Bible Verses About Environmental Stewardship

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

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

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:

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

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

For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.

Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

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

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

And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.

The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

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

And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.

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.

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

And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s: it is holy unto the Lord.

Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

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;

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.

Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?

Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.

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.

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

A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

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:

For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

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

Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;

And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.

Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel.

Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.

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

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.

Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

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?