23 Bible Verses about Creativity

But, now, O Yahweh, our father, thou art, - We are the clay, and, thou, art our potter, Yea the work of thy hand, are we all:

Then Yahweh responded to Job, out of a storm, and said: - Who is it that darkeneth counsel, by words, without knowledge? Gird, I pray thee - like a strong man - thy loins, that I may ask thee, and inform thou me:read more.
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; - 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? Since thy days began hast thou commanded the morning? or caused the dawn to know its place; That it might lay hold of the wings of the earth, and the lawless be shaken out of it? It transformeth itself like the clay of a seal, so that things stand forth like one arrayed; That their light may be withdrawn from the lawless, and, the lofty arm, be shivered. Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? Or, through the secret recesses of the resounding deep, hast thou wandered? Have the gates of death been disclosed to thee? And, the gates of the death-shade, couldst thou descry? Hast thou well considered, even the breadths of the earth? Tell - if thou knowest it all! Where then is the way, the light shall abide? And, the darkness, where then is its place? That thou mayest conduct it unto the bound thereof, and that thou mayest perceive the paths to its house. Thou knowest, for, then, hadst thou been born! And, in number, thy days are many! Hast thou entered into the treasuries of the snow? And, the treasuries of the hail, couldst thou see? Which I have reserved for a time of distress, for the day of conflict and of war? Where then is the way the lightning is parted? The east wind spreadeth itself abroad over the earth. Who hath cloven - for the torrent - a channel? Or a way for the lightning of thunders; To give rain over the no-man's land, the desert, where no son of earth is; To satisfy the wild and the wilderness, to cause to spring forth the meadow of young grass? Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew? Out of whose womb, came forth the ice? And, the hoar-frost of the heavens, who hath given it birth? Like a stone, are the waters congealed, and, the face of the roaring deep, becometh firm! Canst thou bind the fetters of the Pleiades? Or, the bands of Orion, canst thou unloose? Canst thou bring forth the signs of the Zodiac each in its season? Or, the Bear and her Young, canst thou lead? Knowest thou, the statutes of the heavens? Or didst thou appoint his dominion over the earth? Canst thou lift up, to the thick cloud, thy voice, and the overflow of waters cover thee? Canst thou send forth the lightnings, so that they go, and say to thee, Behold us? Who hath put - into cloud-forms - wisdom? Or who hath given - to the meteor - understanding? Who can count the thin clouds, in wisdom? And, the bottles of the heavens, who can empty out; When the dust is cast into a clod, and the lumps are bound together? Wilt thou hunt - for the Lioness - prey? Or, the craving of the Strong Lion, wilt thou satisfy; When they settle down in dens, abide in covert, for lying in wait? Who prepareth for the Raven his nourishment, - when his young ones - unto GOD - cry out, when they wander for lack of food?

For, thou, didst possess thyself of my reins, thou didst weave me together in the womb of my mother. I thank thee, in that fearfully was my being distinguished, Wonderful are thy works, and, mine own soul, is observing them intently! My substance was not hid from thee, - when I was made in secret, when I was skilfully figured in the lower parts of the earth.read more.
Mine unfinished substance, thine eyes beheld, and, in thy book, all the parts thereof were written, - the days they should be fashioned! while yet there was not one among them.

Forming light and creating darkness, Making prosperity, and creating misfortune, - I - Yahweh, who doeth all these. Let the drops fall ye heavens, from above, Yea, let, the skies, pour down righteousness, - Let the earth open and let them bear as their fruit - deliverance And let, justice, spring forth therewith, I - Yahweh, have created it. Alas for him who contendeth with his Fashioner, - A potsherd, should contend with the potsherds of the ground! Shall it be said by the clay, unto him that is fashioning it, What wouldst thou make? Or, thy work say, of thee, He hath no hands?read more.
Alas, for one who saith to a father, What begettest thou? Or to a woman What dost thou bring forth? Thus, saith, Yahweh, The Holy One of Israel And his Fashioner, As to things to come, they have asked me, Concerning my sons and concerning the work of my hands, they would command me! I, made the earth, And man upon it, I created, - I - mine own hands, stretched out the heavens, And all their host, I commanded:

His, in fact we are - his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus upon a footing of good works, which God prepared beforehand, that, therein, we might walk.

And Moses said unto the sons of Israel - See! Yahweh hath called by name, - Bezaleel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; and filled him with the spirit of God, - in, wisdom in understanding and in knowledge, and in all manner of execution; to devise skilful designs, - to work in gold and in silver and in bronze;read more.
and in the cutting of stones for setting, and in the cutting of wood, - to work in any manner of skilful workmanship, To teach also, hath be put in his heart, the heart of him, and of Oholiab - son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; hath filled them with wisdom of heart to work all manner of workmanship of cutter, and deviser and embroiderer, in blue and in purple, in crimson and in fine linen and of the weaver, - workers of any manner of workmanship, and devisers of skilful designs.

