Creation as Provision
From creation’s universal provision to the more intimate provision of the garden, God’s hand and heart as Jehovah Jireh, the God who provides, can be clearly seen. Throughout scripture, again and again, he provides with the abundance of a world filled with food that reproduces itself through the miracle of seeds, seasons in which to grow, protection from space debris, water to sustain life and so much more. He blesses the nations that He chooses to bless and then specifically bends creation to supply the needs of the individual, from quail in the desert, food delivery by ravens to feeding the multitudes with just a few fish and loaves.
Let there be no doubt that our universe is filled with evidence of God’s provision. And not just for us, those made in His image, but for the animals and trees and flowers of the field, which springs up today and is gone tomorrow and its place remembers it no more. He is concerned with providing for all that He has made.
How blessed are we, that even though we do not deserve His mercy and grace, He has provided us with the sacrifice of His only son and given us His righteousness, that we might have eternal life. And let’s be reminded by creation when we see and experience and enjoy his tangible provision he who has done it before can do it again.
| 1 Kings 17:4-6 | You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.” 5 So he did what the Lord had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there. 6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Kings+17%3A4-6&version=NIV |
| Psalm 136:25 | He gives food to every creature.His love endures forever.26 Give thanks to the God of heaven.His love endures forever. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+136%3A25-26&version=NIV |
| 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? | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew+6%3A26&version=NIV |
| Job 38:1-41 NIV | Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. He said: “Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge? Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me. “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? “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’? “Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn its place, that it might take the earth by the edges and shake the wicked out of it? The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its features stand out like those of a garment. The wicked are denied their light, and their upraised arm is broken. “Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep? Have the gates of death been shown to you? Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness? Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know all this. “What is the way to the abode of light? And where does darkness reside? Can you take them to their places? Do you know the paths to their dwellings? Surely you know, for you were already born! You have lived so many years! “Have you entered the storehouses of the snow or seen the storehouses of the hail, which I reserve for times of trouble, for days of war and battle? What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed, or the place where the east winds are scattered over the earth? Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain, and a path for the thunderstorm, to water a land where no one lives, an uninhabited desert, to satisfy a desolate wasteland and make it sprout with grass? Does the rain have a father? Who fathers the drops of dew? From whose womb comes the ice? Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens when the waters become hard as stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen? “Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades? Can you loosen Orion’s belt? Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear with its cubs? Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set up God’s dominion over the earth? “Can you raise your voice to the clouds and cover yourself with a flood of water? Do you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’? Who gives the ibis wisdom or gives the rooster understanding? Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens when the dust becomes hard and the clods of earth stick together? “Do you hunt the prey for the lioness and satisfy the hunger of the lions when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in a thicket? Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food? | http://bible.com/111/job.38.1-41.NIV |
| Numbers 11:31 NIV | 1 Now a wind went out from the Lord and drove quail in from the sea. It scattered them up to two cubits[a] deep all around the camp, as far as a day’s walk in any direction. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=numbers+11%3A31&version=NIV |
| Genesis 1:29-31 | 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. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day. | |
| Genesis 2:8-9 | 8 Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. 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. | |
| Nehemiah 9:11-15 NIV | You divided the sea before them, so that they passed through it on dry ground, but you hurled their pursuers into the depths, like a stone into mighty waters. 12 By day you led them with a pillar of cloud, and by night with a pillar of fire to give them light on the way they were to take.13 “You came down on Mount Sinai; you spoke to them from heaven. You gave them regulations and laws that are just and right, and decrees and commands that are good. 14 You made known to them your holy Sabbath and gave them commands, decrees and laws through your servant Moses. 15 In their hunger you gave them bread from heaven and in their thirst you brought them water from the rock; you told them to go in and take possession of the land you had sworn with uplifted hand to give them. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=nehemiah+9%3A11-15&version=NIV |
