51 Bible Verses about Stars
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By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
And God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also.
Thou, O LORD, art alone; thou hast made the heavens and the heavens of the heavens, with all their host, the earth and all things that are therein, the seas and all that is therein, and thou givest life to them all; and the host of the heavens worship thee.
To him that made the great lights: for his mercy endures for ever: The sun to rule in the day: for his mercy endures for ever: The moon and stars to rule in the night: for his mercy endures for ever.
Praise ye him, sun and moon; praise him, all ye stars of light. Praise him, ye heavens of heavens and ye waters that are above the heavens. Let them praise the name of the LORD; for he commanded, and they were created.read more.
He has established them for ever and ever: he has made a law which shall not be broken.
Lift up your eyes on high and behold who has created these things; he brings out his host by number; he calls them all by their names; none shall be lacking by the greatness of his might and by the strength of his power.
Who commands the sun, and it rises not; and seals up the stars. He alone extends the heavens and walks upon the waves of the sea. He who made Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the secret places of the south.
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth the signs of the heavens in their season, or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? Dost thou know the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou use its power in the earth?
He counts the number of the stars and calls them all by their names. Great is our Lord and of great power; his intelligence is infinite.
Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come; inquire of me concerning my sons and concerning the work of my hands. I have made the earth, and created man upon it, I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens and I have commanded all their host.
look unto him that makes the seven stars and Orion and turns the shadow of death into the morning and makes the day dark with night, that calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name;
And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, and should be driven to worship them and serve them because the LORD thy God has conceded them unto all the peoples under all the heavens.
and has gone and served other gods and worshipped them or the sun or the moon or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded,
And the king commanded Hilkiah, the high priest, and the priests of the second order and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that had been made for Baal and for the grove and for all the host of heaven; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and caused their dust to be carried unto Bethel. And he put down the religious persons whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and in the places round about Jerusalem; likewise, those that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
and they shall spread them before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved and whom they have served and after whom they have walked and whom they have sought and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to its inhabitants and even make this city as Tophet: And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be as the place of Tophet, defiled, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of the heaven and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.
Did you perchance offer me any sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness in forty years, O house of Israel? But ye have offered unto Sicut your king, and unto Chiun your idols, the star of your gods which ye made. Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, said the LORD, whose name is The God of the hosts.
And I will extend my hand over Judah and over all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place and the name of their religious persons with their priests and those that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops and those that worship swearing by the LORD and by their king
Then God withdrew and gave them up to worship the host of the heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness? On the contrary, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them; and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God and made themselves molten images, even two calves, and made groves and worshipped all the host of heaven and served Baal;
For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah, his father, had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal and made a grove, as Ahab, king of Israel, had done; and he worshipped all the host of heaven and served those things. Likewise, he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, In Jerusalem I will put my name. And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
He likewise built altars for all the host of the heavens in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose ensign was Castor and Pollux.
Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now those that contemplate the heavens, those that speculate regarding the stars, those that teach the courses of the moon, stand up and defend thee from these things that shall come upon thee.
Then the king commanded to call magicians, astrologers, enchanters, and Chaldeans, that they might show the king his dreams. So they came and presented themselves before the king. And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever; tell thy servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.read more.
The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from my memory; if ye will not make known unto me the dream with its interpretation, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
Then the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the fortune-tellers came in and I told the dream before them; but they never showed me its interpretation.
And all the host of heavens shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fall down as the leaf falls off from the vine and as the leaf falls from the fig tree.
And when thou art dead, I will cover the heavens and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. All the bright lights of heaven I will make dark because of thee and set darkness upon thy land, said the Lord GOD.
and the stars of heaven fell upon the earth, even as a fig tree casts her figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
When they had heard the king, they departed; and, behold, the star, which they had seen in the east, went before them until it arrived and stood over where the young child was. Seeing the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? We have seen his star in the east and are come to worship him.
And he brought him forth abroad and said, Look now toward the heavens and count the stars, if thou art able to number them. And he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
that in blessing I will bless thee and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gates of his enemies;
Thy fathers went down into Egypt with seventy souls, and now the LORD thy God has made thee as the stars of heaven in multitude.
But David did not number those twenty years old and under because the LORD had said he would multiply Israel like to the stars of the heavens.
