Genesis 1:1

The Passion Translation

When God created the heavens and the earth,

Cross References

Psalm 102:25

With your hands you once formed the foundations of the earth and handcrafted the heavens above.

Psalm 104:24

O Lord, what an amazing variety of all you have created! Wild and wonderful is this world you have made, while wisdom was there at your side. This world is full of so many creatures, yet each belongs to you!

Psalm 104:30

When you release your Spirit-Wind, life is created, ready to replenish life upon the earth.

Psalm 124:8

For the same God who made everything, our Creator and our mighty maker, he himself is our helper and defender!

Psalm 134:3

May the Lord, whom you worship, the mighty maker of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion’s glory!

Psalm 136:5

Give thanks to the Creator who made the heavens with wisdom! His tender love for us continues on forever!

Psalm 146:6

You keep all your promises. You are the Creator of heaven’s glory, earth’s grandeur, and the ocean’s greatness.

Psalm 33:6

All he had to do was speak by his Spirit-Wind command, and God created the heavenlies. Filled with galaxies and stars, the vast cosmos he wonderfully made.

Psalm 33:9

He breathed words and worlds were birthed. “Let there be,” and there it was— springing forth the moment he spoke, no sooner said than done!

Psalm 8:3

Look at the splendor of your skies, your creative genius glowing in the heavens. When I gaze at your moon and your stars, mounted like jewels in their settings, I know you are the fascinating artist who fashioned it all! But I have to ask this question:

Psalm 8:4

Why would you bother with puny, mortal man or care about human beings?

Psalm 90:2

Long before you gave birth to the earth and before the mountains were born, you have been from everlasting to everlasting, the one and only true God.

Psalm 96:5

Other gods are absolutely worthless. For the Lord God is Creator-God, who spread the splendor of the skies!

Proverbs 16:4

The Lord works everything together to accomplish his purpose. Even the wicked are included in his plans— he sets them aside for the day of disaster.

Proverbs 3:19

The Lord laid the earth’s foundations with wisdom’s blueprints. By his living-understanding all the universe came into being.

Isaiah 37:16

“O  Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies, the God of Israel, you are enthroned between the wings of the cherubim and you reign supreme as God over all the kingdoms of the world, for you alone are Creator of heaven and earth.

Isaiah 40:21

Don’t you realize that God is the Creator? Don’t you hear the truth? Haven’t you been told this from the beginning? Haven’t you understood this since he laid a firm foundation for the earth?

Isaiah 40:26

Lift up your eyes to the sky and see for yourself. Who do you think created the cosmos? He lit every shining star and formed every glowing galaxy, and stationed them all where they belong. He has numbered, counted, and given each one a name. They shine because of God’s incredible power and awesome might; not one fails to appear!

Isaiah 40:28

Don’t you know? Haven’t you been listening? Yahweh is the one and only everlasting God, the Creator of all you can see and imagine! He never gets weary or worn out. His intelligence is unlimited; he is never puzzled over what to do!

Isaiah 42:5

Here are the words of the true God, Yahweh, the one who created the starry heavens and stretched them out. He is the one who formed the earth and filled it with life. He gives breath to every person and spirit to everyone everywhere.

Isaiah 44:24

Here is what Yahweh, your Kinsman-Redeemer, who formed you in his womb, has to say: “I am Yahweh, Creator of all. I alone stretched out the canvas of the cosmos. I who shaped the earth needed no one’s help.

Isaiah 45:18

This is what Yahweh says, heaven’s Creator, who alone is God. He created the earth, shaped it, and established it all by himself. He made it fit and orderly and beautiful for its inhabitants. He says: “I am Yahweh, and there is no other god.

Isaiah 51:13

You have forgotten that Yahweh, your Maker, stretched out the skies and laid earth’s firm foundation. But you live each day constantly worrying, living in fear of your angry oppressor who is bent on your destruction. But their fury cannot touch you!

