Job 9:8
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8 He alone has spread out the heavens
and marches on the waves of the sea.
Isaiah 44:24
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24 This is what the Lord says—
your Redeemer and Creator:
“I am the Lord, who made all things.
I alone stretched out the heavens.
Who was with me
when I made the earth?
Isaiah 40:22
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22 God sits above the circle of the earth.
The people below seem like grasshoppers to him!
He spreads out the heavens like a curtain
and makes his tent from them.
Psalm 104:2-3
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2 You are dressed in a robe of light.
You stretch out the starry curtain of the heavens;
3 you lay out the rafters of your home in the rain clouds.
You make the clouds your chariot;
you ride upon the wings of the wind.
Zechariah 12:1
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Future Deliverance for Jerusalem
12 This[a] message concerning the fate of Israel came from the Lord: “This message is from the Lord, who stretched out the heavens, laid the foundations of the earth, and formed the human spirit.
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- 12:1 Hebrew An Oracle: This.
Job 37:18
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18 he makes the skies reflect the heat like a bronze mirror.
Can you do that?
Matthew 14:25-30
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25 About three o’clock in the morning[a] Jesus came toward them, walking on the water. 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the water, they were terrified. In their fear, they cried out, “It’s a ghost!”
27 But Jesus spoke to them at once. “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “Take courage. I am here![b]”
28 Then Peter called to him, “Lord, if it’s really you, tell me to come to you, walking on the water.”
29 “Yes, come,” Jesus said.
So Peter went over the side of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus. 30 But when he saw the strong[c] wind and the waves, he was terrified and began to sink. “Save me, Lord!” he shouted.
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Jeremiah 10:11
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11 Say this to those who worship other gods: “Your so-called gods, who did not make the heavens and earth, will vanish from the earth and from under the heavens.”[a]
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- 10:11 The original text of this verse is in Aramaic.
Psalm 93:3-4
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3 The floods have risen up, O Lord.
The floods have roared like thunder;
the floods have lifted their pounding waves.
4 But mightier than the violent raging of the seas,
mightier than the breakers on the shore—
the Lord above is mightier than these!
Psalm 33:6
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6 The Lord merely spoke,
and the heavens were created.
He breathed the word,
and all the stars were born.
John 6:19
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19 They had rowed three or four miles[a] when suddenly they saw Jesus walking on the water toward the boat. They were terrified,
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- 6:19 Greek 25 or 30 stadia [4.6 or 5.5 kilometers].
Isaiah 42:5
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5 God, the Lord, created the heavens and stretched them out.
He created the earth and everything in it.
He gives breath to everyone,
life to everyone who walks the earth.
And it is he who says,
Psalm 77:19
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19 Your road led through the sea,
your pathway through the mighty waters—
a pathway no one knew was there!
Job 38:16
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16 “Have you explored the springs from which the seas come?
Have you explored their depths?
Job 38:11
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11 I said, ‘This far and no farther will you come.
Here your proud waves must stop!’
Genesis 1:6-7
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6 Then God said, “Let there be a space between the waters, to separate the waters of the heavens from the waters of the earth.” 7 And that is what happened. God made this space to separate the waters of the earth from the waters of the heavens.
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