96 Bible Verses about Night

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Genesis 1:14-18

And God said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for marking the changes of the year, and for days and for years: And let them be for lights in the arch of heaven to give light on the earth: and it was so. And God made the two great lights: the greater light to be the ruler of the day, and the smaller light to be the ruler of the night: and he made the stars.read more.
And God put them in the arch of heaven, to give light on the earth; To have rule over the day and the night, and for a division between the light and the dark: and God saw that it was good.

Judges 19:9

And when they got up to go away, his father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, Now evening is coming on, so do not go tonight; see, the day is almost gone; take your rest here and let your heart be glad, and tomorrow early, go on your way back to your house.

John 11:9-10

Then Jesus said in answer, Are there not twelve hours in the day? A man may go about in the day without falling, because he sees the light of this world. But if a man goes about in the night, he may have a fall because the light is not in him.

Genesis 15:12

Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep came on Abram, and a dark cloud of fear.

Genesis 28:11

And coming to a certain place, he made it his resting-place for the night, for the sun had gone down; and he took one of the stones which were there, and putting it under his head he went to sleep in that place.

Job 4:13

In troubled thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep comes on men,

Jeremiah 9:1

If only my head was a stream of waters and my eyes fountains of weeping, so that I might go on weeping day and night for the dead of the daughter of my people!

Jeremiah 14:17

And you are to say this word to them, Let my eyes be streaming with water night and day, and let it not be stopped; for the virgin daughter of my people is wounded with a great wound, with a very bitter blow.

Nehemiah 1:6

Let your ear now take note and let your eyes be open, so that you may give ear to the prayer of your servant, which I make before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel, your servants, while I put before you the sins of the children of Israel, which we have done against you: truly, I and my father's people are sinners.

Luke 18:7

And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it?

Acts 26:7

For the effecting of which our twelve tribes have been working and waiting night and day with all their hearts. And in connection with this hope I am attacked by the Jews, O king!

Revelation 7:15

This is why they are before the high seat of God; and they are his servants day and night in his house: and he who is seated on the high seat will be a tent over them.

1 Chronicles 9:33

And these were those who had the ordering of the music and songs, heads of families of the Levites, who were living in the rooms, and were free from other work, for their work went on day and night.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you:

Lamentations 2:19

Up! give cries in the night, at the starting of the night-watches; let your heart be flowing out like water before the face of the Lord, lifting up your hands to him for the life of your young children who are falling down, feeble for need of food, at the top of every street.

Judges 7:19

So Gideon and the three hundred men who were with him came to the outer line of tents, at the start of the middle watch, when the watchmen had only then taken their stations; and the horns were sounded and the vessels broken.

Exodus 14:24

And in the morning watch, the Lord, looking out on the armies of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, sent trouble on the army of the Egyptians;

Mark 13:35

So you are to keep watch: because you are not certain when the master of the house is coming, in the evening, or in the middle of the night, or at the cock's cry, or in the morning;

Matthew 14:25

And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea.

Mark 6:48

And seeing that they had trouble in getting their boat through the water, because the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea; and he would have gone past them;

Luke 12:38

And if he comes in the second division of the night or in the third, and they are watching for him, happy are those servants.

John 13:30

So Judas, having taken the bit of bread, straight away went out: and it was night.

Job 30:26

For I was looking for good, and evil came; I was waiting for light, and it became dark.

Luke 22:53

When I was in the Temple with you every day, your hands were not stretched out against me: but this is your hour, and the authority of the dark power.

John 3:19-20

And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil. The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.

Job 24:14

He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need.

Proverbs 7:8-9

Walking in the street near the turn of her road, going on the way to her house, At nightfall, in the evening of the day, in the black dark of the night.

1 Thessalonians 5:7

For those who are sleeping do so in the night; and those who are the worse for drink are so in the night;

Jeremiah 49:9

If men came to get your grapes, would they not let some be uncut on the vines? if thieves came by night, would they not make waste till they had enough?

John 12:35-36

Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going. In so far as you have the light, put your faith in the light so that you may become sons of light. With these words Jesus went away and for a time was not seen again by them.

Matthew 24:42-44

Be watching, then! for you have no knowledge on what day your Lord will come. But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into. Be ready then; for at a time which you have no thought of the Son of man will come.

Mark 13:36-37

For fear that, coming suddenly, he sees you sleeping. And what I say to you, I say to all, Keep watch.

Psalm 107:13-14

Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles. He took them out of the dark and the black night, and all their chains were broken.

