Bible Verses About God Creating the World
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for god creating the world, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 7,263 votes, led by Genesis 1:1-31. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about God Creating the World
Genesis 1:1-31600 votes
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Hebrews 11:3329 votes
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
Colossians 1:16284 votes
For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
Isaiah 45:12270 votes
I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
John 1:3233 votes
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Genesis 1:1229 votes
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Genesis 2:1-25154 votes
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Romans 1:20135 votes
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
Revelation 4:11111 votes
Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
2 Peter 3:5107 votes
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
Jeremiah 4:2392 votes
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Psalms 19:191 votes
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
Genesis 1:1-11:3290 votes
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Genesis 1:2689 votes
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.
Genesis 2:1989 votes
And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Isaiah 42:588 votes
Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:
Genesis 1:2785 votes
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Jeremiah 32:1777 votes
Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
Psalms 33:674 votes
By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Nehemiah 9:670 votes
Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Isaiah 45:1870 votes
For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.
1 Corinthians 8:669 votes
But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Ephesians 2:1068 votes
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Jeremiah 10:1263 votes
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
Exodus 31:16-1762 votes
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
What does the Bible say about god creating the world?
Readers most often cite Genesis 1:1-31 on the subject of god creating the world. Across 7,263 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Hebrews 11:3, Colossians 1:16, Isaiah 45:12. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.