1 Corinthians 10:26
for “the earth and everything in it belong to God.”
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.
In Context
25Eat whatever is sold in the market without asking questions because of your conscience,
Cross References
Exodus 19:5Now if you really obey what I say and keep the agreement with me, then out of all the nations you will be a special people that belong to me. While the whole world is mine,
Job 41:11Who has confronted me with any claim that I should repay? Everything under heaven belongs to me.
Psalms 50:12If I were hungry, I wouldn't tell you, for the earth and everything in it are mine.
1 Timothy 6:17Warn those who are rich in the present world not to become proud. Tell them not to place their trust in wealth that is so insecure but in God who so freely gives us everything for our enjoyment.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 10:24-33
Christian Liberty. ( a. d. 57.) 23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. 24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth. 25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake: 26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof. 27 If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake. 28… Read the whole commentary →