Does Bible say we are "stewards of the earth?"

[DavidFilmer]

I have heard the expression “stewards of the earth” many times in my life. I had always assumed this was a Biblical expression. However, after a recent search, I could not find any such expression in the Bible.

Does the Bible say we are “stewards of the earth?”

 

[rciadan]

Genesis 2:15 tells us “And the Lord God took man, and put him into the paradise of pleaseure, to dress it, and to keep it”

I think that this tells us that our origional purpose was to keep paradise beautiful and healthy: to watch over all in our care, that we were given dominion over, and to maintain it and to help it grow.

I would say this translates into being stewards of the earth, and that this is a concept which is in line with what we know to be true about mans purpose for existance…