1551 verses about Heaven

Your all-powerful word leaped from heaven out of the royal throne, A stern warrior, into the midst of the doomed land,

Bearing as a sharp sword your unfeigned commandment; And standing it filled all things with death; And while it touched the heaven it trode upon the earth.

The height of the heaven, and the breadth of the earth, And the deep, and wisdom, who shall search them out?

Whoso fears the Lord, it will go well with him at the last, And in the day of his death he will be blessed.

And he that gives glory to his mother is as one that lays up treasure.

He that holds her fast will inherit glory; And where he enters, the Lord will bless.

He will inherit joy, and a crown of gladness, And an everlasting name.

Behold, the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, The deep, and the earth, will be moved when he shall visit.

Their eyes saw the majesty of his glory; And their ear heard the glory of his voice.

He looks upon the power of the height of heaven: And all men are earth and ashes.

I lived in high places, And my throne is in the pillar of the cloud.

Alone I compassed the circuit of heaven, And walked in the depth of the abyss.

The offering of the righteous makes the altar fat; And the sweet savor thereof is before the Most High.

He that serves God according to his good pleasure shall be accepted, And his supplication shall reach to the clouds.

The prayer of the humble pierces the clouds; And till it come near, he will not be comforted; And he will not depart, till the Most High shall visit; And he shall judge righteously, and execute judgement.

The pride of the height is the firmament in its clearness, The appearance of heaven, in the spectacle of its glory.

The month is called after her name, Increasing wonderfully in her changing; An instrument of the army on high, Shining forth in the firmament of heaven;

The beauty of heaven, the glory of the stars, An ornament giving light in the highest places of the Lord.

It encircles the heaven round about with a circle of glory; The hands of the Most High have stretched it.

By reason thereof the treasure-houses are opened; And clouds fly forth as fowls.

Their bodies were buried in peace, And their name lives to all generations.

He made him like to the glory of the saints, And magnified him in the fears of his enemies.

Moses consecrated him, And anointed him with holy oil: It was to him for an everlasting covenant, And to his seed, all the days of heaven, To minister to him, and to execute also the priest’s office, And bless his people in his name.

And the Lord thundered from heaven, And with a mighty sound made his voice to be heard.

By the word of the Lord he shut up the heaven: Thrice did he thus bring down fire.

Who was taken up in a tempest of fire, In a chariot of fiery horses:

And they called upon the Lord which is merciful, Spreading forth their hands to him: And the Holy One heard them speedily out of Heaven, And delivered them by the hand of Isaiah.

It was Ezekiel who saw the vision of glory, Which God showed him upon the chariot of the cherubim.

No man was created upon the earth such as was Enoch; For he was taken up from the earth.

As the sun shining forth upon the temple of the Most High, And as the rainbow giving light in clouds of glory:

As an olive tree budding forth fruits, And as a cypress growing high among the clouds.

My soul has wrestled in her, And in my doing I was exact: I spread forth my hands to the heaven above, And bewailed my ignorances of her.

and pray for the life of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and for the life of Baltasar his son, that their days may be as the days of heaven above the earth:

O Lord, look down from your holy house, and consider us: incline your ear, O Lord, and hear:

O Israel, how great is the house of God! and how large is the place of his possession!

great, and has none end; high, and unmeasurable.

Who has gone up into heaven, and taken her, and brought her down from the clouds?

For God will show your brightness to every region under heaven.

Moreover the woods and every sweet smelling tree have overshadowed Israel by the commandment of God.

neither can they show signs in the heavens among the nations, nor shine as the sun, nor give light as the moon.

to whom you did promise, that you would multiply their seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is upon the sea shore.

But the angel of the Lord came down into the furnace together with Azarias and his fellows, and he struck the flame of the fire out of the furnace;

and made the midst of the furnace as it had been a moist whistling wind, so that the fire touched them not at all, neither hurt nor troubled them.

Blessed are you in the temple of your holy glory: and to be praised and glorified above all forever.

Blessed are you that behold the depths, and sit upon the cherubim: and to be praised and exalted above all forever.

Blessed are you on the throne of your kingdom: and to be praised and extolled above all forever.

Blessed are you in the firmament of heaven: and to be praised and glorified forever.

O you⌃ heavens, bless you⌃ the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.

O you⌃ angels of the Lord, bless you⌃ the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.

O all you⌃ waters that be above the heaven, bless you⌃ the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.

O all you⌃ powers of the Lord, bless you⌃ the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.

O you⌃ stars of heaven, bless you⌃ the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.

O you⌃ lightnings and clouds, bless you⌃ the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.

O all you⌃ fowls of the air, bless you⌃ the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.

O you⌃ spirits and souls of the righteous, bless you⌃ the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever.

And they perverted their own mind, and turned away their eyes, that they might not look to heaven, nor remember just judgements.

And she weeping looked up toward heaven: for her heart trusted in the Lord.

And he said, Because I may not do honor to idols made with hands, but to the living God, who has created the heaven and the earth, and has sovereignty over all flesh.

saying, Let us die all in our innocency: heaven and earth witness over us, that you⌃ put us to death without trial.

Elijah, for that he was exceeding zealous for the law, was taken up into heaven.

