8 Bible Verses about Responsibility, Of Natural World

Now therefore, if you will in fact obey My voice and keep My covenant (agreement), then you shall be My own special possession and treasure from among all peoples [of the world], for all the earth is Mine;

‘The land shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; you are [only] foreigners and temporary residents with Me.

“But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to offer as generously as this? For all things come from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.

The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness of it,
The world, and those who dwell in it.

“For every beast of the forest is Mine,
And the cattle on a thousand hills.

“Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine;
Ephraim is My helmet;
Judah is My scepter.

The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;
The world and all that is in it, You have founded and established them.

‘The silver is Mine and the gold is Mine,’ declares the Lord of hosts.