Thou didst multiply their sons as the stars of heaven and didst introduce them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to inherit it.
As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured, so will I multiply the seed of David my slave and the Levites that minister unto me.
Therefore there sprang even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but not near by; there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel and shall smite the corners of Moab and destroy all the sons of Seth.
I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify unto you these things in the congregations . I AM the root and the offspring of David and the bright and morning star.
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, who didst claim the Gentiles as an inheritance! Thou who said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven; upon high next to the stars of God I will exalt my throne: and I will sit upon the mount of the testimony and in the sides of the north;
We have also the most sure word of the prophets, unto which ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts,
And I will give him the morning star.
And he had in his right hand seven stars, and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword, and his countenance was as the sun when it shines in its strength.
that ye may be blameless and innocent, children of God without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world,
And those that understand shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and those that teach righteousness to the multitude as the stars in perpetual eternity.
From Thematic Bible
Astronomy » Moon » Stars
And God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also.
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
Christian ministers » Servants » Stars
The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven congregations , and the seven lampstands which thou sawest are the seven congregations .
Unto the angel of the congregation of Ephesus write; These things, saith he that holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands:
Names » Of ministers » Stars
The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven congregations , and the seven lampstands which thou sawest are the seven congregations .
Righteous » Compared with » Stars
And those that understand shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and those that teach righteousness to the multitude as the stars in perpetual eternity.
compared to Saints » Stars
And those that understand shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and those that teach righteousness to the multitude as the stars in perpetual eternity.
Stars » Worshiped
And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be as the place of Tophet, defiled, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of the heaven and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.
For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah, his father, had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal and made a grove, as Ahab, king of Israel, had done; and he worshipped all the host of heaven and served those things.
And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God and made themselves molten images, even two calves, and made groves and worshipped all the host of heaven and served Baal;
But ye have offered unto Sicut your king, and unto Chiun your idols, the star of your gods which ye made.
And he put down the religious persons whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and in the places round about Jerusalem; likewise, those that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
Stars » Darkening of
And all the host of heavens shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fall down as the leaf falls off from the vine and as the leaf falls from the fig tree.
For this reason the stars of the heavens and the lights thereof shall not shine: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not give forth her light.
The earth shall quake before him; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall go dark; and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain:
Stars » Falling of
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken,
And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth; and the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to be delivered, to devour her child as soon as it was born.
and the stars of heaven fell upon the earth, even as a fig tree casts her figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
And the fifth angel sounded the trumpet, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth; and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
And the third angel sounded the trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, burning as a lit torch, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers and upon the fountains of waters;
Stars » Created by God
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
And God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also.
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
look unto him that makes the seven stars and Orion and turns the shadow of death into the morning and makes the day dark with night, that calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name;
Stars » The morning star
I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify unto you these things in the congregations . I AM the root and the offspring of David and the bright and morning star.
And I will give him the morning star.
Stars » Orion
look unto him that makes the seven stars and Orion and turns the shadow of death into the morning and makes the day dark with night, that calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name;
Stars » Figurative » Seven stars of the seven congregations
The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven congregations , and the seven lampstands which thou sawest are the seven congregations .
And he had in his right hand seven stars, and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword, and his countenance was as the sun when it shines in its strength.
Stars » Differ in splendor
One thing is the glory of the sun, and another the glory of the moon, and another the glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.
Stars » Constellations of
For this reason the stars of the heavens and the lights thereof shall not shine: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not give forth her light.
Stars » Comets
raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own abominations; erratic stars, to whom is reserved gross darkness eternally.
Stars » Serpent
Stars » Figurative » Of the deliverer
I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but not near by; there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel and shall smite the corners of Moab and destroy all the sons of Seth.
Stars » Planets
And he put down the religious persons whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and in the places round about Jerusalem; likewise, those that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
Stars » Figurative » Crown of twelve stars
And there appeared a great sign in the heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars;
Stars » Forbidden worship
And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, and should be driven to worship them and serve them because the LORD thy God has conceded them unto all the peoples under all the heavens.
Stars » Illustrative » (withdrawing their light,) of severe judgments
And when thou art dead, I will cover the heavens and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
For this reason the stars of the heavens and the lights thereof shall not shine: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not give forth her light.
