Ever pondered the afterlife? Both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible make frequent mention to eternity. Use the following list of Bible verses about heaven to inspire your Bible study and your worship if you’ve ever wondered how one goes to heaven, what heaven is like, or what Jesus had to say about heaven.
#1. And I saw between the throne (with the four living creatures) and the elders a Lamb standing, as if slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth. – Revelation 5:6
#2. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. – Genesis 1:1
#3. I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago—whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know, God knows—such a man was caught up to the third heaven. – 2 Corinthians 12:2
#4. For this reason, they are before the throne of God; and they serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them. – Revelation 7:15
#5. Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. – Revelation 21:1
#6. In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. – John 14:2
#7. For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; – Philippians 3:20
#8. Your lovingkindness, O Lord, extends to the heavens,Your faithfulness reaches to the skies. – Psalm 36:5
#9. Those who have insight will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever. – Daniel 12:3
#10. Who made heaven and earth, The sea and all that is in them; Who keeps faith forever; – Psalm 146:6
#11.,‘Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. – Matthew 6:1
#12. Whom have I in heaven but You?And besides You, I desire nothing on earth. – Psalm 73:25
#13. And He said to them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. – Luke 11:2
#14. “Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth with all that is in it.” – Deuteronomy 10:14
#15. “The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.” – Psalm 14:2
#16. “For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind.” – Isaiah 65:17
#17. “On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined. And he will swallow up on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples, the veil that is spread over all nations. He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken. It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.” – Isaiah 25:6-9
#18. “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.” – Matthew 7:13-14
#19. “After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.” – Revelation 7:9-12
#20. “Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”She said to him, “Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God,who is coming into the world.” – John 11:23-27
#21. “For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God: ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.” – Matthew 22:30-32
#22. Thus says the Lord, “Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. Where then is a house you could build for Me? And where is a place that I may rest? – Isaiah 66:1
#23. A Song of Ascents. To You I lift up my eyes, o You who are enthroned in the heavens! – Psalm 123:1
#24. ‘Heaven is My throne, And earth is the footstool of My feet; What kind of house will you build for Me?’ says the Lord, ‘Or what place is there for My repose? – Acts 7:49
#25. Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed; He will answer him from His holy heaven With the saving strength of His right hand. – Psalm 20:6
#26. and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin – 2 Chronicles 7:14
#27. Then David built an altar to the Lord there and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. And he called to the Lord and He answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering. – 1 Chronicles 21:26
#28. “Therefore You delivered them into the hand of their oppressors who oppressed them, But when they cried to You in the time of their distress, You heard from heaven, and according to Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who delivered them from the hand of their oppressors. – Nehemiah 9:27
#29. After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him, – Matthew 3:16
#30. And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war. – Revelation 19:11
#31. and he *saw the sky opened up, and an object like a great sheet coming down, lowered by four corners to the ground, – Acts 10:11
#32. and he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened up and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” – Acts 7:56
#33. For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; – Hebrews 9:24
#34. where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. – Hebrews 6:20
#35. and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. – Hebrews 9:12
#36. whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time. – Acts 3:21
#37. because of the hope laid up for you in heaven, of which you previously heard in the word of truth, the gospel – Colossians 1:5
#38. For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. – 2 Corinthians 5:1
#39. for he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose architect and builder is God. – Hebrews 11:10
#40. envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. – Galatians 5:21
#41. For this you know with certainty, that no immoral or impure person or covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. – Ephesians 5:5
#42. Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the immoral persons and the murderers and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying. – Revelation 22:15
#43. “Those who contend with the Lord will be shattered; Against them He will thunder in the heavens, The Lord will judge the ends of the earth; And He will give strength to His king, And will exalt the horn of His anointed.” – 1 Samuel 2:10
#44. Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven, – Genesis 19:24
#45. ‘I was looking in the visions in my mind as I lay on my bed, and behold, an angelic watcher, a holy one, descended from heaven. ‘He shouted out and spoke as follows: “Chop down the tree and cut off its branches, Strip off its foliage and scatter its fruit; Let the beasts flee from under it And the birds from its branches. – Daniel 4:13-14
#46. Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed; He will answer him from His holy heaven With the saving strength of His right hand. – Psalm 20:6
#47. For thus says the high and exalted One Who lives forever, whose name is Holy, “I dwell on a high and holy place, And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit In order to revive the spirit of the lowly And to revive the heart of the contrite. – Isaiah 57:15
#48. Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel, and the ground which You have given us, a land flowing with milk and honey, as You swore to our fathers.’ – Deuteronomy 26:15