Bible Verses About Creation

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”

The Bible's first sentence names God as the source of the heavens and the earth. Everything else in the story rests on that claim.

“By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth. He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses. Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere Him. For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.”

The psalmist pictures creation as the result of God simply speaking. Nothing needed to be resisted or overcome.

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.”

John begins his Gospel with the same opening words as Genesis and says the Word was there and that all things came into being through him.

“By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.”

Faith understands that the visible universe came from God's word, not from something already visible. Believing in a Creator is where the life of faith starts.

“Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.” So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.”

Human beings are set apart as bearers of God's image, male and female alike. This is the root of human dignity.

“Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.”

The first human is placed in the garden to work it and look after it. Care for creation is part of our original calling.

“When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place— what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?”

Looking at the night sky, the psalmist wonders why God would notice something as small as a human being. The answer of the psalm is that he does, and he has given us a place of honor.

“And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.”

At the end of the sixth day God looks over everything he has made and sees that it is very good. Matter, bodies and the physical world are not an accident to escape from.

“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. Without speech or language, without a sound to be heard, their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun.”

The skies speak without words, day after day, about their Maker. Creation is a kind of wordless preaching that reaches the whole earth.

“Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.”

Isaiah tells weary people to lift their eyes to the stars and remember who made and names each one. A God who keeps every star in place will not forget his people.

“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it? On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone, while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?”

God answers Job by asking where he was when the earth's foundations were laid. The question is humbling and quietly comforting: the world is held by someone wiser than we are.

“For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.”

Paul says God's power and divine nature have been visible in what he made since the world began. Creation gives a real, if incomplete, witness to its Maker.

“The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein. For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.”

The earth and everything in it belong to the Lord, who founded it over the seas. We are stewards and guests, not owners.

“How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.”

The psalmist marvels at the variety of God's works and at the wisdom behind them. It is a short burst of wonder at a full, teeming world.

“The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.”

Paul says that all things were made through and for Christ and that he holds everything together. The Creator and the Redeemer are the same person.

“Hallelujah! Praise the LORD from the heavens; praise Him in the highest places. Praise Him, all His angels; praise Him, all His heavenly hosts. Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars. Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies. Let them praise the name of the LORD, for He gave the command and they were created.”

The psalm calls sun, moon, stars and skies to praise the Lord who commanded them into being. Creation is invited to worship, and we join in.

““Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and were created.””

In the vision of heaven, the elders worship because God created all things and everything exists by his will. Creation ends where it began, in praise.