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 its fullness. You have founded them.
Psalm 144:5
Part your heavens, Yahweh, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
Psalm 148:4
Praise him, you heavens of heavens, You waters that are above the heavens.
Isaiah 66:1
Thus says Yahweh, "Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what kind of house will you build to me? and what place shall be my rest?
Lamentations 3:66
You will pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Yahweh.
John 14:2
In my Father's house are many homes. If it weren't so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.
But the earth
Genesis 1:28
God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
Genesis 9:1
God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Deuteronomy 32:8
When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the children of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel.
Jeremiah 27:5
I have made the earth, the men and the animals that are on the surface of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I give it to whom it seems right to me.
General references
Numbers 33:53
and you shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for I have given given the land to you to possess it.
Psalm 89:11
The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours; the world and its fullness. You have founded them.