Genesis 1:1

Modern English Version

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Cross References

2 Kings 19:15

Then Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and said, “O  Lord, God of Israel, who sits on the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made the sky and the earth.

1 Chronicles 16:26

For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the Lord made the heavens.

2 Chronicles 2:11

Then Hiram king of Tyre responded in a letter that he sent to Solomon, “Because the Lord loves His people, He has made you king over them.”

Nehemiah 9:6

You alone are the Lord. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and You preserve them all. And the host of heaven worships You.

Job 26:13

By His breath He has made fair the heavens; His hand has formed the fleeing serpent.

Job 38:4

“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.

Job 9:8

He who alone spreads out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.

Psalm 102:25

Of old You laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

Psalm 104:24

O  Lord, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all. The earth is full of Your possessions.

Psalm 104:30

You send forth Your Spirit; they are created, and You renew the face of the ground.

Psalm 115:15

May you be blessed by the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Psalm 121:2

My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Psalm 124:8

Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Psalm 134:3

May the Lord who made heaven and earth bless you from Zion!

Psalm 136:5

to Him who by wisdom made the heavens, for His mercy endures forever;

Psalm 146:6

who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them; who keeps faith forever;

Psalm 33:6

By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all their host by the breath of His mouth.

Psalm 33:9

For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.

Psalm 8:3

When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have established,

Psalm 8:4

what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You attend to him?

Psalm 90:2

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever You had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

Psalm 96:5

For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the Lord made the heavens.

Exodus 20:11

For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

Exodus 31:18

When He had made an end of communing with him on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses the two tablets of testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.

Proverbs 16:4

The Lord works out all things for Himself, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Proverbs 3:19

The Lord by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding He established the heavens;

Ecclesiastes 12:1

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the difficult days come and the years draw near when you say, “I have no pleasure in these days and years”;

Isaiah 37:16

“O  Lord of Hosts, God of Israel, who dwells above the cherubim, You are the God, even You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.

Isaiah 40:21

Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told to you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?

Isaiah 40:26

Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these things, who brings out their host by number; He calls them all by name, by the greatness of His might and the strength of His power; not one of them is missing.

Isaiah 40:28

Have you not known? Have you not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, does not faint, nor is He weary? His understanding is inscrutable.

Isaiah 42:5

Thus says God the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread forth the earth and that which comes out of it, who gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to those who walk in it:

Isaiah 44:24

Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, and He who formed you from the womb: I am the Lord who makes all things, who stretches out the heavens alone, who spreads abroad the earth by Myself,

Isaiah 45:18

For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens, who is God, who formed the earth and made it, who has established it, who did not create it in vain, who formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord, and there is no other.

Isaiah 51:13

and forget the Lord your maker who has stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth? And have feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor as he makes ready to destroy? Yet where is the fury of the oppressor?

Isaiah 51:16

I have put My words in your mouth, and I have covered you in the shadow of My hand that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say to Zion, “You are My people.”

Isaiah 65:17

For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind.

Jeremiah 10:12

He has made the earth by His power. He has established the world by His wisdom and has stretched out the heavens by His discretion.

Jeremiah 32:17

Ah Lord God! Truly, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm, and there is nothing too hard for You.

Jeremiah 51:15

He has made the earth by His power; He has established the world by His wisdom, and has stretched out the heaven by His understanding.

Zechariah 12:1

The oracle of the word of the Lord against Israel. Thus says the Lord, the One who stretches out the heavens and establishes the earth and forms the spirit of man within him:

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus said, “I thank You, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to infants.

Mark 13:19

For in those days there will be distress as has not been from the beginning of the creation which God created to this time, nor ever shall be.

Acts 14:15

“Men, why are you doing this? We also are men, of like nature with you, preaching to you to turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything that is in them,

Acts 17:24

“God who made the world and all things in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by hands.

Acts 4:24

When they heard this, they lifted their voices in unity to God and prayed, “Lord, You are God, who has made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them,

Romans 11:36

For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be glory forever! Amen.

1 Corinthians 8:6

But for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist. And there is one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.

Ephesians 3:9

and to reveal for all people what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ,

Hebrews 1:10

And, “You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the works of Your hands.

Hebrews 1:2

has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the ages.

Hebrews 11:3

By faith we understand that the ages were set by the word of God, so that things that are seen were not made out of things which are visible.

Hebrews 3:4

For every house is built by someone, but the One who builds all things is God.

2 Peter 3:5

For they willingly ignore that, by the word of God the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed standing out of the water and in the water,

1 John 1:1

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have touched, concerning the Word of life—

Revelation 10:6

and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in them, and the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there should be no more delay.

Revelation 14:7

He said with a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, for the hour of His judgment has come. Worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water.”

Revelation 21:6

He said to me, “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the spring of the water of life to him who thirsts.

Revelation 22:13

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.”

Revelation 3:14

“To the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write: “The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says these things:

Revelation 4:11

“You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; for You have created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created.”