9 Bible Verses about Moving Upwards

They reached up to the sky, then dropped into the depths. The sailors' strength left them because the danger was so great.

The one who runs away from the sound of the terror will fall into the pit; the one who climbs out of the pit, will be trapped by the snare. For the floodgates of the heavens are opened up and the foundations of the earth shake.

The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

for it is better for him to say to you, "Come up here," than to put you lower before a prince, whom your eyes have seen.

But when you are invited, go and take the least important place, so that when your host approaches he will say to you, 'Friend, move up here to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who share the meal with you.

"Arise! Shine! For your light arrives! The splendor of the Lord shines on you!

Who really knows if the human spirit ascends upward, and the animal's spirit descends into the earth?

During that long period of time the king of Egypt died, and the Israelites groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out, and their desperate cry because of their slave labor went up to God.

After Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up out of the water, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming on him.