There are three Heavens in the Bible;
1) Our immediate atmosphere.
2) Outer space, the sun, moon, and stars.
3) The Home of God.
Genesis
6;7
7 So the Lord said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the
face of the ground, man and beast and creeping things and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have
made them.”
Matthew 24;29
The Coming of the Son of
Man
29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be
darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall
from heaven, and
the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Hebrews 4;14
14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through
the heavens,
Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
Hebrews 9;24
24 For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into
heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;
Deuteronomy 4;19
19 And beware not
to lift up your eyes to heaven and see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host
of heaven, and
be drawn away and worship them and serve them, those which the Lord your God
has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.
2 Corinthians 12;2
2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago—whether in the body I do
not know, or out of the body I do not know, God knows—such a man was caught up
to the third heaven.
1 Kings 8:27
27 “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the
[a]highest heaven cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built!
Acts 7:55
55 But being full of the Holy Spirit, he gazed intently into heaven and saw the glory of
God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
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Genesis
1;1
[ The
Creation ] In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis
1;8
God
called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning,
a second day.
Genesis
1;9
Then
God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place,
and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.
Genesis
1;14
Then
God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate
the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days
and years.
Genesis
1;15
and
let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on
the earth”; and it was so.
Genesis
1;17
God
placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,
Genesis
1;20
Then
God said, “Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds
fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.”
Genesis
2;1
[ The
Creation of Man and Woman ] Thus the heavens and the earth were
completed, and all their hosts.
Genesis
2;4
This
is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in
the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven.
Genesis
6;17
Behold,
I, even I am bringing the flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh
in which is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is on
the earth shall perish.
Genesis
7;19
The
water prevailed more and more upon the earth, so that all the high mountains
everywhere under the heavens were covered.
Genesis
11;4
They
said, “Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach
into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name, otherwise we will be
scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”
Genesis
14;19
He
blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven
and earth.
Genesis
14;22
Abram
said to the king of Sodom, “I have sworn to the Lord God Most High, possessor
of heaven and earth,
Genesis
15;5
And
He took him outside and said, “Now look toward the heavens, and count
the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “So shall your
descendants be.”
Genesis
19;24
Then
the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.
Genesis
21;17
God
heard the lad crying; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven
and said to her, “What is the matter with you, Hagar? Do not fear, for God has
heard the voice of the lad where he is.
Genesis
22;11
But
the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham,
Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”
Genesis
22;15
Then
the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven.
Genesis
22;17
indeed
I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of
the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed
shall possess the gate of their enemies.
Genesis
24;3
and
I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of
earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the
Canaanites, among whom I live.
Genesis
24;7
The
Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and from the
land of my birth, and who spoke to me and who swore to me, saying, ‘To your
descendants I will give this land,’ He will send His angel before you, and you
will take a wife for my son from there.
Genesis
26;4
I
will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give
your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants all the nations of
the earth shall be blessed.
Genesis
27;28
Now
may God give you of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth,
And an abundance of grain and new wine.
Genesis
27;39
Then
Isaac his father answered and said to him, “Behold, away from the fertility of
the earth shall be your dwelling, And away from the dew of heaven from
above.
Psalm
8;1
[ The
Lord’s Glory and Man’s Dignity. ] O Lord, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in
all the earth, Who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens!
Psalm
8;3
When
I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the
stars, which You have ordained.
Psalm
8;8
The
birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, Whatever passes through
the paths of the seas.
Psalm
11;4
The
Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven; His eyes
behold, His eyelids test the sons of men.
Psalm
14;2
The
Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men To see if there
are any who understand, Who seek after God.
Psalm
18;9
He
bowed the heavens also, and came down With thick darkness under His
feet.
Psalm
18;13
The
Lord also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered His voice,
Hailstones and coals of fire.
Psalm
19;1
[ The
Works and the Word of God. ] The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is
declaring the work of His hands.
Psalm
19;6
Its
rising is from one end of the heavens, And its circuit to the other end
of them; And there is nothing hidden from its heat.
Psalm
20;6
Now
I know that the Lord saves His anointed; He will answer him from His holy heaven
With the saving strength of His right hand.
Psalm
33;6
By
the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And by the breath of His
mouth all their host.
Psalm
33;13
The
Lord looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of men.
Psalm
36;5
Your
lovingkindness, O Lord, extends to the heavens, Your faithfulness reaches
to the skies.
Psalm
50;4
He
summons the heavens above, And the earth, to judge His people.
Psalm
50;6
And
the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is judge. Selah.
