Psalm 104:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

Causeth

Herb

That he

General references

Genesis 1:30

1 Corinthians 15:38

Bible References

Causeth

By his hand the heaven is covered with clouds and rain is stored up for the earth; he makes the grass tall on the mountains.

And God said, Let grass come up on the earth, and plants producing seed, and fruit-trees giving fruit, in which is their seed, after their sort: and it was so.

In the day when the Lord God made earth and heaven there were no plants of the field on the earth, and no grass had come up: for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no man to do work on the land.

And Ahab said to Obadiah, Come, let us go through all the country, to all the fountains of water and all the rivers, and see if there is any grass to be had for the horses and the transport beasts, so that we may be able to keep some of the beasts from destruction.

And the roe, giving birth in the field, lets her young one be uncared for, because there is no grass.

Have no fear, you beasts of the field, for the grass-lands of the waste are becoming green, for the trees are producing fruit, the fig-tree and the vine give out their strength.

Herb

And God said, See, I have given you every plant producing seed, on the face of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit producing seed: they will be for your food:

And out of the earth the Lord made every tree to come, delighting the eye and good for food; and in the middle of the garden, the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Thorns and waste plants will come up, and the plants of the field will be your food;

Every living and moving thing will be food for you; I give them all to you as before I gave you all green things.

That he

Who gives food to all flesh: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

No longer will the earth give you her fruit as the reward of your work; you will be a wanderer in flight over the earth.

As for the earth, bread comes out of it; but under its face it is turned up as if by fire.

So then the planter is nothing, and the waterer is nothing; but God who gives the increase.

General references

And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the air and every living thing moving on the face of the earth I have given every green plant for food: and it was so.

But God gives it a body, as it is pleasing to him, and to every seed its special body.