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Psalms 24:2
Psalms 24:2 is verse 2 of Psalms chapter 24, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.
King James Version
For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
World English Bible
For he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the floods.
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Psalms 24:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible
1 The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.
2 For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.
3 Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in His holy place?
4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 33:6By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
Psalms 95:4In His hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to Him.
Psalms 104:5He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.
Psalms 104:6You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
Psalms 136:6He spread out the earth upon the waters. His loving devotion endures forever.
Genesis 1:9And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.” And it was so.
Genesis 1:10God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
Job 38:4Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
Jeremiah 10:11Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”
Jeremiah 10:12The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
Jeremiah 10:13When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.
Jeremiah 10:14Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
Jeremiah 10:15They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.
Jeremiah 10:16The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance— the LORD of Hosts is His name.
2 Peter 3:5But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,
2 Peter 3:6through which the world of that time perished in the flood.
2 Peter 3:7And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
Psalms 93:1The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
Psalms 96:10Declare among the nations: “The LORD reigns!” The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity.
Genesis 8:22As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”
Job 38:8Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,
Job 38:9when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,
Job 38:10when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors,
Job 38:11and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?
Jeremiah 5:22Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.