Psalm 104:14
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14 You cause grass to grow for the livestock
and plants for people to use.
You allow them to produce food from the earth—
Psalm 147:8-9
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8 He covers the heavens with clouds,
provides rain for the earth,
and makes the grass grow in mountain pastures.
9 He gives food to the wild animals
and feeds the young ravens when they cry.
Psalm 136:25
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25 He gives food to every living thing.
His faithful love endures forever.
Job 28:5
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5 Food is grown on the earth above,
but down below, the earth is melted as by fire.
1 Corinthians 3:7
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7 It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow.
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Genesis 3:18
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18 It will grow thorns and thistles for you,
though you will eat of its grains.
Psalm 145:15-16
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15 The eyes of all look to you in hope;
you give them their food as they need it.
16 When you open your hand,
you satisfy the hunger and thirst of every living thing.
Genesis 9:3
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3 I have given them to you for food, just as I have given you grain and vegetables.
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Genesis 1:11-12
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11 Then God said, “Let the land sprout with vegetation—every sort of seed-bearing plant, and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. These seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came.” And that is what happened. 12 The land produced vegetation—all sorts of seed-bearing plants, and trees with seed-bearing fruit. Their seeds produced plants and trees of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.
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Joel 2:22
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22 Don’t be afraid, you animals of the field,
for the wilderness pastures will soon be green.
The trees will again be filled with fruit;
fig trees and grapevines will be loaded down once more.
Jeremiah 14:5-6
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5 Even the doe abandons her newborn fawn
because there is no grass in the field.
6 The wild donkeys stand on the bare hills
panting like thirsty jackals.
They strain their eyes looking for grass,
but there is none to be found.”
Job 38:27
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27 Who sends rain to satisfy the parched ground
and make the tender grass spring up?
Genesis 1:29-30
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29 Then God said, “Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food. 30 And I have given every green plant as food for all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, and the small animals that scurry along the ground—everything that has life.” And that is what happened.
1 Kings 18:5
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5 Ahab said to Obadiah, “We must check every spring and valley in the land to see if we can find enough grass to save at least some of my horses and mules.”
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Genesis 4:12
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12 No longer will the ground yield good crops for you, no matter how hard you work! From now on you will be a homeless wanderer on the earth.”
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Genesis 2:9
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9 The Lord God made all sorts of trees grow up from the ground—trees that were beautiful and that produced delicious fruit. In the middle of the garden he placed the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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Genesis 2:5
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5 neither wild plants nor grains were growing on the earth. For the Lord God had not yet sent rain to water the earth, and there were no people to cultivate the soil.
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