149 Bible Verses about Nature

Thine, are the heavens, Yea, thine, the earth, The world and the fulness thereof, Thou, didst found them;

I, made the earth, And man upon it, I created, - I - mine own hands, stretched out the heavens, And all their host, I commanded:

I, made The earth - The man and the beast that are on the face of the earth - By my great power, And by mine outstretched arm, - And gave it to whomsoever was right in mine own eyes.

And, they, having heard, with one accord, uplifted voice unto God, and said - O Sovereign! Thou, art he that made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things that are herein:

and saying - Men! Why, these things, are ye doing? We also, of like nature with you, are men, bringing you the good news, that from these vain things, ye should be turning unto a living God: - Who made heaven and the earth and the sea and all things therein;

The God that made the world and all things that are therein, the same, being, Lord, of heaven and earth, not in hand-made shrines, doth dwell,

Worthy, art thou, O Lord, and our God, to receive the glory, and the honour, and the power: because thou didst create all things, and, by reason of thy will, they were, and were created.

and sware, by him that liveth unto the ages of ages, who created heaven, and the things that are therein, and the earth, and the things that are therein, and the sea, and the things that are therein,Delay, no longer, shall there be;

And God said - Let the land put-forth vegetation-herb yielding seed, fruit-tree, bearing fruit, after its kind, whose seed is within it on the land. And it was so, And the land brought-forth vegetation - herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree bearing fruit, whose seed is within it, after its kind, And God saw that it was good.

These are the geneses of the heavens and the earth when they were created, - in the day when Yahweh God made earth and heavens. Now, no bush of the field, as yet - was in the earth, and, no herb of the field, as yet had sprung up, - because Yahweh God had not sent rain on the earth, and, man, was there none to till the ground; but, a vapour, went up from the earth, - and watered all the face of the ground.read more.
So then Yahweh God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed in his nostrils the breath of life - and man became a living soul. And Yahweh God planted a garden in Eden, on the east, - and put there the man whom he had formed. And Yahweh God, caused to spring up, out of the ground, every tree pleasant to the sight and good for food, - and the tree of life, in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Who causeth the grass to shoot forth for the cattle, And the herb, for the service of man, That he may bring forth food out of the earth; And, wine, may rejoice the heart of man, Making radiant his well-nourished face, - And, food, may, the heart of man, sustain. Satisfied are, The trees of Yahweh, The cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;

To Yahweh, belongeth, The earth and the fulness thereof, The world, and they who dwell therein;

And God said - Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together, into one place, and let the dry - ground appear. And it was so. And God called, the dry-ground, land, but the gathering together of the waters, called he seas. And God saw that it was good.

Where wast thou, when I founded the earth? Tell, if thou knowest understanding! Who set the measurements thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched out over it a line? Whereon were the pedestals thereof sunk? Or who laid the corner stone thereof; -read more.
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? Or who shut in, with double doors, the sea, when, bursting out of the womb, it came forth; When I put a cloud as the garment thereof, and a thick cloud as the swaddling-band thereof; And brake off for it my boundary, and fixed a bar and double doors; And said - Hitherto, shalt thou come, and no further, - and, here, shalt thou set a limit to the majesty of thy waves?

Who hath measured, with the hollow of his hand, the waters. Or the heavens with a span, hath meted out, Or hath comprehended, in a measure, the dust of the earth, Or weighed, in scales, the mountains, Or the hills, in a balance?

Seek him who made the Cluster and the Giant, and turneth, into morning, the shadow of death, and who, day into night, doth darken, Him who calleth to the waters of the sea, and poureth them out on the face of the land, Yahweh, is his name:

And he said unto them, A Hebrew, am I, - and, Yahweh, the God of the heavens, do, I, revere, him who made the sea, and the dry land.

Who made the Bear, the Giant and the Cluster, and the chambers of the south;

And God said - Let there be luminaries in the expanse of the heavens, to divide between the day and the night, - and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years; yea let them be for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth. And it was so. And God made the two great luminaries, - the greater luminary to rule the day, and the lesser luminary to rule the night, also the stars.read more.
And God set them in the expanse of the heavens, - to give light on 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 view thy heavens, the work, of thy fingers, moon and stars, which thou hast established,

Praise him, sun and moon, Praise him, all ye stars of light; Praise him, O ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens; Let them praise the Name of Yahweh, for, he, commanded, and they were created;

Thus, saith Yahweh - Who hath given the sun for a light by day, The ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night, - Who excited the sea, and the waves thereof roared Yahweh of hosts, is his name: -

And God said - Let the waters swarm with an abundance of living soul, and, birds, shall fly over the earth, over the face of the expanse of the heavens. And God created the great sea-monsters, - and every living soul that moveth - with which the waters swarmed after their kind and every winged bird - after 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, the birds, multiply in the land.

