56 Bible Verses about Heaven

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Revelation 5:6

And I saw between the throne (with the four living creatures) and the elders a Lamb standing, as if slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.

2 Corinthians 12:2

I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago—whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know, God knows—such a man was caught up to the third heaven.

Revelation 7:15

For this reason, they are before the throne of God; and they serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.

Psalm 146:6

Who made heaven and earth,
The sea and all that is in them;
Who keeps faith forever;

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Heaven » Dwelling place of God

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?

Psalm 123:1

A Song of Ascents.
To You I lift up my eyes,
O You who are enthroned in the heavens!

Acts 7:49

Heaven is My throne,
And earth is the footstool of My feet;
What kind of house will you build for Me?’ says the Lord,
Or what place is there for My repose?

Heaven » The physical heavens

Ezekiel 1:1

Now it came about in the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was by the river Chebar among the exiles, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.

Heaven » Physical heavens, destruction of

Isaiah 34:4

And all the host of heaven will wear away,
And the sky will be rolled up like a scroll;
All their hosts will also wither away
As a leaf withers from the vine,
Or as one withers from the fig tree.

Hebrews 1:10-12

And, "YOU, LORD, IN THE BEGINNING LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THE EARTH, AND THE HEAVENS ARE THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS; THEY WILL PERISH, BUT YOU REMAIN; AND THEY ALL WILL BECOME OLD LIKE A GARMENT, AND LIKE A MANTLE YOU WILL ROLL THEM UP; LIKE A GARMENT THEY WILL ALSO BE CHANGED BUT YOU ARE THE SAME, AND YOUR YEARS WILL NOT COME TO AN END."

Job 14:12

So man lies down and does not rise.
Until the heavens are no longer,
He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep.

Heaven » Re 21; 22; joh 14 » Kingdom of

Matthew 20:1

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

Matthew 25:1

“Then the kingdom of heaven will be comparable to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

Matthew 13:44

The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

Matthew 13:24

Jesus presented another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.

Heaven » God » Answers his people from

Psalm 20:6

Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed;
He will answer him from His holy heaven
With the saving strength of His right hand.

1 Chronicles 21:26

Then David built an altar to the Lord there and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. And he called to the Lord and He answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.

Nehemiah 9:27

“Therefore You delivered them into the hand of their oppressors who oppressed them,
But when they cried to You in the time of their distress,
You heard from heaven, and according to Your great compassion
You gave them deliverers who delivered them from the hand of their oppressors.

Heaven » Re 21; 22; joh 14 » Opened

Acts 10:11

and he *saw the sky opened up, and an object like a great sheet coming down, lowered by four corners to the ground,

Acts 7:56

and he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened up and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”

Heaven » Christ » As mediator, entered into

Hebrews 9:24

For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;

Heaven » Re 21; 22; joh 14 » Built by the hand of God

Heaven » The wicked excluded from

Galatians 5:21

envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Heaven » God » Sends his judgments from

1 Samuel 2:10

Those who contend with the Lord will be shattered;
Against them He will thunder in the heavens,
The Lord will judge the ends of the earth;
And He will give strength to His king,
And will exalt the horn of His anointed.”

Genesis 19:24

Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven,

Daniel 4:13-14

'I was looking in the visions in my mind as I lay on my bed, and behold, an angelic watcher, a holy one, descended from heaven. 'He shouted out and spoke as follows: "Chop down the tree and cut off its branches, Strip off its foliage and scatter its fruit; Let the beasts flee from under it And the birds from its branches.

Heaven » Holy

Psalm 20:6

Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed;
He will answer him from His holy heaven
With the saving strength of His right hand.

Deuteronomy 26:15

Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel, and the ground which You have given us, a land flowing with milk and honey, as You swore to our fathers.’

Heaven » Enoch and elijah were translated into

2 Kings 2:11

As they were going along and talking, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire and horses of fire which separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind to heaven.

Hebrews 11:5

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death; and he was not found because God took him up; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God.

Heaven » Is called » Paradise

2 Corinthians 12:2

I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago—whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know, God knows—such a man was caught up to the third heaven.

2 Corinthians 12:4

was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which a man is not permitted to speak.

Heaven » New heavens

Revelation 21:1-4

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, read more.
and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away."

Heaven » God » Reigns in

Psalm 135:6

Whatever the Lord pleases, He does,
In heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps.

Daniel 4:35

All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,
But He does according to His will in the host of heaven
And among the inhabitants of earth;
And no one can ward off His hand
Or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’

Heaven » Re 21; 22; joh 14 » The redeemed of all nations assembled

Revelation 7:9

After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands;

Heaven » Everlasting

Psalm 89:29

“So I will establish his descendants forever
And his throne as the days of heaven.