And Judas said, It is an easy thing for many to be shut up in the hands of a few; and with heaven it is all one, to save by many or by few:

for victory in battle stands not in the multitude of an army; but strength is from heaven.

And they cried aloud toward heaven, saying, What shall we do with these men, and whither shall we carry them away?

Nevertheless, as may be the will in heaven, so shall he do.

And now let us cry to heaven, if he will have us, and will remember the covenant of our fathers, and destroy this army before our face today:

And they returned home, and sang a song of thanksgiving, and gave praise to heaven; because his mercy is good, because his mercy endures forever.

and fell on their faces to the ground, and blew with the solemn trumpets, and cried toward heaven.

And all the people fell upon their faces, and worshipped, and gave praise to heaven, which had given them good success.

And Judas saw that the battle was begun, and that the cry of the city went up to heaven, with trumpets and a great sound,

Now therefore cry to heaven, that you⌃ may be delivered out of the hand of your enemies.

for we have the help which is from heaven to help us, and we have been delivered from our enemies, and our enemies have been brought low.

But now I am old, and you⌃ moreover, by his mercy, are of a sufficient age: be you⌃ instead of me and my brother, and go forth and fight for our nation; but let the help which is from heaven be with you.

And it was contained in the writing, that the prophet, being warned of God, commanded that the tabernacle and the ark should follow with him, when he went forth into the mountain where Moses went up and saw the heritage of God.

And Jeremiah came and found a chamber in the rock, and there he brought in the tabernacle, and the ark, and the altar of incense; and he made fast the door.

As Moses prayed to the Lord, and fire came down out of heaven and consumed the sacrifice, even so prayed Solomon also, and the fire came down and consumed the burnt offerings;

and the manifestations that came from heaven to those that vied with one another in manful deeds for the religion of the Jews; so that, being but a few, they rescued the whole country, and chased the barbarous multitudes,

And the priests, prostrating themselves before the altar in their priestly garments, and looking toward heaven, called upon him that gave the law concerning deposits, that he should preserve these treasures safe for those that had deposited them.

And all, stretching forth their hands toward heaven, made their solemn supplication.

For there was seen by them a horse with a terrible rider upon him, and adorned with beautiful trappings, and he rushed fiercely and struck at Heliodorus with his forefeet, and it seemed that he that sat upon the horse had complete armor of gold.

and do you, since you have been scourged from heaven, publish to all men the sovereign majesty of God. And when they had spoken these words, they vanished out of sight.

For he that has his dwelling in heaven himself has his eyes upon that place, and helps it; and those who come to hurt it he smiteth and destroys.

And it so befell that throughout all the city, for the space of almost forty days, there appeared in the midst of the sky horsemen in swift motion, wearing robes inwrought with gold and carrying spears, equipped in troops for battle;

and nobly said, From heaven I possess these; and for his laws’ sake I contemn these; and from him I hope to receive these back again:

I beseech you, my child, to lift your eyes to the heaven and the earth, and to see all things that are therein, and thus to recognize that God made them not of things that were, and that the race of men in this wise comes into being.

Don’t be afraid of this butcher, but, proving yourself worthy of your kindred, accept your death, that in the mercy of God I may receive you again with your kindred.

and the help given in the land of Babylon, even the battle that was fought against the Gauls, how that they came to the engagement eight thousand in all, with four thousand Macedonians, and how that, the Macedonians being hard pressed, the six thousand destroyed the hundred and twenty thousand, because of the succour which they had from heaven, and took great booty.

And the man that a little before supposed himself to touch the stars of heaven, no one could endure to carry for his intolerable stench.

May you⌃ and your children fare well; and your affairs shall be to your mind. Having my hope in heaven,

But when the battle waxed strong, there appeared out of heaven to their adversaries five men on horses with bridles of gold, in splendid array; and two of them, leading on the Jews,

they advanced in array, having him that is in heaven to fight on their side, for the Lord had mercy on them.

(And if he did it looking to an honorable memorial of gratitude laid up for those who die in godliness, holy and godly was the thought.) Wherefore he made the atoning sacrifice for those who had died, that they might be released from their sin.

And having said this, he departed. But the priests, stretching forth their hands toward heaven, called upon him that ever fights for our nation, in these words:

You, O Lord of the universe, who in yourself have need of nothing, was well pleased that a sanctuary of your habitation should be set among us;

then the thrice-accursed wretch asked if there were a Sovereign in heaven that had commanded to keep the Sabbath day.

And when they declared, There is the Lord, living himself a Sovereign in heaven, who bade us observe the seventh day;

And he exhorted his company not to be fearful at the inroad of the heathen, but, keeping in mind the help which of old they had oftentimes received from heaven, so now also to look for the victory which would come to them from the Almighty;

And the vision of that dream was this: He saw Onias, him that was high priest, a noble and good man, reverend in bearing, yet gentle in manner and well-spoken, and exercised from a child in all points of virtue, with outstretched hands invoking blessings on the whole body of the Jews:

thereupon he saw a man appear, of venerable age and exceeding glory, and wonderful and most majestic was the dignity around him:

and Onias answered and said, This is the lover of the kindred, he who prays much for the people and the holy city, Jeremiah the prophet of God:

so now also, O Sovereign of the heavens, send a good angel before us to bring terror and trembling: