Taking Care Of The Earth

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

So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed 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 birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

And I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.

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 birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

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

So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. — read the full passage →

And the nations were wroth, and thy wrath came, and the time of the dead to be judged, and the time to give their reward to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to them that fear thy name, the small and the great; and to destroy them that destroy the earth.

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

The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do languish. — read the full passage →

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee: — read the full passage →

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

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 birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. — read the full passage →

for in him were all things created, in the heavens and upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and unto him; — read the full passage →

The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah; But the earth hath he given to the children of men.

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

All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.

Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, even to the shepherds, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe unto the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the sheep? — 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 wielding an axe against them; for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down; for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged of thee?

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

They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of Jehovah, as the waters cover the sea.

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

Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land. — read the full passage →

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

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 wielding an axe against them; for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down; for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged of thee? — read the full passage →

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse:

For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands.

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

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

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

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

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more.

And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. — read the full passage →

For the earnest expectation of the creation waiteth for the revealing of the sons of God. — read the full passage →

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Thou art Jehovah, even thou alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all things that are thereon, the seas and all that is in them, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

Behold, unto Jehovah thy God belongeth heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.

who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; — read the full passage →

Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it, Thou greatly enrichest it; The river of God is full of water: Thou providest them grain, when thou hast so prepared the earth. — read the full passage →

How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of the whole country wither? for the wickedness of them that dwell therein, the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our latter end.

The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament showeth his handiwork. — read the full passage →

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

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is mine: for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

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

and through him to reconcile all things unto himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, I say, whether things upon the earth, or things in the heavens.

O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches. — 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 birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. — 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.

Worthy art thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power: for thou didst create all things, and because of thy will they were, and were created.

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 Jehovah. — read the full passage →

that the land vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

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

For every kind of beasts and birds, of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed by mankind:

for the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.

Are not five sparrows sold for two pence? and not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God.

Thine, O Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Jehovah, and thou art exalted as head above all.

And Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. — read the full passage →

And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit. — read the full passage →

He turneth rivers into a wilderness, And watersprings into a thirsty ground; — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, — read the full passage →

Wherefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old things are passed away; behold, they are become new.

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; — read the full passage →

The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament showeth his handiwork.

And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind: and it was so.

For the earnest expectation of the creation waiteth for the revealing of the sons of God. — read the full passage →

And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, and will make them to lie down safely.

He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving:

Bless Jehovah, O my soul. O Jehovah my God, thou art very great; Thou art clothed with honor and majesty: — read the full passage →

Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; — read the full passage →

This is Jehovah’s doing; It is marvellous in our eyes.

In his hand are the deep places of the earth; The heights of the mountains are his also. — read the full passage →

Then shall the trees of the wood sing for joy before Jehovah; For he cometh to judge the earth.

Ye therefore shall keep my statutes and mine ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the home-born, nor the stranger that sojourneth among you

Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest; that thine ox and thine ass may have rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the sojourner, may be refreshed.

And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb, — read the full passage →

And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, — read the full passage →

For the earnest expectation of the creation waiteth for the revealing of the sons of God. — read the full passage →

Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much more value than they?

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

And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the works of thy hands:

And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the ground after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

For it was the good pleasure of the Father that in him should all the fulness dwell; — read the full passage →

and to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery which for ages hath been hid in God who created all things;

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

Oh come, let us sing unto Jehovah; Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. — read the full passage →

If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with 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 →

saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who art and who wast; because thou hast taken thy great power, and didst reign. — read the full passage →

For, behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water; — read the full passage →

For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith Jehovah. — read the full passage →