Our Environment

And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

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.

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. — read the full passage →

The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. — read the full passage →

Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: — read the full passage →

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.

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.

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.

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.

And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. — read the full passage →

The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. — read the full passage →

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

If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young: — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. — read the full passage →

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.

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:

But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

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:

Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.

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: — read the full passage →

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?

Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

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?

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.

Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! — read the full passage →

The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. — read the full passage →

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the Lord, because he cometh to judge the earth.

If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:

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: — read the full passage →

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:

The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

And the Lord spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, — read the full passage →

And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: — read the full passage →

If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. — read the full passage →

The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. — read the full passage →

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.

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. — read the full passage →

Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? — read the full passage →

Thus saith the Lord the maker thereof, the Lord that formed it, to establish it; the Lord is his name; — read the full passage →

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

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. — read the full passage →

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. — read the full passage →

And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

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.

By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

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.

The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. — read the full passage →

Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.

And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.

And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the Lord.

And the Lord spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, — read the full passage →

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? — read the full passage →

And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.