Psalm 102:19
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19 that he looked down from his holy height,
from heaven the Lord looked at the earth,(A)
Deuteronomy 26:15
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15 Look down from your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless your people Israel and the ground that you have given us, as you swore to our ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey.’
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Psalm 14:2
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2 The Lord looks down from heaven on humankind
to see if there are any who are wise,
who seek after God.(A)
Hebrews 9:23-24
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Christ’s Sacrifice Takes Away Sin
23 Thus it was necessary for the sketches of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves need better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made by human hands, a mere copy of the true one, but he entered into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.(A)
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Hebrews 8:1-2
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Mediator of a Better Covenant
8 Now the main point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,(A) 2 a minister in the sanctuary and the true tent[a] that the Lord, and not any mortal, has set up.(B)
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- 8.2 Or tabernacle
Psalm 33:13-14
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13 The Lord looks down from heaven;
he sees all humankind.(A)
14 From where he sits enthroned he watches
all the inhabitants of the earth—
Job 22:12
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12 “Is not God high in the heavens?
See the highest stars, how lofty they are!
2 Chronicles 16:9
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9 For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the entire earth to strengthen those whose heart is true to him. You have done foolishly in this, for from now on you will have wars.”(A)
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1 Kings 8:43
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43 then hear in heaven your dwelling place and do whatever the foreigners ask of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your people Israel, and so they may know that your name has been invoked on this house that I have built.(A)
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1 Kings 8:39
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39 then hear in heaven your dwelling place, forgive, act, and render to all whose hearts you know—according to all their ways, for only you know the human heart(A)—
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