21 Bijbelverzen over de natuur en het beschermen ervan

The Bible treats nature as God’s work and God’s property, placed in human care. “The earth is the Lord’s” (Psalm 24:1), “the land is mine” (Leviticus 25:23), and the man is put in Eden “to work it and keep it” (Genesis 2:15). Two laws protect particular parts of it: a Sabbath year of rest for fields and vineyards (Leviticus 25:4) and a ban on cutting down fruit trees during a siege (Deuteronomy 20:19). Psalm 104 and Job 12 describe God…