Genesis 1:14
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14 Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years.
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Deuteronomy 4:19
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19 And when you look up into the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars—all the forces of heaven—don’t be seduced into worshiping them. The Lord your God gave them to all the peoples of the earth.
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Amos 5:8
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8 It is the Lord who created the stars,
the Pleiades and Orion.
He turns darkness into morning
and day into night.
He draws up water from the oceans
and pours it down as rain on the land.
The Lord is his name!
Jeremiah 31:35
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35 It is the Lord who provides the sun to light the day
and the moon and stars to light the night,
and who stirs the sea into roaring waves.
His name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
and this is what he says:
Psalm 148:3
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3 Praise him, sun and moon!
Praise him, all you twinkling stars!
Psalm 136:7-9
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7 Give thanks to him who made the heavenly lights—
His faithful love endures forever.
8 the sun to rule the day,
His faithful love endures forever.
9 and the moon and stars to rule the night.
His faithful love endures forever.
Psalm 104:19-20
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19 You made the moon to mark the seasons,
and the sun knows when to set.
20 You send the darkness, and it becomes night,
when all the forest animals prowl about.
Psalm 74:16-17
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16 Both day and night belong to you;
you made the starlight[a] and the sun.
17 You set the boundaries of the earth,
and you made both summer and winter.
Footnotes
- 74:16 Or moon; Hebrew reads light.
Psalm 8:3-4
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3 When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers—
the moon and the stars you set in place—
4 what are mere mortals that you should think about them,
human beings that you should care for them?[a]
Footnotes
- 8:4 Hebrew what is man that you should think of him, / the son of man that you should care for him?
Psalm 148:6
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6 He set them in place forever and ever.
His decree will never be revoked.
Joel 3:15
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15 The sun and moon will grow dark,
and the stars will no longer shine.
Joel 2:30-31
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30 And I will cause wonders in the heavens and on the earth—
blood and fire and columns of smoke.
31 The sun will become dark,
and the moon will turn blood red
before that great and terrible[a] day of the Lord arrives.
Footnotes
- 2:31 Greek version reads glorious.
Jeremiah 10:2
New Living Translation
2 This is what the Lord says:
“Do not act like the other nations,
who try to read their future in the stars.
Do not be afraid of their predictions,
even though other nations are terrified by them.
Isaiah 40:26
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26 Look up into the heavens.
Who created all the stars?
He brings them out like an army, one after another,
calling each by its name.
Because of his great power and incomparable strength,
not a single one is missing.
Genesis 8:22
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22 As long as the earth remains, there will be planting and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night.”
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Revelation 6:12
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12 I watched as the Lamb broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became as dark as black cloth, and the moon became as red as blood.
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Luke 21:25-26
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25 “And there will be strange signs in the sun, moon, and stars. And here on earth the nations will be in turmoil, perplexed by the roaring seas and strange tides. 26 People will be terrified at what they see coming upon the earth, for the powers in the heavens will be shaken.
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Joel 2:10
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10 The earth quakes as they advance,
and the heavens tremble.
The sun and moon grow dark,
and the stars no longer shine.
Ezekiel 32:7-8
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7 When I blot you out,
I will veil the heavens and darken the stars.
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
and the moon will not give you its light.
8 I will darken the bright stars overhead
and cover your land in darkness.
I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!
Jeremiah 33:20
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20 “This is what the Lord says: If you can break my covenant with the day and the night so that one does not follow the other,
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Psalm 81:3
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3 Blow the ram’s horn at new moon,
and again at full moon to call a festival!
Job 38:31-32
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31 “Can you direct the movement of the stars—
binding the cluster of the Pleiades
or loosening the cords of Orion?
32 Can you direct the constellations through the seasons
or guide the Bear with her cubs across the heavens?
Job 38:12-14
New Living Translation
12 “Have you ever commanded the morning to appear
and caused the dawn to rise in the east?
13 Have you made daylight spread to the ends of the earth,
to bring an end to the night’s wickedness?
14 As the light approaches,
the earth takes shape like clay pressed beneath a seal;
it is robed in brilliant colors.[a]
Footnotes
- 38:14 Or its features stand out like folds in a robe.
Revelation 9:2
New Living Translation
2 When he opened it, smoke poured out as though from a huge furnace, and the sunlight and air turned dark from the smoke.
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Revelation 8:12
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12 Then the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and one-third of the sun was struck, and one-third of the moon, and one-third of the stars, and they became dark. And one-third of the day was dark, and also one-third of the night.
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