Isaiah 59:9

For this cause our right is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us: we are looking for light, but there is only the dark; for the shining of the sun, but our way is in the night.

Psalm 6:6

The voice of my sorrow is a weariness to me; all the night I make my bed wet with weeping; it is watered by the drops flowing from my eyes.

Lamentations 1:2

She is sorrowing bitterly in the night, and her face is wet with weeping; among all her lovers she has no comforter: all her friends have been false to her, they have become her haters.

Psalm 22:2

O my God, I make my cry in the day, and you give no answer; and in the night, and have no rest.

Psalm 77:6

The memory of my song comes back to me in the night; my thoughts are moving in my heart; my spirit is searching with care.

Psalm 139:1-2

O Lord, you have knowledge of me, searching out all my secrets. You have knowledge when I am seated and when I get up, you see my thoughts from far away.

Psalm 149:5

Let the saints have joy and glory: let them give cries of joy on their beds.

Isaiah 30:29

You will have a song, as in the night when a holy feast is kept; and you will be glad in heart, as when they go with music of the pipe to the mountain of the Lord, the Rock of Israel.

Psalm 119:55

I have given thought to your name in the night, O Lord, and have kept your law.

Isaiah 26:9

In the night the desire of my soul has been for you; early will my spirit be searching for you; for when your punishments come on the earth, the people of the world will get the knowledge of righteousness.

1 Samuel 3:4

The voice of the Lord said Samuel's name; and he said, Here am I.

2 Chronicles 7:12

Now the Lord came to Solomon in a vision by night, and said to him, I have given ear to your prayer, and have taken this place for myself as a house where offerings are to be made.

Daniel 2:19

Then the secret was made clear to Daniel in a vision of the night. And Daniel gave blessing to the God of heaven.

Daniel 7:2

I had a vision by night, and saw the four winds of heaven violently moving the great sea.

Zechariah 1:8

I saw in the night a man on a red horse, between the mountains in the valley, and at his back were horses, red, black, white, and of mixed colours.

Acts 23:11

And the night after, the Lord came to his side and said, Be of good heart, for as you have been witnessing for me in Jerusalem, so will you be my witness in Rome.

Genesis 20:3

But God came to Abimelech in a dream in the night, and said to him, Truly you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man's wife.

Genesis 31:24

Then God came to Laban in a dream by night, and said to him, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob.

1 Kings 3:5

In Gibeon, Solomon had a vision of the Lord in a dream by night; and God said to him, Say what I am to give you.

Job 33:15

In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep comes on men, while they take their rest on their beds;

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Exodus 12:42

It is a watch-night before the Lord who took them out of the land of Egypt: this same night is a watch-night to the Lord for all the children of Israel, through all their generations.

Night » Divided into watches

1 Samuel 11:11

Now on the day after, Saul put the people into three bands, and in the morning watch they came to the tents of the Ammonites, and they went on attacking them till the heat of the day: and those who were not put to death were put to flight in every direction, so that no two of them were together.

Exodus 14:24

And in the morning watch, the Lord, looking out on the armies of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, sent trouble on the army of the Egyptians;

Nehemiah 12:9

And Bakbukiah and Unno, their brothers, were opposite them in their watches.

Lamentations 2:19

Up! give cries in the night, at the starting of the night-watches; let your heart be flowing out like water before the face of the Lord, lifting up your hands to him for the life of your young children who are falling down, feeble for need of food, at the top of every street.

Matthew 14:25

And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea.

Night » Type of ignorance and sin

Revelation 21:25

And the doors of it will never be shut by day (for there is no night there):

Night » God frequently » Revealed his will in

Genesis 31:24

Then God came to Laban in a dream by night, and said to him, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob.

Numbers 22:30

And the ass said to Balaam, Am I not your ass upon which you have gone all your life till this day? and have I ever done this to you before? And he said, No.

Daniel 7:2

I had a vision by night, and saw the four winds of heaven violently moving the great sea.

Night » God frequently » Executed his judgments in

2 Kings 19:35

And that night the angel of the Lord went out and put to death in the army of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand men; and when the people got up early in the morning, there was nothing to be seen but dead bodies.

Daniel 5:30

That very night Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldaeans, was put to death.

Exodus 12:12

For on that night I will go through the land of Egypt, sending death on every first male child, of man and of beast, and judging all the gods of Egypt: I am the Lord.

Job 27:20

Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away.

