Taking Care Of The Earth

And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it.

`And ye profane not the land which ye <FI>are<Fi> in, for blood profaneth the land; as to the land, it is not pardoned for blood which is shed in it except by the blood of him who sheddeth it;

And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.'

Yea, I bring you in to a land of fruitful fields, To eat its fruit and its goodness, And ye come in and defile My land, And Mine inheritance have made an abomination.

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'

A Psalm of David. To Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the earth and its fulness, The world and the inhabitants in it.

`And ye profane not the land which ye <FI>are<Fi> in, for blood profaneth the land; as to the land, it is not pardoned for blood which is shed in it except by the blood of him who sheddeth it; — read the full passage →

and the nations were angry, and Thine anger did come, and the time of the dead, to be judged, and to give the reward to Thy servants, to the prophets, and to the saints, and to those fearing Thy name, to the small and to the great, and to destroy those who are destroying the land.'

`And the land is not sold--to extinction, for the land <FI>is<Fi> Mine, for sojourners and settlers <FI>are<Fi> ye with Me; — read the full passage →

Mourned, faded hath the land, Languished, faded hath the world, Languished have they--the high place of the people of the land. — read the full passage →

And yet, ask, I pray thee, <FI>One of<Fi> the beasts, and it doth shew thee, And a fowl of the heavens, And it doth declare to thee. — read the full passage →

The righteous knoweth the life of his beast, And the mercies of the wicked <FI>are<Fi> cruel.

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.' — read the full passage →

because in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created, — read the full passage →

The heavens--the heavens <FI>are<Fi> Jehovah's, And the earth He hath given to sons of men,

Thine <FI>are<Fi> the heavens--the earth also <FI>is<Fi> Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them.

all things through him did happen, and without him happened not even one thing that hath happened.

`Son of man, prophesy concerning shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and thou hast said unto them: To the shepherds, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Woe <FI>to<Fi> the shepherds of Israel, Who have been feeding themselves! The flock do not the shepherds feed? — read the full passage →

`When thou layest siege unto a city many days, to fight against it, to capture it, thou dost not destroy its trees to force an axe against them, for of them thou dost eat, and them thou dost not cut down--for man's <FI>is<Fi> the tree of the field--to go in at thy presence in the siege.

A Psalm of David. To Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the earth and its fulness, The world and the inhabitants in it. — read the full passage →

Evil they do not, nor destroy in all My holy mountain, For full hath been the earth with the knowledge of Jehovah, As the waters are covering the sea.

Thou dost cause him to rule Over the works of Thy hands, All Thou hast placed under his feet. — read the full passage →

`Hear a word of Jehovah, sons of Israel, For a strife <FI>is<Fi> to Jehovah with inhabitants of the land, For there is no truth, nor kindness, Nor knowledge of God, in the land, — read the full passage →

`Thou dost not muzzle an ox in its threshing.

`When thou layest siege unto a city many days, to fight against it, to capture it, thou dost not destroy its trees to force an axe against them, for of them thou dost eat, and them thou dost not cut down--for man's <FI>is<Fi> the tree of the field--to go in at thy presence in the siege. — read the full passage →

for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world, by the things made being understood, are plainly seen, both His eternal power and Godhead--to their being inexcusable;

For with joy ye go forth, And with peace ye are brought in, The mountains and the hills Break forth before you <FI>with<Fi> singing, And all trees of the field clap the hand.

`And six years thou dost sow thy land, and hast gathered its increase; — read the full passage →

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →

and as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,

`Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not 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 did pass away, and the sea is not any more;

And a wolf hath sojourned with a lamb, And a leopard with a kid doth lie down, And calf, and young lion, and fatling <FI>are<Fi> together, And a little youth is leader over them. — read the full passage →

for the earnest looking out of the creation doth expect the revelation of the sons of God; — read the full passage →

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

Thou <FI>art<Fi> He, O Jehovah, Thyself--Thou hast made the heavens, the heavens of the heavens, and all their host, the earth and all that <FI>are<Fi> on it, the seas and all that <FI>are<Fi> in them, and Thou art keeping all of them alive, and the host of the heavens to Thee are bowing themselves.

`Lo, to Jehovah thy God <FI>are<Fi> the heavens and the heavens of the heavens, the earth and all that <FI>is<Fi> in it;

who is the image of the invisible God, first-born of all creation, — read the full passage →

Thou hast inspected the earth, and waterest it, Thou makest it very rich, the rivulet of God <FI>is<Fi> full of water, Thou preparest their corn, When thus Thou dost prepare it, — read the full passage →

Till when doth the earth mourn, And the herb of the whole field wither? For the wickedness of those dwelling in it, Consumed have been beast and fowl, Because they said, `He doth not see our latter end.'

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. The heavens <FI>are<Fi> recounting the honour of God, And the work of His hands The expanse <FI>is<Fi> declaring. — read the full passage →

And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host; — read the full passage →

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth--

for we have known that all the creation doth groan together, and doth travail in pain together till now.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

`And the land is not sold--to extinction, for the land <FI>is<Fi> Mine, for sojourners and settlers <FI>are<Fi> ye with Me;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

And Jehovah God formeth the man--dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

And God seeth all that He hath done, and lo, very good; and there is an evening, and there is a morning--day the sixth.

