56 Bible Verses about Heaven
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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.
In the beginning God formed the heavens and the earth.
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.
Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he sitting upon the throne will dwell among them.
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 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.
But as has been written. Which the eye saw not, and the ear heard not, and upon the heart of man it came not up, what things God has prepared for them loving him.
In my Father's house are many dwellings: and if not, I had said to you. I go to prepare a place for you.
For our citizenship is in the heavens; from whence we also expect the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
And those understanding shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and those justifying many, as the stars forever and ever.
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
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.
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?
Song of ascensions. To thee dwelling in the heavens I lifted up mine eyes.
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
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.
To the overseer; chanting of David. The heavens recounting the glory of God, and the firmament announcing the work of his hands.
In the beginning God formed the heavens and the earth.
Heaven » Physical heavens, destruction of
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.
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.
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.
And the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a loud noise, and the elements, suffering from excessive heat, shall be dissolved, and the earth and the works in it shall be burned down.
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
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.
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.
The kingdom of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who made a nuptial feast for his son.
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.
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
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.
And if my people which my name was called upon them shall be humbled and pray and seek my face, and turn back from their evil ways; and I will hear from the heavens and forgive to their sin, and I will heal their land.
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.
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
And Jesus, having been immersed, went up straight from the water, and, behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him.
And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he sitting upon him called Faithful and True, and in justice he judges and makes war.
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:
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
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:
Where the forerunner, Jesus, went in for us, according to the order of Melchisedec, being a high priest forever.
Neither by the blood of he-goats and calves, and by his own blood he went in once for all to the holies, having found eternal deliverance.
Whom heaven must truly receive till time of restoration of all which God spake by the mouth of all his holy prophets from forever.
Heaven » Re 21; 22; joh 14 » Built by the hand of God
By the hope laid up for you in the heavens, which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the good news;
For we know that if our earthly house of the tent were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Heaven » The wicked excluded from
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.
For this ye are knowing, that every fornicator, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
And without, dogs, and charmers and fornicators, and murderers, and idolaters, and every one loving and doing a lie.
Heaven » God » Sends his judgments from
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.
And Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah, sulphur and fire from Jehovah out of the heavens.
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
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.
For thus said the high and lifted up inhabiting eternity, and his name Holy; being lifted up, and I will dwell in the holy place, and with the broken and humble of spirit, to preserve alive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the broken.
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
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.
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
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.
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
For behold me creating new heavens and a new earth: and the former things shall not be remembered, and they shall not come upon the heart
But we expect new heavens and a new earth, according to promise, in which dwells justice.
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.
For as the new heavens and the new earth which I made, standing before me, says Jehovah, so shall stand your seed and your name.
Heaven » God » Reigns in
All which Jehovah delighted in he did, in the heavens and in the earth, in the seas and all the depths.
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?
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
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;
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.
Heaven » Everlasting
For we know that if our earthly house of the tent were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Heaven » God » Fills
If a man shall hide in secret places and I shall not see him, says Jehovah. Do I not fill the heavens and the earth? says Jehovah.
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
And concerning that day and hour, none know, nor the messengers of the heavens, except my Father only.
See that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say to you, That their messengers in the heavens always behold the face of my Father which is in the heavens.
Heaven » Created by God
In the beginning God formed the heavens and the earth.
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
Who is on the right hand of God, having gone into heaven; angels and authorities and powers subjected to him.
And Jesus, having come near, spake to them, saying, All power has been given me in heaven and upon earth:
Heaven » The future dwelling place of the righteous » The wicked excluded from
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.
For this ye are knowing, that every fornicator, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
And without, dogs, and charmers and fornicators, and murderers, and idolaters, and every one loving and doing a lie.
Heaven » God » Is the lord of
In that time Jesus having answered, said, I acknowledge to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for thou hast hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to children.
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
For thus said the high and lifted up inhabiting eternity, and his name Holy; being lifted up, and I will dwell in the holy place, and with the broken and humble of spirit, to preserve alive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the broken.
For as the height of the heavens above the earth, his mercy prevailed upon those fearing him.
Heaven » Names of saints are written in
To the assembly of people, and church of the firstborn, transcribed in the heavens, and to God the Judge of all, and. to the spirits of the just perfected,
But in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject to you; but rather rejoice, that your names were written in the heavens.
Heaven » God's dwelling-place
Therefore so do ye pray: Our Father which in the heavens, Let thy name be declared holy.
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
Rejoice and be transported with joy; for much your reward in the heavens for so they drove out the prophets which before you.
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading, kept in the heavens for us,
Heaven » Lay up treasure in
Sell your possessions, and give alms; make to yourselves purses not growing old, an inexhaustible treasure in the heavens, where the thief approaches not, nor moth corrupts.
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
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?
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
And this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.
Heaven » Happiness of, described
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
And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, Write, Happy the dead who dying in the Lord from henceforth: Yes, says the Spirit, that they might cease from their fatigues; and their works follow with them.
Heaven » Re 21; 22; joh 14 » Obedience, the condition of entrance
Happy they doing his commands, that their power shall be in the tree of life, and they might come in at the gates to the city.
Heaven » Immeasurable
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
For this ye are knowing, that every fornicator, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Heaven » Is called » A heavenly country
And now they feel an ardent desire for a better, that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them to be called their God: for he prepared for them a city.
Heaven » Re 21; 22; joh 14 » The glorified Christ entered into
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
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
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
But in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject to you; but rather rejoice, that your names were written in the heavens.
