on a thousand hills belong to me.I know every bird of the mountains; all living things in the fields are mine.
He looks after his flock like a shepherd. He picks up the lambs in his arms and holds them close to his chest. He leads those that are nursing young.
You put them in charge of all that you made, giving them authority over everything:the sheep, the cattle, and the wild animals,the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea—everything that swims in the ocean.
Then Jesus said to them, “If your son or your ox happened to fall into a well on the Sabbath, wouldn't you go and pull him out immediately?”
If you love knowledge, you will love discipline. Anyone who hates being corrected is stupid!
The wild animals will be grateful to me—the jackals and the owls—because I'm providing water in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, so my people, my chosen people, can drink.
He went over and treated the man's wounds with oil and wine, and bandaged them. Then he placed the man on his own donkey and took him to an inn where he took care of him.
In the law of Moses it's written, “Don't muzzle the ox when it's threshing out the grain.” Was God just thinking about oxen?
I'm not complaining about your sacrifices or burnt offerings that you offer all the time.I do not require bulls from your barns or goats from your pens,
For what happens to human beings is the same as what happens to animals—in the same way one dies, the other dies too. They all have the breath of life—so regarding any advantage human beings have over animals, there is none. Definitely this is very hard to understand!
There the owl will build its nest, lay and hatch its eggs, and raise its chicks in the shade of its wings. It has become a roost for birds of prey, each one with its mate.
“Suppose you have a sheep and it falls into a hole in the ground on the Sabbath. Don't you grab hold of it and pull it out?” Jesus asked them.“Don't you think a human being is worth much more than a sheep? So yes, you are allowed to do good on the Sabbath.”
He covers the sky with clouds to bring rain to the earth, and makes the grass grow on the hills.
and the lambs have provided you wool to make clothing, and the sale of goats have paid for a field,
If someone removes the cover of a cistern or digs one and doesn't cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,the owner of the pit must pay compensation to the animal's owner and keep the dead animal.
I will provide them with good pasture and places to graze in the high mountains of Israel. They will also be able to rest there in the good pasture and in the places to graze in mountains of Israel.
The Lord God used the ground to make all the wild animals, and all the birds. He took them all to Adam to see what he would call them, and Adam named every living creature.
Look at the ravens. They don't sow or reap, they don't have any storerooms or barns, but God feeds them. And you're far more valuable than birds!
God blessed them and told them, “Reproduce, increase, and spread throughout the earth and control it; exercise authority over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the earth.”
I will throw you and the fish away, leaving you in the desert. Your body will fall on the ground and be left in the open. It won't be collected or taken to be buried. I'll leave you as food for wild animals and birds of prey.
Nothing will cause any harm or damage anywhere on my holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord in the same way that water fills the sea.
God, how priceless is your trustworthy love! Everyone can find protection under the shelter of your wings.
But those who trust in the Lord will have their strength renewed. They will fly high with wings like eagles. They will run and not be tired. They will walk and not be worn out.
Even a sparrow finds a home there, and a swallow builds a nest for herself where she can raise her chicks near to your altars, Lord Almighty, my king and my God.
But God hadn't forgotten about Noah and all the wild animals and livestock with him in the ark. God sent a wind to blow over the earth, and the floodwaters started to drop.
The angel of the Lord asked him, “Why did you beat your donkey three times? Listen, I have come to confront you because you're being obstinate.The donkey saw me and avoided me three times. If it had not avoided me, by now I definitely would have killed you and allowed the donkey to live.”
Take a pair, male and female, of every kind of animal into the ark and make sure you keep them alive.and the sons of God saw that these women were beautiful, and they took whichever ones they wanted. The same applies to every kind of bird, livestock, and the creatures that run along the ground—a pair of every kind will come to you so they can be kept alive.
If you see someone's donkey or cow that has fallen down on the road, don't just ignore it. Help lift it up.
You must also give me the firstborn of your cattle, sheep, and goats. They can stay with their mothers for their first seven days, but give them to me on the eighth day.
He covers the sky with clouds to bring rain to the earth, and makes the grass grow on the hills.He gives food to the animals, and to the baby ravens when they call.
