56 Bible Verses about Heaven

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Revelation 5:6

And I saw, and, behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing as having been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent into all the earth.

2 Corinthians 12:2

I knew a man in Christ before fourteen years, (whether in the body, I know not; whether out of the body, I know not: God knows;) such a one having been carried off even to the third heaven.

Psalm 146:6

He made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them: he watched the truth forever.

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Heaven » Dwelling place of God

Luke 11:2

And he said to them, When ye pray, say, Our Father he in the heavens, Holy be thy name. Let thy kingdom come. Let thy will be, as in heaven, also upon the earth.

Isaiah 66:1

Thus said Jehovah, The heavens my throne, and the earth the footstool of my feet: where this house which ye will build to me? and where this place of my rest?

Psalm 123:1

Song of ascensions. To thee dwelling in the heavens I lifted up mine eyes.

Acts 7:49

Heaven a throne to me, and earth the footstool of my feet: what house will ye build to me? says the Lord: or what the place of my rest?

Heaven » The physical heavens

Ezekiel 1:1

And it will be in the thirtieth year, in the fourth, in the fifth to the month, and I in the midst of the captivity by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened and I shall see visions of God.

Heaven » Physical heavens, destruction of

Isaiah 34:4

And all the army of the heavens melted, and the heavens shall roll together as a book, and all their army shall fall away as the leaf falling from the vine, and as a falling from the fig tree.

Hebrews 1:10-12

And, Thou, at the beginning, Lord, didst lay the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the work of thy hands: These shall be destroyed; but thou remainest; and they all as a garment shall grow old; And as a cloak shalt thou turn them round, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.

Job 14:12

And man lay down and he will not rise: till the heavens be no more they shall not awake and rise from their sleep.

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

Matthew 20:1

For the kingdom of the heavens is like to a man, master of a house, who went out as soon as morning to hire workmen for his vineyard.

Matthew 25:1

Then shall the kingdom of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who having taken their lanterns, went forth to the meeting of the bridegroom.

Matthew 13:44

Again, the kingdom of the heavens is like to a treasure hid in the field; which a man finding, concealed, and from his joy, he retires, and all things which he has he sells, and he purchases that field.

Matthew 13:24

Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens was made like a man sowing good seed in his field:

Heaven » God » Answers his people from

Psalm 20:6

Now I knew that Jehovah saved his Messiah; he will answer him from his holy heavens by the strength of the salvation of his right hand.

1 Chronicles 21:26

And David will build there an alter to Jehovah, and he will bring up burnt-offerings and peace, and will call to Jehovah; and he will answer him in fire from the heavens upon the altar of burnt-offering.

Nehemiah 9:27

And thou wilt give them into the hand of their adversaries, and they will press upon them: and in the time of their straits they will cry to thee, and thou wilt hear from the heavens; and according to thy many compassion thou wilt give to them saviours, and they will save them from the hand of their adversaries.

Heaven » Re 21; 22; joh 14 » Opened

Acts 10:11

And he sees heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending upon him, as a great linen napkin fastened at the four beginnings, and laid down upon the earth:

Acts 7:56

And he said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.

Heaven » Christ » As mediator, entered into

Hebrews 9:24

For Christ came not into the holy places made with hands, the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to be shown clearly to the face of God for us:

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

Heaven » The wicked excluded from

Galatians 5:21

Envyings, slaughters, drunkenness, revelries, and the like: to these which I foretell you, as I have also said before, that they doing such shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Heaven » God » Sends his judgments from

1 Samuel 2:10

Jehovah, they contending against him, shall be broken; in the heavens he will break them in pieces: Jehovah will judge the ends of the earth, and he will give strength to his king, and he will lift up the horn of his Messiah.

Genesis 19:24

And Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah, sulphur and fire from Jehovah out of the heavens.

