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Scientific Accuracies in the Bible


The spherical shape of the earth.


(ASV) Isaiah 40:22 [It is] he that sitteth above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;


The earth is suspended in nothing


(ASV) Job. 26:7 He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.


The stars are innumerable


(ASV) Gen. 15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.


The existence of valleys in the seas


(ASV)2 Sam. 22:16 Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare, By the rebuke of Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.


The existence of springs and fountains in the sea


(ASV)Gen.7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

(ASV)Gen.8:2 the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

(ASV)Prov. 8:28 When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong,


The existence of water paths(ocean currents) in the seas


(ASV)Psalm 8:8 The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.


The water cycle


(ASV)Job. 26:8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; And the cloud is not rent under them.

(ASV)Job. 36:27-28 For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor, Which the skies pour down And drop upon man abundantly.

(ASV)Job. 37:16 Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, The wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

(ASV)Job. 38:25-27 Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, Or the way for the lightning of the thunder; To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, wherein there is no man; To satisfy the waste and desolate [ground], And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?

(ASV)Ps. 135:7 Who causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; Who maketh lightnings for the rain; Who bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries

(ASV)Ecc. 1:6-7 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it turneth about continually in its course, and the wind returneth again to its circuits. All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.


The fact that all living things reproduce after their own kind


(ASV)Gen. 1:21 And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

(ASV)Gen. 6:19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.


The nature of health, sanitation, and sickness


(ASV)Gen. 17:9-14 And God said unto Abraham, And as for thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their generations. This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee: every male among you shall be circumcised. And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant betwixt me and you. And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any foreigner that is not of thy seed. He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.

(ASV)Lev. Chapters 12 thru 14 can be found starting here


The concept of entropy, that energy is running down


(ASV)Psalm 102:26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure; Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:




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