Genesis 1:30
And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
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Genesis 6:21You are also to take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten and gather it as food for yourselves and for the animals.”
Job 38:39Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions
Job 39:8He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.
Job 40:15Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He feeds on grass like an ox.
Psalms 104:14He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
Psalms 147:9He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 1:30-31
The Creation. ( b. c. 4004.) 29 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. 30 And 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. We have here the third part of the sixth day's work, which was not any new creation, but a… Read the whole commentary →