Genesis 1:16

Easy To Read Version

So God made the two large lights. God made the larger light to rule during the day. He made the smaller light to rule during the night. God also made the stars.

Cross References

Genesis 1:15

These lights will be in the sky to shine light on the earth.” And it happened.

Job 31:26

I have never worshiped the bright sun,\par or the beautiful moon.\par

Job 38:7

The morning stars sang together\par and the angels {\cf2\super [81]} shouted with joy\par when that was done!\par

Psalm 148:3

Sun and moon, praise the Lord!\par Stars and lights in the sky, praise him!\par

Psalm 148:5

Praise the Lord’s name.\par Why? Because God gave the command,\par and we were all created!\par

Psalm 19:6

The sun starts at one end of the sky,\par and it runs all the way to the other end.\par Nothing can hide from its heat.\par

Psalm 74:16

God, you control the day,\par and you control the night.\par You made the moon and the sun.\par

Psalm 8:3

Lord, I look at the heavens\par you made with your hands.\par I see the moon and stars you created,\par \{and I wonder:\}\par

Isaiah 13:10

The skies will be dark. The sun, the moon, and the stars will not shine.

Isaiah 24:23

The Lord will rule as king\par on Mount Zion {\cf2\super [234]} in Jerusalem.\par His Glory {\cf2\super [235]} will be before the elders. {\cf2\super [236]} \par \{His Glory will be so bright that\}\par the moon will be embarrassed,\par the sun will be ashamed.\par

Isaiah 40:26

Look up to the skies.\par Who created all those stars?\par Who created all those ‘armies’\par \{in the sky\}?\par Who knows every star by name?\par \{The true God\} is very strong and powerful,\par so none of these stars is lost.”\par

Isaiah 45:7

I made the light,\par and I made darkness.\par I make peace,\par and I make troubles.\par I am the Lord—\par and I do all these things.\par

Jeremiah 31:35

The Lord says:\par “The Lord makes the sun shine in the day.\par And the Lord makes the moon and the stars shine at night.\par The Lord stirs up the sea so that its waves\par crash on the shore.\par The Lord All-Powerful is his name.”\par

Habakkuk 3:11

The sun and the moon lost their brightness.\par They stopped shining when they saw\par your bright flashes of lightning.\par That lightning was like spears and arrows\par shooting through the air.\par

Matthew 24:29

“Soon after the trouble of those days, this will happen:

Matthew 27:45

At noon the whole country became dark. This darkness continued for three hours.

1 Corinthians 15:41

The sun has one kind of beauty, the moon has another kind of beauty, and the stars have another. And each star is different in its beauty.

Deuteronomy 4:19

And be careful when you look up to the sky and see the sun, the moon, and the stars—all the many things in the sky. Be careful that you are not tempted to worship and serve those things. The Lord your God lets the other people in the world do those things.