The Creation of the World

• Genesis 1:1 – “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”
• Genesis 1:3 – “And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.”
• Genesis 1:6 – “And God said, ‘Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.'”
• Genesis 1:9 – “And God said, ‘Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.’ And it was so.”
• Genesis 1:11 – “Then God said, ‘Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.’ And it was so.”
• Genesis 1:14 – “And God said, ‘Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years,'”
• Genesis 1:20 – “And God said, ‘Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.'”
• Genesis 1:24 – “And God said, ‘Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.’ And it was so.”
• Genesis 1:26 – “Then God said, ‘Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.'”
• Genesis 1:31 – “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.”

God’s Power in Creation

• Isaiah 40:28 – “Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.”
• Jeremiah 32:17 – “Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.”
• Psalm 33:6 – “By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth.”
• Psalm 90:2 – “Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.”
• Psalm 102:25 – “In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.”
• Nehemiah 9:6 – “You alone are the Lord. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.”
• Psalm 148:5 – “Let them praise the name of the Lord, for at his command they were created,”
• Revelation 4:11 – “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.”
• Acts 17:24 – “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands.”

Creation Declares God’s Glory

• Psalm 8:3-4 – “When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?”
• Isaiah 40:26 – “Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.”
• Psalm 97:6 – “The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all peoples see his glory.”
• Romans 1:20 – “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.”
• Psalm 148:3-5 – “Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you shining stars. Praise him, you highest heavens and you waters above the skies. Let them praise the name of the Lord, for at his command they were created,”
• Isaiah 6:3 – “And they were calling to one another: ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.'”
• Habakkuk 3:3 – “God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. His glory covered the heavens and his praise filled the earth.”
• Job 26:13 – “By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the gliding serpent.”
• Psalm 150:1 – “Praise the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens.”

Creation and Humanity

• Genesis 2:7 – “Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.”
• Genesis 2:15 – “The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.”
• Genesis 2:18 – “The Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.'”
• Genesis 2:22 – “Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.”
• Psalm 139:14 – “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”
• Job 33:4 – “The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.”
• Isaiah 64:8 – “Yet you, Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.”
• Malachi 2:10 – “Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why do we profane the covenant of our ancestors by being unfaithful to one another?”
• Acts 17:26 – “From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.”
• Psalm 8:5-6 – “You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor. You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet.”

The Beauty of Creation

• Genesis 2:9 – “The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.”
• Song of Songs 2:12 – “Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land.”
• Matthew 6:28-29 – “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.”
• Psalm 104:10-12 – “He makes springs pour water into the ravines; it flows between the mountains. They give water to all the beasts of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst. The birds of the sky nest by the waters; they sing among the branches.”
• Psalm 104:24-25 – “How many are your works, Lord! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number—living things both large and small.”
• Isaiah 55:12 – “You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.”
• Isaiah 41:19-20 – “I will put in the desert the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive. I will set junipers in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together, so that people may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the Lord has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it.”
• Revelation 21:1 – “Then I saw ‘a new heaven and a new earth,’ for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.”
• Psalm 65:9-10 – “You care for the land and water it; you enrich it abundantly. The streams of God are filled with water to provide the people with grain, for so you have ordained it. You drench its furrows and level its ridges; you soften it with showers and bless its crops.”

Creation and God’s Provision

• Genesis 1:29 – “Then God said, ‘I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.'”
• Psalm 104:14 – “He makes grass grow for the cattle, and plants for people to cultivate—bringing forth food from the earth:”
• Psalm 145:15-16 – “The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time. You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing.”
• Matthew 6:26 – “Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?”
• Job 38:41 – “Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?”
• Psalm 147:8-9 – “He covers the sky with clouds; he supplies the earth with rain and makes grass grow on the hills. He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call.”
• Luke 12:24 – “Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!”
• Genesis 9:3 – “Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.”
• Deuteronomy 11:14 – “Then I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and olive oil.”
• Psalm 136:25 – “He gives food to every creature. His love endures forever.”

The Sovereignty of God Over Creation

• Psalm 24:1 – “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;”
• Psalm 95:5 – “The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.”
• Colossians 1:16 – “For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.”
• Revelation 10:6 – “And he swore by him who lives for ever and ever, who created the heavens and all that is in them, the earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it, and said, ‘There will be no more delay!'”
• Psalm 89:11 – “The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it.”
• Proverbs 3:19 – “By wisdom the Lord laid the earth’s foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place;”
• Isaiah 42:5 – “This is what God the Lord says—the Creator of the heavens, who stretches them out, who spreads out the earth with all that springs from it, who gives breath to its people, and life to those who walk on it:”
• Jeremiah 27:5 – “With my great power and outstretched arm I made the earth and its people and the animals that are on it, and I give it to anyone I please.”
• Acts 14:15 – “Friends, why are you doing this? We too are only human, like you. We are bringing you good news, telling you to turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and everything in them.”

Creation and the Flood

• Genesis 6:17 – “I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.”
• Genesis 7:11 – “In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month—on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.”
• Genesis 7:19 – “They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered.”
• Genesis 8:1 – “But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded.”
• Genesis 8:17 – “Bring out every kind of living creature that is with you—the birds, the animals, and all the creatures that move along the ground—so they can multiply on the earth and be fruitful and increase in number on it.”
• Genesis 9:11 – “I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
• 2 Peter 2:5 – “If he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;”
• Matthew 24:37-39 – “As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.”
• Isaiah 54:9 – “To me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So now I have sworn not to be angry with you, never to rebuke you again.”
• Luke 17:27 – “People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.”

