Psalm 115:16

New International Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 8:6

You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet:

Psalm 89:11

The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it.

Deuteronomy 32:8

When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided all mankind, he set up boundaries for the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.

Psalm 144:5

Part your heavens, Lord, and come down; touch the mountains, so that they smoke.

Isaiah 66:1

This is what the Lord says: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house you will build for me? Where will my resting place be?

John 14:2

My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?

Lamentations 3:66

Pursue them in anger and destroy them from under the heavens of the Lord.

Psalm 148:4

Praise him, you highest heavens and you waters above the skies.

Deuteronomy 10:14

To the Lord your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it.

Psalm 89:12

You created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name.

Isaiah 45:18

For this is what the Lord says— he who created the heavens, he is God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it; he did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited— he says: “I am the Lord, and there is no other.