Daniel 4:13-14

I was seeing in the visions of my head upon my bed, and lo, a watcher and holy one came down from the heavens; He called with strength, and thus he said, Hew down the tree, and cut off its branches, shake off its foliage and scatter its fruit: the beasts shall flee from under it, and the birds from its branches.

Heaven » Holy

Psalm 20:6

Now I knew that Jehovah saved his Messiah; he will answer him from his holy heavens by the strength of the salvation of his right hand.

Deuteronomy 26:15

Look forth from thy holy habitation, from the heavens, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou gavest to us, as thou didst swear to our fathers, a land flowing milk and honey.

Heaven » Enoch and elijah were translated into

2 Kings 2:11

And it will be they went, going speaking, and behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire, and they will separate between them two; and Elijah will up in a tempest to the heavens.

Hebrews 11:5

By faith Enoch was transferred not to see death; and was not found, because God had transferred him: for before his transferring he had been testified of, to have pleased God.

Heaven » Is called » Paradise

2 Corinthians 12:2

I knew a man in Christ before fourteen years, (whether in the body, I know not; whether out of the body, I know not: God knows;) such a one having been carried off even to the third heaven.

2 Corinthians 12:4

That he was carried off into paradise, and heard words not to be told, which it was not permitted man to speak.

Heaven » New heavens

Revelation 21:1-4

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and first earth passed away; and the sea was no more. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice from heaven saying, Behold the tent of God with men, and he will dwell with them and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, their God. read more.
And God shall wipe out every tear from their eyes; and death be no more, neither grief, neither crying, nor trouble shall be more: for the first things departed.

Heaven » God » Reigns in

Psalm 135:6

All which Jehovah delighted in he did, in the heavens and in the earth, in the seas and all the depths.

Daniel 4:35

And all the generations of the earth being reckoned as nothing: and doing according to his station in the army of the heavens, and the generations of the earth: and there is none that shall strike upon his hand, and say to him, What didst thou?

Psalm 11:4

Jehovah is in his holy temple; Jehovah, in the heavens his throne: his eyes will behold, his eyelashes will try the sons of man.

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

Revelation 7:9

After these things I saw, and, behold, a great multitude, which none could number it, of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, having put round white robes, and palm trees in their hands;

Heaven » Everlasting

Psalm 89:29

I set his seed forever, and his throne as the days of the heavens.

Heaven » God » Fills

1 Kings 8:27

For truly shall God dwell upon the earth? Behold the heavens and the heavens of the heavens shall not contain thee; much less this house which I built

Heaven » Angels are in

Heaven » Created by God

Revelation 10:6

And sware by him living for ever and ever, who created the heaven, and all in it, and earth, and all things in it, and the sea, and all in it, that time shall be no more:

Heaven » Christ » Is all-powerful in

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

Galatians 5:21

Envyings, slaughters, drunkenness, revelries, and the like: to these which I foretell you, as I have also said before, that they doing such shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Heaven » God » Is the lord of

Daniel 5:23

And against the Lord of the heavens thou didst lift up thyself; and for the vessels of his house they brought before thee, and thou and thy nobles, and thy wives, and thy concubines, drinking wine in them; and to the gods of silver and gold, brass, iron, wood, and stone, who see not, and hear not, and know not, thou didst praise: and to the God whom thy breath in his hand, and all thy ways to him, thou didst not honor.

Heaven » High

Psalm 103:11

For as the height of the heavens above the earth, his mercy prevailed upon those fearing him.

Heaven » Names of saints are written in

Heaven » God's dwelling-place

1 Kings 8:30

And wilt thou hear to the prayer of thy servant and of thy people Israel which they shall pray to this place? and wilt thou hear to the place of thy dwelling to the heavens? and hear and forgive?

Heaven » Saints rewarded in

Heaven » Lay up treasure in

Matthew 6:20

But treasure to you treasures in heaven, where neither moth, nor gnawing destroy; and where thieves dig not through, nor steal.

