Genesis 1:16

God's Word

God made the two bright lights: the larger light to rule the day and the smaller light to rule the night. He also made the stars.

Cross References

Genesis 1:15

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

Job 31:26

If I saw the light shine or the moon move along in its splendor

Job 38:7

when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Psalm 148:3

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

Psalm 148:5

Let them praise the name of the Lord because they were created by his command.

Psalm 19:6

It rises from one end of the heavens. It circles around to the other. Nothing is hidden from its heat.

Psalm 74:16

The day and the night are yours. You set the moon and the sun in their places.

Psalm 8:3

When I look at your heavens, the creation of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have set in place—

Isaiah 13:10

The stars in the sky and their constellations won’t show their light anymore. The sun will be dark when it rises. The moon won’t shine.

Isaiah 24:23

The moon will be embarrassed. The sun will be ashamed, because the Lord of Armies will rule on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem. He will be glorious in the presence of his respected leaders.

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.

Isaiah 45:7

I make light and create darkness. I make blessings and create disasters. I, the Lord, do all these things.

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:

Habakkuk 3:11

The sun and the moon stand still. They scatter at the light of your arrows, at the bright lightning of your spear.

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.

Matthew 27:45

At noon darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

1 Corinthians 15:41

The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon has another kind of splendor, and the stars have still another kind of splendor. Even one star differs in splendor from another star.

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 21:23

The city doesn’t need any sun or moon to give it light because the glory of God gave it light. The lamb was its lamp.