Genesis 1:14
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14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the dome of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years,(A)
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Psalm 104:19-20
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19 You have made the moon to mark the seasons;
the sun knows its time for setting.(A)
20 You make darkness, and it is night,
when all the animals of the forest come creeping out.(B)
Deuteronomy 4:19
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19 And when you look up to the heavens and see the sun, the moon, and the stars, all the host of heaven, do not be led astray and bow down to them and serve them, things that the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples everywhere under heaven.(A)
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Jeremiah 31:35
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35 Thus says the Lord,
who gives the sun for light by day
and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night,
who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—
the Lord of hosts is his name:(A)
Psalm 74:16-17
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16 Yours is the day, yours also the night;
you established the luminaries[a] and the sun.(A)
17 You have fixed all the bounds of the earth;
you made summer and winter.(B)
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- 74.16 Or moon; Heb light
Psalm 148:6
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- 148.6 Or he set a law that cannot pass away
Psalm 148:3
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3 Praise him, sun and moon;
praise him, all you shining stars!
Amos 5:8
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8 The one who made the Pleiades and Orion
and turns deep darkness into the morning
and darkens the day into night,
who calls for the water of the sea
and pours it out on the surface of the earth,
the Lord is his name,(A)
Psalm 136:7-9
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7 who made the great lights,
for his steadfast love endures forever;(A)
8 the sun to rule over the day,
for his steadfast love endures forever;(B)
9 the moon and stars to rule over the night,
for his steadfast love endures forever;
Psalm 8:3-4
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3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars that you have established;(A)
4 what are humans that you are mindful of them,
mortals[a] that you care for them?(B)
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- 8.4 Heb son of man
Joel 3:15
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15 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:
Do not learn the way of the nations
or be dismayed at the signs of the heavens,
for the nations are dismayed at them.(A)
Psalm 81:3
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3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon,
at the full moon, on our festal day.(A)
Genesis 8:22
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22 As long as the earth endures,
seedtime and harvest, cold and heat,
summer and winter, day and night
shall not cease.”(A)
Luke 21:25-26
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The Coming of the Son of Man
25 “There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars and on the earth distress among nations confused by the roaring of the sea and the waves.(A) 26 People will faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
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Joel 2:30-31
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30 I will show portents in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.(A) 31 The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.(B)
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Ezekiel 32:7-8
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7 When I blot you out, 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.(A)
8 All the shining lights of the heavens
I will darken above you
and put darkness on your land,
says the Lord God.
Isaiah 40:26
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26 Lift up your eyes on high and see:
Who created these?
He who brings out their host and numbers them,
calling them all by name;
because he is great in strength,
mighty in power,
not one is missing.(A)
Matthew 24:29
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29 “Immediately after the suffering of those days
the sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not give its light;
the stars will fall from heaven,
and the powers of heaven will be shaken.(A)
Joel 2:10
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10 The earth quakes before them;
the heavens tremble.
The sun and the moon are darkened,
and the stars withdraw their shining.(A)
Jeremiah 33:20
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20 Thus says the Lord: If any of you could break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night would not come at their appointed time,(A)
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Revelation 6:12
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12 When he broke the sixth seal, I looked, and there was a great earthquake; the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood,(A)
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Matthew 16:2-3
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2 He answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ 3 And in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.[a]
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- 16.3 Other ancient authorities lack
When it is . . . of the times
Matthew 2:2
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2 asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star in the east[a] and have come to pay him homage.”(A)
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- 2.2 Or at its rising
Amos 8:9
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9 On that day, says the Lord God,
I will make the sun go down at noon
and darken the earth in broad daylight.(A)
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