'Most High' in the Bible

And Melchizedek, the king of Salem, brought out bread and wine. (He was the priest of God Most High).

And he blessed him and said, "Blessed [be] Abram by God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth.

And blessed [be] God Most High who delivered your enemies into your hand." And he gave to him a tenth of everything.

And Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have raised my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth,

the declaration of the hearer of God's words, and the knower of the knowledge of the Most High, who sees the vision of Shaddai, who is falling, and [his] eyes [are] revealed.

{When the Most High apportioned} [the] nations, at his dividing [up] of the sons of humankind, he fixed the boundaries of [the] peoples, according to the number of the children of Israel.

Of Benjamin he said, "The beloved of Yahweh dwells {securely}, the Most High shields [all] around him, all the day, and between his shoulders he dwells."

Yahweh thundered from heaven, and the Most High {uttered his voice}.

These [are] the last words of David, the declaration of David the son of Jesse, and the declaration of the man exalted [by] the Most High, the anointed one of the God of Jacob and the darling of the songs of Israel.

I will thank Yahweh according to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of Yahweh, [the] Most High.

I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing [the praise of] your name, O Most High.

And Yahweh thundered from the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice [with] hail and coals of fire.

Because the king trusts Yahweh, and through the steadfast love of the Most High he shall not be moved.

[There is] a river whose streams gladden the city of God, the holiest of the dwellings of the Most High.

For Yahweh Most High [is] awesome, a great king over all the earth.

Offer to God a thank offering and pay your vows to [the] Most High.

I will call to God Most High, to God who accomplishes [things] concerning me.

And they say, "How does God know?" and, "Does the Most High have knowledge?"

So I said, "This pierces me-- the right [hand] of the Most High [has] changed."

But they sinned still further against him by rebelling [against the] Most High in the desert.

And they remembered that God [was] their rock, and God Most High their redeemer.

But they tested and rebelled against God Most High and did not keep his statutes.

I have said, "You [are] gods, and sons of the Most High, all of you.

that they may know that you, [whose] name [is] Yahweh, you alone, [are the] Most High over the whole earth.

But with respect to Zion it shall be said, "{Each one} was born in her," for the Most High himself will establish her.

[One who] lives in the secret place of the Most High will lodge in the shadow of Shaddai.

For you, O Yahweh, [are] my refuge. You have made the Most High your dwelling place.

[It is] good to give thanks to Yahweh, and to sing praise concerning your name, O Most High;

For you, O Yahweh, [are] most high over all the earth. You are highly exalted above all gods.

because they rebelled against the words of God and spurned the counsel of the Most High,

I will ascend to [the] high places of [the] clouds, I will make myself like the Most High.'

{to deprive one of justice} before the face of the Most High;

[Is] it not from the mouth of the Most High [that] disaster and good will come?

Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the furnace of blazing fire, [and] he called out, saying, "Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, {servants} of the Most High God, come out and come here!"

It is pleasing to me to recount the signs and wonders that the Most High God worked for me.

The sentence [is] by [the] decree of [the] watchers, and the decision [by] [the] command of [the] holy [ones], {in order that} the living will know that the Most High [is] sovereign over [the] kingdom of humankind, and {to whomever} he wills he gives it, and he [even] sets [the] humblest of men over it."

This [is] the explanation, O king, and it [is] a decree of the Most High that has come upon my lord the king:

you will be driven away {from human society} and {you will dwell} with the animals of the field, and you will be caused to graze grass like the oxen {yourself}, and you will be watered with the dew of heaven, and seven [periods of] time will pass over you until that you have acknowledged that the Most High [is] sovereign over the kingdom of humankind, and {to whom he wills} he gives it.

and you will be driven away from {human society} and your dwelling [will be] with the animals of the field and they will cause you to graze [the] grass like oxen, and seven times will pass over you, until you acknowledge that the Most High [is] sovereign over the kingdom of humankind and that he gives it to whom he wills.'

"But at the end of {that period}, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and [then] my reason returned to me; and I blessed the Most High and {the one who lives forever} I praised and I honored. "For his sovereignty [is] [an] everlasting sovereignty, and his kingdom [continues] from generation to generation.

{O king}, the Most High God gave the kingdom and the greatness and the glory and the majesty to Nebuchadnezzar your {predecessor}.

And he was driven away {from human society} and his mind was made like the animals and his dwelling [was] with the wild asses; [and] {he was given} grass like oxen to eat, and with the dew of heaven his body was bathed, until he acknowledged that the Most High God [is] sovereign over the kingdom of humankind, and {whoever} he wants he sets over it.

But the holy ones of the Most High will receive the kingdom, and they will take possession of the kingdom forever, {forever and ever}.'

until the Ancient of Days came and gave judgment to [the] holy ones of [the] Most High; and the time arrived and [the] holy ones took possession of the kingdom.

And he will speak words against the Most High, and he will wear out [the] holy ones of the Most High, and he will attempt to change times and law, and they will be given into his hand for a time and two times and half a time.

And the kingdom and the dominion and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be given to [the] nation of [the] holy ones of the Most High; his kingdom {is an everlasting kingdom}, and all the dominions will serve and obey him.'

They turn, not to the Most High, like a slack bow; their officials will fall by the sword because of the anger of their tongue. This [is] their scorn in the land of Egypt.

My people are bent on backsliding from me. To the Most High they call, he does not raise them at all.

And crying out with a loud voice he said, "{What have I to do with you}, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore you by God, do not torment me!"

This one will be great, and he will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.

And the angel answered [and] said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the one to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.

And so you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High, for you will go on before the Lord to prepare his ways,

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend expecting back nothing, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

And [when he] saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and said with a loud voice, "{What do I have to do with you}, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me!"

But the Most High does not live in [houses] made by human hands, just as the prophet says,

She followed Paul and us [and] was crying out, saying, "These men are slaves of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!"

For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham [as he] was returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,