Science and the Bible
The Bible is not a science book,
yet it is scientifically accurate. We
are not aware of any scientific
evidence that contradicts the
Bible. We have listed statements
on this page that are consistent
with known scientific facts. Many
of them were listed in the Bible
hundreds or even thousands of
years before being recorded
elsewhere. Many concepts and
notes on this page are adapted
from ideas and statements that
appear in The DEFENDER’S Study
Bible.[1]
Statements Consistent With
Paleontology
Dinosaurs are referred to in
several Bible books. The book
of Job describes two
dinosaurs. One is described in
chapter 40 starting at verse
15, and the other in chapter
41 starting at verse 1. We
think you will agree that 1½
chapters about dinosaurs is a
lot—since most people do not
even realize that they are
mentioned in the Bible.
(Actually reading the Bible
would help, though. )

Statements Consistent With
Astronomy
The Bible frequently refers to
the great number of stars in
the heavens. Here are two
examples.
Genesis 22:17
Blessing I will bless you, and
multiplying I will multiply your
descendants as the stars of
the heaven and as the sand
which is on the seashore; and
your descendants shall
possess the gate of their
enemies.
Jeremiah 33:22
“As the host of heaven cannot
be numbered, nor the sand of
the sea measured, so will I
multiply the descendants of
David My servant and the
Levites who minister to Me.”
Even today, scientists admit
that they do not know how
many stars there are. Only
about 3,000 can be seen with
the naked eye. We have seen
estimates of 1021 stars—
which is a lot of stars.[2] (The
number of grains of sand on
the earth’s seashores is
estimated to be 1025. As
scientists discover more stars,
wouldn’t it be interesting to
discover that these two
numbers match?)
The Bible also says that each
star is unique.
1 Corinthians 15:41
There is one glory of the sun,
another glory of the moon,
and another glory of the
stars; for one star differs from
another star in glory.
All stars look alike to the
naked eye.* Even when seen
through a telescope, they
seem to be just points of light.
However, analysis of their
light spectra reveals that each
is unique and different from
all others.[1] (*Note: We
understand that people can
perceive some slight
difference in color and
apparent brightness when
looking at stars with the
naked eye, but we would not
expect a person living in the
first century A.D. to claim they
differ from one another.)
The Bible describes the
precision of movement in the
universe.
Jeremiah 31:35,36
Thus says the LORD,
Who gives the sun for a light
by day,
The ordinances of the moon
and the stars for a light by
night,
Who disturbs the sea,
And its waves roar
(The LORD of hosts is His
name):
“If those ordinances depart
From before Me, says the
LORD,
Then the seed of Israel shall
also cease
From being a nation before
Me forever.”
The Bible describes the
suspension of the Earth in
space.
Job 26:7
He stretches out the north
over empty space;
He hangs the earth on
nothing.

Statements Consistent With
Meteorology
The Bible describes the
circulation of the atmosphere.
Ecclesiastes 1:6
The wind goes toward the
south,
And turns around to the
north;
The wind whirls about
continually,
And comes again on its
circuit.
The Bible includes some
principles of fluid dynamics.
Job 28:25
To establish a weight for the
wind,
And apportion the waters by
measure.
The fact that air has weight
was proven scientifically only
about 300 years ago. The
relative weights of air and
water are needed for the
efficient functioning of the
world’s hydrologic cycle,
which in turn sustains life on
the earth.[1] (If you are a
physics enthusiast, please
ignore our omission of the
terms mass, gravity, and
density from this comment.)
Statements Consistent With
Biology
The book of Leviticus (written
prior to 1400 BC) describes
the value of blood.
Leviticus 17:11
‘For the life of the flesh is in
the blood, and I have given it
to you upon the altar to make
atonement for your souls; for
it is the blood that makes
atonement for the soul.’
The blood carries water and
nourishment to every cell,
maintains the body’s
temperature, and removes the
waste material of the body’s
cells. The blood also carries
oxygen from the lungs
throughout the body. In
1616, William Harvey
discovered that blood
circulation is the key factor in
physical life—confirming
what the Bible revealed 3,000
years earlier.[1]
The Bible describes
biogenesis (the development
of living organisms from
other living organisms) and
the stability of each kind of
living organism.
Genesis 1:11,12
Then God said, “Let the earth
bring forth grass, the herb
that yields seed, and the fruit
tree that yields fruit according
to its kind, whose seed is in
itself, on the earth”; and it
was so. And the earth
brought forth grass, the herb
that yields seed according to
its kind, and the tree that
yields fruit, whose seed is in
itself according to its kind.
And God saw that it was
good.
Genesis 1:21
So God created great sea
creatures and every living
thing that moves, with which
the waters abounded,
according to their kind, and
every winged bird according
to its kind. And God saw that
it was good.
Genesis 1:25
And God made the beast of
the earth according to its
kind, cattle according to its
kind, and everything that
creeps on the earth according
to its kind. And God saw that
it was good.
The phrase “according to its
kind” occurs repeatedly,
stressing the reproductive
integrity of each kind of
animal and plant. Today we
know this occurs because all
of these reproductive systems
are programmed by their
genetic codes.[1]
The Bible describes the
chemical nature of flesh.
Genesis 2:7
And the LORD God formed
man of the dust of the
ground, and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life; and
man became a living being.
Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of your face you
shall eat bread
Till you return to the ground,
For out of it you were taken;
For dust you are,
And to dust you shall return.
It is a proven fact that a
person’s mental and spiritual
health is strongly correlated
with physical health.[1] The
Bible revealed this to us with
these statements (and others)
written by King Solomon
about 950 BC.
Proverbs 12:4
An excellent wife is the crown
of her husband,
But she who causes shame is
like rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs 14:30
A sound heart is life to the
body,
But envy is rottenness to the
bones.
Proverbs 15:30
The light of the eyes rejoices
the heart,
And a good report makes the
bones healthy.
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are like a
honeycomb,
Sweetness to the soul and
health to the bones.
Proverbs 17:22
A merry heart does good, like
medicine,
But a broken spirit dries the
bones.
Statements Consistent With
Anthropology
We have cave paintings and
other evidence that people
inhabited caves. The Bible also
describes cave men.
Job 30:5,6
They were driven out from
among men,
They shouted at them as at a
thief.
They had to live in the clefts of
the valleys,
In caves of the earth and the
rocks.
Note that these were not ape-
men, but descendants of
those who scattered from
Babel. They were driven from
the community by those
tribes who competed
successfully for the more
desirable regions of the earth.
Then for some reason they
deteriorated mentally,
physically, and spiritually.[1]
(Go into a bad part of your
town and you will see this
concept in action today.)

