Bible Verses About The Environment
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for the environment, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 37,424 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 The Environment
Genesis 2:151,837 votes
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Genesis 1:281,470 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.
Psalms 24:11,155 votes
The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
Nehemiah 9:61,024 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.
Jeremiah 2:7874 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.
Proverbs 12:10862 votes
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
1 Corinthians 4:2857 votes
Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
Revelation 21:1828 votes
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
Luke 12:6813 votes
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
1 Chronicles 16:33803 votes
Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the Lord, because he cometh to judge the earth.
Revelation 1:1793 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
John 6:12769 votes
When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
Luke 12:27-30760 votes
Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Deuteronomy 25:4757 votes
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
Jeremiah 33:2-3753 votes
Thus saith the Lord the maker thereof, the Lord that formed it, to establish it; the Lord is his name;
2 Peter 3:10-14748 votes
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Psalms 1:1-6746 votes
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Psalms 23:2722 votes
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
Matthew 6:26605 votes
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
John 3:16-17588 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
James 3:7565 votes
For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
Matthew 10:29542 votes
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
Psalms 115:16538 votes
The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
Colossians 1:16-17530 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:
Psalms 104:1-35528 votes
Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
What does the Bible say about the environment?
Readers most often cite Genesis 2:15 on the subject of the environment. Across 37,424 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Genesis 1:28, Psalms 24:1, Nehemiah 9:6. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.