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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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 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 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)
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)
Footnotes
- 74.16 Or moon; Heb light
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)
Footnotes
- 8.4 Heb son of man
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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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 148:6
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Footnotes
- 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!
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.
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)
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)
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