Life beyond earth

Selected verses

• Genesis 1:1

  In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

• Psalms 19:1

  To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

• Psalms 8:3–4

  When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

• Nehemiah 9:6

  Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

• Colossians 1:16

  For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

• Hebrews 11:3

  Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

• Isaiah 45:18

  For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.

• Psalms 147:4

  He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.

• Isaiah 40:26

  Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.

• Job 38:4–7

  Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; …

• Deuteronomy 4:19

  And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.

• Psalms 33:6

  By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

• Genesis 1:14–16

  And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

• Hebrews 1:2

  Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

• John 1:3

  All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

• Deuteronomy 29:29

  The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

• Psalms 115:16

  The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

• Isaiah 55:9

  For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

• Ephesians 6:12

  For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

• 1 Corinthians 15:40–41

  There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.

• Daniel 4:35

  And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

• Psalms 103:19

  The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.

• Hebrews 1:14

  Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

• Job 26:7

  He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

• Revelation 4:11

  Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.