Bible Verses About Taking Care of the Earth
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for taking care of the earth, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 10,046 votes, led by Genesis 2:15. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Taking Care of the Earth
Genesis 2:151,183 votes
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Numbers 35:33934 votes
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Genesis 1:28482 votes
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.
Jeremiah 2:7379 votes
And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination.
Genesis 1:26372 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.
Psalms 24:1352 votes
The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
Revelation 11:18327 votes
And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
Numbers 35:33-34313 votes
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Leviticus 25:23-24248 votes
The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.
Isaiah 24:4-6235 votes
The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
Job 12:7-10213 votes
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Proverbs 12:10213 votes
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Genesis 1:26-30184 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.
Colossians 1:16-17165 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:
John 1:3114 votes
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Psalms 89:11109 votes
The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
Psalms 115:16106 votes
The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
Ezekiel 34:2-4101 votes
Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
Deuteronomy 20:1996 votes
When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them in the siege:
Psalms 24:1-294 votes
The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
Deuteronomy 20:19-2085 votes
When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them in the siege:
Deuteronomy 25:483 votes
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
Isaiah 11:983 votes
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.
Hosea 4:1-383 votes
Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
Romans 1:2081 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:
What does the Bible say about taking care of the earth?
Readers most often cite Genesis 2:15 on the subject of taking care of the earth. Across 10,046 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Numbers 35:33, Genesis 1:28, Jeremiah 2:7. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.