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)
Acts 17:26
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26 From one ancestor[a] he made all peoples to inhabit the whole earth, and he allotted the times of their existence and the boundaries of the places where they would live,(A)
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- 17.26 Gk From one; other ancient authorities read From one blood
Genesis 11:8-9
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8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city.(A) 9 Therefore it was called Babel,[a] because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth, and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.(B)
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- 11.9 In Heb Babel is a play on the verb meaning to confuse
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)
Genesis 10:25
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25 To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg,[a] for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother’s name was Joktan.(A)
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- 10.25 That is, division
Acts 7:48
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48 Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made with human hands;[a] as the prophet says,(A)
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- 7.48 Gk with hands
Daniel 5:18
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18 As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar kingship, greatness, glory, and majesty.(A)
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Daniel 4:17
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17 The sentence is rendered by decree of the watchers,
the decision is given by order of the holy ones,
in order that all who live may know
that the Most High is sovereign over the kingdom of mortals;
he gives it to whom he will
and sets over it the lowliest of human beings.’(A)
Isaiah 14:14
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14 I will ascend to the tops of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.”(A)
Psalm 92:8
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8 but you, O Lord, are on high forever.(A)
Psalm 91:1
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Psalm 91
Assurance of God’s Protection
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- 91.1 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
Psalm 82:6
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6 I say, “You are gods,
children of the Most High, all of you;(A)
Psalm 50:14
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- 50.14 Or make thanksgiving your sacrifice to God
Psalm 7:17
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17 I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness
and sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.(A)
Numbers 24:16
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16 the oracle of one who hears the words of God
and knows the knowledge of the Most High,[a]
who sees the vision of the Almighty,[b]
who falls down but with eyes uncovered:
Genesis 15:18-21
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18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates,(A) 19 the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, 20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, 21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”
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Genesis 10:15
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15 Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth(A)
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