Proverbs 30:4
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4 Who has ascended to heaven and come down?
Who has gathered the wind in the hollow of the hand?
Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is the person’s name?
And what is the name of the person’s child?
Surely you know!(A)
John 3:13
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13 No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.[a](A)
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Job 26:8
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8 He binds up the waters in his thick clouds,
and the cloud is not torn open by them.(A)
Ephesians 4:8-10
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8 Therefore it is said,
9 (When it says, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended[b] into the lower parts of the earth?[c] 10 He who descended is the same one who ascended far above all the heavens, so that he might fill all things.)
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Isaiah 9:6
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6 For a child has been born for us,
a son given to us;
authority rests upon his shoulders,
and he is named
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.(A)
Isaiah 7:14
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14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son and shall name him Immanuel.[a](A)
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- 7.14 That is, God is with us
Deuteronomy 30:12
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12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will go up to heaven for us and get it for us so that we may hear it and observe it?’(A)
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Matthew 1:21-23
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21 She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”(A) 22 All this took place to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet:
23 “Look, the virgin shall become pregnant and give birth to a son,
and they shall name him Emmanuel,”
which means, “God is with us.”(B)
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Romans 10:6
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6 But the righteousness that comes from faith says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ down)
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Isaiah 40:12-31
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12 Who has measured the waters of the sea[a] in the hollow of his hand
and marked off the heavens with a span,
enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure
and weighed the mountains in scales
and the hills in a balance?(A)
13 Who has directed the spirit of the Lord
or as his counselor has instructed him?(B)
14 Whom did he consult for his enlightenment,
and who taught him the path of justice?
[[Who taught him knowledge
and showed him the way of understanding?
15 Even the nations are like a drop from a bucket
and are accounted as dust on the scales;
see, he takes up the isles like fine dust.(C)
16 Lebanon would not provide fuel enough,
nor are its animals enough for a burnt offering.]][b]
17 All the nations are as nothing before him;
they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.(D)
18 To whom, then, will you liken God,
or what likeness compare with him?(E)
19 An idol? A workman casts it,
and a goldsmith overlays it with gold
and casts for it silver chains.(F)
20 As a gift one chooses mulberry wood[c]
—wood that will not rot—
then seeks out a skilled artisan
to set up an image that will not topple.(G)
21 Have you not known? Have you not heard?
Has it not been told you from the beginning?
Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?(H)
22 It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,
and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,
who stretches out the heavens like a curtain
and spreads them like a tent to live in,(I)
23 who brings princes to naught
and makes the rulers of the earth as nothing.(J)
24 Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown,
scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth,
when he blows upon them, and they wither,
and the tempest carries them off like stubble.(K)
25 To whom, then, will you compare me,
or who is my equal? says the Holy One.(L)
26 Lift up your eyes on high and see:
Who created these?
He who brings out their host and numbers them,
calling them all by name;
because he is great in strength,
mighty in power,
not one is missing.(M)
27 Why do you say, O Jacob,
and assert, O Israel,
“My way is hidden from the Lord,
and my right is disregarded by my God”?(N)
28 Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
his understanding is unsearchable.(O)
29 He gives power to the faint
and strengthens the powerless.(P)
30 Even youths will faint and be weary,
and the young will fall exhausted,
31 but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.(Q)
Psalm 104:2-35
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2 wrapped in light as with a garment.
You stretch out the heavens like a tent;(A)
3 you set the beams of your[a] chambers on the waters;
you make the clouds your[b] chariot;
you ride on the wings of the wind;(B)
4 you make the winds your[c] messengers,
fire and flame your[d] ministers.(C)
5 You set the earth on its foundations,
so that it shall never be shaken.(D)
6 You cover it with the deep as with a garment;
the waters stood above the mountains.(E)
7 At your rebuke they flee;
at the sound of your thunder they take to flight.
8 They rose up to the mountains, ran down to the valleys,
to the place that you appointed for them.(F)
9 You set a boundary that they may not pass,
so that they might not again cover the earth.(G)
10 You make springs gush forth in the valleys;
they flow between the hills,(H)
11 giving drink to every wild animal;
the wild asses quench their thirst.(I)
12 By the streams[e] the birds of the air have their habitation;
they sing among the branches.(J)
13 From your lofty abode you water the mountains;
the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.(K)
14 You cause the grass to grow for the cattle
and plants for people to cultivate,
to bring forth food from the earth(L)
15 and wine to gladden the human heart,
oil to make the face shine
and bread to strengthen the human heart.(M)
16 The trees of the field[f] are watered abundantly,
the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
17 In them the birds build their nests;
the stork has its home in the fir trees.
18 The high mountains are for the wild goats;
the rocks are a refuge for the coneys.(N)
19 You have made the moon to mark the seasons;
the sun knows its time for setting.(O)
20 You make darkness, and it is night,
when all the animals of the forest come creeping out.(P)
21 The young lions roar for their prey,
seeking their food from God.(Q)
22 When the sun rises, they withdraw
and lie down in their dens.
23 People go out to their work
and to their labor until the evening.(R)
24 O Lord, how manifold are your works!
In wisdom you have made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.(S)
25 There is the sea, great and wide;
creeping things innumerable are there,
living things both small and great.
