Quotes About Nature

But the grapevine replied, ëShould I stop giving my wine that cheers both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?í

Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ëCome and reign over us.í

But the thornbush replied, ëIf you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.í

When Samson returned later to take her, he left the road to see the lionís carcass, and in it was a swarm of bees, along with their honey.

Then all the troops entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground.

Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”

The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.

And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds.

The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.í

He spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.

The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.

Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.

He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold, hammered evenly over the carvings.

They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”

The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.

Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.

When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water, and it looked as red as blood to the Moabites across the way.

One of them went out to the field to gather herbs, and he found a wild vine from which he gathered as many wild gourds as his garment could hold. Then he came back and cut them up into the pot of stew, though no one knew what they were.

But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ëGive your daughter to my son in marriage.í Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.

And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.