Bible Verses About Stewardship of the Earth

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

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

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

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:

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

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

Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord’s thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.

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.

Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

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

The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded 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.

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

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.

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

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

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

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.

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.

The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

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.

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.

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;

The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

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

And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

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?

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.

Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.

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

This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.

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