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Psalms 104:14

Psalms 104:14 is verse 14 of Psalms chapter 104, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:

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King James Version

He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

World English Bible

He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may produce food out of the earth:

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Psalms 104:12–16 · Berean Standard Bible

12 The birds of the air nest beside the springs; they sing among the branches.

13 He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works.

14 He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:

15 wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.

16 The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 145:15

The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.

Psalms 145:16

You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

Psalms 147:8

who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.

Psalms 147:9

He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.

Genesis 1:11

Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.

Genesis 1:12

The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:29

Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.

Genesis 2:5

Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted; for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.

1 Kings 18:5

Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”

Jeremiah 14:5

Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.

Jeremiah 14:6

Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”

Joel 2:22

Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best.

Genesis 2:9

Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 3:18

Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.

Genesis 9:3

Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.

Psalms 136:25

He gives food to every creature. His loving devotion endures forever.

Genesis 4:12

When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

Job 28:5

Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.

1 Corinthians 3:7

So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

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