Isaiah 42:5

New Century Version

God, the Lord, said these things. He created the skies and stretched them out. He spread out the earth and everything on it. He gives life to all people on earth, to everyone who walks on the earth.

Cross References

Isaiah 40:22

God sits on his throne above the circle of the earth, and compared to him, people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the skies like a piece of cloth and spreads them out like a tent to sit under.

Isaiah 45:12

I made the earth and all the people living on it. With my own hands I stretched out the skies, and I commanded all the armies in the sky.

Zechariah 12:1

This message is the word of the Lord to Israel. This is what the Lord says, who stretched out the skies, and laid the foundations of the earth, and put the human spirit within:

Jeremiah 10:12

God made the earth by his power. He used his wisdom to build the world and his understanding to stretch out the skies.

Isaiah 48:13

I made the earth with my own hands. With my right hand I spread out the skies. When I call them, they come together before me.”

Isaiah 44:24

This is what the Lord says, who saved you, who formed you in your mother’s body: “I, the Lord, made everything, stretching out the skies by myself and spreading out the earth all alone.

Jeremiah 32:17

Oh, Lord God, you made the skies and the earth with your very great power. There is nothing too hard for you to do.

Isaiah 45:18

The Lord created the heavens. He is the God who formed the earth and made it. He did not want it to be empty, but he wanted life on the earth. This is what the Lord says: “I am the Lord. There is no other God.

Psalm 33:6

The sky was made at the Lord’s command. By the breath from his mouth, he made all the stars.

Job 33:4

The Spirit of God created me, and the breath of the Almighty gave me life.

Acts 17:25

This God is the One who gives life, breath, and everything else to people. He does not need any help from them; he has everything he needs.

Job 12:10

The life of every creature and the breath of all people are in God’s hand.

Isaiah 40:12

Who has measured the oceans in the palm of his hand? Who has used his hand to measure the sky? Who has used a bowl to measure all the dust of the earth and scales to weigh the mountains and hills?

Psalm 136:6

He spread out the earth on the seas. His love continues forever.

Amos 9:6

The Lord builds his upper rooms above the skies; he sets their foundations on the earth. He calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the land. The Lord is his name.

Genesis 2:7

Then the Lord God took dust from the ground and formed a man from it. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nose, and the man became a living person.

Hebrews 1:2

But now in these last days God has spoken to us through his Son. God has chosen his Son to own all things, and through him he made the world.

Isaiah 40:28

Surely you know. Surely you have heard. The Lord is the God who lives forever, who created all the world. He does not become tired or need to rest. No one can understand how great his wisdom is.

Job 34:14

If God should decide to take away life and breath,

Job 27:3

as long as I am alive and God’s breath of life is in my nose,

Daniel 5:23

Instead, you have set yourself against the Lord of heaven. You ordered the drinking cups from the Temple of the Lord to be brought to you. Then you and your royal guests, your wives, and your slave women drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone that are not really gods; they cannot see or hear or understand anything. You did not honor God, who has power over your life and everything you do.

Acts 17:24

The God who made the whole world and everything in it is the Lord of the land and the sky. He does not live in temples built by human hands.

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the sky and the earth.

Isaiah 37:16

“Lord All-Powerful, you are the God of Israel, whose throne is between the gold creatures with wings, only you are God of all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.

Isaiah 40:26

Look up to the skies. Who created all these stars? He leads out the army of heaven one by one and calls all the stars by name. Because he is strong and powerful, not one of them is missing.

Isaiah 57:16

I will not accuse forever, nor will I always be angry, because then human life would grow weak. Human beings, whom I created, would die.

Jeremiah 27:5

I made the earth, its people, and all its animals with my great power and strength. I can give the earth to anyone I want.

Jeremiah 38:16

But King Zedekiah made a secret promise to Jeremiah, “As surely as the Lord lives who has given us breath and life, I will not kill you. And I promise not to hand you over to the officers who want to kill you.”

Ezekiel 18:4

Every living thing belongs to me. The life of the parent is mine, and the life of the child is mine. The person who sins is the one who will die.

Psalm 96:5

because all the gods of the nations are only idols, but the Lord made the heavens.