Scientific Proof From Holy Bible

Scientific Proof From Holy Bible

Holy Bible

The Bible is estimated to have been written between 1450 B.C. and 95 A.D. This chart shows scientific facts and principles referred to in the Bible, but not actually discovered by humankind until later centuries. Since people had no official knowledge or understanding of these scientific facts when the Bible was written, is this scientific proof that the Bible was inspired by God?  

Scientific Fact or Principle

Both man and woman possess the seed of life 

Genesis 3:15

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Date of discovery by man: 17th Century

There is a place void of stars in the North

Job 26:7

He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, [and] hangeth the earth upon nothing.

Date of discovery by man: 19th Century

Earth is held in place by invisible forces

Job 26:7

He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, [and] hangeth the earth upon nothing.

Date of discovery by man: 1650

Taxonomic classification of matter

Genesis ch 1

Date of discovery by man: 1735

The Earth is round

Isaiah 40:22

[It is] he that sitteth upon 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:

Date of discovery by man: 15th Century

Day and night occur simultaneously on Earth

Luke 17:34

I tell you, in that night there shall be two [men] in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.

Date of discovery by man: 15th Century

Certain animals carry diseases harmful to man

Leviticus 11

They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination.

Date of discovery by man: 16th Century

Early diagnosis of leprosy

Leviticus 13

Date of discovery by man: 17th Century

Quarantine for disease control

Leviticus 13

Date of discovery by man: 17th Century

Blood of animals carries diseases

Leviticus 17

Date of discovery by man: 17th Century

Blood is necessary for life

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 an atonement for your souls: for it [is] the blood [that] maketh an atonement for the soul.

Date of discovery by man: 19th Century

Oceans have natural paths in them

Psalms 8:8

The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, [and whatsoever] passeth through the paths of the seas.

Date of discovery by man: 1854

Earth was in nebular form initially

Genesis 1:2

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Date of discovery by man: 1911

Most seaworthy ship design ratio is 30:5:3

Genesis 6

And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

Date of discovery by man: 1860

Light is a particle and has mass (a photon)

Job 38:19

Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as for] darkness, where [is] the place thereof,

Date of discovery by man: 1932

Radio astronomy (stars give off signals)

Job 38:7

When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Date of discovery by man: 1945

Oceans contain fresh water springs

Job 38:16

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

Date of discovery by man: 1920

Snow has material value

Job 38:22

Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

Date of discovery by man: 1905,1966

Infinite number of stars exist

Genesis 15:5

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

Date of discovery by man: 1940

Dust is important to survival

Isaiah 40:12

Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

Date of discovery by man: 1935

Hubert Spencer’s scientific principles

Genesis 1

Date of discovery by man: 1820

Air has weight

Job 28:25

To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.

Date of discovery by man: 16th Century

Light can be split up into component colors

Job 38:24

By what way is the light parted, [which] scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

Date of discovery by man: 1650

Matter is made up of invisible particles

Romans 1:20

For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

Date of discovery by man: 20th Century

Plants use sunlight to manufacture food

Job 8:16

He [is] green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

Date of discovery by man: 1920

Arcturus and other stars move through space

Job 38:32

Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

Date of discovery by man: 19th Century

Water cycle

Ecclesiastes 1:7

All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea [is] not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.

Date of discovery by man: 17th Century

Life originated in the sea

Genesis 1

Date of discovery by man: 19th Century

Lightning and thunder are related

Job 38:25

Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

Date of discovery by man: 19th Century