'Heavens' in the Bible

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

The heavens and the earth were completed with everything that was in them.

This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created -- when the Lord God made the earth and heavens.

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month -- on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

Then they said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens so that we may make a name for ourselves. Otherwise we will be scattered across the face of the entire earth."

and had a dream. He saw a stairway erected on the earth with its top reaching to the heavens. The angels of God were going up and coming down it

For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, and he rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

It is a sign between me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.'"

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

The Lord will open for you his good treasure house, the heavens, to give you rain for the land in its season and to bless all you do; you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any.

Gather to me all your tribal elders and officials so I can speak to them directly about these things and call the heavens and the earth to witness against them.

Listen, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

Israel lives in safety, the fountain of Jacob is quite secure, in a land of grain and new wine; indeed, its heavens rain down dew.

O Lord, when you departed from Seir, when you marched from Edom's plains, the earth shook, the heavens poured down, the clouds poured down rain.

From the sky the stars fought, from their paths in the heavens they fought against Sisera.

The Lord shatters his adversaries; he thunders against them from the heavens. The Lord executes judgment to the ends of the earth. He will strengthen his king and exalt the power of his anointed one."

For all the gods of the nations are worthless, but the Lord made the heavens.

Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth be happy! Let the nations say, 'The Lord reigns!'

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.

It read: "This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: 'The Lord God of the heavens has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build for him a temple in Jerusalem in Judah. May the Lord your God energize you who belong to his people, so you may be able to go back there!"

I prayed, "O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face to you, my God! For our iniquities have climbed higher than our heads, and our guilt extends to the heavens.

You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, along with all their multitude of stars, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You impart life to them all, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.

he alone spreads out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea;

It is higher than the heavens -- what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol -- what can you know?

so man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor arise from their sleep.

If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,

Even though his stature reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds,

The heavens reveal his iniquity; the earth rises up against him.

The pillars of the heavens tremble and are amazed at his rebuke.

For he looks to the ends of the earth and observes everything under the heavens.

Gaze at the heavens and see; consider the clouds, which are higher than you!

Do you know the laws of the heavens, or can you set up their rule over the earth?

For the music director, according to the gittith style; a psalm of David. O Lord, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth! You reveal your majesty in the heavens above!

When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,

For the music director; a psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the sky displays his handiwork.

By the Lord's decree the heavens were made; by a mere word from his mouth all the stars in the sky were created.

He summons the heavens above, as well as the earth, so that he might judge his people.

The heavens declare his fairness, for God is judge. (Selah)

the earth shakes, yes, the heavens pour down rain before God, the God of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.

Let the heavens and the earth praise him, along with the seas and everything that swims in them!

He made his sanctuary as enduring as the heavens above; as secure as the earth, which he established permanently.

O Lord, the heavens praise your amazing deeds, as well as your faithfulness in the angelic assembly.

The heavens belong to you, as does the earth. You made the world and all it contains.

The heavens belong to the Lord, but the earth he has given to mankind.

to the one who used wisdom to make the heavens, for his loyal love endures,

Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the sky! Praise him in the heavens!

By wisdom the Lord laid the foundation of the earth; he established the heavens by understanding.

When he established the heavens, I was there; when he marked out the horizon over the face of the deep,

Listen, O heavens, pay attention, O earth! For the Lord speaks: "I raised children, I brought them up, but they have rebelled against me!

So I will shake the heavens, and the earth will shake loose from its foundation, because of the fury of the Lord who commands armies, in the day he vents his raging anger.

The one who runs away from the sound of the terror will fall into the pit; the one who climbs out of the pit, will be trapped by the snare. For the floodgates of the heavens are opened up and the foundations of the earth shake.

At that time the Lord will punish the heavenly forces in the heavens and the earthly kings on the earth.

For look, I am ready to create new heavens and a new earth! The former ones will not be remembered; no one will think about them anymore.

This is what the Lord says: "The heavens are my throne and the earth is my footstool. Where then is the house you will build for me? Where is the place where I will rest?

"For just as the new heavens and the new earth I am about to make will remain standing before me," says the Lord, "so your descendants and your name will remain.

Be amazed at this, O heavens! Be shocked and utterly dumbfounded," says the Lord.

You people of Israel should tell those nations this: 'These gods did not make heaven and earth. They will disappear from the earth and from under the heavens.'

The Lord says, "I will not reject all the descendants of Israel because of all that they have done. That could only happen if the heavens above could be measured or the foundations of the earth below could all be explored," says the Lord.

He is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom fixed the world in place, by his understanding he spread out the heavens.

When his voice thunders, the waters in the heavens roar. He makes the clouds rise from the far-off horizons. He makes the lightning flash out in the midst of the rain. He unleashes the wind from the places where he stores it.

In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles at the Kebar River, the heavens opened and I saw a divine vision.

He rescues and delivers and performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth. He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions!"

The Lord roars from Zion; from Jerusalem his voice bellows out. The heavens and the earth shake. But the Lord is a refuge for his people; he is a stronghold for the citizens of Israel.

The revelation of the word of the Lord concerning Israel: The Lord -- he who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundations of the earth, who forms the human spirit within a person -- says,

On that day there will be no light -- the sources of light in the heavens will congeal.

After Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up out of the water, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming on him.

And just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens splitting apart and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.

Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized. And while he was praying, the heavens opened,

People will be fainting from fear and from the expectation of what is coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

"Look!" he said. "I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"

For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, is dismantled, we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens.

He, the very one who descended, is also the one who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.

And, "You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord, and the heavens are the works of your hands.

Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.

For it is indeed fitting for us to have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

For they deliberately suppress this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water.

But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, by being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze, and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare.

while waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God? Because of this day, the heavens will be burned up and dissolve, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze!

But, according to his promise, we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness truly resides.

Therefore you heavens rejoice, and all who reside in them! But woe to the earth and the sea because the devil has come down to you! He is filled with terrible anger, for he knows that he only has a little time!"