Bible Verses Relating to Creation and Origins
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
- Genesis 1:1
"But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female."
- Mark 10:6
"By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth... For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast."
- Psalm 33:6,9
"Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them: for God hath showed it unto them. 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."
- Romans 1:19-20
"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."
- Nehemiah 9:6
"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."
- Isaiah 45:18
"Preach the word…for the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables."
- 2 Timothy 4:2-4
"Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned."
-Romans 5:12
"Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. For this they are willingly ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished."
- 2 Peter 3:3-6
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life: and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness: and the darkness comprehended it not."
- John 1:1-5
"And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good...And 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."
- Genesis 1:21 and 25
Note: All verses are taken from the King James Version of the Bible unless otherwise noted.