Scriptures Related To Creation

Compiled by Dr. Hugh Ross

Posted 01-23-2001


Scriptures expressing that God is the Creator

Genesis 1:1 Genesis 22:17 Nehemiah 9:6
Job 9:3-12 Psalm 8 Psalm 24:1-2
Psalm 33:6-9 Psalm 65:5-13 Psalm 74:12-17
Psalm 89:5-12 Psalm 90:2-6 Psalm 104
Psalm 121:2 Psalm 124:8 Psalm 134:3
Psalm 136:3-9 Psalm 146:6 Proverbs 3:19-20
Isaiah 44:24-25 Isaiah 45:7 Isaiah 45:12
Isaiah 45:18 Isaiah 48:13 Jeremiah 10:12-13
Jeremiah 27:5 Jeremiah 32:17 Jeremiah 33:2
Jeremiah 51:15-16 Amos 5:8 Zechariah 12:1
Matthew 19:4-6 Mark 10:6 Acts 4:24
Acts 17:24-28 1 Corinthians 8:6 Revelation 4:11
Revelation 10:6 Revelation 14:7  

Scriptures describing the characteristics of this creation (including its inhabitants, death, decay, its temporality, etc.) and its relationship to the Creator

Genesis 1 Genesis 2 Genesis 15:5
Genesis 22:17 Exodus 20:8-11 Deuteronomy 11:21
1 Chronicles 16:30-34 Job 8:11-19 Job12:7-10
Job 14:5,7-12 Job 23:8-10 Job 26:7-14
Job 28:1-11 Job 36:27-37:3 Job 38-41
Psalm 37:1-2 Psalm 93:1-4 Psalm 96:10
Psalm 104 Psalm 135:6-7 Psalm 139:1-18
Psalm 147 Psalm 148 Proverbs 8:22-31
Proverbs 24:30-31 Proverbs 30:24-31 Ecclesiastes 1:3-10
Ecclesiastes 3 Ecclesiastes 8-12 Isaiah 40:21-22
Isaiah 42:5 Isaiah 44:2 Isaiah 49:5
Isaiah 50:2-3 Isaiah 51:13-16 Isaiah 55:10
Jeremiah 5:22 Amos 9:5-6 Romans 5:12
2 Corinthians 4:16 2 Corinthians 5:1-4 1 Timothy 4:3-4
Hebrews 1:10-12 Hebrews 11:3 1 John 2:17
Revelation 3:14  

Scriptures that describe time as being created by a transcendent Creator

Ephesians 1:4 Colossians 1:15-20 2 Timothy 1:9
Titus 1:2 1 Peter 1:20  

Scriptures that describe times when God intervenes in the physical realm (miracles)

Exodus 7:18 Exodus 8:13 Joshua 10:1-15
Judges 4-5 2 Kings 20:8-11 Job 5:9
Psalm 105:26-36 Proverbs 16:33 Isaiah 38:7-8
Matthew 2:1-16 John 1:1-2 John 1:10
John 2:6-10    

Scriptures describing the relationship between the Sabbath and creation

Exodus 20:8-11 Exodus 31:14-17 Exodus 35:2
Leviticus 23:3 Leviticus 25:3-4 Deuteronomy 5:12-15
Hebrews 4:1-11    

The existence and character of God is revealed through creation

Psalm 19:1-6 Psalm 50:6 Psalm 97:6
Psalm 98:2-3 Psalm 119:64 Isaiah 40:25-28
Habakkuk 2:14 Habakkuk 3:3b Acts 14:17
Romans 1:18-23 Romans 2:12-16  

God compares the eternality of Himself and His covenants to the endurance of creation. God also contrasts His eternality with the temporality of creation.

Psalm 72:5-7 Psalm 89:37 Psalm 102:25-27
Psalm 119:89-91 Psalm 125:1-2 Isaiah 51:6
Isaiah 54:10 Jeremiah 33:22 Jeremiah 33:25
Daniel 12:3 Micah 6:2 Matthew 5:18
Matthew 24:35    

Scriptures describing what is to come in the New Heavens and New Earth

Psalm 95:11 Isaiah 34:2-5 Isaiah 60:18-21
Isaiah 65:17-25 Isaiah 66:22 Habakkuk 3:6
Matthew 22:23-32 Matthew 25:41,46 Mark 12:25-27
Luke 20:34-38 John 14:2-4 Romans 8:18-25
1 Corinthians 2:9-11 1 Corinthians 3:12-15 1 Corinthians 6:3
1 Corinthians 6:13 1 Corinthians 15:20-28 1 Corinthians 15:35-58
2 Corinthians 4:17-18 Hebrews 4:1-11 2 Peter 3:3-13
1 John 2:17 1 John 3:2-3 1 John 3:8
Revelation 3:12 Revelation 7:13-17 Revelation 20-22

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