Genesis 1:14

God's Word

Then God said, “Let there be lights in the sky to separate the day from the night. They will be signs and will mark religious festivals, days, and years.

Cross References

Genesis 1:13

There was evening, then morning—a third day.

Genesis 1:15

They will be lights in the sky to shine on the earth.” And so it was.

Genesis 8:22

As long as the earth exists, planting and harvesting, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never stop.”

Genesis 9:13

I will put my rainbow in the clouds to be a sign of my promise to the earth.

Job 25:3

Is there any ⌞limit to the⌟ number of his troops? Is there anyone on whom his light does not rise?

Job 25:5

Even the moon isn’t bright, and the stars aren’t pure in his sight.

Job 3:9

Let its stars turn dark before dawn. Let it hope for light and receive none. Let it not see the first light of dawn

Psalm 119:91

All things continue to stand today because of your regulations, since they are all your servants.

Psalm 148:3

Praise him, sun and moon. Praise him, all shining stars.

Psalm 148:6

He set them in their places forever and ever. He made it a law that no one can break.

Psalm 150:1

Hallelujah! Praise God in his holy place. Praise him in his mighty heavens.

Psalm 81:3

Blow the ram’s horn on the day of the new moon, on the day of the full moon, on our festival days.

Isaiah 40:26

Look at the sky and see. Who created these things? Who brings out the stars one by one? He calls them all by name. Because of the greatness of his might and the strength of his power, not one of them is missing.

Jeremiah 10:2

This is what the Lord says: Don’t learn the practices of the nations. Don’t be frightened by the signs in the sky because the nations are frightened by them.

Jeremiah 31:35

The Lord provides the sun to be a light during the day. He orders the moon and stars to be lights during the night. He stirs up the sea so that its waves roar. His name is the Lord of Armies. This is what the Lord says:

Jeremiah 33:20

“This is what the Lord says: Suppose you could break my arrangement  with day and night so that they wouldn’t come at their proper time.

Jeremiah 33:25

“This is what the Lord says: Suppose I hadn’t made an arrangement with day and night or made laws for heaven and earth.

Ezekiel 46:1

“ ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: The east gate of the inner courtyard must be closed during the six working days, but it must be opened on the weekly day of rest—a holy day. It must also be opened on the New Moon Festival.

Ezekiel 46:6

On the first day of the month, the burnt offering must be one young bull, six lambs, and one ram—all animals that have no defects.

Joel 2:10

The earth quakes in their presence, and the sky shakes. The sun and the moon turn dark, and the stars no longer shine.

Joel 3:15

The sun and the moon will turn dark. The stars will no longer shine.

Amos 5:8

God made the ⌞constellations⌟ Pleiades and Orion. He turns deep darkness into dawn. He turns day into night. He calls for water from the sea to pour it over the face of the earth. His name is the Lord.

Amos 8:9

On that day, declares the Almighty Lord, I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight.

Matthew 2:2

They asked, “Where is the one who was born to be the king of the Jews? We saw his star rising and have come to worship him.”

Matthew 24:29

“Immediately after the misery of those days, the sun will turn dark, the moon will not give light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the universe will be shaken.

Mark 13:24

“Now, after the misery of those days, the sun will turn dark, the moon will not give light,

Luke 23:45

The sun had stopped shining. The curtain in the temple was split in two.

Deuteronomy 4:19

Don’t let yourselves be tempted to worship and serve what you see in the sky—the sun, the moon, the stars, or anything else. The Lord your God has given them to all people everywhere.

Revelation 6:12

I watched as the lamb opened the sixth seal. A powerful earthquake struck. The sun turned as black as sackcloth made of hair. The full moon turned as red as blood.

Revelation 8:12

When the fourth angel blew his trumpet, one-third of the sun, one-third of the moon, and one-third of the stars were struck so that one-third of them turned dark. There was no light for one-third of the day and one-third of the night.

Revelation 9:2

It opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and smoke came out of the shaft like the smoke from a large furnace. The smoke darkened the sun and the air.