Bible Verses AboutCreation
Bible verses about Creation
Delving into the scriptures about Creation is more than just understanding the beginning; it's about grasping the very essence of God's character and His relationship with humanity. These verses reveal His power, wisdom, and intentionality in crafting the universe and everything within it. By studying these passages, we gain a deeper appreciation for our place in His grand design, recognizing the inherent value and purpose woven into our existence. Understanding Creation through scripture fosters awe, humility, and a profound sense of responsibility to care for the world He has entrusted to us. It illuminates the foundation upon which our faith is built, urging us to live in harmony with His divine will.
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And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
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He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires, even the name of the Lord God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if thou canst tell?
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the Lord which he did.
All this, said David, the Lord made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold.
Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God.
But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.
The Lord is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God.
Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
That thou shalt set apart unto the Lord all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the Lord’s.
But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
That thou shalt set apart unto the Lord all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the Lord’s.
But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.
Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
O sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.
This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord.
O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires, even the name of the Lord God of Israel in the isles of the sea.
Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.
Because they regard not the works of the Lord, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
Let them give glory unto the Lord, and declare his praise in the islands.
Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein.
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;
They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.
Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,
He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:
And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.
When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
And God spake all these words, saying,
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
O Lord God, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?
The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,
The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven;
Ye are blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth.
Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof:
By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair,
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.
And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created.
Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
The Lord your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.
Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the Lord, O my soul. Praise ye the Lord.
The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
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.
He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
Let them give glory unto the Lord, and declare his praise in the islands.
And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.
The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;
When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another.
O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.
The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole.
To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.
And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
Lord, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.
And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.
But I am the Lord thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The Lord of hosts is his name.
He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
The mountains melted from before the Lord, even that Sinai from before the Lord God of Israel.
Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord.
Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.
He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.
Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?
And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
That thou shalt set apart unto the Lord all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the Lord’s.
Reflection
Contemplating Creation
Exploring Bible verses on Creation reveals the profound truth that God is the intentional and powerful architect of all things. From Genesis's dramatic account of divine creation to the Psalms' poetic celebration of nature's wonders and the New Testament's affirmation of Christ's role in creation, these scriptures paint a vivid picture of God's sovereign authority and loving care. Understanding these verses underscores our responsibility to be stewards of the earth, reflecting God's character in our interactions with the natural world. May these reflections on Creation ignite within us a deeper reverence for God's handiwork and inspire us to live in harmony with His design, recognizing the intricate beauty and delicate balance He established from the very beginning. Contemplate the vastness of His creativity, and let it prompt you to seek Him, the ultimate Creator, in every facet of your life.
May these verses about creation bring wisdom and guidance to your spiritual journey
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