Heaven

How Nave’s arranged it

• GOD'S DWELLING PLACEDeuteronomy 26:151 Kings 8:301 Kings 8:391 Kings 8:431 Kings 8:491 Chronicles 16:311 Chronicles 21:262 Chronicles 2:62 Chronicles 6:182 Chronicles 6:212 Chronicles 6:272 Chronicles 6:302 Chronicles 6:332 Chronicles 6:352 Chronicles 6:392 Chronicles 30:27Nehemiah 9:27Job 22:12Job 22:14Psalms 2:4
• THE FUTURE DWELLING PLACE OF THE RIGHTEOUS
• Called A GARNERMatthew 3:12
• THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST AND OF GODEphesians 5:5
• THE FATHER'S HOUSEJohn 14:2
• A HEAVENLY COUNTRYHebrews 11:16
• A RESTHebrews 4:9Revelation 14:13
• PARADISE2 Corinthians 12:22 Corinthians 12:4
• The wicked excluded fromGalatians 5:21Ephesians 5:5Revelation 22:15
• UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO2 Kings 2:11Job 3:17Psalms 16:11Psalms 17:15Psalms 23:6Psalms 24:3Psalms 24:7Psalms 73:24Isaiah 33:17Isaiah 49:9Isaiah 49:10Daniel 12:3Malachi 3:17Matthew 3:12Matthew 5:3Matthew 5:8Matthew 5:12Matthew 5:20Matthew 6:20Matthew 8:11
• See Righteous, Promises to
• THE PHYSICAL HEAVENSGenesis 1:1Psalms 19:1Psalms 50:6Psalms 68:33Psalms 89:29Psalms 97:6Psalms 103:11Psalms 113:4Psalms 115:16Jeremiah 31:37Ezekiel 1:1Matthew 24:29Matthew 24:30Acts 2:19Acts 2:20

The passages, in Bible order (202)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 1:1

   In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

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   “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

   “I have received the desired letters of my Desiderius, who in a foretelling of things to happen has obtained with Daniel a certain name [see Vulgate Daniel 9.23: quia vir desideriorum es tu, "for you are a man of desires"], beseeching that I might hand over to our hearers a translation of the Pentateuch in the Latin tongue from the Hebrew words. Certainly a dangerous work, open to the barkings of detractors, who accuse me of insult to the Seventy to prepare a new interpretation from the old ones, thus approving ability (or "genius") like wine.

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2. Genesis 2:1

   Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

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   “Thus the heavens and the earth were finished,....

   “Further, He says to them, "Your new moons and your Sabbath I cannot endure." Ye perceive how He speaks: Your present Sabbaths are not acceptable to Me, but that is which I have made, [namely this,] when, giving rest to all things, I shall make …

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3. Deuteronomy 26:15

   Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.”

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   “Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven,....

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4. 1 Kings 8:30

   Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.

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   “And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray towards this place,....

   “Toward this place - Both tabernacle and temple were types of our Lord Jesus, or of God manifested in the flesh; and he was and is the Mediator between God and man. All prayer, to be acceptable, and to be entitled to a hearing, must go to God through Him.

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5. 1 Kings 8:39

   be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and act, and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of all men—

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   “Then hear thou in heaven thy dwellingplace,....

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6. 1 Kings 8:43

   then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.

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   “Hear thou in heaven thy dwellingplace,....

   “That all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee - Solomon prays that the result of Yahweh’s hearing the prayers of pagans addressed toward the temple may be the general conversion of the world to the worship of Him. Compare Psa 96:1-13; Psa 98:1-9. This house ... - literally, as in the margin. In Scripture, when God’s Name is said to be “called upon” persons or things, it seems to be meant that God is really present in them, upholding them and sanctifying them.

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7. 1 Kings 8:49

   then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.

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   “Then hear thou their prayers, and their supplication, in heaven thy dwellingplace,.... For their deliverance out of captivity: and maintain their cause; plead it, and do them justice, avenge their injuries, and deliver them.

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8. 2 Kings 2:11

   As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.

