Psalm 115:16

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

The heavens are the Lord's heavens, but the earth he has given to the sons of men.

Cross References

Psalm 144:5

Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down! Touch the mountains that they smoke!

Psalm 148:4

Praise him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens!

Psalm 8:6

Thou hast given him dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet,

Psalm 89:11

The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine; the world and all that is in it, thou hast founded them.

Psalm 89:12

The north and the south, thou hast created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise thy name.

Isaiah 45:18

For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens (he is God!), who formed the earth and made it (he established it; he did not create it a chaos, he formed it to be inhabited!): “I am the Lord, and there is no other.

Isaiah 66:1

Thus says the Lord: “Heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool; what is the house which you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest?

Lamentations 3:66

Thou wilt pursue them in anger and destroy them from under thy heavens, O Lord.”

John 14:2

In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?

Deuteronomy 10:14

Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth with all that is in it;

Deuteronomy 32:8

When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of men, he fixed the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.