Heaven » The future dwelling place of the righteous » Paradise
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.
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
In my Father's house are many dwellings: and if not, I had said to you. I go to prepare a place for you.
Heaven » The future dwelling place of the righteous » A heavenly country
And now they feel an ardent desire for a better, that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them to be called their God: for he prepared for them a city.
Heaven » Is called » The father's house
In my Father's house are many dwellings: and if not, I had said to you. I go to prepare a place for you.
Heaven » Repentance occasions joy in
I say to you, that so shall joy be in heaven over one sinful repenting, more than over ninety-nine just, which have no need of repentance.
Heaven » The future dwelling place of the righteous » The father's house
In my Father's house are many dwellings: and if not, I had said to you. I go to prepare a place for you.
Heaven » The future dwelling place of the righteous » Called a garner
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
For this ye are knowing, that every fornicator, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Topics on Heaven
Altars, In Heaven
Revelation 6:9And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of the slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they had:
Animals Going To Heaven
Ecclesiastes 3:21Who shall know the spirit of the sons of man? it ascending to above, and the spirit of cattle, it going downwards to the earth.
Animals In Heaven
Revelation 19:11And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he sitting upon him called Faithful and True, and in justice he judges and makes war.
Babies Going To Heaven
Matthew 19:13-14Then young children were brought to him, that he might put hands upon them and pray: and the disciples censured them.
Belonging To Heaven
Ephesians 1:3Praised be God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, he having praised us in every spiritual praise in heavenly things in Christ:
Benefits Of Heaven
Romans 8:29For whom he before knew, he also before determined of the form of the image of his Son, for him to be first born in many brethren.
Blissful Vision In Heaven
Revelation 22:4And they shall see his face; and his name upon their foreheads.
Christ And Heaven
John 3:12If I spake to you earthly things, and ye believe not, how, if I speak to you heavenly things, will ye believe
Creation Of The Physical Heavens
Genesis 1:1In the beginning God formed the heavens and the earth.
Elders In Heaven
Revelation 4:4And 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.
Falling From Heaven
Mark 13:25And the stars of heaven shall be falling out, and the powers which in the heavens shall be shaken.
Fire From Heaven
Exodus 9:23And 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 Acts From Heaven
John 1:32And John testified, saying, That I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove from heaven, and it remained up on him.
God Speaks From Heaven
Exodus 20:22And 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 To Heaven
Matthew 18:3And said, Truly I say to you, Except ye be turned, and become as young children, ye should not come into the kingdom of the heavens.
Going Up To Heaven
2 Kings 2:1And it will be in Jehovah bringing up Elijah in a tempest to the heavens, and Elijah went up, and Elisha, from Gilgal.
Heaven And Angels
Revelation 8:2And I saw the seven angels who stood before God; and seven trumpets were given to them.
Heaven And Earth
Isaiah 37:16Jehovah of armies, God of Israel, dwelling in the cherubim, thou thy-self God alone to all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made the heavens,and the earth.
Heaven And Serving God
Matthew 6:10Let thy kingdom come. Let thy will be as in heaven also upon the earth.
Heaven Better Than Earth
Isaiah 55:9As the heavens were high above the earth, so my ways were high above your ways, and my purposes above your purposes.
Heaven, Glimpsed By Humans
Mark 1:10And quickly coming up from the water, he saw the heavens cleft asunder, and the Spirit, as a dove, descending upon him:
Heaven, God's Habitation
Deuteronomy 26:15Look 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, God's Throne
Psalm 11:4Jehovah is in his holy temple; Jehovah, in the heavens his throne: his eyes will behold, his eyelashes will try the sons of man.
Heaven, Inheritance Of
Matthew 25:34Then shall the king say to them from his right, Come, the praised of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Heaven, Nature Of
Genesis 1:1In the beginning God formed the heavens and the earth.
Heaven, Worshiping God
Revelation 19:6-7And 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.
Heaven, Redeemed Community
Romans 6:23For the purchasing the provisions of sin, death; and the grace of God, life eternal in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Kingdom Of Heaven
Matthew 18:3And said, Truly I say to you, Except ye be turned, and become as young children, ye should not come into the kingdom of the heavens.
Names For Heaven
Ephesians 5:5For this ye are knowing, that every fornicator, or unclean, or covetous person, who is an idolater, has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Names Written In Heaven
Luke 10:20But in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject to you; but rather rejoice, that your names were written in the heavens.
New Heavens And New Earth
Isaiah 65:17For behold me creating new heavens and a new earth: and the former things shall not be remembered, and they shall not come upon the heart
Opening Heaven
Revelation 19:11And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he sitting upon him called Faithful and True, and in justice he judges and makes war.
Our Father In Heaven
Matthew 6:9Therefore so do ye pray: Our Father which in the heavens, Let thy name be declared holy.
Parables Of The Kingdom Of Heaven
Mark 4:26-29And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed upon the earth;
Promise Of Heaven
Matthew 24:34-40Truly I say to you, That this generation should not pass away, till all these things should be.
Taken To Heaven
2 Kings 2:1And 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 22:19And 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
The Temple In Heaven
Acts 17:24God having made the world and all things in it, he being Lord of heaven and earth, dwells not in temples made by hands;
What Heaven Will Be Like
Revelation 21:3And 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 7:11In 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.
Worship In Heaven During Tribulation
Revelation 19:4And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell and worshipped God sitting upon the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.