Bible verses about
Nature
Nature is often called “God’s second book.”
The massive mountains and the mighty oceans awe and inspire us. The intricate movements of the stars and planets attest to God’s limitless power. Every plant, every animal, every blade of grass and grain of sand holds mysteries that we have only begun to explore.
“When I consider the heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained,” David wrote, “what is man, that you think of him?” (Psalm 8:3-4).
The power of Nature reminds us of God’s infinite majesty. The more time we spend in creation, the more we learn of our loving Creator.
Every living thing testifies of God’s creative power
Job 12:7-10
But ask the animals, now, and they will teach you; the birds of the sky, and they will tell you. Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you. The fish of the sea will declare to you. Who doesn’t know that in all these, the LORD’s hand has done this, in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?
The mysteries in nature illustrate the mysteries of God
John 3:8
The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don’t know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.
Peace and joy are found in nature
Isaiah 55:12
For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace. The mountains and the hills will break out before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields will clap their hands.
Nature teaches me to trust God and grow my faith
Matthew 6:26, 28-30
See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they? Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin, yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won’t he much more clothe you, you of little faith?
All of nature joyfully testifies to God’s glory
Psalm 96:11-12
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. Let the sea roar, and its fullness! Let the field and all that is in it exult! Then all the trees of the woods shall sing for joy.
Jesus has dominion over His creation
Mark 4:39-40
He awoke, and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” The wind ceased, and there was a great calm. He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? How is it that you have no faith?”
God deliberately made everything on the earth
Psalm 95:4-5
In his hand are the deep places of the earth. The heights of the mountains are also his. The sea is his, and he made it. His hands formed the dry land.
Nature will testify of the Lord’s return
Acts 2:19-21
I will show wonders in the sky above, and signs on the earth beneath: blood, and fire, and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes. It will be that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.
God deliberately planned His creation for good
Genesis 1:9-12
God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear;” and it was so. God called the dry land “earth”, and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas”. God saw that it was good. God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in it, on the earth;” and it was so. The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with their seeds in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.
Everything is temporary as a flower in the grass, but God’s word is eternal
1 Peter 1:24-25
For, “All flesh is like grass, and all of man’s glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls; but the Lord’s word endures forever.” This is the word of Good News which was preached to you.
The earth and sea are full of God’s bounty
Psalm 104:24-25
LORD, how many are your works! In wisdom, you have made them all. The earth is full of your riches. There is the sea, great and wide, in which are innumerable living things, both small and large animals.
God will harshly judge those who destroy His earth
Revelation 11:18
The nations were angry, and your wrath came, as did the time for the dead to be judged, and to give your bondservants the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints, and those who fear your name, to the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.
Spending time with God in nature replenishes and restores me
Psalm 23:1-3
The LORD is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
