Genesis 1:16

Holman Christian Standard Bible

God made the two great lights — the greater light to have dominion over the day and the lesser light to have dominion over the night — as well as the stars.

Cross References

Genesis 1:15

They will be lights in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth.” And it was so.

Job 31:26

if I have gazed at the sun when it was shining or at the moon moving in splendor,

Job 38:7

while 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 you shining stars.

Psalm 148:5

Let them praise the name of Yahweh, for He commanded, and they were created.

Psalm 19:6

It rises from one end of the heavens and circles to their other end; nothing is hidden from its heat.

Psalm 74:16

The day is Yours, also the night; You established the moon and the sun.

Psalm 8:3

When I observe Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You set in place,

Isaiah 13:10

Indeed, the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon will not shine.

Isaiah 24:23

The moon will be put to shame and the sun disgraced, because the Lord of Hosts will reign as king on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, and He will display His glory in the presence of His elders.

Isaiah 40:26

Look up and see: who created these? He brings out the starry host by number; He calls all of them by name. Because of His great power and strength, not one of them is missing.

Isaiah 45:7

I form light and create darkness, I make success and create disaster; I, Yahweh, do all these things.

Jeremiah 31:35

This is what the Lord says: The One who gives the sun for light by day, the fixed order of moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea and makes its waves roar — Yahweh of Hosts is His name:

Habakkuk 3:11

Sun and moon stand still in their lofty residence, at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.

Matthew 24:29

“Immediately after the tribulation of those days: The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shed its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the celestial powers will be shaken.

Matthew 27:45

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

1 Corinthians 15:41

There is a splendor of the sun, another of the moon, and another of the stars; for one star differs from another star in splendor.

Deuteronomy 4:19

When you look to the heavens and see the sun, moon, and stars — all the array of heaven — do not be led astray to bow down and worship them. The Lord your God has provided them for all people everywhere under heaven.

Revelation 21:23

The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because God’s glory illuminates it, and its lamp is the Lamb.