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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 regards the life of his beast, But the compassion of the wrong is cruelty.
And Elohim said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the livestock, and over all the earth and over all the creeping creatures that creep on the earth.”
Causing the grass to grow for the cattle, And plants for the service of mankind, To bring forth food from the earth,
But now ask the beasts, and they teach you; and the birds of the heavens, and they declare it to you;or speak to the earth, and it teaches you; and the fish of the sea inform you.Who among all these does not know that the hand of יהוה has done this,in whose hand is the life of all that live, and the breath of all mankind?
“Look at the birds of the heaven, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into storehouses, yet your heavenly Father does feed them. Are you not worth more than they?
“When you see the donkey of him who hates you lying under its burden, you shall refrain from leaving it to him, you shall certainly help him.
Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains; Your right-rulings are a great deep; O יהוה, You save man and beast.
but the seventh day is a Sabbath of יהוה your Elohim. You do not do any work – you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates.
“And I, see, I establish My covenant with you and with your seed after you,and with every living creature that is with you: of the birds, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ark, every beast of the earth.
“Wolf and lamb feed together, a lion eats straw as an ox, and dust is the snake’s food. They shall do no evil, nor destroy in all My set-apart mountain,” said יהוה.
Go to the ant, you lazy one! See her ways and be wise,Which, having no commander, overseer or ruler,Provides her supplies in the summer, Gathers her food in the harvest.
“Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten before Elohim.
O יהוה, how many have been Your works! You have made all of them in wisdom. The earth is filled with Your possessions.
“And in that day I shall make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and with the creeping creatures of the ground, when bow, and sword, and battle I break from the earth. And I shall make them lie down in safety.
“When you come upon a bird’s nest along the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, with the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, do not take the mother with the young –let the mother go without fail, and take the young for yourself, so that it might be well with you, and that you shall prolong your days.
“Six days you are to do your work, and on the seventh day you rest, in order that your ox and your donkey might rest, and the son of your female servant and the sojourner be refreshed.
And a wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and a leopard lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together, and a little child leads them.
and for your livestock and the beasts that are in your land. All its crops are for food.
but the seventh year you are to let it rest, and shall leave it, and the poor of your people shall eat. And what they leave, the beasts of the field eat. Do the same with your vineyard and your oliveyard.
“Do not eat whatever dies of itself. Give it to the stranger who is within your gates, to eat it, or sell it to a foreigner. For you are a set-apart people to יהוה your Elohim. Do 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 all the birds of the mountains, And all moving in My field are Mine.
He feeds His flock like a shepherd, He gathers the lambs with His arm, and carries them in His bosom, gently leading those who are with young.
You made him rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all under his feet,All sheep and oxen, And also the beasts of the field,The birds of the heavens, And the fish of the sea, Passing through the paths of the seas.
And to them He said, “Which of you, having a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a pit, shall not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?”
Would the wild ox be pleased to serve you? Or spend the night by your feeding trough?If you bind the wild ox in the furrow with ropes, would he plough the valleys behind you?Would you rely on his great strength? Or would you leave your labour to him?Would you trust him to bring home your grain, and gather it to your threshing-floor?
“The beast of the field esteems Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I have given waters in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My people, My chosen,
and he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. And having placed him on his own beast, he brought him to an inn, and looked after him.
For it has been written in the Torah of Mosheh, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.” Is it about oxen Elohim is concerned?
“I do not reprove you for your slaughterings, And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.“I do not take a bull from your house, Nor goats out of your pens.
For the event of the sons of men is also the event of beasts – one event befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other. Indeed, they all have one breath – man has no advantage over beasts. For all is futile.
The arrow snake shall nest there, and lay eggs and hatch, and gather them under her shadow. There too the vultures shall gather, each with its mate.
And He said to them, “What man is there among you who has one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, shall not take hold of it and lift it out?“How much more worth is a man than a sheep! So it is right to do good on the Sabbath.”
“Do you know the time when the wild mountain goats bear young? Or do you observe when the deer gives birth?
Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes grass to sprout on the mountains,
And cow and bear shall feed, their young ones lie down together, and a lion eat straw like an ox.
“And when a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls in it,the owner of the pit is to repay, he is to give silver to their owner, and the dead beast is his.
“In good pasture I shall feed them, and their fold shall be on the high mountains of Yisra’ĕ
The eyes of all look to You expectantly, And You are giving them their food in its season,
And from the ground יהוה Elohim formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
“If I were hungry, I would not speak to you; For the world is Mine, and all that fills it.
“Look at the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor granary, and Elohim feeds them. How much more valuable are you than the birds?
And Elohim blessed them, and Elohim said to them, “Bear fruit and increase, and fill the earth and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over all creatures moving on the earth.”
