Psalms 24:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For by him it was based on the seas, and made strong on the deep rivers.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 136:6 : 6 To him by whom the earth was stretched out over the waters: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
  • Gen 1:9-9 : 9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven come together in one place, and let the dry land be seen: and it was so. 10 And God gave the dry land the name of Earth; and the waters together in their place were named Seas: and God saw that it was good.
  • Ps 104:5-6 : 5 He has made the earth strong on its bases, so that it may not be moved for ever and ever; 6 Covering it with the sea as with a robe: the waters were high over the mountains;
  • Ps 96:10 : 10 Say among the nations, The Lord is King; yes, the world is ordered so that it may not be moved; he will be an upright judge of the peoples.
  • Jer 5:22 : 22 Have you no fear of me? says the Lord; will you not be shaking with fear before me, who have put the sand as a limit for the sea, by an eternal order, so that it may not go past it? and though it is ever in motion, it is not able to have its way; though the sound of its waves is loud, they are not able to go past it.
  • Jer 10:11-16 : 11 This is what you are to say to them: The gods who have not made the heavens and the earth will be cut off from the earth and from under the heavens. 12 He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out. 13 At the sound of his voice there is a massing of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes the thunder-flames for the rain, and sends out the wind from his store-houses. 14 Then every man becomes like a beast without knowledge; every gold-worker is put to shame by the image he has made: for his metal image is deceit, and there is no breath in them. 15 They are nothing, a work of error: in the time of their punishment, destruction will overtake them. 16 The heritage of Jacob is not like these; for the maker of all things is his heritage: the Lord of armies is his name.
  • 2 Pet 3:5-7 : 5 But in taking this view they put out of their minds the memory that in the old days there was a heaven, and an earth lifted out of the water and circled by water, by the word of God; 6 And that the world which then was came to an end through the overflowing of the waters. 7 But the present heaven and the present earth have been kept for destruction by fire, which is waiting for them on the day of the judging and destruction of evil men.
  • Gen 8:22 : 22 While the earth goes on, seed time and the getting in of the grain, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, will not come to an end.
  • Job 38:4 : 4 Where were you when I put the earth on its base? Say, if you have knowledge.
  • Job 38:8-9 : 8 Or where were you when the sea came to birth, pushing out from its secret place; 9 When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it, 10 Ordering a fixed limit for it, with locks and doors; 11 And said, So far you may come, and no farther; and here the pride of your waves will be stopped?
  • Ps 33:6 : 6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the army of heaven by the breath of his mouth.
  • Ps 93:1 : 1 The Lord is King; he is clothed with glory; the Lord is clothed with strength; power is the cord of his robe; the world is fixed, so that it may not be moved.
  • Ps 95:4 : 4 The deep places of the earth are in his hand; and the tops of the mountains are his.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 24:1
    79%

    1<A Psalm. Of David.> The earth is the Lord's, with all its wealth; the world and all the people living in it.

  • Ps 104:5-6
    2 verses
    78%

    5He has made the earth strong on its bases, so that it may not be moved for ever and ever;

    6Covering it with the sea as with a robe: the waters were high over the mountains;

  • Ps 89:11
    77%

    11Yours are the heavens, and the earth is yours; you have made the world, and everything which is in it.

  • Ps 87:1
    76%

    1<Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. A Song.> This house is resting on the holy mountain.

  • Prov 8:28-29
    2 verses
    75%

    28When he made strong the skies overhead: when the fountains of the deep were fixed:

    29When he put a limit to the sea, so that the waters might not go against his word: when he put in position the bases of the earth:

  • Ps 93:1-4
    4 verses
    75%

    1The Lord is King; he is clothed with glory; the Lord is clothed with strength; power is the cord of his robe; the world is fixed, so that it may not be moved.

    2The seat of your power has been from the past; you are eternal.

    3The rivers send up, O Lord, the rivers send up their voices; they send them up with a loud cry.

    4The Lord in heaven is stronger than the noise of great waters, yes, he is stronger than the great waves of the sea.

  • Amos 9:6
    75%

    6It is he who makes his rooms in the heaven, basing his arch on the earth; whose voice goes out to the waters of the sea, and sends them flowing over the face of the earth; the Lord is his name.

