What does the Bible say about caring for creation?
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The Bible presents the earth as God’s good creation and humans as its stewards. Caring for creation flows from honoring its Creator and loving the neighbors who share it.
God placed Adam in the garden "to work it and keep it" — language of cultivation and care, not careless exploitation.
The earth is the Lord’s (Psalm 24:1). To trash it is to despise his gift and to harm those who must live downstream of our choices, especially the poor.
Christians are not earth-worshipers, but earth-stewards. Romans 8 even pictures creation longing for "the freedom of the glory of the children of God." Our care now is a small foretaste of the renewal to come.
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Original BibleDawn answer · reviewed 2026-06. Drafted with AI assistance and reviewed for accuracy.