| Nehemiah 9:19-20 NIV | “Because of your great compassion you did not abandon them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud did not fail to guide them on their path, nor the pillar of fire by night to shine on the way they were to take. 20 You gave your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold your manna from their mouths, and you gave them water for their thirst. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=nehemiah+9%3A19-20&version=NIV |
| Job 5:9-10 | He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed,miracles that cannot be counted.10 He provides rain for the earth;he sends water on the countryside. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job+5%3A9-10&version=NIV |
| Psalm 104 | 1 Praise the Lord, my soul.Lord my God, you are very great;you are clothed with splendor and majesty.2 The Lord wraps himself in light as with a garment;he stretches out the heavens like a tent3 and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters.He makes the clouds his chariotand rides on the wings of the wind.4 He makes winds his messengers,[a]flames of fire his servants.5 He set the earth on its foundations;it can never be moved.6 You covered it with the watery depths as with a garment;the waters stood above the mountains.7 But at your rebuke the waters fled,at the sound of your thunder they took to flight;8 they flowed over the mountains,they went down into the valleys,to the place you assigned for them.9 You set a boundary they cannot cross;never again will they cover the earth.10 He makes springs pour water into the ravines;it flows between the mountains.11 They give water to all the beasts of the field;the wild donkeys quench their thirst.12 The birds of the sky nest by the waters;they sing among the branches.13 He waters the mountains from his upper chambers;the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.14 He makes grass grow for the cattle,and plants for people to cultivate—bringing forth food from the earth:15 wine that gladdens human hearts,oil to make their faces shine,and bread that sustains their hearts.16 The trees of the Lord are well watered,the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.17 There the birds make their nests;the stork has its home in the junipers.18 The high mountains belong to the wild goats;the crags are a refuge for the hyrax.19 He made the moon to mark the seasons,and the sun knows when to go down.20 You bring darkness, it becomes night,and all the beasts of the forest prowl.21 The lions roar for their preyand seek their food from God.22 The sun rises, and they steal away;they return and lie down in their dens.23 Then people go out to their work,to their labor until evening.24 How many are your works, Lord!In wisdom you made them all;the earth is full of your creatures.25 There is the sea, vast and spacious,teeming with creatures beyond number—living things both large and small.26 There the ships go to and fro,and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.27 All creatures look to youto give them their food at the proper time.28 When you give it to them,they gather it up;when you open your hand,they are satisfied with good things.29 When you hide your face,they are terrified;when you take away their breath,they die and return to the dust.30 When you send your Spirit,they are created,and you renew the face of the ground.31 May the glory of the Lord endure forever;may the Lord rejoice in his works—32 he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,who touches the mountains, and they smoke.33 I will sing to the Lord all my life;I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.34 May my meditation be pleasing to him,as I rejoice in the Lord.35 But may sinners vanish from the earthand the wicked be no more.Praise the Lord, my soul.Praise the Lord.[b] | |
| Psalm 133:3 | It is as if the dew of Hermonwere falling on Mount Zion.For there the Lord bestows his blessing,even life forevermore. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+133%3A3&version=NIV |
| Psalm 145: 15-16 | 15 The eyes of all look to you,and you give them their food at the proper time.16 You open your handand satisfy the desires of every living thing17. The Lord is righteous in all His ways and loving towards all he has made. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+145%3A15-16&version=NIV |
| Psalm 147:8-9 | He covers the sky with clouds;he supplies the earth with rainand makes grass grow on the hills.9 He provides food for the cattleand for the young ravens when they call. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+147%3A8-9&version=NIV |
| Isaiah 41:17-20 | “The poor and needy search for water,but there is none;their tongues are parched with thirst.But I the Lord will answer them;I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.18 I will make rivers flow on barren heights,and springs within the valleys.I will turn the desert into pools of water,and the parched ground into springs.19 I will put in the desertthe cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive.I will set junipers in the wasteland,the fir and the cypress together,20 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. | |
