Bible Verses about “ecology”

“‹But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.›”

“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.”

“‹Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?›”

“‹Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?›”

“¶ ‹Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?›”

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

“‹(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.›”

“‹And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:›”

“‹And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.›”

“‹Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven,› [shall he] ‹not much more› [clothe] ‹you, O ye of little faith?›”

“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou [art] with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”

“‹Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?›”

“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.”

“He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.”

“¶ A Psalm of David. The LORD [is] my shepherd; I shall not want.”

“He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.”

“Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.”

“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.”

“¶ 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.”

“¶ A righteous [man] regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.”

“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.”

“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.”