Verse 14

The heavens– indeed the highest heavens– belong to the LORD your God, as does the earth and everything in it.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 “God does not really live on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!
  • Neh 9:6 : 6 You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, along with all their multitude of stars, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You impart life to them all, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.
  • Ps 24:1 : 1 A psalm of David. The LORD owns the earth and all it contains, the world and all who live in it.
  • Ps 115:16 : 16 The heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth he has given to mankind.
  • Exod 19:5 : 5 And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine,
  • Isa 66:1 : 1 This is what the LORD says:“The heavens are my throne and the earth is my footstool. Where then is the house you will build for me? Where is the place where I will rest?
  • 2 Chr 6:18 : 18 “God does not really live with humankind on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!
  • Gen 14:19 : 19 He blessed Abram, saying,“Blessed be Abram by the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth.
  • Exod 9:29 : 29 Moses said to him,“When I leave the city I will spread my hands to the LORD, the thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth belongs to the LORD.
  • Ps 148:4 : 4 Praise him, O highest heaven, and you waters above the sky!
  • Ps 50:12 : 12 Even if I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and all it contains belong to me.
  • Jer 27:5-6 : 5 “I made the earth and the people and animals on it by my mighty power and great strength, and I give it to whomever I see fit. 6 I have at this time placed all these nations of yours under the power of my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I have even made all the wild animals subject to him.
  • 1 Cor 10:26 : 26 for the earth and its abundance are the Lord’s.
  • 1 Cor 10:28 : 28 But if someone says to you,“This is from a sacrifice,” do not eat, because of the one who told you and because of conscience–