Psalm
53;2
God
has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men To see if there is
anyone who understands, Who seeks after God.
Psalm
57;3
He
will send from heaven and save me; He reproaches him who tramples upon
me. Selah. God will send forth His lovingkindness and His truth.
Psalm
57;5
Be
exalted above the heavens, O God; Let Your glory be above
all the earth.
Psalm
57;10
For
Your lovingkindness is great to the heavens And Your truth to the
clouds.
Psalm
57;11
Be
exalted above the heavens, O God; Let Your glory be above
all the earth.
Psalm
68;8
The
earth quaked; The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of
God; Sinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Psalm
68;33
To
Him who rides upon the highest heavens, which are from ancient times;
Behold, He speaks forth with His voice, a mighty voice.
Psalm
69;34
Let heaven
and earth praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them.
Psalm
71;19
For
Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the heavens, You who have
done great things; O God, who is like You?
Proverbs
3;19
The
Lord by wisdom founded the earth, By understanding He established the heavens.
Proverbs
8;27
“When
He established the heavens, I was there, When He inscribed a circle on
the face of the deep.
Proverbs
23;5
When
you set your eyes on it, it is gone. For wealth certainly makes itself
wings Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.
Proverbs
25;3
As the heavens for
height and the earth for depth, So the heart of kings is unsearchable.
Proverbs
30;4
Who
has ascended into heaven and descended? Who has gathered the wind in His
fists? Who has wrapped the waters in His garment? Who has established all the
ends of the earth? What is His name or His son’s name? Surely you know!
Ecclesiastes
1;13
And
I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done
under heaven. It is a grievous task which God has given to
the sons of men to be afflicted with.
Ecclesiastes
2;3
I
explored with my mind how to stimulate my body with wine while my mind
was guiding me wisely, and how to take hold of folly, until I could see
what good there is for the sons of men to do under heaven the few years
of their lives.
Ecclesiastes
3;1
[ A
Time for Everything ] There is an appointed time for everything. And there
is a time for every event under heaven.
Ecclesiastes
5;2
Do
not be hasty in word or impulsive in thought to bring up a matter in the
presence of God. For God is in heaven and you are on the earth;
therefore let your words be few.
Ecclesiastes
10;20
Furthermore,
in your bedchamber do not curse a king, and in your sleeping rooms do not curse
a rich man, for a bird of the heavens will carry the sound and the
winged creature will make the matter known.
Matthew
3;2
“Repent,
for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Matthew
3;16
After
being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens
were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and
lighting on Him.
Matthew
3;17
and
behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is My beloved Son, in
whom I am well-pleased.”
Matthew
4;17
From
that time Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven
is at hand.”
Matthew
5;3
“Blessed
are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew
5;10
“Blessed
are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is
the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew
5;12
Rejoice
and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way
they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Matthew
5;16
Let
your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works,
and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew
5;18
For
truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest
letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished.
Matthew
5;19
Whoever
then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do
the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever
keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew
5;20
“For
I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the
scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5;34
But
I say to you, make no oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the
throne of God.
Matthew
5;45
so
that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His
sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the
righteous and the unrighteous.
Matthew
5;48
Therefore
you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Matthew
6;1
[ Giving
to the Poor and Prayer ] “Beware of practicing your righteousness before
men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is
in heaven.
Matthew
6;9
“Pray,
then, in this way: ‘Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.
Matthew
6;10
‘Your
kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven.
Matthew
6;14
For
if you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father
will also forgive you.
Matthew
6;20
But
store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust
destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal.
Matthew
6;26
Look
at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns,
and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much
more than they?
Matthew
6;32
For
the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father
knows that you need all these things.
Matthew
7;11
If
you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much
more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who
ask Him!
Matthew
7;21
“Not
everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven,
but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.
Matthew
8;11
I
say to you that many will come from east and west, and recline at the table
with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew
10;7
And
as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’
Acts
1;2
until
the day when He was taken up to heaven, after He had by the Holy
Spirit given orders to the apostles whom He had chosen.
Acts
1;11
They
also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus,
who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same
way as you have watched Him go into heaven.”
Acts
2;2
And
suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and
it filled the whole house where they were sitting.
Acts
2;5
Now
there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven.
Acts
2;34
For
it was not David who ascended into heaven, but he himself says: ‘The
Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand.
Acts
3;21
whom
heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things
about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time.
Acts
4;12
And
there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven
that has been given among men by which we must be saved.”
