Genesis 11:4
New King James Version
4 And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower (A)whose top is in the heavens; let us make a (B)name for ourselves, lest we (C)be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”
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Deuteronomy 1:28
New King James Version
28 Where can we go up? Our brethren have [a]discouraged our hearts, saying, (A)“The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; moreover we have seen the sons of the (B)Anakim there.” ’
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- Deuteronomy 1:28 Lit. melted
Isaiah 14:13-15
New King James Version
13 For you have said in your heart:
(A)‘I will ascend into heaven,
(B)I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
I will also sit on the (C)mount of the congregation
(D)On the farthest sides of the north;
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
(E)I will be like the Most High.’
15 Yet you (F)shall be brought down to Sheol,
To the [a]lowest depths of the Pit.
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- Isaiah 14:15 Lit. recesses
Jeremiah 51:53
New King James Version
53 (A)Though Babylon were to [a]mount up to heaven,
And though she were to fortify the height of her strength,
Yet from Me plunderers would come to her,” says the Lord.
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- Jeremiah 51:53 ascend
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