See, I have called by name, Bezaleel, son of Uri, son of Hur of the tribe of Judah; and have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom and in understanding, and in knowledge and in all manner of workmanship; to devise skilful designs, to work in gold and in silver, and in bronze;read more.
and in the cutting of stones for setting, and in the carving of wood, - to work in all manner of workmanship, I myself, therefore, lo! I have given with him Oholiab, son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan, and in the heart of every one that is wise-hearted, have I put wisdom, - so shall they make all that I have commanded thee -

Thus shall Bezaleel and Oholiab work, and every man that is wise-hearted, in whom Yahweh hath put wisdom and understanding, to know how to work any manner of workmanship for the holy service, - according to all that Yahweh hath commanded. So then Moses called upon Bezaleel, and upon Oholiab, and upon every man that was wise-hearted, in whose heart Yahweh had put wisdom, - every one whose heart lifted him up, to draw near unto the work, to do it.

Then did all the wise-hearted among the workers of the material make the habitation of ten curtains, of fine-twined linen, and blue and purple and crimson, with cherubim the work of the skilful weaver, did he make them.

And, with thee, in abundance, are workmen, hewers and carvers of stone and wood, - and every sort of wise man, in all manner of work: for gold and for silver and for bronze and for iron, without number. Arise and do, and Yahweh be with thee!

And, the house which I am about to build, must be great, - for great is our God, above all gods. But who is able to build unto him a house? for, the heavens, even the heaven of heavens, cannot contain him, - who then am, I, that I should build unto him a house, though only to burn incense before him? Now, therefore, send me a wise man, to work in gold and in silver and in bronze and in iron, and in purple and crimson and blue, and skilful to execute gravings, - with the wise men who are with me, in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom my father David did provide.

Let them praise his Name in the dance, with timbrel and lyre, Let them make music to him.

And, these, are they whom David caused to stand, as the servants of song, in the house of Yahweh, when he had given rest unto the ark; so they became attendants before the habitation of the tent of meeting, with song, until Solomon built the house of Yahweh, in Jerusalem, - and they took their stand according to their prescribed manner over their work.

And David and the captains of the host set apart for service, unto the sons of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, such as should prophesy, with lyres, with harps, and with cymbals, - and, the number of the workers, for their service, was: Of the sons of Asaph, Zaccur and Joseph and Nethaniah and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph, - under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king. Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun, - Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah - six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, with the lyre, as he prophesied, in giving thanks and offering praise unto Yahweh.read more.
Of Heman, the sons of Heman - Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jeremoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth. All these, were sons of Heman, the seer of the king in the things of God, at the lifting of the horn. And God gave to Heman, fourteen sons and three daughters, All these, were under the direction of their father, in the singing of the house of Yahweh, with cymbals, harps and lyres, for the service of the house of God, - Asaph and Jeduthun and Heman, under the direction of the king. And, the number of them - with their brethren, who were instructed in singing unto Yahweh, - even all the skilful, was two hundred and eighty-eight.

It is good to give thanks to Yahweh, And to sing praises unto thy Name, O Most High; Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon a harp, With resounding music on the lyre.

Sweep the strings to Yahweh, With the lyre, With the lyre, and the voice of melody;

O God! a new song, will I sing unto thee, - On a harp of ten strings, will I make music to thee:

What hath a carved image, profited, though the fashioner thereof, carved it? a molten image, and a teacher of falsehood, - though the fashioner of his fashioned thing trusted therein? that men should make Dumb Nonentities!

Cursed, be the man that maketh an image - cut or molten - an abomination unto Yahweh the work of the hands of the craftsman and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall respond and say - Amen.

and have put their gods in the fire, - for, no-gods, were, they, but the work of the hands of men - wood and stone, and so they destroyed them.

The image, hath been cast by an artificer, And a goldsmith, with gold, overlayeth it, - And, chains of silver, he worketh. The needy offerer, of a tree that will not rot, maketh choice, - A skilled artificer, seeketh he out for himself to construct an image that shall not totter,

Who hath fashioned a GOD, Oran image, hath molten? It cannot profit! Lo! all his partners, turn pale, Even, the artificers themselves, are of the sons of earth, - Let them gather themselves together - all of them. Let them take their stand, Let them dread, and turn pale, together! As for the smith, with his cutting-tool, - When he hath wrought in the live coals, And, with hammers, hath fashioned it, - And hath wrought it with his strong arm, Anon he is hungry, and hath no strength, He hath drunk no water and so hath become faint!read more.
As for the carpenter, - He hath stretched out a line hath drawn it with a pencil, Hath made it with carving tools, With compasses, hath rounded it, - And so hath made it after the figure of a great man, After the beauty of a son of earth, that it may remain in a house!

And there arose during that season no small disturbance concerning the Way. For, one Demetrius by name, a silversmith, making silvershrines, of Diana, used to bring unto the craftsmen no little business; gathering whom together, and them who in such things wrought, he said - Men! ye well know that, by this business, we have our prosperity;read more.
and ye perceive and hear that, not only in Ephesus, but well-nigh in all Asia, this Paul, hath persuaded and turned away a considerable multitude, saying that they are, no gods, which, with hands, are made.