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;
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Bible References
Causeth
Psalm 145:15
The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their food in due season.
Psalm 147:8
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
Genesis 1:11
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit-tree yielding fruit after its kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Genesis 2:5
And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was not a 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 brooks: it may be we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
Jeremiah 14:5
Yes, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
Joel 2:22
Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth its fruit, the fig-tree and the vine do yield their strength.
Herb
Genesis 1:29
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing 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.
Genesis 2:9
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 3:18
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
Genesis 9:3
Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things:
That he
Psalm 136:25
Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Genesis 4:12
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield to thee its strength: A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Job 28:5
As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.
1 Corinthians 3:7
So then, neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth: but God that giveth the increase.
General references
Genesis 1:30
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every animal that creepeth upon the earth, in which is life, I have given every green herb for food: and it was so.
1 Corinthians 15:38
But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed its own body.