Bible Verses about “creation groans”

“So God created man in his [own] image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”

“And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.”

“¶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”

“¶ 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 the which [is] the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.”

“¶ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”

“And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein [there is] life, [I have given] every green herb for meat: and it was so.”

“¶ And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.”

“¶ And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:”

“¶ And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.”

“And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself, after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.”

“And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.”

“And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.”

“¶ And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.”

“And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.”

“And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: [he made] the stars also.”

“And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.”

“And God saw the light, that [it was] good: and God divided the light from the darkness.”

“¶ And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl [that] may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.”

“And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.”

“And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.”

“¶ And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.”

“And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,”

“And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that [it was] good.”

“And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.”

“And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which [were] under the firmament from the waters which [were] above the firmament: and it was so.”

“And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.”

“¶ And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry [land] appear: and it was so.”

“And God called the dry [land] Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that [it was] good.”

“And the evening and the morning were the third day.”

“And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.”

“And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.”

“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:”

“‹All these› [are] ‹the beginning of sorrows.›”

“In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.”

“For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.”

“Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.”

“For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.”

“For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected [the same] in hope,”

“And not only [they], but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, [to wit], the redemption of our body.”

“¶ And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed [is] the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life;”

“Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;”

“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.”