Genesis 1:30
And to all the wild beasts of the earth, and to all the flying creatures of heaven, and to every reptile creeping on the earth, which has in itself the breath of life, even every green plant for food; and it was so.
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Genesis 6:21And thou shalt take to thyself of all kinds of food which ye eat, and thou shalt gather them to thyself, and it shall be for thee and them to eat.
Job 38:39And wilt thou hunt a prey for the lions? 1 And satisfy the desires of the serpents? 1
Job 39:8He will survey the mountains as his pasture, 1 And he seeks after every green thing. 1
Job 40:15But now look at the wild beasts with thee; 1 They eat grass like oxen. 1
Psalms 104:14He suffered no man to wrong them; 1 And he rebuked kings for their sakes: 1
Psalms 147:9He has not done so to any other nation; 1 And he has not shown them his judgments.
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 →