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

and through him to reconcile the all things to himself--having made peace through the blood of his cross--through him, whether the things upon the earth, whether the things in the heavens.

How many have been Thy works, O Jehovah, All of them in wisdom Thou hast made, Full is the earth of thy possessions. — read the full passage →

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.' — read the full passage →

`When thou meetest thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou dost certainly turn it back to him;

`Worthy art Thou, O Lord, to receive the glory, and the honour, and the power, because Thou--Thou didst create the all things, and because of Thy will are they, and they were created.'

`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When ye come in unto the land which I am giving to you, then hath the land kept a sabbath to Jehovah. — read the full passage →

and the land doth not vomit you out in your defiling it, as it hath vomited out the nation which <FI>is<Fi> before you;

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →

For every nature, both of beasts and of fowls, both of creeping things and things of the sea, is subdued, and hath been subdued, by the human nature,

for the Lord's <FI>is<Fi> the earth, and its fulness;

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

To Thee, O Jehovah, <FI>is<Fi> the greatness, and the might, and the beauty, and the victory, and the honour, because of all in the heavens and in the earth; to Thee, O Jehovah, <FI>is<Fi> the kingdom, and he who is lifting up himself over all for head;

And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it. — read the full passage →

And a rod hath come out from the stock of Jesse, And a branch from his roots is fruitful. — read the full passage →

He maketh rivers become a wilderness, And fountains of waters become dry land. — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to the abundance of His kindness did beget us again to a living hope, through the rising again of Jesus Christ out of the dead, — read the full passage →

so that if any one <FI>is<Fi> in Christ--<FI> he is<Fi> a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.

The heavens joy, and the earth is joyful, The sea and its fulness roar. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --A Psalm of David. The heavens <FI>are<Fi> recounting the honour of God, And the work of His hands The expanse <FI>is<Fi> declaring.

And God saith, `Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind:' and it is so.

for the earnest looking out of the creation doth expect the revelation of the sons of God; — read the full passage →

And I have made to them a covenant in that day, with the beast of the field, And with the fowl of the heavens, And the creeping thing of the ground, And bow, and sword, and war I break from off the land, And have caused them to lie down confidently.

The whole He hath made beautiful in its season; also, that knowledge He hath put in their heart without which man findeth not out the work that God hath done from the beginning even unto the end.

And to the man He said, `Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and dost eat of the tree concerning which I have charged thee, saying, Thou dost not eat of it, cursed <FI>is<Fi> the ground on thine account; in sorrow thou dost eat of it all days of thy life,

because every creature of God <FI>is<Fi> good, and nothing <FI>is<Fi> to be rejected, with thanksgiving being received,

Bless, O my soul, Jehovah! Jehovah, my God, Thou hast been very great, Honour and majesty Thou hast put on. — read the full passage →

Every creeping thing that is alive, to you it is for food; as the green herb I have given to you the whole;

And to the man He said, `Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and dost eat of the tree concerning which I have charged thee, saying, Thou dost not eat of it, cursed <FI>is<Fi> the ground on thine account; in sorrow thou dost eat of it all days of thy life, — read the full passage →

From Jehovah hath this been, It <FI>is<Fi> wonderful in our eyes,

In whose hand <FI>are<Fi> the deep places of earth, And the strong places of hills <FI>are<Fi> His. — read the full passage →

Then sing do trees of the forest, From the presence of Jehovah, For He hath come to judge the earth!

and ye--ye have kept My statutes and My judgments, and do not <FI>any<Fi> of all these abominations, the native and the sojourner who is sojourning in your midst,

`Six days thou dost do thy work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest, so that thine ox and thine ass doth rest, and the son of thine handmaid and the sojourner is refreshed;

And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, bright as crystal, going forth out of the throne of God and of the Lamb: — read the full passage →

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

for the earnest looking out of the creation doth expect the revelation of the sons of God; — read the full passage →

look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?

all things Thou didst put in subjection under his feet,' for in the subjecting to him the all things, nothing did He leave to him unsubjected, and now not yet do we see the all things subjected to him,

and, `Thou, at the beginning, Lord, the earth didst found, and a work of thy hands are the heavens;

And God maketh the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, and God seeth that <FI>it is<Fi> good.

because in him it did please all the fulness to tabernacle, — read the full passage →

and to cause all to see what <FI>is<Fi> the fellowship of the secret that hath been hid from the ages in God, who the all things did create by Jesus Christ,

Jesus answered, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born of water, and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the reign of God;

Come, we sing to Jehovah, We shout to the rock of our salvation. — read the full passage →

`When a bird's nest cometh before thee in the way, in any tree, or on the earth, brood or eggs, and the mother sitting on the brood or on the eggs, thou dost not take the mother with the young ones; — read the full passage →

saying, `We give thanks to Thee, O Lord God, the Almighty, who art, and who wast, and who art coming, because Thou hast taken Thy great power and didst reign; — read the full passage →

For, lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is turning aside from Jerusalem, And from Judah, stay and staff, Every stay of bread, and every stay of water. — read the full passage →

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →

Woe to shepherds destroying, And scattering the flock of My pasture, An affirmation of Jehovah. — read the full passage →