Heaven » God » Fills

Jeremiah 23:24

“Can a man hide himself in hiding places
So I do not see him?” declares the Lord.
Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the Lord.

1 Kings 8:27

“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built!

Heaven » Angels are in

Heaven » Created by God

Revelation 10:6

and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that there will be delay no longer,

Heaven » Christ » Is all-powerful in

Heaven » The future dwelling place of the righteous » The wicked excluded from

Galatians 5:21

envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Heaven » God » Is the lord of

Daniel 5:23

but you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines have been drinking wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which do not see, hear or understand. But the God in whose hand are your life-breath and all your ways, you have not glorified.

Heaven » High

Psalm 103:11

For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him.

Heaven » Names of saints are written in

Heaven » God's dwelling-place

1 Kings 8:30

Listen to the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place; hear in heaven Your dwelling place; hear and forgive.

Heaven » Saints rewarded in

Heaven » Lay up treasure in

Matthew 6:20

But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;

Heaven » God's throne

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?

Acts 7:49

Heaven is My throne,
And earth is the footstool of My feet;
What kind of house will you build for Me?’ says the Lord,
Or what place is there for My repose?

Heaven » Flesh and blood cannot inherit

1 Corinthians 15:50

Now I say this, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

Heaven » Happiness of, described

Revelation 7:16-17

"They will hunger no longer, nor thirst anymore; nor will the sun beat down on them, nor any heat; for the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to springs of the water of life; and God will wipe every tear from their eyes."

Heaven » The future dwelling place of the righteous » A rest

Heaven » Re 21; 22; joh 14 » Obedience, the condition of entrance

Heaven » Immeasurable

Jeremiah 31:37

Thus says the Lord,
If the heavens above can be measured
And the foundations of the earth searched out below,
Then I will also cast off all the offspring of Israel
For all that they have done,” declares the Lord.

Heaven » Is called » The kingdom of Christ and of God

Heaven » Is called » A heavenly country

Heaven » Re 21; 22; joh 14 » The glorified Christ entered into

Acts 7:55-56

But being full of the Holy Spirit, he gazed intently into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God; and he said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened up and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."

Heaven » Re 21; 22; joh 14 » A safe-deposit for treasures

Matthew 6:20

But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;

Heaven » Is called » A garner

Matthew 3:12

His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear His threshing floor; and He will gather His wheat into the barn, but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

Heaven » Is called » A rest

Heaven » Re 21; 22; joh 14 » Contains a register of the saints

Heaven » The future dwelling place of the righteous » Paradise

2 Corinthians 12:2

I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago—whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know, God knows—such a man was caught up to the third heaven.

2 Corinthians 12:4

was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which a man is not permitted to speak.

Heaven » Re 21; 22; joh 14 » Room for all believers

Heaven » The future dwelling place of the righteous » A heavenly country

Heaven » Is called » The father's house

Heaven » Repentance occasions joy in

Heaven » The future dwelling place of the righteous » The father's house

Heaven » The future dwelling place of the righteous » Called a garner

Matthew 3:12

His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear His threshing floor; and He will gather His wheat into the barn, but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

Heaven » The future dwelling place of the righteous » The kingdom of Christ and of God

Topics on Heaven

Babies Going To Heaven

Matthew 19:13-14

Then some children were brought to Him so that He might lay His hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.

Fire From Heaven

Exodus 9:23

Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt.

God Speaks From Heaven

Exodus 20:22

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘You yourselves have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.

Going Up To Heaven

2 Kings 2:1

And it came about when the Lord was about to take up Elijah by a whirlwind to heaven, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

Heaven, God's Habitation

Deuteronomy 26:15

Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel, and the ground which You have given us, a land flowing with milk and honey, as You swore to our fathers.’

Heaven, Worshiping God

Revelation 19:6-7

Then I heard something like the voice of a great multitude and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying,Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.

Parables Of The Kingdom Of Heaven

Mark 4:26-29

And He was saying, “The kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed upon the soil;

Promise Of Heaven

Matthew 24:34-40

Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

Taken To Heaven

2 Kings 2:1

And it came about when the Lord was about to take up Elijah by a whirlwind to heaven, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

The Armies Of Heaven

1 Kings 22:19

Micaiah said, “Therefore, hear the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.

What Heaven Will Be Like

Revelation 21:3

And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them,

Windows Of Heaven

Genesis 7:11

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened.

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