the environment

The 15 most-voted verses about the environment, from 12 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

Genesis 2:15 (BSB)

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

Genesis 2:15 (KJV)

The LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

Genesis 2:15 (WEB)

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”

Genesis 1:28 (BSB)

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 fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Genesis 1:28 (KJV)

God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Genesis 1:28 (WEB)

You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.

Nehemiah 9:6 (BSB)

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.

Nehemiah 9:6 (KJV)

You are the LORD, even you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all. The army of heaven worships you.

Nehemiah 9:6 (WEB)

A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.

Psalm 24:1 (BSB)

A Psalm of David. The earth [is] the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

Psalm 24:1 (KJV)

A Psalm by David. The earth is the LORD’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell in it.

Psalm 24:1 (WEB)

Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.

Deuteronomy 25:4 (BSB)

¶ Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out [the corn].

Deuteronomy 25:4 (KJV)

You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain.

Deuteronomy 25:4 (WEB)

Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the LORD, for He is coming to judge the earth.

1 Chronicles 16:33 (BSB)

Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.

1 Chronicles 16:33 (KJV)

Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth.

1 Chronicles 16:33 (WEB)

He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.

Psalm 23:2 (BSB)

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

Psalm 23:2 (KJV)

He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.

Psalm 23:2 (WEB)

A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.

Proverbs 12:10 (BSB)

A righteous [man] regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.

Proverbs 12:10 (KJV)

A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Proverbs 12:10 (WEB)

I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land and made My inheritance detestable.

Jeremiah 2:7 (BSB)

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

Jeremiah 2:7 (KJV)

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

Jeremiah 2:7 (WEB)

Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

Matthew 6:26 (BSB)

Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

Matthew 6:26 (KJV)

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?

Matthew 6:26 (WEB)

Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.

Luke 12:6 (BSB)

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

Luke 12:6 (KJV)

“Aren’t five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.

Luke 12:6 (WEB)

And when everyone was full, He said to His disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over, so that nothing will be wasted.”

John 6:12 (BSB)

When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.

John 6:12 (KJV)

When they were filled, he said to his disciples, “Gather up the broken pieces which are left over, that nothing be lost.”

John 6:12 (WEB)

Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

1 Corinthians 4:2 (BSB)

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

1 Corinthians 4:2 (KJV)

Here, moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

1 Corinthians 4:2 (WEB)

This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

Revelation 1:1 (BSB)

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

Revelation 1:1 (KJV)

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Revelation 1:1 (WEB)

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.

Revelation 21:1 (BSB)

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

Revelation 21:1 (KJV)

I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more.

Revelation 21:1 (WEB)

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