“And I shall leave you in the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers. On the face of the field you shall fall, and you shall not be picked up or gathered. I shall give you as food to the beasts of the field and to the birds of the heavens.
They do no evil nor destroy in all My set-apart mountain, for the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of יהוה as the waters cover the sea.
How precious is Your kindness, O Elohim! And the sons of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.
teaching us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’
but those who wait on יהוה renew their strength, they raise up the wing like eagles, they run and are not weary, they walk and do not faint.
Even the sparrow has found a home, And the swallow a nest for herself, Where she has put her young ones – Your altars, O יהוה of hosts, My Sovereign and my Elohim.
And the Messenger of יהוה said to him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? See, I have come out to stand against you, because your way is reckless before Me.“And the donkey saw Me and turned aside from Me these three times. If she had not turned aside from Me, I certainly would have killed you by now, and let her live.”
“And of all the living creatures of all flesh, two of each, you are to bring into the ark, to keep them alive with you – a male and a female.“Of the birds after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, and of all creeping creatures of the earth after their kind, two of each are to come to you, to keep them alive.
“When you see your brother’s donkey or his ox fall down on the way, you shall not hide yourself from them. Help him raise them without fail.
“Likewise you are to do with your oxen, with your sheep. It is to be with its mother seven days. On the eighth day you give it to Me.
Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes grass to sprout on the mountains,Giving to the beast its food, To the young ravens that cry.
“Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕ‘Whatever has a split hoof completely divided, chewing the cud, among the beasts, that you do eat.
“When you see your brother’s ox or his sheep going straying away, you shall not hide yourself from them. Return them to your brother without fail.
There are four matters Which are little on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise:The ants are a people not strong, Yet they prepare their food in the summer;
“And it shall be that you drink from the stream, and I shall command the ravens to feed you there.”
“Of all the clean beasts take with you seven pairs, a male and his female; and of the beasts that are unclean two, a male and his female;and of birds of the heavens seven pairs, male and female, to keep offspring alive on the face of all the earth.
that you shall pass over to יהוה every one opening the womb, and every first-born that comes from your livestock, the males belong to יהוה.
but the seventh day is a Sabbath of יהוה your Elohim. You do not do any work – you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates, so that your male servant and your female servant rest as you do.
And she gave birth to her first-born Son, and wrapped Him up, and laid Him down in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in a lodging place.
What is man that You remember him? And the son of man that You visit him?Yet You have made him a little less than Elohim, And have crowned him with esteem and splendour.You made him rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all under his feet,All sheep and oxen, And also the beasts of the field,The birds of the heavens, And the fish of the sea, Passing through the paths of the seas.
“Every moving creature that lives is food for you. I have given you all, as I gave the green plants.“But do not eat flesh with its life, its blood.
Have you given the horse strength? Have you covered his neck with a mane?Would you make him leap like a locust? His splendid snorting is frightening.He paws in the valley, and rejoices in strength. He gallops into the clash of arms.He laughs at fear, and is not frightened; nor does he turn back from the sword.The quiver rattles against him, the glittering spear and lance.He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, and he does not stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.At the blast of the ram’s horn he says, ‘Aha!’ And from afar he smells the battle, the thunder of commanders and shouting.
‘Guard My laws. Do not let your livestock mate with another kind. Do not sow your field with mixed seed. And do not put a garment woven of two sorts of thread upon you.
There are three matters That are going well, And four are good in walking:A lion, which is mighty among beasts And does not turn away from facing all;A greyhound, and a male goat, And a sovereign whose army is with him.
Who knows the spirit of the sons of men, which goes upward, and the spirit of the beast, which goes down to the earth?
And Elohim said, “Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: livestock and creeping creatures and beasts of the earth, according to its kind.” And it came to be so.
for it is the life of all flesh. Its blood is for its life. And I said to the children of Yisra’ĕ
“But whoever slaughters the bull slays a man; whoever slaughters the lamb breaks a dog’s neck; whoever brings a grain offering – pig’s blood; whoever burns incense blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways, and their being delights in their abominations.
But now ask the beasts, and they teach you; and the birds of the heavens, and they declare it to you;
Causing the grass to grow for the cattle, And plants for the service of mankind, To bring forth food from the earth,And wine that makes glad the heart of man, Oil to make the face shine, And bread which sustains man’s heart.
“For look, I am creating new heavens and a new earth, and the former shall not be remembered, nor come to heart.
The wings of the ostrich flap joyously, but they are not the pinions and plumage of kindness!She leaves her eggs on the ground, and warms them in the dust;and she forgets that a foot might crush them, or a wild beast tread on them.She treats her young harshly, as if not hers; her toil is in vain, without fear,because Eloah has made her forget wisdom, and did not endow her with understanding.When she lifts herself on high, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
As a beast goes down into the valley, and the Spirit of יהוה causes him to rest, so You led Your people, to make Yourself a comely Name.