Creation and the Law

• Exodus 20:11 – “For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.”
• Exodus 31:17 – “It will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.”
• Deuteronomy 4:32 – “Ask now about the former days, long before your time, from the day God created human beings on the earth; ask from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything so great as this ever happened, or has anything like it ever been heard of?”
• Psalm 119:73 – “Your hands made me and formed me; give me understanding to learn your commands.”
• Job 26:7 – “He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing.”
• Job 38:8-9 – “Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, when I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness,”
• Psalm 8:6 – “You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet:”
• Proverbs 8:27-29 – “I was there when he set the heavens in place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep, when he established the clouds above and fixed securely the fountains of the deep, when he gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not overstep his command, and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.”
• Isaiah 40:22 – “He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in.”
• Isaiah 44:24 – “This is what the Lord says—your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb: ‘I am the Lord, the Maker of all things, who stretches out the heavens, who spreads out the earth by myself,'”

Creation and Salvation

• John 1:3 – “Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.”
• 2 Corinthians 5:17 – “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”
• Colossians 1:15-16 – “The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.”
• Hebrews 1:2 – “But in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe.”
• Ephesians 2:10 – “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
• John 1:10 – “He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.”
• 1 Corinthians 8:6 – “Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.”
• Hebrews 11:3 – “By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.”
• John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

The Creator and Sustainer

• Colossians 1:17 – “He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.”
• Hebrews 1:3 – “The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.”
• Psalm 145:9 – “The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made.”
• Psalm 36:6 – “Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your justice like the great deep. You, Lord, preserve both people and animals.”
• Psalm 65:5-6 – “You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds, God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas, who formed the mountains by your power, having armed yourself with strength,”
• Psalm 104:27-28 – “All creatures look to you to give them their food at the proper time. When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are satisfied with good things.”
• Matthew 10:29 – “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.”
• Psalm 139:16 – “Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.”
• Isaiah 46:4 – “Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.”

The Purpose of Creation

• Isaiah 43:7 – “Everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”
• Isaiah 45:18 – “For this is what the Lord says—he who created the heavens, he is God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it; he did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited—he says: ‘I am the Lord, and there is no other.'”
• Proverbs 16:4 – “The Lord works out everything to its proper end—even the wicked for a day of disaster.”
• Psalm 104:31 – “May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in his works—”
• Romans 11:36 – “For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.”
• Isaiah 55:11 – “So is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.”
• Ephesians 3:9 – “And to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.”
• Psalm 148:5 – “Let them praise the name of the Lord, for at his command they were created,”

Creation and Worship

• Psalm 95:6 – “Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker;”
• Psalm 100:3 – “Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.”
• Revelation 14:7 – “He said in a loud voice, ‘Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.'”
• Job 12:10 – “In his hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind.”
• Isaiah 66:2 – “Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being?” declares the Lord. “These are the ones I look on with favor: those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and who tremble at my word.”
• Psalm 65:8 – “The whole earth is filled with awe at your wonders; where morning dawns, where evening fades, you call forth songs of joy.”
• Psalm 104:33 – “I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.”
• Isaiah 45:12 – “It is I who made the earth and created mankind on it. My own hands stretched out the heavens; I marshaled their starry hosts.”

The Wonders of Creation

• Job 38:4-7 – “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it? On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone— while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?”
• Job 38:8-11 – “Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, when I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness, when I fixed limits for it and set its doors and bars in place, when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther; here is where your proud waves halt’?”
• Psalm 19:1-2 – “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.”
• Job 12:7-9 – “But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you. Which of all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this?”
• Psalm 147:4-5 – “He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name. Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.”
• Psalm 148:1-5 – “Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights above. Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his heavenly hosts. Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you shining stars. Praise him, you highest heavens and you waters above the skies. Let them praise the name of the Lord, for at his command they were created,”

Creation and Thanksgiving

• 1 Chronicles 16:34-35 – “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. Cry out, ‘Save us, God our Savior; gather us and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name, and glory in your praise.’”
• Psalm 136:1 – “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever.”
• Psalm 95:2-3 – “Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods.”
• Psalm 100:4 – “Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.”
• Colossians 3:17 – “And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”
• 1 Thessalonians 5:18 – “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
• Psalm 107:8-9 – “Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind, for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.”
• Ephesians 5:20 – “Always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Creation and Joy

• Psalm 96:11-12 – “Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let the sea resound, and all that is in it; let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them. Let all the trees of the forest sing for joy.”
• Isaiah 35:1-2 – “The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the glory of the Lord, the splendor of our God.”
• Psalm 98:7-8 – “Let the sea resound, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it. Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy;”
• Zephaniah 3:17 – “The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.”
• Psalm 149:2-3 – “Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the people of Zion be glad in their King. Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with timbrel and harp.”
• Jeremiah 31:13 – “Then young women will dance and be glad, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow.”
• Psalm 97:1 – “The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice.”
• Isaiah 65:18 – “But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy.”

Conclusion

These 140 Bible verses about creation remind us of the beauty and wisdom in everything. Each verse highlights God’s creative power, inviting us to see the world with wonder and gratitude. May we grow in our appreciation for the Creator and His marvelous work!