Night » Used figuratively

Isaiah 15:1

The word about Moab. For in a night Ar of Moab has become waste, and is seen no longer; for in a night Kir of Moab has become waste, and is seen no longer.

Isaiah 21:11-12

The word about Edom. A voice comes to me from Seir, Watchman, how far gone is the night? how far gone is the night? The watchman says, The morning has come, but night is still to come: if you have questions to put, put them, and come back again.

Night » Originally divided into three watches

Exodus 14:24

And in the morning watch, the Lord, looking out on the armies of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, sent trouble on the army of the Egyptians;

Lamentations 2:19

Up! give cries in the night, at the starting of the night-watches; let your heart be flowing out like water before the face of the Lord, lifting up your hands to him for the life of your young children who are falling down, feeble for need of food, at the top of every street.

Judges 7:19

So Gideon and the three hundred men who were with him came to the outer line of tents, at the start of the middle watch, when the watchmen had only then taken their stations; and the horns were sounded and the vessels broken.

Night » Frequently » Accompanied by heavy dews

Judges 6:38

And it was so: for he got up early on the morning after, and twisting the wool in his hands, he got a basin full of water from the dew on the wool.

Numbers 11:9

When the dew came down on the tents at night, the manna came down with it.

Judges 6:40

And that night God did so; for the wool was dry, and there was dew on all the earth round it.

Night » Divided into four watches by the romans

Matthew 14:25

And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea.

Luke 12:38

And if he comes in the second division of the night or in the third, and they are watching for him, happy are those servants.

Mark 13:35

So you are to keep watch: because you are not certain when the master of the house is coming, in the evening, or in the middle of the night, or at the cock's cry, or in the morning;

Night » Continued until sunrise

Matthew 28:1

Now late on the Sabbath, when the dawn of the first day of the week was near, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the place where his body was.

Psalm 104:22

The sun comes up, and they come together, and go back to their secret places to take their rest.

Mark 16:2

And very early after dawn on the first day of the week, they came at the time of the coming up of the sun to the place where the body had been put.

Night » General references to the natural

Psalm 19:2

Day after day it sends out its word, and night after night it gives knowledge.

Psalm 134:1

Give praise to the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who take your places in the house of the Lord by night.

Night » The jews » In affliction spent, in sorrow and humiliation

Psalm 6:6

The voice of my sorrow is a weariness to me; all the night I make my bed wet with weeping; it is watered by the drops flowing from my eyes.

Joel 1:13

Put haircloth round you and give yourselves to sorrow, you priests; give cries of grief, you servants of the altar: come in, and, clothed in haircloth, let the night go past, you servants of my God: for the meal offering and the drink offering have been kept back from the house of your God.

Night » The moon and stars designed to rule and give light by

Jeremiah 31:35

These are the words of the Lord, who has given the sun for a light by day, ordering the moon and stars for a light by night, who puts the sea in motion, causing the thunder of its waves; the Lord of armies is his name.

Genesis 1:16-18

And God made the two great lights: the greater light to be the ruler of the day, and the smaller light to be the ruler of the night: and he made the stars. And God put them in the arch of heaven, to give light on the earth; To have rule over the day and the night, and for a division between the light and the dark: and God saw that it was good.

Night » Wild beasts go forth in search of prey during

2 Samuel 21:10

And Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, took haircloth, placing it on the rock as a bed for herself, from the start of the grain-cutting till rain came down on them from heaven; and she did not let the birds of the air come near them by day, or the beasts of the field by night.

Psalm 104:21-22

The young lions go thundering after their food; searching for their meat from God. The sun comes up, and they come together, and go back to their secret places to take their rest.

Night » Meditations in

Psalm 19:2

Day after day it sends out its word, and night after night it gives knowledge.

Psalm 77:6

The memory of my song comes back to me in the night; my thoughts are moving in my heart; my spirit is searching with care.

Psalm 119:148

In the night watches I am awake, so that I may give thought to your saying.

Psalm 139:11

If I say, Only let me be covered by the dark, and the light about me be night;

Night » Frequently » Cold and frosty

Jeremiah 36:30

For this reason the Lord has said of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, He will have no son to take his place on the seat of David: his dead body will be put out to undergo the heat of the day and the cold of the night.

Night » Regular succession of » Established by covenant

Jeremiah 33:20

The Lord has said: If it is possible for my agreement of the day and the night to be broken, so that day and night no longer come at their fixed times,

Night » Favorable to the purposes of the wicked

Genesis 31:39

Anything which was wounded by beasts I did not take to you, but myself made up for the loss of it; you made me responsible for whatever was taken by thieves, by day or by night.

