149 Bible Verses about Nature

The heavens and the earth are yours. You have founded the world and all it contains.

I am the one who made the earth. I created human beings to live there. With my power I stretched out the heavens. I control the sun, the moon, and the stars.

I used my great strength and my powerful arm to make the earth along with the people and the animals on it. I give it to anyone I please.

When they heard they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said: Jehovah, you are God, who made heaven and earth, the sea and all in them.

They said: Sirs, why do you do these things? We are only men like you. We bring you good news. You should turn from these worthless things to the living God. He is the God who made heaven and earth, the sea and all things.

The God that made the world and all things in it is the Lord of heaven and earth. He does not live in temples made with hands.

You are worthy, Jehovah our God, to receive glory and honor and power: for you have created all things, and because of your will they are and were created.

And he swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that are in it, and the earth, and the things that are in it, and the sea, and the things there, that there would be no more delay.

Then God said: Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them. It was so. The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind. God saw that it was good.

This is the account of when Jehovah (YHWH) God created the heavens and the earth. No shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth. No plant of the field had yet sprung up, for Jehovah God had not sent rain on the earth. There was no man to work the ground. Mist came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.read more.
Jehovah God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. The man became a living being. Now Jehovah God planted a garden in the east, in Eden. He put the man he had formed there. Jehovah God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground, trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

You cause the grass to grow for the cattle and vegetation for the labor of man. That he may bring forth food from the earth, And wine which makes man's heart glad. That he may make his face shine with oil, and food, which sustains man's heart. Jehovah's trees drink their fill, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted,

([Psalm of David]) The earth and all it contains the world and those who dwell in it belong to Jehovah.

Then God said: Let the waters below the atmosphere be gathered into one place. Let the dry land appear. It was so. God called the dry land earth. The gathering of the waters He called seas. God saw that it was good.

Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Who determined its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it? On what were its foundations set and who laid its cornerstone?read more.
while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy? Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb? When I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness, when I fixed limits for it and set its doors and bars in place, when I said: 'This far you may come and no farther'; here is where your proud waves halt?

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the span of his hand marked off the heavens? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on the scales and the hills in a balance of the scale?

seek the creator of the cluster of stars named Pleiades and the star constellation Orion. He turns the shadow of death into morning, and makes the day dark with night. He calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth. Jehovah is his name!

He replied: I am Hebrew and I respect Jehovah, the God of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land.

He made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades and the chambers of the south.

Then God said: Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. Let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years. Let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth. It was so. God made the two great lights. The sun was to govern the day. The moon was to govern the night. He made the stars also.read more.
He placed the lights in the sky to shine on the earth. The lights were to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. God saw that it was good.

When I look at your heavens, the creation of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have set in place,

Praise him, sun and moon. Praise him, all shining stars. Praise him, you highest heaven and the water above the sky. Let them praise the name of Jehovah for they were created by his command.

Jehovah provides the sun to be a light during the day. He orders the moon and stars to be lights during the night. He stirs up the sea so that its waves roar. His name is Jehovah of Hosts. This is what Jehovah says:

God said: Let the waters be filled with many kinds of living beings, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky. God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves in the waters after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good. God blessed them and said: Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.

Ask the animals and they will teach you, or the birds of the air and they will tell you. Speak to the earth and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea inform you. Which of all these does not know that the hand of Jehovah has done this?read more.
In his hand are the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.

The sea is so big and wide with many creatures, living things both large and small.

Jehovah said to him: Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes him mute or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, Jehovah?

Then God said: Let us make man in our image, in our likeness. Let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth and over all the creatures that move along the ground. God created man in his own image. In the image of God he created him. He created male and female.

Jehovah God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. The man became a living being.

Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before Jehovah our maker.

Know that Jehovah is God. He has made us, and not we ourselves. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

The rich and the poor meet together (are alike) (have a common bond) for Jehovah created them both.

Do not lie to one another, seeing that you got rid of the old self with its evil practices. You put on the new self that is being renewed to a true knowledge (full discernment) according to the image of the one who created him.

This is the written genealogy of Adam. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God.

Whoever sheds the blood of man will have his blood shed by man. For man was made in the image of God.

We bless Jehovah, the Father, with it. (Psalm 34:1) Then we curse men, who are made after the likeness of God.

The highest heaven belongs to Jehovah, but he has given the earth to the sons of men.

Then God said: Let us make man in our image, in our likeness. Let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth and over all the creatures that move along the ground. God created man in his own image. In the image of God he created him. He created male and female. God blessed them and said to them: Be fruitful and increase in number. Fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and dominate the birds of the air. Have dominion over every living creature that moves on the ground.read more.
Then God said: I give you every plant that bears seed on the face of the entire earth. I also give you every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. Also every beast of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground; everything that has the breath of life in it, I give every green plant for food. It was so.

