Bible Verses About Sustainability

And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.

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:

One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

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.

For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it shall stand.

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

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

Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

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

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

For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain.

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

And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

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

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?

All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

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.

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

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.

Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.

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

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 he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.