SUMMARY:
...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.
...Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
...Every herb bearing seed, the fruit of the tree yielding seed, every beast of the earth, every fowl of the air, every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, it shall be for meat.
...For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
...Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
...A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. Let your moderation be known unto all men.
...Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein?
...Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath (7½ gallons), and the seed of an homer (the tenth part of a bath) shall yield an ephah (the same capacity as bath).
FURTHER READING:
(1) 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.
(2) God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And 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, Gen0127,28.
(3) Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things, Gen0903.
(4) 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 the tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every herb for meat: and it was so. And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good, Gen0129-31.
(5) Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I (Jesus) say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these, Mat0628,29.
(6) Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father, Mat1029. Not one of them is forgotten before God, Luk1206. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. Whosoever therefore shall confess me (Jesus Christ the Word) before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven, Mat1029.
(7) Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech. Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground? When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place? For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him, Isa2823-26.
(8) For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod. Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, not break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen. This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working, Isa2827-29.
(9) Who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not the milk of the flock? 1Co0907.
(10) He that ploweth should plow in hope; and he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope, 1Co0910.
(11) Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus, Phl0404-07.
(12) From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts, Jas0401-03.
(13) He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding, Pro1211.
(14) Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment, Pro1323.
(15) A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel, Pro1210. Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn, Deu2504.
(16) Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the Lord: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is the year of rest unto the land. And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee, And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in the land, shall all the increase thereof be for meat, Lev2503-08.
(17) Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer, 1Tm0401-05.
(18) How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end, Jer1204. The Lord looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry, Isa0507..
(19) Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! (behold a cry) In mine ears saith the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath (7½ gallons), and the seed of an homer (the tenth part of a bath) shall yield an ephah (the same capacity as bath), Isa0508-10.
(20) Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon (all nations, Jer2914:Luk2124); Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them, Jer2904,05.
(21) Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it, Lev2634,35.
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