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.
But the earth
General references
Bible References
Heaven
Psalm 89:11
The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours; the world and all that is in it, you have founded them.
Psalm 144:5
Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down! Touch the mountains so that they smoke!
Psalm 148:4
Praise him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens!
Isaiah 66:1
Thus says the LORD: "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; what is the house that you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest?
Lamentations 3:66
You will pursue them in anger and destroy them from under your heavens, O LORD."
John 14:2
In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
But the earth
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them. And God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens 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 to the nations their inheritance, when he divided mankind, he fixed the borders of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.
Jeremiah 27:5
"It is I who by my great power and my outstretched arm have made the earth, with the men and animals that are on the earth, and I give it to whomever it seems right to me.
General references
Numbers 33:53
And you shall take possession of the land and settle 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 that is in it, you have founded them.