“Give these instructions to the Israelites. These are the animals you are allowed to eat:All flying insects that crawl are repulsive to you.But you can eat the following kinds of flying insects that crawl: those that have jointed legs they use to jump.So in this category you can eat any kind of locust, bald locust, cricket, or grasshopper.All other flying insects that crawl are repulsive to you,and will make you unclean. If you touch their dead bodies you will be unclean until the evening,and if you pick up one of their dead bodies you must wash your clothes, and you will be unclean until the evening.Every animal with hooves that are not divided, or that does not chew the cud, is unclean for you. If you touch any of them you will be unclean.Any four-legged animal that walks on its paws are unclean for you. If you touch their dead bodies you will be unclean until the evening,and if you pick up one of their dead bodies you must wash your clothes, and you will be unclean until the evening. They are unclean for you.The following animals that run along the ground are unclean for you: rats, mice, any kind of large lizards,any animal that both has a divided hoof and also chews the cud.
If you see someone's cow or sheep wandering around, don't just ignore it. Make sure you take it back to its owner.
There are four things on earth that are small, but very wise:Ants—they're not strong, but they work hard all summer storing up food.
Take with you seven pairs, male and female, of every kind of clean animal, and one pair, male and female, of every kind of unclean animal.The water rose so much that it was higher than the mountains by fifteen cubits.Everything living on earth died—the birds, livestock, wild animals, all creatures that run along the ground, and all the people.Everything on land that breathed, died.The Lord wiped out all life on earth—people, livestock, creatures that run along the ground, and birds. All were killed. The only ones left were Noah and those with him on the ark.The earth remained flooded for 150 days.In addition take seven pairs, male and female, of all the birds, so their different kinds will survive throughout the earth.
you are to present to the Lord all firstborn males, human or animal. The firstborn males of your livestock all belong to the Lord.
but the seventh day is the Sabbath to honor the Lord your God. On this day you must not do any work—not you, not your son or daughter, not your male slave or female slave or your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, and not the foreigner who is staying with you, so that your male slave and female slave can have the same rest as you.
She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him up in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger because the inn had no rooms left.
What are human beings that you should concern yourself with them? What are people that you should care for them?You created them a little lower than God, crowning them with glory and majesty. You put them in charge of all that you made, giving them authority over everything:the sheep, the cattle, and the wild animals,the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea—everything that swims in the ocean.
Every living creature that moves will be food for you, as well as all the green plants.But do not eat meat with the lifeblood still in it.
Did you give the horse its strength? Did you place a mane upon its neck?Do you know how many months they carry their young? Do you know the time when they give birth?Did you make it able to jump like a locust? Its loud snorting is terrifying!It paws at the ground, rearing up with power as it charges into battle.It laughs at fear; it is not frightened at all.The quiver full of arrows rattles against it; the spear and the javelin flash in the sunlight.Shaking with rage it gallops across the ground; it cannot remain still when the trumpet sounds.Whenever the trumpet calls, it is ready; he senses the sound of battle from far away, he hears the commanders shouting.
Do what I tell you! Don't make different kinds of livestock breed together. Don't sow your fields with two different kinds of seed. Don't wear clothes made of two different kinds of material.
There are three things that are glorious to watch as they walk, four that look dignified as they move:I have not learned wisdom; I have no knowledge of the Holy One.The lion, supreme among wild animals, who isn't frightened of anything.The strutting starling, the male goat, and a king with his army.
Who really knows whether the breath of life of human beings goes up above, and the breath of life of animals goes down below to the earth?
God said, “Let the land produce living creatures, each one according to its own kind—the livestock, the creatures that run along the ground, and the wild animals, each one according to its own kind.” And that's what happened.
for life is in the body's blood. That's why I have warned the Israelites: You are not allowed to eat the blood of anything living, for life is in the body's blood. Anyone who eats it must be expelled.
When someone sacrifices a bull it's like human sacrifice, and when someone sacrifices a lamb, it's like breaking the neck of a dog. When they present a grain offering it's like presenting pig's blood, and when they burn incense it's like worshiping an idol. Since they have chosen to act like this and to love such disgusting things,
You make the grass grow for the cattle, and plants for people to eat—crops produced by the earth for food,and wine to make them happy, olive oil to make their faces shine, and bread to make them strong.
Look! I'm going to create new heavens and a new earth. The former things won't be remembered—they won't cross anyone's mind!
The ostrich proudly flaps her wings, but they are nothing like the flight feathers of the stork.The ostrich abandons her eggs on the ground, leaving them to be warmed in the dust.She doesn't think that they can be crushed underfoot, trampled by a wild animal.She is tough towards her young, acting as if they didn't belong to her. She doesn't care that all her work was for nothing.For I, God, made her forget wisdom—she didn't get her share of intelligence.But when she needs to, she can jump up and run, mocking a horse and its rider with her speed.
Like cattle descending into a valley, the Lord's Spirit gave them rest. This is how you led your people, earning a glorious reputation for yourself.