| Isaiah 43:19-21 | See, I am doing a new thing!Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?I am making a way in the wildernessand streams in the wasteland.20 The wild animals honor me,the jackals and the owls,because I provide water in the wildernessand streams in the wasteland,to give drink to my people, my chosen,21 the people I formed for myselfthat they may proclaim my praise. | |
| Isaiah 46:3-4 | “Listen to me, you descendants of Jacob,all the remnant of the people of Israel,you whom I have upheld since you were conceived,and have carried since you were born.4 Even to your old age and gray hairsI 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. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+46%3A3-4&version=NIV |
| Jeremiah 5:22-24 NIV | Should you not fear me?” declares the Lord . “Should you not tremble in my presence? I made the sand a boundary for the sea, an everlasting barrier it cannot cross. The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail; they may roar, but they cannot cross it. But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts; they have turned aside and gone away. They do not say to themselves, ‘Let us fear the Lord our God, who gives autumn and spring rains in season, who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.’ | http://bible.com/111/jer.5.22-24.NIV |
| 2 Cor 9:10 | Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Cor+9%3A10&version=NIV |
| Leviticus 26:3 | If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands, 4 I will send you rain in its season,and the ground will yield its crops and the trees their fruit. 5 Your threshing will continue until grape harvest and the grape harvest will continue until planting, and you will eat all the food you want and live in safety in your land. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus+26&version=NIV |
| Numbers 20:8 NIV | The Lord said to Moses, 8 “Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to that rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water. You will bring water out of the rock for the community so they and their livestock can drink.” | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+20&version=NIV |
| Deuteronomy 8:7-9 NIV | For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land—a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills; a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey; a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing; a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+8%3A7-9&version=NIV |
| Deuteronomy 11:10-15 NIV | …and so that you may live long in the land the Lord swore to your ancestors to give to them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. The land you are entering to take over is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you planted your seed and irrigated it by foot as in a vegetable garden. But the land you are crossing the Jordan to take possession of is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks rain from heaven. It is a land the Lord your God cares for; the eyes of the Lord your God are continually on it from the beginning of the year to its end. So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today—to love the Lord your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul— 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. I will provide grass in the fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+11&version=NIV |
| Deuteronomy 26:9-11 | He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey; and now I bring the firstfruits of the soil that you, Lord , have given me.” Place the basket before the Lord your God and bow down before him. | https://bible.com/bible/111/deu.26.9-10.NIV |
| Deuteronomy 28:3-5, 8, 11-12 NIV | You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks. Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed. The Lord will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The Lord your God will bless you in the land he is giving you. The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you. The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. | |
| Joshua 5:12 | The manna stopped the day after[a] they ate this food from the land; there was no longer any manna for the Israelites, but that year they ate the produce of Canaan. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+5%3A12&version=NIV |
| Judges 15:19 | Then God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned and he revived. So the spring was called En Hakkore,[a] and it is still there in Lehi | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges+15%3A19&version=NIV |
| 2 Kings 2:11 | As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Kings+2%3A11&version=NIV |
| 2 Kings 2:21 | Then he went out to the spring and threw the salt into it, saying, “This is what the Lord says: ‘I have healed this water. Never again will it cause death or make the land unproductive.’ | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Kings+2%3A21&version=NIV |
| Psalm 67:5-7 | May the peoples praise you, God;may all the peoples praise you.6 The land yields its harvest;God, our God, blesses us.7 May God bless us still,so that all the ends of the earth will fear him. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+67%3A5-7&version=NIV |
| Psalm 68:8-10 | the earth shook, the heavens poured down rain,before God, the One of Sinai,before God, the God of Israel.9 You gave abundant showers, O God;you refreshed your weary inheritance.10 Your people settled in it,and from your bounty, God, you provided for the poor. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm+68%3A8-10&version=NIV |