Statements Consistent With
Hydrology
The bible includes reasonably
complete descriptions of the
hydrologic cycle.[3]
Psalm 135:7
He causes the vapors to
ascend from the ends of the
earth;
He makes lightning for the
rain;
He brings the wind out of His
treasuries.
Jeremiah 10:13
When He utters His voice,
There is a multitude of waters
in the heavens:
“And He causes the vapors to
ascend from the ends of the
earth.
He makes lightning for the
rain,
He brings the wind out of His
treasuries.”
In these verses you can see
several phases of the
hydrologic cycle—the
worldwide processes of
evaporation, translation aloft
by atmospheric circulation,
condensation with electrical
discharges, and precipitation.
[1]
Job 36:27-29
For He draws up drops of
water,
Which distill as rain from the
mist,
Which the clouds drop down
And pour abundantly on man.
Indeed, can anyone
understand the spreading of
clouds,
The thunder from His canopy?
This simple verse has
remarkable scientific insight.
The drops of water which
eventually pour down as rain
first become vapor and then
condense to tiny liquid water
droplets in the clouds. These
finally coalesce into drops
large enough to overcome the
updrafts that suspend them
in the air.[1]
The Bible describes the
recirculation of water.
Ecclesiastes 1:7
All the rivers run into the sea,
Yet the sea is not full;
To the place from which the
rivers come,
There they return again.
Isaiah 55:10
For as the rain comes down,
and the snow from heaven,
And do not return there,
But water the earth,
And make it bring forth and
bud,
That it may give seed to the
sower
And bread to the eater,
The Bible refers to the
surprising amount of water
that can be held as
condensation in clouds.
Job 26:8
He binds up the water in His
thick clouds,
Yet the clouds are not broken
under it.
Job 37:11
Also with moisture He
saturates the thick clouds;
He scatters His bright clouds.
Hydrothermal vents[4] are
described in two books of the
Bible written before 1400BC
—more than 3,000 years
before their discovery by
science.
Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of
Noah’s life, in the second
month, the seventeenth day
of the month, on that day all
the fountains of the great
deep were broken up, and
the windows of heaven were
opened.
Job 38:16
Have you entered the springs
of the sea?
Or have you walked in search
of the depths?
We discuss the “fountains of
the great deep” further in our
Creation Versus Evolution
page.
Statements Consistent With
Geology
The Bible describes the Earth’s
crust (along with a comment
on astronomy).
Jeremiah 31:37
Thus says the LORD:
“If heaven above can be
measured,
And the foundations of the
earth searched out beneath,
I will also cast off all the seed
of Israel
For all that they have done,
says the LORD.”
Although some scientists
claim that they have now
measured the size of the
universe, it is interesting to
note that every human
attempt to drill through the
earth’s crust to the plastic
mantle beneath has, thus far,
ended in failure.[1]
The Bible described the shape
of the earth centuries before
people thought that the earth
was spherical.
Isaiah 40:22
It is He who sits above the
circle of the earth,
And its inhabitants are like
grasshoppers,
Who stretches out the
heavens like a curtain,
And spreads them out like a
tent to dwell in.
The word translated “circle”
here is the Hebrew word
chuwg which is also
translated “circuit,” or
“compass” (depending on the
context). That is, it indicates
something spherical,
rounded, or arched—not
something that is flat or
square.
The book of Isaiah was
written sometime between
740 and 680 BC. This is at
least 300 years before
Aristotle suggested that the
earth might be a sphere in
this book On the Heavens.
This brings up an important
historical note related to this
topic. Many people are aware
of the conflict between Galileo
and the Roman Catholic Pope,
Paul V. After publishing A
Dialogue on the Two Principal
Systems of the World, Galileo
was summoned to Rome,
where he was forced to
renounce his findings. (At that
time, “theologians” of the
Roman Catholic Church
maintained that the Earth was
the center of the universe,
and to assert otherwise was
deemed heretical.)
We could not find any place in
the Bible that claims that the
Earth is flat, or that it is the
center of the universe. History
shows that this conflict,
which took place at the time
of the Inquisition, was part of
a power struggle. As a result,
scientific and biblical
knowledge became casualties
—an effect we still feel to this
day.

