“And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.”
— Genesis 1:2
Catholic Daily Verses
Genesis and creation verses that lead to wonder and worship.
“And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.”
— Genesis 1:2
“And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered, and said: These are they, whom the Lord hath sent to walk through the earth.”
— Zechariah 1:10
“In the dispensation of the fulness of times, to re-establish all things in Christ, that are in heaven and on earth, in him.”
— Ephesians 1:10
“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, saith the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
— Revelation 1:8
“And he blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.”
— Genesis 2:3
“That the Lord said to Satan: Whence comest thou? And he answered, and said: I have gone round about the earth, and walked through it.”
— Job 2:2
“The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes met together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.”
— Psalms 2:2
“For thus saith the Lord of hosts: Yet one little while, and I will move the heaven and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land.”
— Haggai 2:7
“This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.”
— John 2:11
“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus in good works, which God hath prepared that we should walk in them.”
— Ephesians 2:10
“Nabuchodonosor, the king, to all peoples, nations, and tongues, that dwell in all the earth, peace be multiplied unto you.”
— Daniel 3:98
“God will come from the south, and the holy one from mount Pharan: His glory covered the heavens, and the earth is full of his praise.”
— Habakkuk 3:3
“That all the people of the earth may learn the most mighty hand of the Lord, that you also may fear the Lord your God for ever. ”
— Joshua 4:25
“And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord was come into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, and the earth rang again.”
— 1 Samuel 4:5
“In that day the bud of the Lord shall be in magnificence and glory, and the fruit of the earth shall be high, and a great joy to them that shall have escaped of Israel.”
— Isaiah 4:2
“Having therefore a great high priest that hath passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God: let us hold fast our confession.”
— Hebrews 4:14
“But thou shalt have a covenant with the stones of the lands, and the beasts of the earth shall be at peace with thee.”
— Job 5:23
“Convert us, O Lord, to thee, and we shall be converted: renew our days, as from the beginning.”
— Lamentations 5:21
“Then king Darius wrote to all people, tribes, and languages, dwelling in the whole earth: PEACE be multiplied unto you.”
— Daniel 6:25
“And they cried with a loud voice, saying: How long, O Lord (Holy and True), dost thou not judge and revenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?”
— Revelation 6:10
“Saying: Hurt not the earth nor the sea nor the trees, till we sign the servants of our God in their foreheads.”
— Revelation 7:3
“O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth! For thy magnificence is elevated above the heavens.”
— Psalms 8:2
“And God said to Noe: This shall be the sign of the covenant, which I have established, between me and all flesh upon the earth.”
— Genesis 9:17
“And all the kings of the earth desired to see the face of Solomon, that they might hear the wisdom which God had given in his heart.”
— 2 Chronicles 9:23
“And know not that thou art our God, who destroyest wars from the beginning, and the Lord is thy name.”
— Judith 9:10
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is prudence.”
— Proverbs 9:10
“Yea also, that he would become a Jew himself, and would go through every place of the earth, and declare the power of God.”
— 2 Maccabees 9:17
“And he had in his hand a little book, open. And he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot upon the earth.”
— Revelation 10:2
“For I am the Lord your God. Be holy because I am holy. Defile not your souls by any creeping thing, that moveth upon the earth.”
— Leviticus 11:44
“And the Lord thy God doth always visit it, and his eyes are on it from the beginning of the year unto the end thereof.”
— Deuteronomy 11:12
“The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried by the fire, purged from the earth, refined seven times.”
— Psalms 11:7
“Give a portion to seven, and also to eight: for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.”
— Ecclesiastes 11:2
“They shall not hurt, nor shall they kill in all my holy mountain, for the earth is filled with the knowledge of the Lord, as the covering waters of the sea.”
— Isaiah 11:9
“And there shall be in all the earth, saith the Lord, two parts in it shall be scattered, and shall perish: but the third part shall be left therein.”
— Zechariah 13:8
“For in those days shall be such tribulations as were not from the beginning of the creation which God created until now: neither shall be.”
— Mark 13:19
“Because thou art a holy people to the Lord thy God: and he chose thee to be his peculiar people of all nations that are upon the earth.”
— Deuteronomy 14:2
“And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day there shall be one Lord, and his name shall be one.”
— Zechariah 14:9
“Send forth, O Lord, the lamb, the ruler of the earth, from Petra of the desert, to the mount of the daughter of Sion.”
— Isaiah 16:1
“And after the earthquake, a fire: but the Lord is not in the fire. And after the fire, a whistling of a gentle air.”
— 1 Kings 19:12
“Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord, the only God.”
— 2 Kings 19:19
“On the first day of the week, a psalm for David. The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof: the world, and all they that dwell therein.”
— Psalms 23:1
“For all things were known to the Lord God, before they were created: so also after they were perfected he beholdeth all things.”
— Sirach 23:29
“The Lord of hosts hath designed it, to pull down the pride of all glory, and bring to disgrace all the glorious ones of the earth.”
— Isaiah 23:9
“Shall a man be hid in secret places, and I not see him, saith the Lord? do not I fill heaven and earth, saith the Lord?”
— Jeremiah 23:24
“I will penetrate to all the lower parts of the earth, and will behold all that sleep, and will enlighten all that hope in the Lord.”
— Sirach 24:45
“With desolation shall the earth be laid waste, and it shall be utterly spoiled: for the Lord hath spoken this word.”
— Isaiah 24:3
“And I will break the pride of your stubbornness: and I will make to you the heaven above as iron, and the earth as brass.”
— Leviticus 26:19
“His spirit hath adorned the heavens, and his obstetric hand brought forth the winding serpent.”
— Job 26:13
“And all the people of the earth shall see that the name of the Lord is invocated upon thee, and they shall fear thee.”
— Deuteronomy 28:10
“Hell and the mouth of the womb, and the earth which is not satisfied with water: and the fire never saith: It is enough.”
— Proverbs 30:16
“And he spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, the works of the hands of men.”
— 2 Chronicles 32:19
“But the countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil things: to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.”
— Psalms 33:17
“In the beginning God created heaven, and earth.”
— Genesis 1:1
“And God created man to his own image: to the image of God he created him: male and female he created them.”
— Genesis 1:27
“If then any be in Christ a new creature, the old things are passed away, behold all things are made new.”
— Corinthians 5:17
“Mind the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth.”
— Colossians 3:2
“But you shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost coming upon you, and you shall be witnesses unto me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and even to the uttermost part of the earth.”
— Acts 1:8
“Be still and see that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, and I will be exalted in the earth.”
— Psalm 46:10
“Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: sing to the Lord, all the earth.”
— Psalm 96:1
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom and instruction.”
— Proverbs 1:7
“Better is the end of a speech than the beginning. Better is the patient man than the presumptuous.”
— Ecclesiastes 7:8
“And now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee, and called thee by thy name: thou art mine.”
— Isaiah 43:1
“He is the deliverer, and saviour, doing signs and wonders in heaven, and in earth: who hath delivered Daniel out of the lions' den.”
— Daniel 6:27
“And thou Bethlehem Ephrata, art a little one among the thousands of Juda: out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be the ruler in Israel: and his going forth is from the beginning, from the days of eternity.”
— Micah 5:2
“But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.”
— Habakkuk 2:20
“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt lose its savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is good for nothing any more but to be cast out, and to be trodden on by men.”
— Matthew 5:13
“Heaven and earth shall pass, but my words shall not pass.”
— Matthew 24:35
“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word shall not pass away.”
— Mark 13:31
“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.”
— Luke 21:33
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
— John 1:1
“I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”
— Revelation 22:13
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