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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 just [or rightwise] man knoweth the lives of his work beasts; but the entrails of wicked men be cruel.
and said, Make we man to our image and likeness, and be he sovereign to the fishes of the sea, and to the volatiles of heaven, and to [the] unreasonable beasts of [the] earth, and to each creature, and to each creeping beast or each reptile, which is moved in [the] earth.
And thou bringest forth hay to beasts; and herb to the service of men. That thou bring forth bread of the earth;
Behold ye the fowls of the air, for they sow not, neither reap, neither gather into barns; and your Father of heaven feedeth them. Whether ye be not more worthy than they?
If thou seest that the ass of him that hateth thee lieth under a burden, thou shalt not pass by, but thou shalt raise up it with him.
Thy rightfulness [or rightwiseness] is as the hills of God; thy dooms be as much depth of waters. Lord, thou shalt save men and beasts;
forsooth in the seventh day is the sabbath of thy Lord God; thou shalt not do any work on that day, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thine handmaid, thy work beast, and the comeling that is within thy gates;
The wolf and the lamb shall be fed together, and a lion and an ox shall eat straw, and to a serpent dust shall be his bread; they shall not harm, neither shall slay, in all mine holy hill [or holy mountain], saith the Lord.
O! thou slow man, go to the ant; and behold thou his ways, and learn thou wisdom.Which when he hath no duke, neither commander, nor prince;maketh ready in summer meat to himself, and gathereth together in harvest that, that he shall eat.
Whether five sparrows be not sold for two halfpence [or two farthings]; and one of them is not in forgetting before God?
Lord, thy works be magnified full much, thou hast made all things in wisdom; the earth is filled with thy possessions.
And I shall smite to them a bond of peace in that day, with the beast of the field, and with the bird of the air, and with the creeping beast of the earth. And I shall all-break bow, and sword, and battle from [the] earth; and I shall make them to sleep trustily.
And shall I not spare the great city Nineveh, in which be more than sixscore thousand of men, which know not what is betwixt their right half and left half, and many beasts?
If thou goest in the way, and findest a bird’s nest in a tree, either in the earth, and findest the mother sitting on the birds, either [the] eggs, thou shalt not hold the mother with the children,but thou shalt suffer the mother [to] go, and shalt hold the sons taken, that it be well to thee, and that thou live in long time.
Six days thou shalt work, and in the seventh day thou shalt cease, that thine ox, and thine ass rest, and the son of thine handmaid, and the comeling be refreshed.
Therefore the Lord God took man, and set him in paradise of liking, that he should work and keep it.
A wolf shall dwell with a lamb, and a leopard shall rest with a kid; a calf, and a lion, and a sheep shall dwell together, and a little child shall drive them.
all things that come forth, shall give meat to thy work beasts, and [thy] small beasts.
Who maketh ready for the crow his meat, when his young cry to God, and wander about, for they have not meats?
forsooth in the seventh year thou shalt leave it, and make it to rest, that the poor men of thy people eat, and whatever is left ungathered, the beasts of the field eat it; so thou shalt do in thy vinery [or vineyard], and in the place of thine olive trees.
but whatever thing is dead by itself, eat ye not thereof. Give thou meat to the pilgrim that is within thy gates, that he eat, either sell thou meat to him, for thou art an holy people of thy Lord God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.
For all the wild beasts of woods be mine; work beasts, and oxes [or oxen] in hills.I have known all the volatiles of the firmament; and the fairness of the field is with me.
As a shepherd he shall feed his flock, he shall gather [the] lambs in his arms, and he shall raise in his bosom; he shall bear [the] sheep with lamb.
and thou hast ordained him above the works of thine hands. Thou hast made subject all things under his feet;all sheep and oxen, furthermore and the beasts of the field;the birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea, and all the other creatures that pass by the paths of the sea.
whether that is a cow, whether a sheep; those [or they] shall not be offered in one day with their fruits.
And he answered to them, and said, Whose ass or ox of you shall fall into a pit, and he shall not anon draw him out in the day of sabbath?
