149 Bible Verses about Nature

The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine, the world and the fullness of it; thou have founded them.

I have made the earth, and created man upon it. I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host I have commanded.

I have made the earth, the men and the beasts that are upon the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and I give it to whom it seems right to me.

And those who heard lifted up a voice to God with one accord, and said, Thou Master, the God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all things in them.

and saying, Men, why are ye doing these things? We also are men of like nature with you, proclaiming good-news to you, to turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all the thi

The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwells not in temples made with hands,

Thou are worthy, our Lord and God, the Holy, to take the glory and the honor and the power, because thou created all things, and because by thy will they are, and were created.

and swore by him who lives into the ages of the ages, who created the heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that time would be no more.

And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, [and] fruit trees bearing fruit according to their kind (in which is the seed of them) upon the earth. And it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed according to their kind, and trees bearing fruit in which is the seed of it, according to their kind. And God saw that it was good.

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that LORD God made earth and heaven. And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up, for LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth. And there was not a man to till the ground, but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.read more.
And LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul. And LORD God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground LORD God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, also the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and herbage for the service of man, that he may bring forth food out of the earth, and wine that makes glad the heart of man, [and] oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man's heart. The trees of LORD are full, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted,

The earth is LORD's, and the fullness thereof, the world, and those who dwell therein.

And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear. And it was so. And God called the dry land Earth, and he called the gathering together of the waters Seas. And God saw that it was good.

Where were thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou have understanding. Who determined the measures of it, if thou know? Or who stretched the line upon it? Upon what were the foundations of it fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone of itread more.
when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? Or [who] shut up the sea with doors when it broke forth, [like] it had issued out of the womb, when I made clouds the garment of it, and thick darkness a swaddling-band for it, and marked out for it my bound, and set bars and doors, and said, This far thou shall come, but no further, and here thy proud waves shall be stayed?

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

[seek him] who makes the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night, who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth (LORD is his name),

And he said to them, I am a Hebrew, and I fear LORD, the God of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land.

who makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south,

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years. And let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth. And it was so. And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, also the stars.read more.
And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou have ordained,

Praise ye him, sun and moon. Praise him, all ye stars of light. Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens. Let them praise the name of LORD. For he commanded, and they were created.

Thus says LORD, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar. LORD of hosts is his name.

And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created the great sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee, and the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee. Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee, and the fishes of the sea shall declare to thee. Who does not know in all these, that the hand of LORD has wrought this,read more.
in whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?

Yonder is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable creeping things, both small and great beasts.

And LORD said to him, Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes [a man] dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, LORD?

And God said, Let us make man in our image--after our likeness--and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that And God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him, male and female he created them.

And LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.

O come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before LORD our maker.

Know ye that LORD, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

The rich and the poor meet together. LORD is the maker of them all.

Do not lie to each other, having stripped off the old man with his practices, and having put on the new man, being renewed in knowledge according to an image of him who created him,

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God he made him,

Whoever sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed. For in the image of God he made man.

By it we bless the God and Father, and by it we curse men, who were made according to a likeness of God.

The heavens are the heavens of LORD, but the earth he has given to the sons of men.

And God said, Let us make man in our image--after our likeness--and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that And God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him, male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moves uporead more.
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed. To you it shall be for food, and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creeps upon the earth in which there is life, for food--every green herb. And it was so.

And LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

For thou have made him but little lower than [heavenly] agents, and crowned him with glory and honor. Thou make him to have dominion over the works of thy hands. Thou have put all things under his feet. All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field,read more.
the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall on the ground independent of your Father.

Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God.

Praise ye LORD, for it is good to sing praises to our God. For it is pleasant, [and] praise is comely. LORD builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel. He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.read more.
He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by names. Great is our LORD, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite. LORD upholds the meek. He brings the wicked down to the ground. Sing to LORD with thanksgiving. Sing praises upon the harp to our God, who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow upon the mountains. He gives to the beast his food, [and] to the young ravens which cry. He does not delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man. LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness. Praise LORD, O Jerusalem. Praise thy God, O Zion. For he has strengthened the bars of thy gates. He has blessed thy sons within thee. He makes peace in thy borders. He fills thee with the finest of the wheat. He sends out his commandment upon earth. His word runs very swiftly. He gives snow like wool. He scatters the hoar-frost like ashes. He casts forth his ice like morsels. Who can stand before his cold?

The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwells not in temples made with hands, nor is he served by the hands of men, as needing anything, since he himself gives to all life, and breath, with all things. And he made from one blood every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth, having determined prescribed times, and the limits of their occupancy,read more.
to search for the Lord, if indeed perhaps they might grope for him and find him, although being not far from each one of us. For in him we live, and move, and exist, as also some of the performers from you have said, For of him we are also offspring.

And he is before all, and in him all things hold together.

For it was fitting for him, through whom are all things, and because of whom are all things, having brought many sons to glory, to make the pathfinder of their salvation fully perfect through sufferings.

then I will give your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

And why are ye anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, nor do they spin, yet I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these.

Consider the lilies, how they grow. They toil not, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these.

Who has cleft a channel for the water flood, or the way for the lightning of the thunder,

And LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his misery. So Jonah was very glad because of the gourd. But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered. And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind, and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to liveread more.
And God said to Jonah, Do thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even to death. And LORD said, Thou have had regard for the gourd, for which thou have not labored, nor made it grow, which came up in a night, and perished in a night.

who causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth, who makes lightnings for the rain, who brings forth the wind out of his treasuries,

While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

who gives rain upon the earth, and sends waters upon the fields,

For he draws up the drops of water, which distil in rain from his vapor,

Yea, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning, and it is turned round about by his guidance, that they may do whatever he commands them upon the face of the habitable world. He causes it to come, whether it be for correction, or for his land, or for loving kindness.

When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings for the rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasuries.

Remember that thou magnify his work, of which men have sung. All men have looked on it. Man beholds it afar off. Behold, God is great, and we do not know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.

O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth, who has set thy glory upon the heavens! Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou have {perfected praise (LXX/NT)}, because of thine adversaries, that thou might still the enemy and the avenger. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou have ordained,read more.
what is man that thou remember him? And the son of man that thou succor him?

The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows his handiwork. Day to day utters speech, and night to night shows knowledge. There is no speech nor language {in which (LXX)} their voice is not heard.

and saying, Men, why are ye doing these things? We also are men of like nature with you, proclaiming good-news to you, to turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all the thi who in the generations that have passed allowed all the nations to go in their own ways, although he did not leave himself without evidence, doing good and giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts of food and gladness.

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all irreverence and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what is knowable of God is apparent in them, for God made it known to them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things made, both his eternal power and divinity, for them to be without excuse.read more.
Because, although knowing God, they did not glorify him as God, nor were they thankful, but became vain in their reasonings and their heart was darkened without understanding.