Genesis 1:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

God made two powerful lights, the brighter one to rule the day and the other to rule the night. He also made the stars.

Cross References

Genesis 1:15

I command them to shine on the earth.” And that's what happened.

Job 31:26

I have never openly or secretly worshipped the sun or moon.

Job 38:7

while morning stars sang, and angels rejoiced?

Psalm 148:3

Sun and moon, and all you bright stars, come and offer praise.

Psalm 148:5

Let all things praise the name of the LORD, because they were created at his command.

Psalm 19:6

It travels all the way across the sky. Nothing hides from its heat.

Psalm 74:16

You rule the day and the night, and you put the moon and the sun in place.

Psalm 8:3

I often think of the heavens your hands have made, and of the moon and stars you put in place.

Isaiah 13:10

Light will disappear from the stars in the sky; the dawning sun will turn dark, and the moon will lose its glow.

Isaiah 24:23

The moon and sun will both be embarrassed and ashamed. The LORD All-Powerful will rule on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, where he will show its rulers his wonderful glory.

Isaiah 40:26

Look at the evening sky! Who created the stars? Who gave them each a name? Who leads them like an army? The LORD is so powerful that none of the stars are ever missing.

Isaiah 45:7

I create light and darkness, happiness and sorrow. I, the LORD, do all of this.

Jeremiah 31:35

I am the LORD All-Powerful. I command the sun to give light each day, the moon and stars to shine at night, and ocean waves to roar.

Habakkuk 3:11

The sun and moon stood still, while your arrows and spears flashed like lightning.

Matthew 24:29

Straight after those days of suffering, “The sun will become dark, and the moon will no longer shine. The stars will fall, and the powers in the sky will be shaken.”

Matthew 27:45

At midday the sky turned dark and stayed that way until three o'clock.

1 Corinthians 15:41

The sun isn't like the moon, the moon isn't like the stars, and each star is different.

Deuteronomy 4:19

And when you see the sun or moon or stars, don't be tempted to bow down and worship them. The LORD put them there for all the other nations to worship.

Revelation 21:23

And the city did not need the sun or the moon. The glory of God was shining on it, and the Lamb was its light.