20 But our commonwealth is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
19 "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal,
20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal.
9 And when he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.
17 Ah Lord GOD! It is thou who hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and by thy outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for thee,
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters.
18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil and save me for his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.
7 for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world;
8 but if we have food and clothing, with these we shall be content.
25 Thou dost guide me with thy counsel, and afterward thou wilt receive me to glory.
14 but Jesus said, "Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven."
2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
6 who builds his upper chambers in the heavens, and founds his vault upon the earth; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the surface of the earth-- the LORD is his name.
8 We have escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped! [ (Psalms 124:9) Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. ]
2 In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
21 Jesus said to him, "If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."
50 And they returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
51 and were continually in the temple blessing God.
35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the archangel's call, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first;
17 then we who are alive, who are left, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so we shall always be with the Lord.
5 For thy steadfast love is great above the heavens, thy faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
15 As he came from his mother's womb he shall go again, naked as he came, and shall take nothing for his toil, which he may carry away in his hand.
1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
24 Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? says the LORD. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the LORD.
12 For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
1 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
2 The heavens are telling the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.
2 Beloved, we are God's children now; it does not yet appear what we shall be, but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
3 And every one who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.