Statements Consistent With
Physics
The Bible suggests the
presence of nuclear processes
like those we associate with
nuclear weaponry. This is
certainly not something that
could have been explained in
67 AD using known scientific
principles (when Peter wrote
the following verse).
2 Peter 3:10
But the day of the Lord will
come as a thief in the night, in
which the heavens will pass
away with a great noise, and
the elements will melt with
fervent heat; both the earth
and the works that are in it
will be burned up.
The television is a practical (if
not always worthwhile )
device that uses
electromagnetic waves
(which transmit its video
signal). The Bible contains
passages that describe
something like television—
something that allows
everyone on earth see a
single event. (Note: such
passages typically refer to the
end of time. It may not be
long before all of us learn for
sure whether the Bible is true
or not.)
Matthew 24:30
Then the sign of the Son of
Man will appear in heaven,
and then all the tribes of the
earth will mourn, and they will
see the Son of Man coming on
the clouds of heaven with
power and great glory.
Revelation 11:9-11
Then those from the peoples,
tribes, tongues, and nations
will see their dead bodies
three-and-a-half days, and not
allow their dead bodies to be
put into graves. And those
who dwell on the earth will
rejoice over them, make
merry, and send gifts to one
another, because these two
prophets tormented those
who dwell on the earth. Now
after the three-and-a-half
days the breath of life from
God entered them, and they
stood on their feet, and great
fear fell on those who saw
them.

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The bible also said the earth is flat, now we know better

Great is our God.

amazing

Great is our God and greatly to be praised

Mutaino7:
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Holá,

TV01 believes God, is fully persuaded by the gospel of The Lord Jesus Christ, and does not doubt the integrity of the scriptures.

TunjiMsp:
The bible also said the earth is flat, now we know better

Where?

TV

Indeed the Bible does cover a whole lot of subject matter, it takes an open mind with the spiritual guidance of the holy spirit to discern and uncover its many secrets and wisdom - precepts upon precepts it is, as Obadiah777 would say during his active days on this section.

Bros Oam4j do the needful.. Many gats to learn something new.. Lets have a broad discuss

TunjiMsp:
The bible also said the earth is flat, now we know better

Where in the bible was this said because I recall, in the book of Job, he said something about a circular horizon which people took to mean a circular earth. . . I hope you're not hinging on what the ancient church meant about the geocentric nature of the universe?

Let me tag certain people:
Davidylan, noetic16, dare2think, 1godfather, deepsight, thehomer, plaetton, martian, evilbrain, mizmycoli, xcapist, ihedinobi2 etc. (I hope y'all don't mind the tagging and contributing here)

crackhaus:
Indeed the Bible does cover a whole lot of subject matter, it takes an open mind with the spiritual guidance of the holy spirit to discern and uncover its many secrets and wisdom - precepts upon precepts it is, as Obadiah777 would say during his active days on this section.

Where's this guy? Haven't seen his contribution in a long while.

Mutaino7:
Bros Oam4j do the needful.. Many gats to learn something new.. Lets have a broad discuss

No offence but I don't think this should be done now. If done, it would derail its purpose of a meaningful discuss by fanatics from 'You know who' talking about going to hell fire and what not.

Seems it will best left this way then.

Feraz:
Where's this guy? Haven't seen his contribution in a long while.

Dude fell off the face of Nairaland earth, he is the reason I used to frequent this section - funny guy...

crackhaus:

Dude fell off the face of Nairaland earth, he is the reason I used to frequent this section - funny guy...

Yeah... Funny guy... He was an ardent believer of something like that... Can't remember again...

Feraz:
Yeah... Funny guy... He was an ardent believer of something like that... Can't remember again...

Nuclear wars and end of the world

crackhaus:

Nuclear wars and end of the world

Crackhaus, he's back... But this time with the moniker 'Obadiah77'....

Bros, I hail oh....

Feraz:
Crackhaus, he's back... But this time with the moniker 'Obadiah77'....

Bros, I hail oh....

i full ground jaburata

Feraz:
Crackhaus, he's back... But this time with the moniker 'Obadiah77'....

Bros, I hail oh....

Lol...interesting!

Mutaino7:
Seems it will best left this way then.

have you ever heard of epidural anaesthesia?

Ranchhoddas:
have you ever heard of epidural anaesthesia?

must av heard it b4 but no concrete knowledge.

Mutaino7:
must av heard it b4 but no concrete knowledge.

carry out a google search on it and relate your findings to the curse God placed on Eve in the Garden of Eden.