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;
General references
Bible References
Causeth
Psalm 145:15
The eyes of all wait on You; and You give them their food in due season.
Psalm 147:8
who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the mountains.
Genesis 1:11
And God said, Let the earth bring forth tender sprouts (the herb seeding seed and the fruit tree producing fruit after its kind, whose seed is in itself) upon the earth; and it was so.
Genesis 2:5
And every shrub of the field was not yet on the earth, and every plant of the field had not yet sprung up, for Jehovah God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to till the ground.
1 Kings 18:5
And Ahab said to Obadiah, Go into the land, to all fountains of water, and to all the torrents. Perhaps we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, so that we do not lose all the animals.
Jeremiah 14:5
Yea, the doe also calved in the field and forsook it, because there was no grass.
Joel 2:22
Do not be afraid, beasts of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness grow green; for the tree bears its fruit, and the fig tree and the vine yield their strength.
Herb
Genesis 1:29
And God said, Behold! I have given you every herb seeding seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree seeding seed; to you it shall be for food.
Genesis 2:9
And out of the ground Jehovah God caused to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food. The tree of life also was in the middle of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 3:18
It shall also bring forth thorns and thistles to you, and you shall eat the herb of the field.
Genesis 9:3
Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you all things, even as the green herb.
That he
Psalm 136:25
Who gives food to all flesh; for His mercy endures forever.
Genesis 4:12
When you till the ground, it will not again give its strength to you. And you shall be a vagabond and a fugitive in the earth.
Job 28:5
As to the earth, out of it comes bread; and underneath it is turned up like fire.
1 Corinthians 3:7
So then neither is he who plants anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.
General references
Genesis 1:30
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to every creeper on the earth which has in it a living soul every green plant is for food; and it was so.
1 Corinthians 15:38
And God gives it a body as it has pleased Him, and to each of the seeds its own body.