Genesis 1:16
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16 And God (A)made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars.
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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;
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 8:3
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3 When I (A)look at your heavens, the work of your (B)fingers,
the moon and the stars, (C)which you have set in place,
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 148:5
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Psalm 74:16
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16 Yours is the day, yours also the night;
you have established (A)the heavenly lights and the sun.
Psalm 148:3
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3 Praise him, sun and moon,
praise him, all you shining stars!
Job 38:7
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Revelation 16:8-9
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8 The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people (A)with fire. 9 They were scorched by the fierce heat, and (B)they cursed[a] the name of God who had power over these plagues. (C)They did not repent (D)and give him glory.
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- Revelation 16:9 Greek blasphemed; also verses 11, 21
1 Corinthians 15:41
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41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.
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Matthew 27:45
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The Death of Jesus
45 Now from the sixth hour[a] there was darkness over all the land[b] until the ninth hour.[c]
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- Matthew 27:45 That is, noon
- Matthew 27:45 Or earth
- Matthew 27:45 That is, 3 p.m.
Habakkuk 3:11
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11 (A)The sun and moon stood still in their place
(B)at the light of your arrows as they sped,
at the flash of your glittering spear.
Isaiah 45:7
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7 I form light and create darkness;
I make well-being and (A)create calamity;
I am the Lord, who does all these things.
Isaiah 13:10
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10 (A)For the stars of the heavens and their constellations
will not give their light;
(B)the sun will be dark at its rising,
and the moon will not shed its light.
Psalm 19:6
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6 Its rising is from the end of the heavens,
and its circuit to the end of them,
and there is nothing hidden from its heat.
Revelation 21:23
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23 And the city (A)has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for (B)the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.
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Isaiah 24:23
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23 (A)Then the moon will be confounded
and the sun ashamed,
for (B)the Lord of hosts reigns
on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
and his glory will be before his elders.
Job 31:26
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Footnotes
- Job 31:26 Hebrew the light
Joshua 10:12-14
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12 At that time Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord gave the Amorites over to the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel,
(A)“Sun, stand still at Gibeon,
and moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.”
13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped,
until the nation took vengeance on their enemies.
Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? The sun stopped in the midst of heaven and did not hurry to set for about a whole day. 14 (B)There has been no day like it before or since, when the Lord heeded the voice of a man, for (C)the Lord fought for Israel.
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Matthew 24:29
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The Coming of the Son of Man
29 “Immediately after (A)the tribulation of those days (B)the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and (C)the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
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