'Most High' in the Bible

King Melchizedek of Salem brought out bread and wine, since he was serving as the priest of God Most High.

Melchizedek blessed Abram and said, "Abram is blessed by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your control." Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.

But Abram answered the king of Sodom, "I have made an oath to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

A declaration from one who hears what God has to say, who knows what the Most High knows, who saw the vision that the Almighty revealed, who keeps stumbling with open eyes.

When the Most High gave nations as their inheritance, when he separated the human race, he set boundaries for the people according to the number of the children of God.

About Benjamin he said: "The beloved of the LORD will live confidently, the Most High protecting him all day long, and resting in his bosom."

The LORD roared from heaven! The Most High let his voice be heard!

But as for me, I will praise the LORD for his righteousness, and I will sing to the name of the LORD Most High. To the Director: On a stringed instrument. A Davidic Psalm.

I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praises to your name, Most High!

Then the LORD thundered in the heavens, and the Most High sounded aloud, calling for hail stones and flashes of fire.

The king trusts in the LORD; because of the gracious love of the Most High, he will stand firm.

Look! There is a river whose streams make the city of God rejoice, even the Holy Place of the Most High.

For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.

Offer to God a thanksgiving praise; pay your vows to the Most High.

I call upon the God Most High; to the God who completes what he began in me.

Then they say, "How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?"

So I say: "It causes me pain that the right hand of the Most High has changed."

But time and again, they sinned against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.

Then they remembered that God was their rock, and the Most High God was their deliverer.

But they tested the Most High God by rebelling against him, and they did not obey his statutes.

"Indeed I said, "You are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High.

Then they will know that you alone whose name is LORD are the Most High over all the earth. To the Director: On the Gittith. A Psalm by the descendants of Korah.

Indeed, about Zion it will be said: "More than one person was born in it," and "The Most High himself did it."

The one who lives in the shelter of the Most High, who rests in the shadow of the Almighty,

"LORD, you are my refuge!" Because you chose the Most High as your dwelling place,

It is good to give thanks to the LORD and to sing praise to your name, Most High;

For you, LORD, are the Most High above all the earth; you are exalted high above all divine beings.

because they had rebelled against the command of God, despising the advice of the Most High.

I'll ascend above the tops of the clouds; I'll make myself like the Most High.'

when a person's rights are perverted in defiance of the Most High.

Do not both good and evil things proceed from the mouth of the Most High?

Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the opening of the blazing fire furnace. He shouted out, "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out and come here!" So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire.

It gives me great pleasure to tell about the signs and wonders that the Most High God has done for me.

This order is announced by the observers, and the holy ones declare the verdict, so that the living may know that the Most High is sovereign over human kingdoms and grants them to whomever he desires, and he places the least important of men over them.'

"This is the meaning, your majesty, and this is the decree that the Most High has issued against his majesty, the king:

You'll be driven from people, and you'll live among wild animals of the field. You'll eat grass like cattle and be soaked with the dew of the sky while seven years pass you by until you realize that the Most High is sovereign over human kingdoms and grants them to whomever he desires.

"The kingdom has been taken from you! You're to be driven away from people. You're to live with the wild animals of the field. You are to be made to eat grass like cattle, and seven years will pass you by until you realize that the Most High is sovereign over human kingdoms and grants them to whomever he desires.'"

"When that period of time was over, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven and my sanity returned to me. I blessed the Most High, praising and honoring the one who lives forever: For his sovereignty is eternal, and his kingdom continues from generation to generation.

Your majesty, the Most High God gave your grandfather Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty, as well as greatness, glory, and splendor.

He was driven away from human society and given the mind of an animal. He lived with wild donkeys, ate grass like cattle, and his body was soaked with dew from the sky until he realized that the Most High God is sovereign over human kingdoms and places over them whomever he desires.

He'll speak out against the Most High and wear down the saints of the Highest One. He'll attempt to alter times and laws, and they'll be given into his control for a time, times, and half a time.

They return but not to the Most High. They are like a defective weapon. Their princes will fall by the sword because of their raging tongue, and they will be a laughingstock in the land of Egypt."

My people are determined to turn away from me; though they call to the Most High, no one is worshiping.

screaming in a loud voice, "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you in the name of God never to torment me!"

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David.

The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come over you, and the power of the Most High will surround you. Therefore, the child will be holy and will be called the Son of God.

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, because you will go ahead of the Lord to prepare his way

Rather, love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind even to ungrateful and evil people.

When he saw Jesus, he screamed, fell down in front of him, and cried out in a loud voice, "What do you want from me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you not to torture me!"

However, the Most High does not live in buildings made by human hands. As the prophet says,

She would follow Paul and us and shout, "These men are servants of the Most High God and are proclaiming to you a way of salvation!"

Now this man Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of the Most High God, met Abraham and blessed him when he was returning from defeating the kings.