| Psalm 81:15-16 | Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him,and their punishment would last forever.16 But you would be fed with the finest of wheat;with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.” | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+81%3A15-16&version=NIV |
| Psalm 85:1 | You, Lord, showed favor to your land;you restored the fortunes of Jacob. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+85%3A1&version=NIV |
| Psalm 85:11-12 NIV | Faithfulness springs forth from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven. The Lord will indeed give what is good, and our land will yield its harvest. | http://bible.com/111/psa.85.11-12.NIV |
| Psalm 105:24- | The Lord made his people very fruitful;he made them too numerous for their foes, | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+105%3A24&version=NIV |
| Psalm 105:39-41 | He spread out a cloud as a covering, and a fire to give light at night. They asked, and he brought them quail; he fed them well with the bread of heaven. He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert. | |
| Psalm 107:23-38 NIV | Some went out on the sea in ships; they were merchants on the mighty waters. They saw the works of the Lord , his wonderful deeds in the deep. For he spoke and stirred up a tempest that lifted high the waves. They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths; in their peril their courage melted away. They reeled and staggered like drunkards; they were at their wits’ end. Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distress. He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the sea were hushed. They were glad when it grew calm, and he guided them to their desired haven. Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind. Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the council of the elders. He turned rivers into a desert, flowing springs into thirsty ground, and fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who lived there. He turned the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs; there he brought the hungry to live, and they founded a city where they could settle. They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a fruitful harvest; he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased, and he did not let their herds diminish. | http://bible.com/111/psa.107.23-38.NIV |
| Psalm 111:5 | He provides food for those who fear him;he remembers his covenant forever. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+111%3A5&version=NIV |
| Psalm 147:14 | He grants peace to your bordersand satisfies you with the finest of wheat. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+147%3A14&version=NIV |
| Proverbs 10:3 | The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry,but he thwarts the craving of the wicked. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+8%3A22-31&version=NIV |
| Ecclesiastes 2:24-26 | 4 A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in their own toil. This too, I see, is from the hand of God, 25 for without him, who can eat or find enjoyment? 26 To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes+2%3A24-26&version=NIV |
| Isaiah 29:17 | In a very short time, will not Lebanon be turned into a fertile fieldand the fertile field seem like a forest? | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+29%3A17&version=NIV |
| Isaiah 30:23-26 | He will also send you rain for the seed you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the land will be rich and plentiful. In that day your cattle will graze in broad meadows. 24 The oxen and donkeys that work the soil will eat fodder and mash, spread out with fork and shovel. 25 In the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall, streams of water will flow on every high mountain and every lofty hill. 26 The moon will shine like the sun, and the sunlight will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven full days, when the Lord binds up the bruises of his people and heals the wounds he inflicted. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+30%3A23-26&version=NIV |
| Isaiah 32:14-20 | The fortress will be abandoned,the noisy city deserted;citadel and watchtower will become a wasteland forever,the delight of donkeys, a pasture for flocks,15 till the Spirit is poured on us from on high,and the desert becomes a fertile field,and the fertile field seems like a forest.16 The Lord’s justice will dwell in the desert,his righteousness live in the fertile field.17 The fruit of that righteousness will be peace;its effect will be quietness and confidence forever.18 My people will live in peaceful dwelling places,in secure homes,in undisturbed places of rest.19 Though hail flattens the forestand the city is leveled completely,20 how blessed you will be,sowing your seed by every stream,and letting your cattle and donkeys range free. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+32%3A14-20&version=NIV |
| Isaiah 35:4-7 | say to those with fearful hearts,“Be strong, do not fear;your God will come,he will come with vengeance;with divine retributionhe will come to save you.”5 Then will the eyes of the blind be openedand the ears of the deaf unstopped.6 Then will the lame leap like a deer,and the mute tongue shout for joy.Water will gush forth in the wildernessand streams in the desert.7 The burning sand will become a pool,the thirsty ground bubbling springs.In the haunts where jackals once lay,grass and reeds and papyrus will grow. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+35%3A4-7&version=NIV |
