Genesis 1:29

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

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  • Gen 9:3 : 3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
  • Ps 145:15-16 : 15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. 16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
  • Ps 136:25 : 25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
  • Ps 104:14-15 : 14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; 15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
  • Acts 17:28 : 28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
  • Ps 104:27-28 : 27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. 28 That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
  • Ps 111:5 : 5 He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.
  • Ps 115:16 : 16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
  • Gen 2:16 : 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
  • Job 36:31 : 31 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.
  • Ps 24:1 : 1 A alm of David. The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
  • Ps 146:7 : 7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
  • Ps 147:9 : 9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
  • Isa 33:16 : 16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
  • Hos 2:8 : 8 For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.
  • Matt 6:11 : 11 Give us this day our daily bread.
  • Matt 6:25-26 : 25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
  • Acts 14:17 : 17 Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
  • Acts 17:24-25 : 24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; 25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 1:30-31
    2 verses
    90%

    30And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

    31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

  • Gen 9:1-4
    4 verses
    84%

    1And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

    2And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.

    3Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

    4But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

  • Gen 1:11-12
    2 verses
    82%

    11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

    12And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

  • Gen 2:15-17
    3 verses
    78%

    15And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

    16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

    17But of the tree of the knowled of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

  • Gen 1:24-28
    5 verses
    78%

    24And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

    25And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

    26And God said, Let us make man in our ima, 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 ima, in the ima of God created he him; male and female created he them.

    28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

  • Gen 3:17-19
    3 verses
    76%

    17And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

    18Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

    19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

  • Gen 2:8-9
    2 verses
    76%

    8And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

    9And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowled of good and evil.

  • Gen 6:21
    75%

    21And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.

  • Ps 104:14
    74%

    14He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

  • Lev 25:7
    73%

    7And for thy catt, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.

  • Gen 1:22
    73%

    22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

  • Gen 2:19
    72%

    19And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

  • Gen 2:5
    71%

    5And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

  • Isa 30:23
    71%

    23Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.

  • Gen 3:1-3
    3 verses
    71%

    1Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

    2And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

    3But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

  • Lev 19:25
    71%

    25And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.

  • Deut 11:15
    70%

    15And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full.

  • Dan 4:12
    70%

    12The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.

  • Gen 3:6
    69%

    6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

  • Gen 8:17
    69%

    17Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

  • Gen 9:10
    69%

    10And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.

  • Gen 9:7
    69%

    7And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

  • Ps 104:27
    69%

    27These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.

  • Dan 4:21
    69%

    21Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation:

  • 2 Kgs 19:29
    69%

    29And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.

  • Jer 29:5
    69%

    5Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;

  • Gen 3:22-23
    2 verses
    69%

    22And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

    23Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

  • Ezek 47:12
    69%

    12And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.

  • Ps 107:37
    69%

    37And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.

  • Gen 3:12
    68%

    12And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.