Genesis 1:16

New Century Version

So God made the two large lights. He made the brighter light to rule the day and made the smaller light to rule the night. He also made the stars.

Cross References

Genesis 1:15

They will be in the sky to give light to the earth.” And it happened.

Job 31:26

I have not thought about worshiping the sun in its brightness nor admired the moon moving in glory

Job 38:7

while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted with joy?

Psalm 148:3

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

Psalm 148:5

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

Psalm 19:6

The sun rises at one end of the sky and follows its path to the other end. Nothing hides from its heat.

Psalm 74:16

Both the day and the night are yours; you made the sun and the moon.

Psalm 8:3

I look at your heavens, which you made with your fingers. I see the moon and stars, which you created.

Isaiah 13:10

The stars will not show their light; the skies will be dark. The sun will grow dark as it rises, and the moon will not give its light.

Isaiah 24:23

The moon will be embarrassed, and the sun will be ashamed, because the Lord All-Powerful will rule as king on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. Jerusalem’s leaders will see his greatness.

Isaiah 40:26

Look up to the skies. Who created all these stars? He leads out the army of heaven one by one and calls all the stars by name. Because he is strong and powerful, not one of them is missing.

Isaiah 45:7

I made the light and the darkness. I bring peace, and I cause troubles. I, the Lord, do all these things.

Jeremiah 31:35

The Lord makes the sun shine in the day and the moon and stars to shine at night. He stirs up the sea so that its waves crash on the shore. The Lord All-Powerful is his name. This is what the Lord says:

Habakkuk 3:11

The sun and moon stood still in the sky; they stopped when they saw the flash of your flying arrows and the gleam of your shining spear.

Matthew 24:29

“Soon after the trouble of those days, ‘the sun will grow dark, and the moon will not give its light. The stars will fall from the sky. And the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’

Matthew 27:45

At noon the whole country became dark, and the darkness lasted for three hours.

1 Corinthians 15:41

The sun has one kind of beauty, the moon has another beauty, and the stars have another. And each star is different in its beauty.

Deuteronomy 4:19

When you look up at the sky, you see the sun, moon, and stars, and everything in the sky. But don’t bow down and worship them, because the Lord your God has made these things for all people everywhere.

Revelation 21:23

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