The Environment

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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;

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

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

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,

And when they were filled, he saith to his disciples, `Gather together the broken pieces that are over, that nothing may be lost;'

`Consider the lilies, how do they grow? they labour not, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these; — read the full passage →

`Thou dost not muzzle an ox in its threshing.

Thus said Jehovah its maker, Jehovah its former, at establishing it, Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> His name: — read the full passage →

and it will come--the day of the Lord--as a thief in the night, in which the heavens with a rushing noise will pass away, and the elements with burning heat be dissolved, and earth and the works in it shall be burnt up. — read the full passage →

O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; — read the full passage →

In pastures of tender grass He causeth me to lie down, By quiet waters He doth lead me.

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?

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 →

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,

`Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father;

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

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 →

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

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

Woe <FI>to<Fi> those joining house to house, Field to field they bring near, till there is no place, And ye have been settled by yourselves In the midst of the land! — read the full passage →

And the earth is corrupt before God, and the earth is filled <FI>with<Fi> violence.

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 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 →

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 →

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;

`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 →

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

who did change the truth of God into a falsehood, and did honour and serve the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed to the ages. Amen.

`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 →

`Consider the ravens, that they sow not, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God doth nourish them; how much better are ye than the fowls? — read the full passage →

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

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.

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 →

`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;

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

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 →

`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 →

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

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

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 →

`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;

and God saith, `Let light be;' and light is.

`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.

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 →

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

`When thou meetest thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou dost certainly turn it back to him; — read the full passage →

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 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 →

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 be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

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.'

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 →

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

`Do not injure the land, nor the sea, nor the trees, till we may seal the servants of our God upon their foreheads.'

They joy from the wilderness and dry place, And rejoice doth the desert, and flourish as the rose, — read the full passage →

And God blesseth Noah, and his sons, and saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth; — read the full passage →

`For--as a man going abroad did call his own servants, and did deliver to them his substance, — read the full passage →

for there shall be then great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world till now, no, nor may be. — read the full passage →

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him, — read the full passage →

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

Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it <FI>are<Fi> the outgoings of life.

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

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.

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 →

`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 →

and they have teemed in the earth, and been fruitful, and have multiplied on the earth.'

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

For there is of a tree hope, if it be cut down, That again it doth change, That its tender branch doth not cease.

and the court that is without the sanctuary leave out, and thou mayest not measure it, because it was given to the nations, and the holy city they shall tread down forty-two months;

What <FI>is<Fi> man that Thou rememberest him? The son of man that Thou inspectest him? — read the full passage →

All that doth breathe doth praise Jah! Praise ye Jah!

and send to me cedar-trees, firs, and algums from Lebanon, for I have known that thy servants know to cut down trees of Lebanon, and lo, my servants <FI>are<Fi> with thy servants, — read the full passage →

The heavens and earth do praise Him, Seas, and every moving thing in them.

the earth hath existed waste and void, and darkness <FI>is<Fi> on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God fluttering on the face of the waters,

`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.

and it was said to them that they may not injure the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but--the men only who have not the seal of God upon their foreheads, — read the full passage →

`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?

and he speaketh concerning the trees, from the cedar that <FI>is<Fi> in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop that is coming out in the wall, and he speaketh concerning the cattle, and concerning the fowl, and concerning the creeping things, and concerning the fishes,

then I considered all the work of God, that man is not able to find out the work that hath been done under the sun, because though man labour to seek, yet he doth not find; and even though the wise man speak of knowing he is not able to find.

Who is covering the heavens with clouds, Who is preparing for the earth rain, Who is causing grass to spring up <FI>on<Fi> mountains, — read the full passage →

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

Roar doth the sea and its fulness, The world and the inhabitants in it. — read the full passage →

And he spake this simile: `A certain one had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit in it, and he did not find; — read the full passage →

and already also the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree, therefore, not making good fruit is cut down, and to fire it is cast.'

`And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did <FI>it<Fi> to one of these my brethren--the least--to me ye did <FI>it<Fi> .

The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Though the fig-tree doth not flourish, And there is no produce among vines, Failed hath the work of the olive, And fields have not yielded food, Cut off from the fold hath been the flock, And there is no herd in the stalls. — read the full passage →

The lost I seek, and the driven away bring back, And the broken I bind up, and the sick I strengthen, And the fat and the strong I destroy, I feed it with judgment. — read the full passage →

For thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Cut down her wood, And pour out against Jerusalem a mount, She <FI>is<Fi> the city to be inspected, Wholly--she is oppression in her midst.

I give in a wilderness the cedar, Shittah, and myrtle, and oil-tree, I set in a desert the fir-pine and box-wood together.

A voice is saying, `Call,' And he said, `What do I call?' All flesh <FI>is<Fi> grass, and all its goodliness <FI>is<Fi> As a flower of the field: — read the full passage →