26 There go the ships
and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it.(T)
27 These all look to you
to give them their food in due season;(U)
28 when you give to them, they gather it up;
when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
29 When you hide your face, they are dismayed;
when you take away their breath, they die
and return to their dust.(V)
30 When you send forth your spirit,[g] they are created,
and you renew the face of the ground.(W)
31 May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
may the Lord rejoice in his works—(X)
32 who looks on the earth and it trembles,
who touches the mountains and they smoke.(Y)
33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praise to my God while I have being.(Z)
34 May my meditation be pleasing to him,
for I rejoice in the Lord.
35 Let sinners be consumed from the earth,
and let the wicked be no more.
Bless the Lord, O my soul.
Praise the Lord!(AA)
Revelation 19:12
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12 His eyes are like[a] a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name inscribed that no one knows but himself.(A)
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Isaiah 53:8
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8 By a perversion of justice he was taken away.
Who could have imagined his future?
For he was cut off from the land of the living,
stricken for the transgression of my people.(A)
Psalm 68:18
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18 You ascended the high mount,
leading captives in your train
and receiving gifts from people,
even from those who rebel against the Lord God’s abiding there.(A)
Job 38:4-41
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4 “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell me, if you have understanding.(A)
5 Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
Or who stretched the line upon it?
6 On what were its bases sunk,
or who laid its cornerstone(B)
7 when the morning stars sang together
and all the heavenly beings[a] shouted for joy?(C)
8 “Or who shut in the sea with doors
when it burst out from the womb,(D)
9 when I made the clouds its garment
and thick darkness its swaddling band,(E)
10 and prescribed bounds for it,
and set bars and doors,(F)
11 and said, ‘Thus far shall you come and no farther,
and here shall your proud waves be stopped’?(G)
12 “Have you commanded the morning since your days began
and caused the dawn to know its place,(H)
13 so that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth,
and the wicked be shaken out of it?(I)
14 It is changed like clay under the seal,
and it is dyed[b] like a garment.
15 Light is withheld from the wicked,
and their uplifted arm is broken.(J)
16 “Have you entered into the springs of the sea
or walked in the recesses of the deep?(K)
17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you,
or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?(L)
18 Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth?
Declare, if you know all this.(M)
19 “Where is the way to the dwelling of light,
and where is the place of darkness,
20 that you may take it to its territory
and that you may discern the paths to its home?(N)
21 Surely you know, for you were born then,
and the number of your days is great!(O)
22 “Have you entered the storehouses of the snow,
or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,(P)
23 which I have reserved for the time of trouble,
for the day of battle and war?(Q)
24 What is the way to the place where the light is distributed
or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth?(R)
25 “Who has cut a channel for the torrents of rain
and a way for the thunderbolt,(S)
26 to bring rain on a land where no one lives,
on the desert, which is empty of human life,(T)
27 to satisfy the waste and desolate land,
and to make the ground put forth grass?(U)
28 “Has the rain a father,
or who has fathered the drops of dew?(V)
29 From whose womb did the ice come forth,
and who has given birth to the hoarfrost of heaven?(W)
30 The waters become hard like stone,
and the face of the deep is frozen.
31 “Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades
or loose the cords of Orion?(X)
32 Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season,
or can you guide the Bear with its children?
33 Do you know the ordinances of the heavens?
Can you establish their rule on the earth?(Y)
34 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
so that a flood of waters may cover you?(Z)
35 Can you send forth lightnings, so that they may go
and say to you, ‘Here we are’?(AA)
36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts[c]
or given understanding to the mind?[d](AB)
37 Who has the wisdom to number the clouds?
Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens
38 when the dust runs into a mass
and the clods cling together?
39 “Can you hunt the prey for the lion
or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,(AC)
40 when they crouch in their dens
or lie in wait in their covert?(AD)
41 Who provides for the raven its prey,
when its young ones cry to God
and wander about for lack of food?(AE)
Deuteronomy 28:58
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58 “If you do not diligently observe all the words of this law that are written in this book, fearing this glorious and awesome name, the Lord your God,(A)
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Psalm 2:7
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7 I will tell of the decree of the Lord:
He said to me, “You are my son;
today I have begotten you.(A)
Judges 13:18
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18 But the angel of the Lord said to him, “Why do you ask my name? It is too wonderful.”(A)
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Exodus 34:5-7
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5 The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed the name, “The Lord.”[a](A) 6 The Lord passed before him and proclaimed,
“The Lord, the Lord,
a God merciful and gracious,
slow to anger,
and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,(B)
7 keeping steadfast love for the thousandth generation,[b]
forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin,
yet by no means clearing the guilty,
but visiting the iniquity of the parents
upon the children
and the children’s children
to the third and the fourth generation.”(C)
Exodus 6:3
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3 I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty,[a] but by my name ‘The Lord’[b] I did not make myself known to them.(A)
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Exodus 3:13-15
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The Divine Name Revealed
13 But Moses said to God, “If I come to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” 14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am.”[a] He said further, “Thus you shall say to the Israelites, ‘I am has sent me to you.’ ”(A) 15 God also said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord,[b] the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you’:
This is my name forever,
and this my title for all generations.(B)
Luke 10:22
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22 All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”(A)
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Matthew 11:27
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27 All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.(A)
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Jeremiah 23:6
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6 In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will live in safety. And this is the name by which he will be called: “The Lord is our righteousness.”(A)
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Psalm 24:2
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2 for he has founded it on the seas
and established it on the rivers.
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