Jehovah God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.

You made him a little lower than god-like ones (God) (Son of God) (angels). You crowned him with glory and honor. (John 1:18) You made him rule what your hands created. You have put everything under his control: all the sheep and cattle, the wild animals,read more.
the birds, the fish, whatever swims in the currents of the seas.

Do two sparrows sell for a penny? Not one of them will fall on the ground without your Father knowing.

Are not five sparrows sold for two coins of small value? Yet not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God.

Praise Jehovah! It is good to sing praise to our God. It is pleasant to sing his praise beautifully. Jehovah is the builder of Jerusalem. He is the one who gathers the outcasts of Israel together. He is the healer of the brokenhearted. He is the one who bandages their wounds.read more.
He determines the number of stars. He gives each one a name. Our Lord is great, and his power is great. There is no limit to his understanding. Jehovah gives relief to those who are oppressed. He brings wicked people down to the ground. Sing to Jehovah a song of thanksgiving. Make music to our God with a harp. He covers the sky with clouds. He provides rain for the ground. He makes grass grow on the mountains. He is the one who gives food to animals and to young ravens when they call out. He finds no joy in strong horses, nor do brave soldiers please him. Jehovah is pleased with those who fear him, with those who wait with hope for his mercy. Praise Jehovah, Jerusalem! Praise your God, Zion! He makes the bars across your gates strong. He blesses the children within you. He is the one who brings peace to your borders and satisfies your hunger with the finest wheat. He is the one who sends his promise throughout the earth. His word travels with great speed. He is the one who sends snow like wool and scatters frost like ashes. He is the one who throws his hailstones like breadcrumbs. Who can withstand his chilling blast?

The God that made the world and all things in it is the Lord of heaven and earth. He does not live in temples made with hands. Men's hands do not serve him as if he needed anything. He gives life and breath to all. From one person he made every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth. He determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation.read more.
God did this so man could seek him and might find him. He is not far from each one of us. In him we live, and move, and have our existence. Your own poets have said: For we are also his offspring.

He is before all things, and through him all things originate.

It was appropriate that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, should bring many sons to glory, to make the Chief Agent of their salvation perfect through suffering.

I will send you rain at the proper time. Then the land will produce crops and the trees will bear fruit.

Why are you worried about clothing? Look at how the lilies of the field grow. They do not toil. They do not spin. I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was dressed like these.

Consider the way the lilies grow. They do not toil and neither do they spin. Yet I tell you even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain, and a path for the thunderstorm?

And Jehovah God prepared a gourd plant. He made it grow up over Jonah. That way it would be a shade over his head. It would deliver him from his disastrous (fateful) attitude. So Jonah was very glad to have the gourd plant. The next morning God prepared a worm and it attacked the plant and it withered. When the sun rose God prepared a sultry (burning hot) east wind. So the sun beat upon the head of Jonah and he grew faint. He requested for himself that he might die. He said: It is better for me to die than to live!read more.
However God replied to Jonah: Do you have good reason to be angry at the plant? He said to God: I have good reason to be angry even unto death. Jehovah said: You have compassion for the plant for which you did not work and which you did not cause to grow. It came up overnight and perished in a night.

He causes the vapors to rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain. He brings wind out of his storehouses.

As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, will never cease.

He gives rain to the earth and sends water to the fields.

He draws up drops of water, which distill as rain to the streams.

He loads the thick cloud with moisture and disperses with lighting. They swirl about on the face of the inhabited earth. They do whatever God commands. He causes it to happen for correction, for his land and for his loving kindness.

He speaks, and the water in the sky produces a storm. He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning flash with the rain. He brings wind out of his storehouses.

Remember to extol his work, which men have praised in song. All mankind has seen it. Men gaze on it from afar. How great is God! He is beyond our understanding! The number of his years is past finding out.

([Psalm of David]) O Jehovah, our Lord, how excellent is your majestic name in all the earth! You have displayed your glory above the heavens. From the mouths of little children and infants, you have built a fortress against your opponents to silence the enemy and the avenger. When I look at your heavens, the creation of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have set in place,read more.
what is man that you remember him or the son of man that you take care of him?

([Psalm of David]) The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky displays what his hands have made. Day to day declares speech. Night to night shows knowledge. It is done without talking, without words, without their voices being heard.

They said: Sirs, why do you do these things? We are only men like you. We bring you good news. You should turn from these worthless things to the living God. He is the God who made heaven and earth, the sea and all things. In the past he let all nations to walk in their own ways. He has not left himself without witness. For he did good and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness. That which is known about God is clear to them, for God revealed it to them. His invisible attributes are clearly seen since the creation of the world. The things made prove His eternal power and divine nature. Mankind has no excuse,read more.
for when they knew God, they did not glorify him as God. They did not thank him and were vain in their reasoning, for their foolish hearts were darkened.