Psalm 136:5
New Living Translation
5 Give thanks to him who made the heavens so skillfully.
His faithful love endures forever.
Genesis 1:1
New Living Translation
The Account of Creation
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.[a]
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- 1:1 Or In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, . . . Or When God began to create the heavens and the earth, . . .
Jeremiah 51:15
New Living Translation
A Hymn of Praise to the Lord
15 The Lord made the earth by his power,
and he preserves it by his wisdom.
With his own understanding
he stretched out the heavens.
Psalm 104:24
New Living Translation
24 O Lord, what a variety of things you have made!
In wisdom you have made them all.
The earth is full of your creatures.
Proverbs 8:22-29
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22 “The Lord formed me from the beginning,
before he created anything else.
23 I was appointed in ages past,
at the very first, before the earth began.
24 I was born before the oceans were created,
before the springs bubbled forth their waters.
25 Before the mountains were formed,
before the hills, I was born—
26 before he had made the earth and fields
and the first handfuls of soil.
27 I was there when he established the heavens,
when he drew the horizon on the oceans.
28 I was there when he set the clouds above,
when he established springs deep in the earth.
29 I was there when he set the limits of the seas,
so they would not spread beyond their boundaries.
And when he marked off the earth’s foundations,
Psalm 33:6
New Living Translation
6 The Lord merely spoke,
and the heavens were created.
He breathed the word,
and all the stars were born.
Jeremiah 10:12
New Living Translation
12 But the Lord made the earth by his power,
and he preserves it by his wisdom.
With his own understanding
he stretched out the heavens.
Proverbs 3:19-20
New Living Translation
19 By wisdom the Lord founded the earth;
by understanding he created the heavens.
20 By his knowledge the deep fountains of the earth burst forth,
and the dew settles beneath the night sky.
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