Heaven » God's throne

Isaiah 66:1

Thus said Jehovah, The heavens my throne, and the earth the footstool of my feet: where this house which ye will build to me? and where this place of my rest?

Acts 7:49

Heaven a throne to me, and earth the footstool of my feet: what house will ye build to me? says the Lord: or what the place of my rest?

Heaven » Flesh and blood cannot inherit

1 Corinthians 15:50

And this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.

Heaven » Happiness of, described

Revelation 7:16-17

They shall hunger no more, nor thirst any more; nor should the sun fall upon them, neither any heat. For the Lamb in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall guide them to living fountains of water: and God shall wipe out 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 said Jehovah: If the heavens from above shall be measured, and the foundations of the earth shall be searched out beneath, I also will reject in all the seed of Israel for all which they did, says Jehovah.

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

And being full of the Holy Spirit, having looked intently to heaven, he saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, And he said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, 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 treasure to you treasures in heaven, where neither moth, nor gnawing destroy; and where thieves dig not through, nor steal.

Heaven » Is called » A garner

Matthew 3:12

Whose winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and gather his wheat into the store; but he will burn down the chaff in inextinguishable 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 knew a man in Christ before fourteen years, (whether in the body, I know not; whether out of the body, I know not: God knows;) such a one having been carried off even to the third heaven.

2 Corinthians 12:4

That he was carried off into paradise, and heard words not to be told, which it was not permitted man 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

Whose winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and gather his wheat into the store; but he will burn down the chaff in inextinguishable fire.

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

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Animals Going To Heaven

Ecclesiastes 3:21

Who shall know the spirit of the sons of man? it ascending to above, and the spirit of cattle, it going downwards to the earth.

Babies Going To Heaven

Matthew 19:13-14

Then young children were brought to him, that he might put hands upon them and pray: and the disciples censured them.

Christ And Heaven

John 3:12

If I spake to you earthly things, and ye believe not, how, if I speak to you heavenly things, will ye believe

Elders In Heaven

Revelation 4:4

And round about the throne twenty-four thrones; and sitting upon the thrones I saw twenty-four elders, surrounded with white garments; and they had golden crowns upon their heads.

Fire From Heaven

Exodus 9:23

And Moses will stretch forth his rod towards the heavens, and Jehovah gave voices, and hail; and fire will go upon the earth: and Jehovah will rain hail upon the land of Egypt

God Speaks From Heaven

Exodus 20:22

And Jehovah will say to Moses, Thus shalt thou say to the sons of Israel, Ye saw that from the heavens I spake with you.

Going Up To Heaven

2 Kings 2:1

And it will be in Jehovah bringing up Elijah in a tempest to the heavens, and Elijah went up, and Elisha, from Gilgal.

Heaven, God's Habitation

Deuteronomy 26:15

Look forth from thy holy habitation, from the heavens, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou gavest to us, as thou didst swear to our fathers, a land flowing milk and honey.

Heaven, Worshiping God

Revelation 19:6-7

And I heard as the voice of the vast multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of powerful thunders, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God, the Omnipotent Ruler, reigned.

Parables Of The Kingdom Of Heaven

Mark 4:26-29

And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed upon the earth;

Promise Of Heaven

Matthew 24:34-40

Truly I say to you, That this generation should not pass away, till all these things should be.

Taken To Heaven

2 Kings 2:1

And it will be in Jehovah bringing up Elijah in a tempest to the heavens, and Elijah went up, and Elisha, from Gilgal.

The Armies Of Heaven

1 Kings 22:19

And he will say, For this, hear the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting upon his throne, and all the army of the heavens standing by him from his right hand and from his left

What Heaven Will Be Like

Revelation 21:3

And I heard a great voice from heaven saying, Behold the tent of God with men, and he will dwell with them and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, their God.

Windows Of Heaven

Genesis 7:11

In the year of six hundred years of Noah's life, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, in the same day all the fountains of the great deep were divided and the sluices of the heavens were opened.

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