Genesis 1:14

Good News Translation

Then God commanded, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate day from night and to show the time when days, years, and religious festivals begin;

Cross References

Genesis 1:13

Evening passed and morning came—that was the third day.

Genesis 1:15

they will shine in the sky to give light to the earth”—and it was done.

Genesis 8:22

As long as the world exists, there will be a time for planting and a time for harvest. There will always be cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night.”

Genesis 9:13

I am putting my bow in the clouds. It will be the sign of my covenant with the world.

Job 25:3

Can anyone count the angels who serve him? Is there any place where God's light does not shine?

Job 25:5

In his eyes even the moon is not bright, or the stars pure.

Job 3:9

Keep the morning star from shining; give that night no hope of dawn.

Psalm 119:91

All things remain to this day because of your command, because they are all your servants.

Psalm 148:3

Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, shining stars.

Psalm 148:6

by his command they were fixed in their places forever, and they cannot disobey.

Psalm 150:1

Praise the Lord! Praise God in his Temple! Praise his strength in heaven!

Psalm 81:3

Blow the trumpet for the festival, when the moon is new and when the moon is full.

Isaiah 40:26

Look up at the sky! Who created the stars you see? The one who leads them out like an army, he knows how many there are and calls each one by name! His power is so great— not one of them is ever missing!

Jeremiah 10:2

He says, “Do not follow the ways of other nations; do not be disturbed by unusual sights in the sky, even though other nations are terrified.

Jeremiah 31:35

The Lord provides the sun for light by day, the moon and the stars to shine at night. He stirs up the sea and makes it roar; his name is the Lord Almighty.

Jeremiah 33:20

“I have made a covenant with the day and with the night, so that they always come at their proper times; and that covenant can never be broken.

Jeremiah 33:25

But I, the Lord, have a covenant with day and night, and I have made the laws that control earth and sky.

Ezekiel 46:1

The Sovereign Lord says, “The east gateway to the inner courtyard must be kept closed during the six working days, but it is to be opened on the Sabbath and at the New Moon Festival.

Ezekiel 46:6

At the New Moon Festival he will offer a young bull, six lambs, and a ram, all without any defects.

Joel 2:10

The earth shakes as they advance; the sky trembles. The sun and the moon grow dark, and the stars no longer shine.

Joel 3:15

The sun and the moon grow dark, and the stars no longer shine.

Amos 5:8

The Lord made the stars, the Pleiades and Orion. He turns darkness into daylight and day into night. He calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the earth. His name is the Lord.

Amos 8:9

The time is coming when I will make the sun go down at noon and the earth grow dark in daytime. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken.

Matthew 2:2

and asked, “Where is the baby born to be the king of the Jews? We saw his star when it came up in the east, and we have come to worship him.”

Matthew 24:29

“Soon after the trouble of those days, the sun will grow dark, the moon will no longer shine, the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers in space will be driven from their courses.

Mark 13:24

“In the days after that time of trouble the sun will grow dark, the moon will no longer shine,

Deuteronomy 4:19

Do not be tempted to worship and serve what you see in the sky—the sun, the moon, and the stars. The Lord your God has given these to all other peoples for them to worship.

Revelation 6:12

And I saw the Lamb break open the sixth seal. There was a violent earthquake, and the sun became black like coarse black cloth, and the moon turned completely red like blood.

Revelation 8:12

Then the fourth angel blew his trumpet. A third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that their light lost a third of its brightness; there was no light during a third of the day and a third of the night also.

Revelation 9:2

The star opened the abyss, and smoke poured out of it, like the smoke from a large furnace; the sunlight and the air were darkened by the smoke from the abyss.