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God's creation, often with special reference to plant and animal life.

Nature is God's creation

Psalm 89:11 See also Isaiah 45:12; Jeremiah 27:5; Acts 4:24; Acts 14:15; Acts 17:24; Revelation 4:11; Revelation 10:6

Plants

Genesis 1:11-12 See also Genesis 2:4-9; Psalm 104:14-16

Land and sea

Psalm 24:1 See also Genesis 1:9-10; Job 38:4-11; Isaiah 40:12; Amos 5:8; Jonah 1:9

The sun, moon and stars

Job 9:9 See also Genesis 1:14-18; Psalm 8:3; Psalm 148:3-5; Jeremiah 31:35

Animals

Genesis 1:20-22 See also Job 12:7-10; Psalm 104:25

Human beings

Exodus 4:11; Isaiah 45:12

The Genesis creation accounts put human beings at the height of God's creation:

Genesis 1:26-27; Genesis 2:7 Psalm 95:6; Psalm 100:3; Proverbs 22:2; Jeremiah 27:5

The distinction between humanity and the rest of nature

God created human beings alone in his image

Genesis 1:26-27; Colossians 3:9-10 See also Genesis 5:1; Genesis 9:6; James 3:9

Humanity is the steward of nature

Psalm 115:16 See also Genesis 1:26-30; Genesis 2:15; Psalm 8:5-8

God is active in nature

In sustaining nature

Matthew 10:29 pp Luke 12:6 See also Psalm 147:1-17; Acts 17:24-28; Colossians 1:17; Hebrews 2:10

In providing for plant life

Leviticus 26:4; Matthew 6:28-29 pp Luke 12:27 See also Job 38:25; Psalm 104:14-16; Jonah 4:6-10

In the elements and seasons

Psalm 135:7 See also Genesis 8:22; Job 5:10; Job 36:27; Job 37:11-13; Jeremiah 10:13

God makes himself known through the natural order

Job 36:24-26 See also Psalm 8:1-4; Psalm 19:1-3; Acts 14:15-17; Acts 17:24-28; Romans 1:18-21

See also

1325  God, the Creator
1330  God, the provider
1440  revelation, creation
4005  creation
4016  life, human
4017  life, animal & plant
4025  world, the
4402  plants
4603  animals
4969  seasons
5001  human race, the
5556  stewardship