Psalm 104:19
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19 You have made the moon to mark the seasons;
the sun knows its time for setting.(A)
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)
Genesis 1:14-18
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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) 15 and let them be lights in the dome of the sky to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. 16 God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars.(B) 17 God set them in the dome of the sky to give light upon the earth, 18 to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.(C)
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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 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 nothing is hid from its heat.(A)
Psalm 8:3
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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)
Job 38:12
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12 “Have you commanded the morning since your days began
and caused the dawn to know its place,(A)
Job 31:26-28
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26 if I have looked at the sun[a] when it shone
or the moon moving in splendor,(A)
27 and my heart has been secretly enticed,
and my mouth has kissed my hand,
28 this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges,
for I should have been false to God above.(B)
Footnotes
- 31.26 Heb the light
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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