Bible on Nature

From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.

Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.

For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:

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

A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.

Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,

And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.

As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;

O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth.

For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.

O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.

The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.

The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.

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

He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.

For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.

His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!

There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:

What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

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

For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:

And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,

Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.

That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.

And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,

Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.

And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.

And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

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

And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:

Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.

His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;

They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?

He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.

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

But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

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

He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.