Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
It is as high as heaven
General references
Bible References
It is as high as heaven
Job 22:12
“Is not God in the height of heaven?
And behold the distant stars, how high they are!
“Is not God in the height of heaven?
And behold the distant stars, how high they are!
Job 35:5
“Look to the heavens and see;
And behold the skies which are [much] higher than you.
“Look to the heavens and see;
And behold the skies which are [much] higher than you.
2 Chronicles 6:18
“But will God actually dwell with mankind on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built!
Psalm 103:11
For as the heavens are high above the earth,
So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear and worship Him [with awe-filled respect and deepest reverence].
For as the heavens are high above the earth,
So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear and worship Him [with awe-filled respect and deepest reverence].
Psalm 148:13
Let them praise the name of the Lord,
For His name alone is exalted and supreme;
His glory and majesty are above earth and heaven.
Let them praise the name of the Lord,
For His name alone is exalted and supreme;
His glory and majesty are above earth and heaven.
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter,
But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter,
But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
Isaiah 55:9
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways
And My thoughts higher than your thoughts.
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways
And My thoughts higher than your thoughts.
Deeper
Job 26:6
“Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) is naked before God,
And Abaddon (the place of destruction) has no covering [from His eyes].
“Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) is naked before God,
And Abaddon (the place of destruction) has no covering [from His eyes].
Psalm 139:6
Such [infinite] knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is too high [above me], I cannot reach it.
Such [infinite] knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is too high [above me], I cannot reach it.
Amos 9:2
“Though they dig intoSheol [to hide in the deepest pit],
From there My hand will take them [for judgment];
And though they climb up to heaven [to hide in the realm of light],
From there will I bring them down [for judgment].
“Though they dig into
From there My hand will take them [for judgment];
And though they climb up to heaven [to hide in the realm of light],
From there will I bring them down [for judgment].
Ephesians 3:18
be fully capable of comprehending with all the saints (God’s people) the width and length and height and depth of His love [fully experiencing that amazing, endless love];
General references
Ecclesiastes 7:24
Whatever has been is far off, deeply remote and exceedingly mysterious. Who can discover it [for it is beyond the grasp of man]?
1 Corinthians 13:9
For we know in part, and we prophesy in part [for our knowledge is fragmentary and incomplete].