Bible Verses about “the beginning”
The Bible contains 44 verses about the beginning across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.”
“God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.”
“God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."”
“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 birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."”
“God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.”
“But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.”
“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.”
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”
“To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food;" and it was so.”
“God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.”
“God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;”
“God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind;" and it was so.”
“The earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.”
“Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.”
“God created the large sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.”
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
“God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.”
“God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth;" and it was so.”
“God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.”
“God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.”
“God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.”
“God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."”
“and let them be for lights in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth;" and it was so.”
“God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." There was evening and there was morning, one day.”
“God said, "Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."”
“God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,”
“and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.”
“There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.”
“God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.”
“God called the expanse "sky." There was evening and there was morning, a second day.”
“God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;" and it was so.”
“God called the dry land "earth," and the gathering together of the waters he called "seas." God saw that it was good.”
“There was evening and there was morning, a third day.”
“God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."”
“There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.”
“and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,”
“that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man, that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit;”
“and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.”
“Behold, I will do a new thing. It springs forth now. Don't you know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.”
“"Don't remember the former things, and don't consider the things of old.”
“[It is of] Yahweh's loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn't fail.”
“They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”
“Yahweh is my portion, says my soul; therefore will I hope in him.”
“Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would greatly increase.”