they willingly.

Proverbs 17:16
Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?

John 3:19, 20
And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light, because their deeds were evil. . . .

Romans 1:28
Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. . . .

by the word.

Genesis 1:6, 9
And God said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters." . . .

Psalm 24:2
For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.

Psalm 33:6
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.

Psalm 136:6
He spread out the earth upon the waters. His loving devotion endures forever.

Hebrews 11:3
By faith we understand that the universe was formed by God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

standing.

Colossians 1:17
He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.