Psalm 104:14
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14 You cause (A)the grass to grow for the livestock
and (B)plants for man to cultivate,
that he may bring forth (C)food from the earth
Psalm 147:8-9
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8 He covers the heavens with clouds;
he prepares (A)rain for the earth;
he makes (B)grass grow on the hills.
9 He (C)gives to the beasts their food,
and to (D)the young ravens that cry.
Psalm 136:25
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25 he who (A)gives food to all flesh,
for his steadfast love endures forever.
Job 28:5
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5 As for the earth, (A)out of it comes bread,
but underneath it is turned up as by fire.
1 Corinthians 3:7
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7 So (A)neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.
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Genesis 3:18
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18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;
and you shall eat the plants of the field.
Psalm 145:15-16
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15 The eyes of all (A)look to you,
and you give them their food in due season.
16 You (B)open your hand;
you (C)satisfy the desire of every living thing.
Genesis 9:3
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3 (A)Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And (B)as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.
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Genesis 1:11-12
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11 And God said, (A)“Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants[a] yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth.” And it was so. 12 The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
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- Genesis 1:11 Or small plants; also verses 12, 29
Joel 2:22
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22 Fear not, (A)you beasts of the field,
for (B)the pastures of the wilderness are green;
(C)the tree bears its fruit;
the fig tree and (D)vine give their full yield.
Jeremiah 14:5-6
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5 Even (A)the doe in the field forsakes her newborn fawn
because there is no grass.
6 (B)The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights;
they pant for air like jackals;
their eyes fail
because there is no vegetation.
Job 38:27
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27 to satisfy the waste and desolate land,
and to make the ground sprout with (A)grass?
Genesis 1:29-30
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29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. (A)You shall have them for food. 30 And (B)to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
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1 Kings 18:5
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5 And Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the valleys. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, and not lose some of the animals.”
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Genesis 4:12
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12 When you work the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
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Genesis 2:9
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9 And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. (A)The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, (B)and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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Genesis 2:5
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5 When no (A)bush of the field[a] was yet in the land[b] and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man (B)to work the ground,
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- Genesis 2:5 Or open country
- Genesis 2:5 Or earth; also verse 6
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