Genesis 9:8-17 

Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him, “As for me, I am establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you, and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the domestic animals, and every animal of the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark.  I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”  God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.  When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.  When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”  God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth.”

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Additional Texts 

God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together [God] called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:10

[God] raises up the poor from the dust; [God] lifts the needy from the ash heap, to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor.  For the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s, and on them [God] has set the world.
I Samuel 2:8

The earth is the LORD’s and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it; for [the Lord] has founded it on the seas, and established it on the rivers.
Psalm 24:1-2

[Christ] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers -- all things have been created through him and for him.
I Corinthians 1:15-16

Other Lectionary Texts 

Psalm 25:1-10

Mark 1:9-15

I Peter 3:18-22

Texts are from the NRSV.