26 occurrences

'Heaven and Earth' in the Bible

But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand in an oath to Yahweh, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that you will quickly perish from the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess. You will not live long there, but you will certainly be destroyed.

Assemble all your tribal elders and officers before me so that I may speak these words directly to them and call heaven and earth as witnesses against them.

This is the reply they gave us: We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth and are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.

On high, He summons heaven and earthin order to judge His people.

Let heaven and earth praise Him,the seas and everything that moves in them,

Our help is in the name of Yahweh,the Maker of heaven and earth.

May the Lord,Maker of heaven and earth,bless you from Zion.

Let them praise the name of Yahweh,for His name alone is exalted.His majesty covers heaven and earth.

This is what the Lord says: If I do not keep My covenant with the day and with the night and fail to establish the fixed order of heaven and earth,

Heaven and earth and everything in themwill shout for joy over Babylonbecause the destroyers from the northwill come against her.This is the Lord’s declaration.

The Lord will roar from Zionand raise His voice from Jerusalem;heaven and earth will shake.But the Lord will be a refuge for His people,a stronghold for the Israelites.

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter in the law to drop out.

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