Genesis 1:16

Good News Translation

So God made the two larger lights, the sun to rule over the day and the moon to rule over the night; he also made the stars.

Cross References

Genesis 1:15

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

Job 31:26

I have never worshiped the sun in its brightness or the moon in all its beauty.

Job 38:7

In the dawn of that day the stars sang together, and the heavenly beings shouted for joy.

Psalm 148:3

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

Psalm 148:5

Let them all praise the name of the Lord! He commanded, and they were created;

Psalm 19:6

It starts at one end of the sky and goes across to the other. Nothing can hide from its heat.

Psalm 74:16

You created the day and the night; you set the sun and the moon in their places;

Psalm 8:3

When I look at the sky, which you have made, at the moon and the stars, which you set in their places—

Isaiah 13:10

Every star and every constellation will stop shining, the sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon will give no light.

Isaiah 24:23

The moon will grow dark, and the sun will no longer shine, for the Lord Almighty will be king. He will rule in Jerusalem on Mount Zion, and the leaders of the people will see his glory.

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!

Isaiah 45:7

I create both light and darkness; I bring both blessing and disaster. I, the Lord, do all these things.

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.

Habakkuk 3:11

At the flash of your speeding arrows and the gleam of your shining spear, the sun and the moon stood still.

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.

Matthew 27:45

At noon the whole country was covered with darkness, which lasted for three hours.

1 Corinthians 15:41

The sun has its own beauty, the moon another beauty, and the stars a different beauty; and even among stars there are different kinds of beauty.

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 21:23

The city has no need of the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God shines on it, and the Lamb is its lamp.