Genesis 1:14
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14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for (A)signs and for (B)seasons,[a] and for days and years,
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- Genesis 1:14 Or appointed times
Deuteronomy 4:19
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19 And beware lest you raise your eyes to heaven, and when you see (A)the sun and the moon and the stars, (B)all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, things that the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.
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Psalm 148:3
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3 Praise him, sun and moon,
praise him, all you shining stars!
Jeremiah 31:35
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35 Thus says the Lord,
who (A)gives the sun for light by day
and (B)the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night,
who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—
(C)the Lord of hosts is his name:
Psalm 104:19-20
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19 He made the moon to mark the (A)seasons;[a]
the sun knows its time for setting.
20 (B)You make darkness, and it is night,
when all the beasts of the forest creep about.
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- Psalm 104:19 Or the appointed times (compare Genesis 1:14)
Psalm 74:16-17
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16 Yours is the day, yours also the night;
you have established (A)the heavenly lights and the sun.
17 You have (B)fixed all the boundaries of the earth;
you have made (C)summer and winter.
Psalm 148:6
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6 And he (A)established them forever and ever;
he gave (B)a decree, and it shall not (C)pass away.[a]
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- Psalm 148:6 Or it shall not be transgressed
Psalm 136:7-9
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7 to him who (A)made the great lights,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
8 the sun to rule over the day,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
9 the moon and stars to rule over the night,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
Joel 3:15
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15 (A)The sun and the moon are darkened,
and the stars withdraw their shining.
Jeremiah 10:2
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2 Thus says the Lord:
“Learn not the way of the nations,
nor be dismayed at the signs of the heavens
because the nations are dismayed at them,
Genesis 8:22
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22 (A)While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, (B)day and night, shall not cease.”
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Isaiah 40:26
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26 Lift up your eyes on high and see:
who created these?
(A)He who brings out their host by number,
calling them all by name;
by the greatness of his might
and because he is strong in power,
not one is missing.
Psalm 81:3
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3 Blow the trumpet at (A)the new moon,
at the full moon, on our feast day.
Revelation 6:12
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12 When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, (A)there was a great earthquake, and (B)the sun became black as (C)sackcloth, the full moon became like blood,
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Luke 21:25-26
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The Coming of the Son of Man
25 “And (A)there will be signs in sun and moon (B)and stars, and on the earth (C)distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves, 26 people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For (D)the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
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Joel 2:10
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10 (A)The earth quakes before them;
the heavens tremble.
(B)The sun and the moon are darkened,
and the stars withdraw their shining.
Ezekiel 32:7-8
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7 (A)When I blot you out, (B)I will cover the heavens
and make their stars dark;
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
and the moon shall not give its light.
8 All the bright lights of heaven
will I make dark over you,
and (C)put darkness on your land,
declares the Lord God.
Jeremiah 33:20
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20 (A)“Thus says the Lord: (B)If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, (C)so that day and night will not come at their appointed time,
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Job 38:12-14
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12 “Have you (A)commanded the morning since your days began,
and caused the dawn to know its place,
13 that it might take hold of (B)the skirts of the earth,
and the wicked be (C)shaken out of it?
14 It is changed like clay under the seal,
and its features stand out like a garment.
Revelation 9:2
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2 He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft (A)rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and (B)the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft.
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Revelation 8:12
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12 The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of (A)the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light might be darkened, and a third of the day might be kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night.
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