Creation

Creation is described in the opening chapters of Genesis and mentioned throughout the Bible. This page lists verses from the creation account, on God as Creator, the creation of people, creation through the Word, and creation declaring God's glory.

The creation account

• Genesis 1:1-3
  ¹In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. ²And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. ³And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
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• Genesis 1:31
  And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
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• Genesis 2:1-3
  ¹Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. ²And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. ³And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
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Creation of man and woman

• Genesis 1:26-27
  ²⁶And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. ²⁷So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
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• Genesis 2:7
  And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
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• Genesis 2:21-22
  ²¹And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; ²²And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
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God as Creator

• Isaiah 40:28
  Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
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• Isaiah 45:18
  For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.
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• Nehemiah 9:6
  Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
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• Revelation 4:11
  Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
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Through the Word

• John 1:1-3
  ¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ²The same was in the beginning with God. ³All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
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• Colossians 1:16
  For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
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• Hebrews 11:3
  Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
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• Psalm 33:6
  By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
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Creation declares God's glory

• Psalm 19:1
  The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
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• Romans 1:20
  For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
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• Psalm 104:24
  O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
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See also

• God
• Stewardship of creation
• Sabbath
• Animals

Notes

1. Verses are quoted in the translation chosen in the Translation menu at the top of the page. See Translations for sources and copyright notices.
2. Each reference links to the full chapter so the verse can be read in context.