  • Ps 29:10
    74%

    10The Lord had his seat as king when the waters came on the earth; the Lord is seated as king for ever.

  • Prov 3:19
    74%

    19The Lord by wisdom put in position the bases of the earth; by reason he put the heavens in their place.

  • Ps 33:7
    74%

    7He makes the waters of the sea come together in a mass; he keeps the deep seas in store-houses.

  • Ps 95:5
    73%

    5The sea is his, and he made it; and the dry land was formed by his hands.

  • Job 38:6
    73%

    6On what were its pillars based, or who put down its angle-stone,

  • Matt 7:25
    73%

    25And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house, but it was not moved; because it was based on the rock.

  • Ps 24:3
    73%

    3Who may go up into the hill of the Lord? and who may come into his holy place?

  • Ps 102:25
    72%

    25In the past you put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

  • Ps 46:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2For this cause we will have no fear, even though the earth is changed, and though the mountains are moved in the heart of the sea;

    3Though its waters are sounding and troubled, and though the mountains are shaking with their violent motion. (Selah.)

  • 1 Chr 16:30
    72%

    30Be in fear before him, all the earth: the world is ordered so that it may not be moved.

  • Ps 65:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6The God by whose strength the mountains are fixed; who is robed with power:

    7Who makes the loud voice of the sea quiet, and puts an end to the sound of its waves.

  • Ps 146:6
    72%

    6Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all things in them; who keeps faith for ever:

  • Job 22:16
    71%

    16Who were violently taken away before their time, who were overcome by the rush of waters:

  • 2 Sam 22:16
    71%

    16Then the deep beds of the sea were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of the Lord's wrath, because of the breath of his mouth.

  • Isa 24:19
    71%

    19The earth is completely broken, it is parted in two, it is violently moved.

  • Ps 104:8
    71%

    8The mountains came up and the valleys went down into the place which you had made ready for them.

  • Job 26:10
    71%

    10By him a circle is marked out on the face of the waters, to the limits of the light and the dark.

  • Jer 10:12
    71%

    12He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out.

  • Ps 107:24-25
    2 verses
    71%

    24They see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.

    25For at his word comes up the storm-wind, lifting high the waves.

  • Ps 29:3
    71%

    3The voice of the Lord is on the waters: the God of glory is thundering, the Lord is on the great waters.

  • Ps 98:7
    71%

    7Let the sea be thundering, with all its waters; the world, and all who are living in it;

  • Luke 6:48
    71%

    48He is like a man building a house, who went deep and put the base of it on a rock; and when the water came up and the river was driving against that house, it was not moved, because the building was good.

  • Heb 1:10
    71%

    10You, Lord, at the first did put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the works of your hands:

  • Jer 51:15
    71%

    15He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by his wise design the heavens have been stretched out:

  • Ps 148:6
    70%

    6He has put them in their places for ever; he has given them their limits which may not be broken.

  • Ps 78:69
    70%

    69And he made his holy place like the high heaven, like the earth which is fixed by him for ever.

  • Isa 23:11
    70%

    11His hand is stretched out over the sea, the kingdoms are shaking: the Lord has given orders about Canaan, to make waste its strong places.

  • Job 9:8
    70%

    8By whose hand the heavens were stretched out, and who is walking on the waves of the sea:

  • Ps 89:9
    70%

    9You have rule over the sea in storm; when its waves are troubled, you make them calm.

  • Prov 24:3
    70%

    3The building of a house is by wisdom, and by reason it is made strong:

  • Isa 28:16
    70%

    16For this cause says the Lord God, See, I am placing in Zion as a base, a stone, a tested stone, an angle-stone which is certain and of great value: and he who has faith will not give way.

  • Ps 96:10
    70%

    10Say among the nations, The Lord is King; yes, the world is ordered so that it may not be moved; he will be an upright judge of the peoples.

  • Isa 2:15
    70%

    15And on every high tower, and on every strong wall;

  • Ps 46:6
    70%

    6The nations were angry, the kingdoms were moved; at the sound of his voice the earth became like wax.