13 occurrences

'Highest' in the Bible

The heavens -- indeed the highest heavens -- belong to the Lord your God, as does the earth and everything in it.

Verse ConceptsClaimsEarth, Belonging To GodAstronomyGod, Sovereignty OfAll Things Belong To GodThe EarthGoing To Heavenbelongingclosure

Of course, who can really build a temple for him, since the sky and the highest heavens cannot contain him? Who am I that I should build him a temple! It will really be only a place to offer sacrifices before him.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritGod, Present EverywhereGod Is TranscendentGod, InfiniteGod's DwellingThe Vastness Of Nature

"God does not really live with humankind on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritGod, Present EverywhereHeaven, God's HabitationGod, InfiniteGod's Dwelling

When those days were completed, the king then provided a seven-day banquet for all the people who were present in Susa the citadel, for those of highest standing to the most lowly. It was held in the court located in the garden of the royal palace.

Verse ConceptsDinnerSeven Days

The mountains were covered by its shadow, the highest cedars by its branches.

Verse ConceptsCedarThe Mountains Of Israel

Praise him, O highest heaven, and you waters above the sky!

She has sent out her female servants; she calls out on the highest places of the city.

So she sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,

The terror you inspire in others and the arrogance of your heart have deceived you. You may make your home in the clefts of the rocks; you may occupy the highest places in the hills. But even if you made your home where the eagles nest, I would bring you down from there," says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsNestsProud HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedHumiliationEaglesPride, Results OfRocksSelf DeceptionPride, Results InBirds, Types Of BirdsDeceiving Oneself

The side chambers surrounding the temple were wider at each successive story; for the structure surrounding the temple went up story by story all around the temple. For this reason the width of the temple increased as it went up, and one went up from the lowest story to the highest by the way of the middle story.

Verse ConceptsStairwaysDecksstructure

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