Psalm 115:16
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16 The heavens are the Lord’s heavens,
but the earth he has given to human beings.(A)
Psalm 8:6
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6 You have given them dominion over the works of your hands;
you have put all things under their feet,(A)
Psalm 89:11
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11 The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours;
the world and all that is in it—you founded them.(A)
Genesis 1:28-30
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28 God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.”(A) 29 God said, “See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food.(B) 30 And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the air and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.(C)
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Jeremiah 27:5-6
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5 It is I who by my great power and my outstretched arm have made the earth, with the people and animals that are on the earth, and I give it to whomever I please.(A) 6 Now I have given all these lands into the hand of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, my servant, and I have given him even the wild animals of the field to serve him.(B)
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Genesis 9:1-3
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The Covenant with Noah
9 God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.(A) 2 The fear and dread of you shall rest on every animal of the earth and on every bird of the air, on everything that creeps on the ground and on all the fish of the sea; into your hand they are delivered. 3 Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you, and just as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.(B)
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Deuteronomy 32:8
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8 When the Most High[a] apportioned the nations,
when he divided humankind,
he fixed the boundaries of the peoples
according to the number of the gods;[b](A)
Psalm 144:5
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5 Bow your heavens, O Lord, and come down;
touch the mountains so that they smoke.(A)
Isaiah 66:1
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The Worship God Demands
66 Thus says the Lord:
Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool;
so what kind of house could you build for me,
what sort of place for me to rest?(A)
John 14:2
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2 In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?[a]
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- 14.2 Or If it were not so, I would have told you, for I go to prepare a place for you
Lamentations 3:66
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66 Pursue them in anger and destroy them
from under the Lord’s heavens.(A)
Psalm 148:4
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4 Praise him, you highest heavens
and you waters above the heavens!(A)
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