| Isaiah 42:15-16 | I will lay waste the mountains and hillsand dry up all their vegetation;I will turn rivers into islandsand dry up the pools.16 I will lead the blind by ways they have not known,along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;I will turn the darkness into light before themand make the rough places smooth.These are the things I will do;I will not forsake them. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+42%3A15-16&version=NIV |
| Isaiah 48:21 | They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts;he made water flow for them from the rock;he split the rockand water gushed out. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+48%3A21&version=NIV’ |
| Isaiah 49:9-11 | to say to the captives, ‘Come out,’and to those in darkness, ‘Be free!’“They will feed beside the roadsand find pasture on every barren hill.10 They will neither hunger nor thirst,nor will the desert heat or the sun beat down on them.He who has compassion on them will guide themand lead them beside springs of water.11 I will turn all my mountains into roads,and my highways will be raised up. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+49%3A9-11&version=NIV |
| Isaiah 51:3 | The Lord will surely comfort Zionand will look with compassion on all her ruins;he will make her deserts like Eden,her wastelands like the garden of the Lord.Joy and gladness will be found in her,thanksgiving and the sound of singing. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+51%3A3&version=NIV |
| Isaiah 51:5-6 | My righteousness draws near speedily,my salvation is on the way,and my arm will bring justice to the nations.The islands will look to meand wait in hope for my arm.6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens,look at the earth beneath;the heavens will vanish like smoke,the earth will wear out like a garmentand its inhabitants die like flies.But my salvation will last forever,my righteousness will never fail. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+51%3A5-6&version=NIV |
| Isaiah 51:10 | Was it not you who dried up the sea,the waters of the great deep,who made a road in the depths of the seaso that the redeemed might cross over? | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+51%3A10&version=NIV |
| Isaiah 55:12-13 | You will go out in joyand be led forth in peace;the mountains and hillswill burst into song before you,and all the trees of the fieldwill clap their hands.13 Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper,and instead of briers the myrtle will grow.This will be for the Lord’s renown,for an everlasting sign,that will endure forever.” | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+55%3A12-13&version=NIV |
| Jeremiah 14:22 | Do any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain?Do the skies themselves send down showers?No, it is you, Lord our God.Therefore our hope is in you,for you are the one who does all this. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah+14%3A22&version=NIV |
| Ezekiel 15:6 NIV | Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: As I have given the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest as fuel for the fire, so will I treat the people living in Jerusalem. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ezekiel+15%3A6&version=NIV |
| Ezekiel 34:25-30 | “‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and rid the land of savage beasts so that they may live in the wilderness and sleep in the forests in safety. 26 I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing.[a] I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing. 27 The trees will yield their fruit and the ground will yield its crops; the people will be secure in their land. They will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them. 28 They will no longer be plundered by the nations, nor will wild animals devour them. They will live in safety, and no one will make them afraid. 29 I will provide for them a land renowned for its crops, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations. 30 Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them and that they, the Israelites, are my people, declares the Sovereign Lord. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel+34%3A25-30&version=NIV |
| Ezekiel 36:1-12 NIV | “Son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say, ‘Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord . This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The enemy said of you, “Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession.” ’Therefore prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Because they ravaged and crushed you from every side so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations and the object of people’s malicious talk and slander, therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign Lord : This is what the Sovereign Lord says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and the deserted towns that have been plundered and ridiculed by the rest of the nations around you— this is what the Sovereign Lord says: In my burning zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, for with glee and with malice in their hearts they made my land their own possession so that they might plunder its pastureland.’ Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I speak in my jealous wrath because you have suffered the scorn of the nations. Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I swear with uplifted hand that the nations around you will also suffer scorn. “ ‘But you, mountains of Israel, will produce branches and fruit for my people Israel, for they will soon come home. I am concerned for you and will look on you with favor; you will be plowed and sown, and I will cause many people to live on you—yes, all of Israel. The towns will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. I will increase the number of people and animals living on you, and they will be fruitful and become numerous. I will settle people on you as in the past and will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the Lord . I will cause people, my people Israel, to live on you. They will possess you, and you will be their inheritance; you will never again deprive them of their children. | http://bible.com/111/ezk.36.1-12.NIV |
| Ezekiel 36:30 NIV | I will increase the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field, so that you will no longer suffer disgrace among the nations because of famine. | https://bible.com/bible/111/ezk.36.30.NIV |
| Ezekiel 36:33-38 NIV | “ ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: On the day I cleanse you from all your sins, I will resettle your towns, and the ruins will be rebuilt. The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through it. They will say, “This land that was laid waste has become like the garden of Eden; the cities that were lying in ruins, desolate and destroyed, are now fortified and inhabited.” Then the nations around you that remain will know that I the Lord have rebuilt what was destroyed and have replanted what was desolate. I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.’ “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Once again I will yield to Israel’s plea and do this for them: I will make their people as numerous as sheep, as numerous as the flocks for offerings at Jerusalem during her appointed festivals. So will the ruined cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the Lord .” | http://bible.com/111/ezk.36.33-38.NIV |
| Ezekiel 47:6-12 NIV | He asked me, “Son of man, do you see this?” Then he led me back to the bank of the river. When I arrived there, I saw a great number of trees on each side of the river. He said to me, “This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah, where it enters the Dead Sea. When it empties into the sea, the salty water there becomes fresh. Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. There will be large numbers of fish, because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows everything will live. Fishermen will stand along the shore; from En Gedi to En Eglaim there will be places for spreading nets. The fish will be of many kinds—like the fish of the Mediterranean Sea. But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt. Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing.” | http://bible.com/111/ezk.47.6-12.NIV |
| Hosea 2:18 NIV | In that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky and the creatures that move along the ground. | https://bible.com/bible/111/hos.2.18.NIV |
| Hosea 13:5-6 | I cared for you in the wilderness,in the land of burning heat.6 When I fed them, they were satisfied;when they were satisfied, they became proud;then they forgot me. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=hosea+13%3A5-6&version=NIV |
| Joel 2:23 | Be glad, people of Zion,rejoice in the Lord your God,for he has given you the autumn rainsbecause he is faithful.He sends you abundant showers,both autumn and spring rains, as before. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=joel+2%3A23&version=NIV |
| Joel 3:18 NIV | “In that day the mountains will drip new wine, and the hills will flow with milk; all the ravines of Judah will run with water. A fountain will flow out of the Lord ’s house and will water the valley of acacias. | https://bible.com/bible/111/jol.3.18.NIV |
| Zechariah 8:12 NIV | “The seed will grow well, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will produce its crops, and the heavens will drop their dew. I will give all these things as an inheritance to the remnant of this people. | https://bible.com/bible/111/zec.8.12.NIV |
| Zechariah 10:1 | Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime;it is the Lord who sends the thunderstorms.He gives showers of rain to all people,and plants of the field to everyone. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Zechariah+10%3A1&version=NIV |
| Zechariah 10:11 | They will pass through the sea of trouble;the surging sea will be subduedand all the depths of the Nile will dry up.Assyria’s pride will be brought downand Egypt’s scepter will pass away. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Zechariah+10%3A11&version=NIV |
| Malachi 3:10-12 NIV | Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe,” says the Lord Almighty. “Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land,” says the Lord Almighty. | https://bible.com/bible/111/mal.3.10-12.NIV |
| Mark 6:41-44 | Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people. He also divided the two fish among them all. 42 They all ate and were satisfied, 43 and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish. 44 The number of the men who had eaten was five thousand. | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mark+6%3A41-44&version=NIV |
| Acts 14:17 | Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.” | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts+14%3A17&version=NIV |
