Jonah 1:9
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9 So he said to them, “I am a Hebrew; and I fear [a]the Lord, the God of heaven, (A)who made the sea and the dry land.”
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- Jonah 1:9 Heb. YHWH
Psalm 146:5-6
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5 (A)Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help,
Whose hope is in the Lord his God,
6 (B)Who made heaven and earth,
The sea, and all that is in them;
Who keeps truth forever,
Psalm 95:5-6
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5 (A)The sea is His, for He made it;
And His hands formed the dry land.
6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
Let (B)us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
Psalm 136:26
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26 Oh, give thanks to the God of heaven!
For His mercy endures forever.
Nehemiah 1:4
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4 So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
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Ezra 1:2
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2 Thus says Cyrus king of Persia:
All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord God of heaven has given me. And He has (A)commanded me to build Him a [a]house at Jerusalem which is in Judah.
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- Ezra 1:2 Temple
2 Kings 17:28
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28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the Lord.
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2 Kings 17:25
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25 And it was so, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they did not fear the Lord; therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which killed some of them.
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Genesis 14:13
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13 Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the (A)Hebrew, for (B)he dwelt by [a]the terebinth trees of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner; (C)and they were allies with Abram.
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- Genesis 14:13 Heb. Alon Mamre
Revelation 16:11
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11 They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their deeds.
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Revelation 15:4
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4 (A)Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name?
For You alone are (B)holy.
For (C)all nations shall come and worship before You,
For Your judgments have been manifested.”
Revelation 11:13
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13 In the same hour (A)there was a great earthquake, (B)and a tenth of the city fell. In the earthquake seven thousand people were killed, and the rest were afraid (C)and gave glory to the God of heaven.
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Philippians 3:5
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5 circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, (A)of the tribe of Benjamin, (B)a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, (C)a Pharisee;
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Acts 27:23
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23 (A)For there stood by me this night an angel of the God to whom I belong and (B)whom I serve,
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Acts 17:23-25
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23 for as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription:
TO THE UNKNOWN GOD.
Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you: 24 (A)God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is (B)Lord of heaven and earth, (C)does not dwell in temples made with hands. 25 Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He (D)gives to all life, breath, and all things.
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Acts 14:15
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Hosea 3:5
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5 Afterward the children of Israel shall return and (A)seek the Lord their God and (B)David their king. They shall fear the Lord and His goodness in the (C)latter days.
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Daniel 2:44
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44 And in the days of these kings (A)the God of heaven will set up a kingdom (B)which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; (C)it shall [a]break in pieces and [b]consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
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- Daniel 2:44 Or crush
- Daniel 2:44 Lit. put an end to
Daniel 2:18-19
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18 (A)that they might seek mercies from the God of heaven concerning this secret, so that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. 19 Then the secret was revealed to Daniel (B)in a night vision. So Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
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Job 1:9
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9 So Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing?
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Nehemiah 2:4
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4 Then the king said to me, “What do you request?”
So I (A)prayed to the God of heaven.
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Ezra 7:12-13
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To Ezra the priest, a scribe of the Law of the God of heaven:
13 I issue a decree that all those of the people of Israel and the priests and Levites in my realm, who volunteer to go up to Jerusalem, may go with you.
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- Ezra 7:12 The original language of Ezra 7:12–26 is Aramaic.
- Ezra 7:12 Lit. and now
Ezra 5:11
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11 And thus they returned us an answer, saying: “We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the [a]temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built (A)and completed.
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- Ezra 5:11 Lit. house
2 Kings 17:32-35
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32 So they feared the Lord, (A)and from every class they appointed for themselves priests of the [a]high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of the high places. 33 (B)They feared the Lord, yet served their own gods—according to the rituals of the nations from among whom they were carried away.
34 To this day they continue practicing the former rituals; they do not fear the Lord, nor do they follow their statutes or their ordinances, or the law and commandment which the Lord had commanded the children of Jacob, (C)whom He named Israel, 35 with whom the Lord had made a covenant and charged them, saying: (D)“You shall not fear other gods, nor (E)bow down to them nor serve them nor sacrifice to them;
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- 2 Kings 17:32 Places for pagan worship
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