He that loveth chastising [or discipline], loveth knowing; but he that hateth blamings, is unwise.
And a beast of the field shall glorify me, dragons and ostriches shall glorify me; for I gave waters in desert, and floods in the land without a way, that I should give drink to my people, to my chosen people.
and came to him, and bound together his wounds, and poured in oil and wine; and laid him on his beast, and led him in to an hostelry, and did the care of him.
For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not bind [up] the mouth of the ox that thresheth. Whether of oxen is charge to God?
I shall not reprove thee in thy sacrifices; and thy burnt sacrifices be ever[more] before me.I shall not take calves of thine house; neither goat bucks of thy flocks.
Therefore one is the perishing of man and of beasts, and even condition is of ever either; as a man dieth, so and those beasts die; all those breathe in like manner, and a man hath nothing more than a beast. All things be subject to vanity,
there an urchin had ditches, and nourished out whelps, and digged about, and fostered in the shadow thereof; there kites were gathered together, one to another.
And he said to them, What man of you shall there be, that hath one sheep, and if it fall into a ditch in the sabbaths, whether he shall not hold, and lift it up?How much more is a man better than a sheep? Therefore it is leaveful to do good in the sabbaths.
Whether thou knowest the time of [the] birth of wild goats in stones, either hast thou espied hinds bringing forth calves?
All the beasts of the field shall drink; wild asses shall abide in their thirst, that is, to be filled in their thirst.
Which covereth heaven with clouds; and maketh ready rain to the earth. Which bringeth forth hay in hills; and herb to the service of men.
A calf and a bear shall be pastured together; the whelps of them shall rest together, and a lion as an ox shall eat straw.
If any man openeth a cistern, or a pit, and diggeth it, and covereth it not, and an ox either an ass falleth into it,the lord of the cistern shall yield the price of the beasts; forsooth that that is dead shall be his.
I shall feed them in most plenteous pastures, and the pastures of them shall be in the high hills of Israel; there they shall rest in green herbs, and in fat pastures they shall be fed on the hills of Israel.
Lord, the eyes of all beasts hope in thee; and thou givest the meat of them in covenable time.
And therefore when all living beasts of [the] earth, and all the volatiles of heaven, were formed of [the] earth, the Lord God brought those [or them] to Adam, that he should see what he should call those [or them]; for all thing that Adam called of living soul, that is the name thereof.
If I shall be hungry, I shall not say to thee; for the world and the fullness thereof is mine.
Open thy mouth for a dumb man, and open thy mouth for the causes of all sons that pass forth.
Behold the crows, for they sow not, neither reap, to which is neither cellar, nor barn, and God feedeth them. How much more ye be [or be ye] of more price than they.
And God blessed them, and said, Increase ye, and be ye multiplied, and fill ye the earth, and make ye it subject; and be ye lords to the fishes of the sea, and to [the] volatiles of heaven, and to all living beasts that be moved on [the] earth.
And I shall cast thee forth into desert, and all the fishes of thy flood; on the face of earth thou shalt fall down, thou shalt not be gathered [up], neither shalt be gathered together to thy people; to the beasts of earth, and to the volatiles of the air, I gave thee to be devoured.
They shall not annoy, and shall not slay, in all mine holy hill [or holy mountain]; for why the earth is filled with the knowing of the Lord, as [the] waters of the sea covering.
as thou, God, hast multiplied thy mercy. But the sons of men shall hope in the covering of thy wings.
And the which teacheth us above the beasts of [the] earth, and he shall teach us above the birds of heaven.
But they that hope in the Lord, shall change strength, they shall take feathers as eagles; they shall run, and shall not travail; they shall go, and shall not fail.
For why a sparrow findeth an house to itself; and a turtle findeth a nest to itself, where it shall keep his birds. Lord of virtues, thine altars; my king, and my God.
