Answer: The world exists by creation. God made, or created, the world and everything in the world, (verse 24).
MORE INFORMATION AND/OR OTHER SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:
Genesis 1:1: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."
Isaiah 42:5: "This is what God the Lord says--He Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread out the earth and all that comes out of it, who gives breath to its people, and life to those who walk on it..."
Acts 14:15: "Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you Good News, telling you to turn from these worthless things [idols] to the living God, Who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them."
Psalm 102:25: "In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands."
Proverbs 3:19-20: "By wisdom the Lord laid the earth's foundations, by understanding He set the heavens in place; by His knowledge the deeps were divided, and the clouds let drop the dew."
Isaiah 48:13: [God said,] "My Own hand laid the foundations of the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they all stand up together."
Isaiah 51:12-13a: [God said,] "I, even I, am He Who comforts you. Who are you that you fear mortal men, the sons of men, who are but grass, that you forget the Lord your Maker, Who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth,"
Isaiah 51:16: [God said,] "I have put My Words in your mouth and covered you with the shadow of my hand--I Who set the heavens in place, Who laid the foundations of the earth, and Who say to Zion, ‘You are My people.'"
Job 38:4: [God said,] "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell Me, if you understand."
READ ALL OF JOB CHAPTERS 38 AND 39--MAGNIFICENT!!
