Bible Verses About Care for Nature

The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.

For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:

He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.

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?

The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast.

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

Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.

That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.

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.

Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.

How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.

Let all the earth fear the Lord: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.

Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.

Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein.

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.

A land which the Lord thy God careth for: the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.

For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:

Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.

O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord.

Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;

For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?

For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.

Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?

Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the Lord, because he cometh to judge the earth.

He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.

I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:

All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.

Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the Lord have created it.

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.

O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.

He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.