Job 24:14-15

He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need. And the man whose desire is for the wife of another is waiting for the evening, saying, No eye will see me; and he puts a cover on his face. And in the night the thief goes about;

Night » God frequently » Visited his people in

1 Kings 3:5

In Gibeon, Solomon had a vision of the Lord in a dream by night; and God said to him, Say what I am to give you.

Night » Eastern shepherds watched over their flocks during

Night » Illustrative of » Seasons of severe calamities

Amos 5:8

Go for help to him who makes Orion and the Pleiades, by whom the deep dark is turned into morning, who makes the day black with night; whose voice goes out to the waters of the sea, sending them out over the face of the earth: the Lord is his name;

Isaiah 21:12

The watchman says, The morning has come, but night is still to come: if you have questions to put, put them, and come back again.

Night » Illustrative of » Seasons of spiritual desertion

Song of Songs 3:1

By night on my bed I was looking for him who is the love of my soul: I was looking for him, but I did not see him.

Night » Eastern fishermen continued their employment during

Luke 5:5

And Simon, answering, said, Master, we were working all night and we took nothing: but at your word I will let down the nets.

John 21:3

Simon Peter said to them, I am going fishing. They said to him, And we will come with you. They went out and got into the boat; but that night they took no fish.

Night » The jews » Forbidden to allow malefactors to hang during

Deuteronomy 21:23

Do not let his body be on the tree all night, but put it to rest in the earth the same day; for the man who undergoes hanging is cursed by God; so do not make unclean the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.

Night » The jews » Forbidden to keep the wages of servants during

Night » The jews » Often kept lamps burning during

Proverbs 31:18

She sees that her marketing is of profit to her: her light does not go out by night.

Night » No night in heaven

Revelation 21:25

And the doors of it will never be shut by day (for there is no night there):

Night » Commenced at sunset

Genesis 28:11

And coming to a certain place, he made it his resting-place for the night, for the sun had gone down; and he took one of the stones which were there, and putting it under his head he went to sleep in that place.

Night » Illustrative of » Spiritual darkness

Night » Frequently » Exceeding dark

Proverbs 7:9

At nightfall, in the evening of the day, in the black dark of the night.

Night » The heavenly bodies designed to separate day from

Night » Designed for rest

Night » Caused by God

Psalm 104:20

When you make it dark, it is night, when all the beasts of the woods come quietly out of their secret places.

Night » The darkness first called

Night » Belongs to God

Night » Regular succession of » Ordained for the glory of God

Psalm 19:2

Day after day it sends out its word, and night after night it gives knowledge.

Night » The jews » In affliction spent, in prayer

Psalm 22:2

O my God, I make my cry in the day, and you give no answer; and in the night, and have no rest.

Night » Unsuitable for travelling

John 11:10

But if a man goes about in the night, he may have a fall because the light is not in him.

Night » Wearisome to the afflicted

Job 7:3-4

So I have for my heritage months of pain to no purpose, and nights of weariness are given to me. When I go to my bed, I say, When will it be time to get up? but the night is long, and I am turning from side to side till morning light.

Night » Illustrative of » death

Night » Divided into hours

Acts 23:23

And he sent for two captains and said, Make ready two hundred men, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, to go to Caesarea, at the third hour of the night:

Night » Worship in

Psalm 134:1

Give praise to the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who take your places in the house of the Lord by night.

Night » Unsuitable for labor

Night » Jesus prays all night

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Acting All Night

Exodus 27:21

Let Aaron and his sons put this in order, evening and morning, before the Lord, inside the Tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before the ark; this is to be an order for ever, from generation to generation, to be kept by the children of Israel.

Darkness Of Night

Job 9:7

Who gives orders to the sun, and it does not give its light; and who keeps the stars from shining.

Protection Day And Night

1 Samuel 25:16

But day and night they were like a wall round us while we were with them, looking after the sheep.

Three Days And Nights

Jonah 1:17

And the Lord made ready a great fish to take Jonah into its mouth; and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.

Visions At Night

Genesis 40:5

And these two had a dream on the same night; the chief wine-servant and the chief bread-maker of the king of Egypt, who were in prison, the two of them had dreams with a special sense.

Walking All Night

1 Samuel 31:12

All the fighting men got up and, travelling all night, took Saul's body and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan; and they came to Jabesh and had them burned there.

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