Forsooth the Lord had mind of Noah, and of all living beasts, and of all work beasts, that were with him in the ship; and [he] brought a wind on the earth. And [the] waters were decreased, or assuaged,
To whom the angel said, Why hast thou thrice beaten thine she-ass? I came to be adversary to thee, for thy way is wayward, and contrary to me;and if the she-ass had not bowed away from the way, and given place to the against-stander, I had slain thee, and the ass should have lived.
And of all living beasts of all flesh, thou shalt bring into the ship twain [or two] and twain, of male kind and female, that they live with thee;the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and took wives to them of all which they had chosen.of birds by their kind, and of work beasts in their kind, and of each creeping beast of [the] earth, by their kind; twain [or two] and twain of all shall enter with thee, that they may live.
If thou seest that the ass, either the ox, of thy brother hath fallen in the way, thou shalt not despise, but thou shalt raise with him.
also of [thine] oxen, and of sheep, thou shalt do in like manner; seven days be he with his mother, in the eighth day thou shalt yield him to me.
Which covereth heaven with clouds; and maketh ready rain to the earth. Which bringeth forth hay in hills; and herb to the service of men.Which giveth meat to their work beasts; and to the birds of crows calling him.
Say ye to the sons of Israel, Keep ye all things which I wrote to you, that I be your God. These be the beasts, which ye shall eat, of all the living beasts of earth;All thing of fowls or insects that goeth on four feet, shall be abominable to you;soothly whatever thing goeth on four feet, but hath longer hips behind, by which it skippeth on the earth, ye shall eat;as is a bruchus, that is, the fruit of locusts before it hath wings, in his kind, and accatus, that is, the fruit of locusts when it beginneth to have wings, and ophimachus, [that is, a foul enemy to serpents], and a locust, all by their kind.Forsooth whatever thing of birds or insects hath four feet only, it shall be abominable to you;and whoever toucheth their bodies dead by themselves, shall be polluted, or defouled, and shall be unclean till to eventide;and if it is need, that he bear any dead thing of these [or them], he shall wash his clothes, and he shall be unclean till to the going down of the sun.Soothly each beast that hath a claw, but parteth not it, neither cheweth cud, shall be unclean; and whatever thing toucheth it, shall be defouled.That that goeth on hands, of all beasts that go on four feet, shall be unclean; he that toucheth their bodies dead by themselves, shall be defouled till to eventide;and he, that beareth such dead bodies, shall wash his clothes, and he shall be unclean till to eventide; for all these things be unclean to you.Also these things shall be areckoned among defouled things, of these things that be moved on earth; a weasel, and a mouse, and a crocodile, each after his kind;ye shall eat all things among beasts that have the claw parted, and cheweth the cud;
Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ox, either sheep, erring or wandering, and shalt pass thereby, but thou shalt bring it again to thy brother.
Four [things] be the least things of [the] earth, and those be wiser than wise men;ants, a feeble people, that make ready meat in harvest to themselves;
and there thou shalt drink of the strand; and I have commanded to [the] crows, that they feed thee there.
Of all clean living beasts, thou shalt take by seven and by seven, male and female; forsooth of unclean living beasts, thou shalt take by twain and by twain [or two and two], male and female;the water was higher, by fifteen cubits, over the hills which it covered.And each flesh was wasted that moved on [the] earth, of birds, of living beasts, of unreasonable beasts, and of all reptiles or all creeping beasts that creep on [the] earth.All men, and all things in which the breathing of life was in [the] earth, were dead.And God did away all the substance that was on [the] earth, from man till to beast, as well a creeping beast, as the birds of heaven; and those [or they] were done away from [the] earth. Forsooth Noah dwelled alone, and they that were with him in the ship.And the waters of the great flood over-went the earth an hundred and fifty days.and also of [the] volatiles [or fowls] of heaven, thou shalt take, by seven and by seven, male and female, that their seed be saved on the face of all earth.
thou shalt separate to the Lord all male thing that openeth the womb, and that that is first in thy beasts; whatever thing thou hast of male kind, thou shalt hallow it to the Lord.
the seventh day is the day of sabbath, that is, the rest of thy Lord God. Thou shalt not do therein anything of work; thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy servant, and thine handmaid, and thine ox, and thine ass, and all thy work beasts, and the pilgrim that is within thy gates; that thy servant rest and thine hand-maid, as also thou.