But, in very deed, ask, I pray thee, the beasts, and they will teach thee, and the bird of the heavens, and it will tell thee; Or address the earth, and it will teach thee, and the fishes of the sea, will recount it to thee: Who knoweth not, among all these, that, the hand of Yahweh, hath done this?read more.
In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all the flesh of men.

This sea here, is great and broad on both hands, - Wherein are creeping things, even without number, Living things, small with great;

Then Yahweh said unto him - Who appointed a mouth for man, or who appointeth him to be dumb, or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, Yahweh,?

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 bird of the heavens and over the tame-beast - and over all the land, and over every creeping thing, that creepeth on the land. And God created the man in his own image, In the image of God, created he him, - Male and female, created he, them.

So then Yahweh God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed in his nostrils the breath of life - and man became a living soul.

Enter! let us bow down, and bend low, Let us kneel, before Yahweh our maker;

Know that, Yahweh, he, is God, - He, made us, and not, we ourselves, His people, and the flock of his pasture.

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

Be not guilty of falsehood one to another: having stript off the old man, together with his practices, And having put on the new - who is being moulded afresh unto personal knowledge, after the image of him that hath created him, -

This, is the record of the generations of Adam. In the day when God created man, In the likeness of God, made he him:

He that sheddeth man's blood, by man, shall his blood be shed, - For, in the image of God, made he man.

Therewith, are we blessing our Lord and Father, and, therewith, we are cursing the men who, after the likeness of God, have been brought into being!

As for the heavens, the heavens, belong to Yahweh, but the earth, hath he 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 bird of the heavens and over the tame-beast - and over all the land, and over every creeping thing, that creepeth on the land. And God created the man in his own image, In the image of God, created he him, - Male and female, created he, them. And God blessed them, and God said to them Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, - and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth on the land.read more.
And God said - Lo! I have given to you - every herb yielding seed which is on the face of all the land, and every tree wherein is the fruit of a tree yielding seed, - to you, shall it be, for food; and to every living thing of the land - and to every bird of the heavens, and to every thing that moveth on the land, wherein is a living soul, every green herb for food. And it wins so.

So Yahweh God took the man, - and placed him in the garden of Eden, to till it and to keeps it.

That thou shouldst make him little less than messengers of God, with glory and honour, shouldst crown him? Shouldst give him dominion over the works of thy hands, - All things, shouldst have put under his feet: Sheep and oxen, all of them, - yea even the beasts of the field;read more.
The bird of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea, - the passer-by on the paths of the seas?

Are not, two sparrows, for a farthing, sold? And, one from among them, shall not fall upon the ground, without your Father;

Are not, five sparrows, sold for two farthings? and, not one from among them, hath been forgotten before God.

Praise ye Yah, For it is good, to make melody to our GOD, - For it is delightful, seemly is praise! Yahweh, is building Jerusalem, The outcasts of Israel, will he gather together. He is healing the broken in heart, - and binding up their hurts.read more.
Counting the number of the stars, To all of them - names, he giveth. Great is our Lord, and of abounding strength, And, his knowledge, cannot be expressed. Yahweh, relieveth the humbled! casting the lawless down to the earth. Respond to Yahweh with thanksgiving, Make melody to our God with the lyre. Who covereth the heavens with clouds, preparing rain for the earth, who causeth the mountains to sprout grass: Giving, to the beast, its food, to the young ravens, when they cry. Not in the strength of the horse, doth he delight, Not in the legs of a man, hath he pleasure: Yahweh, hath pleasure, in them who revere him, in them who wait for his lovingkindness. Laud thou, O Jerusalem, Yahweh, Praise thy God, O Zion: For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates, He hath blessed thy children in thy midst: Who maketh thy boundaries to be peace, With the marrow of wheat, doth he satisfy thee: Who sendeth his utterance to the earth, How swiftly, runneth his word! Who giveth snow like wool, Hoar-frost - like ashes, he scattereth: Casting forth his ice like crumbs, Before his cold, who can stand?

