Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

General references

Bible References

Heaven

Psalm 89:11
The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;
The world and all it contains, You have founded them.
Psalm 144:5
Bow Your heavens, O Lord, and come down;
Touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
Psalm 148:4
Praise Him, highest heavens,
And the waters that are above the heavens!
Isaiah 66:1
Thus says the Lord,
Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool.
Where then is a house you could build for Me?
And where is a place that I may rest?
Lamentations 3:66
You will pursue them in anger and destroy them
From under the heavens of the Lord!
John 14:2
In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.

But the earth

Genesis 1:28
God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Genesis 9:1
And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
Deuteronomy 32:8
When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance,
When He separated the sons of man,
He set the boundaries of the peoples
According to the number of the sons of Israel.
Jeremiah 27:5
I have made the earth, the men and the beasts which are on the face of the earth by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and I will give it to the one who is pleasing in My sight.

General references

Numbers 33:53
and you shall take possession of the land and live in it, for I have given the land to you to possess it.
Psalm 89:11
The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours;
The world and all it contains, You have founded them.