Quotes about Sustainability
She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt. Then you and your sons can live on the remainder.”
- 2 Kings 4:7
Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?
- Job 8:11
Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.
- Job 20:21
it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.
- Proverbs 6:8
Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.
- Proverbs 13:23
When hay is removed and new growth appears and the grain from the hills is gathered,
- Proverbs 27:25
the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.
- Proverbs 27:26
No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.
- Isaiah 65:22
He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
- Jeremiah 17:8
“Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce.
- Jeremiah 29:5
Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit was abundant, and upon it was food for all. Under it the beasts of the field found shelter, in its branches the birds of the air nested, and from it every creature was fed.
- Daniel 4:12
And when everyone was full, He said to His disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over, so that nothing will be wasted.”
- John 6:12