The God that made the world and all things that are therein, the same, being, Lord, of heaven and earth, not in hand-made shrines, doth dwell, nor, by human hands, is waited upon, as though in want of anything, himself, giving unto all life and breath and all things; he made also, of one, every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth, - marking out fitting opportunities, and the bounds of their dwelling place,read more.
that they might be seeking God - if, after all, indeed, they might feel after him and find him, - although, in truth, he is already not far from any one of us. For, in him, we live and move and are: as, even some of your own poets, have said - For, his offspring also, we are.

And, he, is before all, and, they all, in him, hold together;

For it was becoming in him - For the sake of whom are the all things, and by means of whom are the all things, - when, many sons, unto glory, he would lead, The Princely Leader of their salvation, through sufferings, to make perfect.

Then will I give your rains in their season, - And the land shall yield her increase, And, the trees of the field, shall yield their fruit.

And, about clothing, why are ye anxious? Consider well the lilies of the field, how they grow, - they toil not neither do they spin; And yet, I say unto you, not even Solomon, in all his glory, was arrayed like, one of these!

Consider well the lilies, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin, and yet I say unto you - Not even Solomon, in all his glory, was arrayed like one of these.

Who hath cloven - for the torrent - a channel? Or a way for the lightning of thunders;

Now Yahweh God appointed a gourd, and caused it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his vexation, - and Jonah rejoiced over the gourd, with great rejoicing. But God appointed a worm, at the uprisings of the dawn, the next day, - and it smote the gourd, that it withered. And it came to pass, at the breaking forth of the sun, that God appointed a sultry east wind, and the sun smote upon the head of Jonah, that he became faint, - and asked his life, that he might die, and said, It were better for me, to die, than, to live.read more.
Then said God unto Jonah, Art thou rightly angry over the gourd? And he said, I am rightly angry, unto death. Then said Yahweh, Thou, wouldest have spared the gourd, for which thou hadst not toiled, neither hadst thou made it grow, - which, as the off-spring of a night, came up, and, as the offspring of a night, perished;

Causing vapours to ascend from the end of the earth, - Lightnings for the rain, hath he made, bringing forth wind out of his treasuries.

During all the days of the earth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease.

Who giveth rain, upon the face of the earth, and sendeth forth waters, over the face of the open fields;

For he draweth up drops of water, They trickle as rain through his mist;

Also, with moisture, burdeneth he the thick cloud, He disperseth his lightning-cloud; Yea, the same, in circles, turneth itself to and fro, by his steering them to their work, whithersoever he commandeth them, over the face of the world, towards the earth. Whether, as a rod, or for his earth, or in lovingkindness, he causeth it to come.

At the voice that he uttered, there was a tumult of waters in the heavens, And he caused vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth, - The lightnings for rain, he made, And brought forth wind out of his treasuries.

Remember, that thou extol his work, of which men have sung; Every son of earth, hath viewed it, Mortal man, looketh at it from afar. Lo, GOD, is greater than we can know, The number of his years, even past finding out!

O Yahweh, our Lord! How majestic is thy Name, in all the earth, Who hast set thy splendour upon the heavens. Out of the mouth of children and sucklings, hast thou laid a foundation of strength, - because of thine adversaries, to make foe and avenger be still. When I view thy heavens, the work, of thy fingers, moon and stars, which thou hast established,read more.
What was weak man, that thou shouldst make mention of him? or the son of the earthborn, that thou shouldst set him in charge?

The heavens, are telling the glory of GOD, And, the work of his hands, the expanse is declaring; Day, unto day, doth pour forth speech, and, night, unto night, doth breathe out knowledge. There is no speech, and there are no words, - Unheard is their voice!

and saying - Men! Why, these things, are ye doing? We also, of like nature with you, are men, bringing you the good news, that from these vain things, ye should be turning unto a living God: - Who made heaven and the earth and the sea and all things therein; Who in the bygone generations suffered all the nations to be going on in their own ways, - Although, not without witness, he left himself, doing good, from heaven, upon you, giving rain and fruitful seasons, filling, with food and gladness, your hearts.

For there is being revealed an anger of God from heaven - against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who, the truth, in unrighteousness, do hold down; - Inasmuch as, what may be known of God, is manifest among them, for, God, unto them, hath made it manifest, - For, the unseen things of him, from a world's creation, by the things made, being perceived, are clearly seen, even his eternal power and divinity, - to the end they should be without excuse;read more.
Inasmuch as, having come to know God, not, as God, did they glorify him, or give him thanks, but were made fruitless in their reasonings, and darkened was their undiscerning heart,