Psalm 115:16
The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.
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- Psalm 8:6 You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:
- Psalm 89:11 The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
- Genesis 1:28–30 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.” Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food. And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth — everything that has the breath of life in it — I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.