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   But do not marvel in regard to what is said about Elijah, if, just as something strange happened to him different from all the saints who are recorded, in respect of his having been caught up by a whirlwind into heaven, so his spirit had something of choice excellence, so that not only did it rest on Elisha but also descended along with John at his birth; and that John, separately, "was filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother's womb," and separately "came before Christ in the spirit and power of Elijah."

   “And it came to pass, as they still went on and talked,....

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9. 1 Chronicles 16:26

   For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.

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   “And again, in another prophecy, the Spirit of prophecy, through the same David, intimated that Christ, after He had been crucified, should reign, and spoke as follows: "Sing to the Lord, all the earth, and day by day declare His salvation. For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, to be feared above all the gods. For all the gods of the nations are idols of devils; but God made the heavens. Glory and praise are before His face, strength and glorying are in the habitation of His holiness. Give Glory to the Lord, the Father everlasting.

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10. 1 Chronicles 16:31

    Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice. Let them say among the nations, ‘The LORD reigns!’

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    “And again, in another prophecy, the Spirit of prophecy, through the same David, intimated that Christ, after He had been crucified, should reign, and spoke as follows: "Sing to the Lord, all the earth, and day by day declare His salvation. For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, to be feared above all the gods. For all the gods of the nations are idols of devils; but God made the heavens. Glory and praise are before His face, strength and glorying are in the habitation of His holiness. Give Glory to the Lord, the Father everlasting.

    “And again, in another prophecy, the Spirit of prophecy, through the same David, intimated that Christ, after He had been crucified, should reign, and spoke as follows: "Sing to the Lord, all the earth, and day by day declare His salvation. For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, to be feared above all the gods. For all the gods of the nations are idols of devils; but God made the heavens. Glory and praise are before His face, strength and glorying are in the habitation of His holiness. Give Glory to the Lord, the Father everlasting.

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11. 1 Chronicles 21:26

    And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called upon the LORD, who answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.

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    “He answered him - by fire - In answer to David’s prayers, God, to show that he had accepted him, and was now pacified towards him and the people, sent fire from heaven and consumed the offerings.

    “David had prepared by singing psalms, and the other prophets too by prophesying prepared for the Lord who was indeed the true Solomon a place that he might build a house, because they taught the hearts of their hearers by true faith, earnestly urging them …

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12. 2 Chronicles 2:6

    But who is able to build a house for Him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain Him? Who then am I, that I should build a house for Him, except as a place to burn sacrifices before Him?

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    “Seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens - “For the lower heavens, the middle heavens, and the upper heavens cannot contain him, seeing he sustains all things by the arm of his power. Heaven is the throne of his glory, the earth his footstool; the deep, and the whole world, are sustained by the spirit of his Word, [ברוח מימריה beruach meqmereih]. Who am I, then, that I should build him a house?” - Targum.

    “But who is able to build him an house,....

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13. 2 Chronicles 2:12

    And Hiram added: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He has given King David a wise son with insight and understanding, who will build a temple for the LORD and a royal palace for himself.

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    “Huram said, moreover, blessed be the Lord God of Israel, that made heaven and earth,.... Huram seems to have had some good notions of the divine Being, not only as the God of the people of Israel, in a peculiar sense, but as the Former and Maker of all things: who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding; see 1Ki 5:7. that might build an house for the Lord, and for his kingdom; as in 2Ch 2:1.

    “The Lord ... that made heaven and earth - This appears to have been a formula designating the Supreme God with several of the Asiatic nations. In the Persian inscriptions Ormazd is constantly called “the great god, who gave” (or made) “heaven and earth.”

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14. 2 Chronicles 6:18

    But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.

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    “But will God in very deed dwell with men - “But who could have imagined, who could have thought it credible, that God should place his majesty among men dwelling upon earth? Behold, the highest heavens, the middle heavens, and the lowest heavens, cannot bear the glory of thy majesty, (for thou art the God who sustainest all the heavens, and the earth, and the deep, and all that is in them), nor can this house which I have built contain Thee.” - Targum.

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15. 2 Chronicles 6:21

    Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.

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16. 2 Chronicles 6:27

    then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.

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