Isaiah 51:16

“I have placed my words in your mouth and have hidden you in the hollow of my hand to establish the heavens and make the earth rock solid. You will say to Zion, ‘You are my people!’ ”

Isaiah 65:17

“Look! I am creating entirely new heavens and a new earth! They will be so wonderful that no one will even think about the old ones anymore!

Jeremiah 10:12

Yahweh made the earth by his glorious power and firmly established it by his great wisdom. By his skill he stretched out the sky.

Jeremiah 32:17

“Lord Yahweh, you stretched out your mighty arm and created the heavens and the earth by your awesome power. Nothing is impossible with you!

Jeremiah 51:15

Yahweh made the earth by his glorious power and firmly established it by his great wisdom. His skill stretched out the sky.

Matthew 11:25

Then Jesus exclaimed, “Father, thank you, for you are Lord, the Supreme Ruler over heaven and earth! And you have hidden the great revelation of your authority from those who are proud and think they are wise and unveiled it instead to little children.

Mark 13:19

For this will be a time of great misery beyond the magnitude of anything the world has ever seen from the beginning of time or ever will see.

Acts 14:15

“People, what are you doing? We’re only weak human beings like everyone else. This is why we’ve come to tell you the good news, so that you would turn away from these worthless myths and turn to the living God. He is the Creator of all things: the earth, the heavens, the sea, and everything they contain.

Acts 17:24

“The true God is the Creator of all things. He is the owner and Lord of the heavenly realm and the earthly realm, and he doesn’t live in man-made temples.

Acts 4:24

When the believers heard their report, they raised their voices in unity and prayed, “Lord Yahweh, you are the Lord of all! You created the universe—the earth, the sky, the sea, and everything that is in them.

Romans 11:36

For out of him, the sustainer of everything, came everything, and now everything finds fulfillment in him. May all praise and honor be given to him forever! Amen!

1 Corinthians 8:6

yet for us there is only one God—the Father. Out of him is all things, and our lives are lived for him. And there is one Lord, Jesus, the Anointed One, through whom we and all things exist.

Ephesians 3:9

My passion is to enlighten every person to this divine mystery. It was hidden for ages past until now, and kept a secret in the heart of God, the Creator of all.

Hebrews 1:10

And he called him Lord, saying, “Lord, you formed the earth in the beginning and with your own hands you crafted the cosmos.

Hebrews 1:2

But to us living in these last days, God now speaks to us openly in the language of a Son, the appointed Heir of everything, for through him God created the panorama of all things and all time.

Hebrews 11:3

Faith empowers us to see that the universe was created and beautifully coordinated by the power of God’s words! He spoke and the invisible realm gave birth to all that is seen.

Hebrews 3:4

Every house is built by someone, but God is the Designer and Builder of all things.

2 Peter 3:5

But they conveniently overlook that from the beginning, the heavens and earth were created by God’s word. He spoke and the dry ground separated from the waters.

1 John 1:1

We saw him with our very own eyes. We gazed upon him and heard him speak. Our hands actually touched him, the one who was from the beginning, the Living Expression of God.

Revelation 10:6

and swore an oath by him who lives for an eternity of eternities, the Creator of heaven and earth and sea and all that is in them: No more delay!

Revelation 14:7

With a loud voice he shouted, “You must reverence God and glorify him, for the time has come for him to judge. Worship at the feet of the Creator of heaven, earth, sea, and springs of water.”

Revelation 21:6

Then he said to me, “It has been accomplished! For I am the Aleph and the Tav, the beginning and the end. I will give water to all who are thirsty. As my gracious gift, they will continuously drink from the fountain of living water.

Revelation 22:13

I am the Aleph and the Tav, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the Completion.”

Revelation 3:14

Write the following to the messenger of the congregation in Laodicea, for these are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation:

Revelation 4:11

“You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory, honor, and power, for you created all things, and for your pleasure they were created and exist.”