Genesis 2:1
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Cross-references
Genesis 2:4 uses 'the heavens and the earth' as a summary heading, restating the same completed creation described in this verse.
Genesis 1:1 opens with 'the heavens and the earth' — this verse closes with them, forming a deliberate literary frame around the creation account.
In Isaiah 40:26-28, God as Creator of the heavens and His eternity affirm the creative work completed here.
Hebrews 4:3 references God's works being 'finished from the foundation of the world' — directly alluding to the completion of creation described here.
Acts 4:24 praises God as the one 'which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is' — directly echoing this creation language.
Jeremiah 10:12 credits God with making the earth and stretching out the heavens — echoing the same Creator-language from the creation account.
Isaiah 65:17 promises God will create 'new heavens and a new earth' — the first creation's completion here prefigures that renewed work.
In Isaiah 48:13, God describes His hands laying the earth's foundation and spanning the heavens — echoing the same completed creation language found here.
In Isaiah 45:18, God affirms He alone created the heavens and earth, not in vain but to be inhabited — echoing the completed creation and asserting His sole sovereignty over it.
In Isaiah 45:12, God explicitly claims to have made the heavens, reinforcing the completion described.
In Isaiah 34:4, the heavens are dissolved and fall, contrasting with their completed state in creation.
In Psalm 146:6, God 'made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them' — naming the same completed work with ongoing faithfulness.
In Psalm 136:5-8, the litany traces God making heavens, spreading earth, and creating lights — the same acts now declared complete here.
In Psalm 89:11-13, the psalmist declares heaven and earth are God's because 'you have founded them' — echoing this moment of completed creation.
In Psalm 33:6, the heavens are made by God's word, echoing the completion of creation described here.
In Nehemiah 9:6, the prayer expands this by naming 'all their host' — the same word used here, with worship added to creation.
Exodus 20:11 directly cites this account: 'in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth...and rested on the seventh day.'
In Exodus 31:17, the six days of creation and God's seventh-day rest are directly cited as the basis for Sabbath commandment, echoing this completion of heaven and earth.
Psalm 102:25 recalls God's creative work in establishing the heavens and earth.
Hebrews 4:4 references God's rest after creation, directly from the Genesis account.
John 5:17 contrasts God's ongoing work with His completed creation rest.
Psalm 148:2 calls all hosts to praise, reflecting the hosts God created.
In Isaiah 42:5, God describes himself as the one who 'created the heavens and stretched them out,' presupposing this completed creation.
Zechariah 12:1 opens by crediting God who 'stretcheth forth the heavens' and 'layeth the foundation of the earth' — echoing creation language here.
In 2 Kings 19:15, Hezekiah's prayer names God as the one who 'made heaven and earth' — the same creation now declared complete.
In Jeremiah 8:2, worshiping celestial bodies is condemned, though they are part of God's completed creation.
In Acts 7:42, God allows worship of heavenly bodies as judgment, contrasting with their proper place in creation.
In 2 Chronicles 2:12, Hiram blesses God who 'made heaven and earth,' affirming the same creative sovereignty now declared finished.
Jeremiah 10:16 calls God 'the former of all things' — affirming His role as Creator, though in the context of contrasting Him with idols.