Genesis 1:16

Free Bible Version

God created two great lights: the larger one in charge of the day, and the smaller one in charge of the night. He created the stars too.

Cross References

Genesis 1:15

They shall be lights in the sky to shine on the earth.” And that's what happened.

Job 31:26

Have I looked at the sun shining so brilliantly or the moon moving in majesty across the sky

Job 38:7

when the stars of the morning sang together and all the angels shouted for joy.

Psalm 148:3

Praise him, sun and moon! Praise him, all you shining stars!

Psalm 148:5

Let them all praise the Lord and his nature, for he gave the order and they were created.

Psalm 19:6

It rises on one side of the heavens and travels across to the other. Nothing is hidden from its heat.

Psalm 74:16

You created the day, and also the night; you made the moon and the sun.

Psalm 8:3

When I contemplate the heavens that your hands made, the moon and stars that you placed there,

Isaiah 13:10

The stars in the constellations of heaven above will not shine. When the sun rises it will stay dark. The moon will give no light.

Isaiah 24:23

The moon will be embarrassed and the sun will be ashamed, for the Lord Almighty will reign in glory on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem in the presence of its leaders.

Isaiah 40:26

Look at the heavens. Who created all this? He leads the stars like an army, and calls each one by name. Because he has great power and incredible strength, not a single one of them is missing.

Isaiah 45:7

I create light, and I make darkness, I bring peace and I bring about disaster. I am the Lord and I do all this.

Jeremiah 31:35

This is what the Lord says, who provides the sun to give light during the day, who places in order the moon and stars to give light at night, who makes the sea rough so that its waves roar; his name is the Lord Almighty:

Habakkuk 3:11

The sun and moon stood still in the sky as your sparkling arrows flew and your spears flashed bright.

Matthew 24:29

But right after those days of persecution the sun will be darkened, the moon will not shine, the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.

Matthew 27:45

From noon until three o'clock darkness covered the whole country.

1 Corinthians 15:41

The sun shines in one way, and the moon another, while the stars are different again, with each one shining in a different way.

Deuteronomy 4:19

When you look up at the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars—all the heavenly bodies—don't be tempted to bow down to them. Don't worship them like all the other nations on earth in the way that the Lord has allowed.

Revelation 21:23

The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it because the glory of God provides its light—the Lamb is its lamp.