Acts
4;24
And
when they heard this, they lifted their voices to God with one accord
and said, “O Lord, it is You who made the heaven and the earth and the
sea, and all that is in them.
Acts
7;42
But
God turned away and delivered them up to serve the host of heaven; as it
is written in the book of the prophets, ‘It was not to Me that you offered
victims and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, was it, O house of
Israel?
Acts
7;49
‘Heaven
is My throne, And earth is the footstool of My feet; What kind of house will
you build for Me?’ says the Lord, ‘Or what place is there for My repose?
Acts
7;55
But
being full of the Holy Spirit, he gazed intently into heaven and saw the
glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
Acts
7;56
and
he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened up and the Son of Man
standing at the right hand of God.”
Acts
9;3
As
he was traveling, it happened that he was approaching Damascus, and suddenly a
light from heaven flashed around him.
Acts
11;9
But
a voice from heaven answered a second time, ‘What God has cleansed, no
longer consider unholy.’
Acts
14;15
and
saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We are also men of the same
nature as you, and preach the gospel to you that you should turn from these
vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the
sea and all that is in them.
Acts
14;17
and
yet He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and gave you
rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food
and gladness.”
Acts
17;24
The
God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven
and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands.
Acts
19;35
After
quieting the crowd, the town clerk *said, “Men of Ephesus, what man is there
after all who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is guardian of the
temple of the great Artemis and of the image which fell down from heaven?
Acts
22;6
“But
it happened that as I was on my way, approaching Damascus about noontime, a
very bright light suddenly flashed from heaven all around me.
Acts
2;13
at
midday, O King, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the
sun, shining all around me and those who were journeying with me.
Romans
1;18
[ Unbelief
and Its Consequences ] For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against
all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in
unrighteousness.
Revelation
3;12
He
who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will
not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the name of My God, and the
name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven
from My God, and My new name.
Revelation
4;1
[ Scene
in Heaven ] After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing
open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound
of a trumpet speaking with me, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what
must take place after these things.”
Revelation
4;2
Immediately
I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was standing in heaven, and
One sitting on the throne.
Revelation
5;3
And
no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the
book or to look into it.
Revelation
5;13
And
every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the
earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying, “To Him who sits
on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and
dominion forever and ever.”
Revelation
8;1
[ The
Seventh Seal—the Trumpets ] When the Lamb broke the seventh seal, there was
silence in heaven for about half an hour.
Revelation
8;10
The
third angel sounded, and a great star fell from heaven, burning like a
torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of waters.
Revelation
9;1
[ The
Fifth Trumpet—the Bottomless Pit ] Then the fifth angel sounded, and I saw
a star from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the key of the
bottomless pit was given to him.
Revelation
10;1
[ The
Angel and the Little Book ] I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven,
clothed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was like
the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.
Revelation
10;4
When
the seven peals of thunder had spoken, I was about to write; and I heard a
voice from heaven saying, “Seal up the things which the seven peals of
thunder have spoken and do not write them.”
Revelation
10;5
Then
the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right
hand to heaven,
Revelation
10;6
and
swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and the
things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in
it, that there will be delay no longer.
Revelation
10;8
Then
the voice which I heard from heaven, I heard again speaking with
me, and saying, “Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel who
stands on the sea and on the land.”
Revelation
11;12
And
they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” Then
they went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies watched them.
Revelation
11;13
And
in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; seven
thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and
gave glory to the God of heaven.
Revelation
11;15
[ The
Seventh Trumpet—Christ’s Reign Foreseen ] Then the seventh angel sounded;
and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world
has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will reign
forever and ever.”
Revelation
11;19
And
the temple of God which is in heaven was opened; and the ark of His
covenant appeared in His temple, and there were flashes of lightning and sounds
and peals of thunder and an earthquake and a great hailstorm.
Revelation
12;1
[ The
Woman, Israel ] A great sign appeared in heaven; a woman clothed
with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve
stars.
Revelation
12;3
[ The
Red Dragon, Satan ] Then another sign appeared in heaven: and
behold, a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were
seven diadems.
Revelation
12;4
And
his tail *swept away a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to
the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth,
so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.
Revelation
12;7
[ The
Angel, Michael ] And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels
waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his angels waged war.
Revelation
12;8
and
they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven.
Revelation
12;10
Then
I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, and the
power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come,
for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, he who accuses them
before our God day and night.
Revelation
12;12
For
this reason, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them. Woe to the
earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath,
knowing that he has only a short time.”
Revelation
13;6
And
he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His
tabernacle, that is, those who dwell in heaven.