Psalm 115:16

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Psalm 144:5

O Lord, make the sky sink and come down! Touch the mountains and make them smolder!

Psalm 148:4

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

Psalm 8:6

you appoint them to rule over your creation; you have placed everything under their authority,

Psalm 89:11

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

Psalm 89:12

You created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.

Isaiah 45:18

For this is what the Lord says, the one who created the sky – he is the true God, the one who formed the earth and made it; he established it, he did not create it without order, he formed it to be inhabited – “I am the Lord, I have no peer.

Isaiah 66:1

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?

Lamentations 3:66

Pursue them in anger and eradicate them from under the Lord’s heaven.

John 14:2

There are many dwelling places in my Father’s house. Otherwise, I would have told you, because I am going away to make ready a place for you.

Deuteronomy 10:14

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

Deuteronomy 32:8

When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided up humankind, he set the boundaries of the peoples, according to the number of the heavenly assembly.