13 occurrences

'Above' in the Bible

Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.

Verse ConceptsGod, Present EverywhereGod, Sovereignty OfGod, Uniqueness OfOrthodoxy, In OtNo Other Is GodThe Lord Is GodThe Lord [Yahweh] Is God

Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:

Verse Conceptsethics, personalIdolatry Consists OfLike CreaturesAvoiding Idolatryimage

Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

Verse ConceptsBarren WomenBarrennessOffspringBoth Men And Animals SavedGod Will BlessInfertility

Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.

Verse Conceptselection, privileges ofAs At This DayGod's Love For IsraelAffection

For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.

Verse ConceptsAdoption, nature ofChoicesBeing ChosenHoliness, Believers' Growth InMonogamyNationalismPeople Of God, In OtGod PossessingTreasureCharacter Of SaintsJews As God's Chosen PeopleA Holy NationRoyal Priesthood

That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.

Verse ConceptsNot Turning AsideAction For A Long TimeDo Not Be ProudTurning To Right And LeftAuthority

Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.

Verse ConceptsBeatingsWhipsForties

And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.

Verse ConceptsSaintsNames And Titles For The ChristianA Holy NationShowing Forth His Praisehonour

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

Verse ConceptsBeing In DebtCommitment, to GodWarfare, Examples OfOvertakingGod Lifting PeopleObedienceObeying God

And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

Verse ConceptsTailsHead As ChiefKeep The Commandments!Never Giving Up

The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.

Verse ConceptsForeignersImmigrantsAliens

And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.

Verse ConceptsAbrahamGod Multipling PeopleThe Righteous ProsperLand Permanently Restored To Israel

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