And she bare her first-born son, and wrapped him in ‘clothes, and laid him in a cratch, for there was no place to him in no chamber.
What is a man, that is mankind, that thou art mindful of him; either the son of a virgin [or the son of man], for thou visitest him?Thou hast made him a little less than angels; thou hast crowned him with glory and honour,and thou hast ordained him above the works of thine hands. Thou hast made subject all things under his feet;all sheep and oxen, furthermore and the beasts of the field;the birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea, and all the other creatures that pass by the paths of the sea.
And all thing which is moved and liveth shall be to you into meat; I have given to you all things, as I gave the green worts before,except that ye shall not eat flesh with the blood,
Whether thou shalt give strength to an horse, either shalt give neighing about his neck?Hast thou numbered the months of their conceiving, and hast thou known the time of their calving?Whether thou shalt raise him as locusts? The glory of his nostrils is dreaded.He diggeth [the] earth with his foot, he full out joyeth; and he goeth boldly against [the] armed men.He despiseth fearedfulness, and he giveth not stead to [the] sword.An arrow case shall sound upon him; a spear and a shield shall shine.He is hot, or fervent, and gnasheth, and swalloweth the earth; and he areckoneth not that the cry of the trump soundeth.When he heareth a clarion, he saith, Joy! he smelleth battle afar; the exciting of dukes, and the yelling of the host.
Keep ye my laws. Thou shalt not make thy beasts to engender with the beasts of another kind. Thou shalt not sow a field with diverse seed. Thou shalt not be clothed in a cloth which is woven of two things.
Three things there be, that go well, and the fourth thing, that goeth richly, either by prosperity.I learned not wisdom; and I knew not the knowing of holy men.A lion, strongest of beasts, shall not dread, at the meeting of any man;a cock, girded [up] the loins; and a ram, and a king, and none there is that shall against-stand him.
Who knoweth, if the spirit[s] of the sons of Adam goeth upward, and if the spirits of beasts goeth downward?
And God said, The earth bring forth a living soul in his kind, work beasts, and reptiles, either creeping beasts, and unreasonable beasts of [the] earth, by their kinds; and it was done so.
for the life of [all] flesh is in blood. Wherefore I said to the sons of Israel, Ye shall not eat the blood of any flesh, for the life of flesh is in the blood, and whoever eateth blood, shall perish.
He that offereth an ox, is as he that slayeth a man; he that slayeth a sheep, is as he that braineth a dog; he that offereth an offering, is as he that offereth swine’s blood; he that thinketh on incense, is as he that blesseth an idol; they choosed all these things in their ways, and their soul delighted in their abominations.
No wonder, ask thou [the] beasts, and they shall teach thee; and ask thou [the] birds of the air, and they shall show to thee.
And thou bringest forth hay to beasts; and herb to the service of men. That thou bring forth bread of the earth;and that wine make glad the heart of men. That he make glad the face with oil; and that bread make steadfast the heart of man.
For lo! I make new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be in mind, and shall not ascend [or go up] on the heart.
The feather of an ostrich is like the feathers of a gyrfalcon, and of an hawk;the which ostrich forsaketh his eggs in the earth, in hap thou shalt make those [or them] hot in the dust.He forgetteth, that a foot treadeth those eggs, either that a beast of the field all-breaketh them.He is made hard to his young, as if they were not his; he travailed in vain, while no dread constrained him.For God hath deprived him from wisdom, and he hath not given under-standing to him.When time is, he raiseth the wings on high; he scorneth the horse, and his rider.
[The] Birds of the air shall dwell on those; from the midst of the stones they shall give voices.
as a beast going down in the field? The Spirit of the Lord was the leader thereof; so thou leddest thy people, that thou madest to thee a name of glory.