The earth shall quake before him; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall go dark; and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
Stars » God » Created
And God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also.
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
Let them praise the name of the LORD; for he commanded, and they were created.
Stars » The israelites forbidden to worship
And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, and should be driven to worship them and serve them because the LORD thy God has conceded them unto all the peoples under all the heavens.
If there is found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God gives thee, man or woman that has wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God in transgressing his covenant and has gone and served other gods and worshipped them or the sun or the moon or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded, and it is told unto thee and thou hast heard of it and enquired diligently, and, behold, it is true, and the thing certain that such abomination is wrought in Israel,
Stars » Called » The host of heaven
and has gone and served other gods and worshipped them or the sun or the moon or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded,
As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured, so will I multiply the seed of David my slave and the Levites that minister unto me.
Stars » Illustrative » Of ministers
Unto the angel of the congregation of Ephesus write; These things, saith he that holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands:
And he had in his right hand seven stars, and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword, and his countenance was as the sun when it shines in its strength.
Stars » Mentioned in scripture » Pleiades,
look unto him that makes the seven stars and Orion and turns the shadow of death into the morning and makes the day dark with night, that calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name;
Stars » Mentioned in scripture » Orion
look unto him that makes the seven stars and Orion and turns the shadow of death into the morning and makes the day dark with night, that calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name;
Stars » Illustrative » Of princes and subordinate governors
And the fourth angel sounded the trumpet, and the third part of the sun was smitten and the third part of the moon and the third part of the stars, in such a manner that the third part of them was darkened, and the third part of the day did not shine, and the night likewise.
And it magnified itself unto the host of heaven, and it cast down part of the host and of the stars to the ground and trod them under.
Stars » Idolaters worshipped
And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be as the place of Tophet, defiled, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of the heaven and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.
and they shall spread them before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved and whom they have served and after whom they have walked and whom they have sought and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
Stars » Infinite in number
And he brought him forth abroad and said, Look now toward the heavens and count the stars, if thou art able to number them. And he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Thus hath said the LORD that makes it, the LORD that forms it to establish it; the LORD is his name;
Stars » God » Appointed to give light by night
And God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also.
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for appointed times and for days and years;
Stars » When grouped together called constellations
For this reason the stars of the heavens and the lights thereof shall not shine: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not give forth her light.
And he put down the religious persons whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and in the places round about Jerusalem; likewise, those that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
Stars » God » Established, for ever
He has established them for ever and ever: he has made a law which shall not be broken.
Stars » One of extraordinary brightness (a meteor) appeared at Christ's birth
saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? We have seen his star in the east and are come to worship him.
When they had heard the king, they departed; and, behold, the star, which they had seen in the east, went before them until it arrived and stood over where the young child was.
Stars » Exhibit the greatness of God's power
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
Lift up your eyes on high and behold who has created these things; he brings out his host by number; he calls them all by their names; none shall be lacking by the greatness of his might and by the strength of his power.
Stars » Appear after sunset
Let the stars of its dawn be darkened; they waited for light, but have none; neither let them see the dawning of the day;
So we laboured in the work, and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.
Stars » False gods frequently worshipped under the representation of
But ye have offered unto Sicut your king, and unto Chiun your idols, the star of your gods which ye made.
On the contrary, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them; and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
Stars » Appear of different magnitudes
One thing is the glory of the sun, and another the glory of the moon, and another the glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.
Stars » Mentioned in scripture » Arcturus
Canst thou bring forth the signs of the heavens in their season, or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Stars » Punishment for worshipping
then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman who has committed that wicked thing unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones until they die. At the mouth of two witnesses or three witnesses shall he that is worthy of death be put to death, but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.
Stars » Illustrative » (bright and morning star,) of Christ
I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify unto you these things in the congregations . I AM the root and the offspring of David and the bright and morning star.
Stars » Mentioned in scripture » Morning star
And I will give him the morning star.
Stars » Illustrative » (morning star,) of glory to be given to faithful saints
And I will give him the morning star.
Stars » Illustrative » Of Christ
I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but not near by; there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel and shall smite the corners of Moab and destroy all the sons of Seth.
Stars » Called » Stars of heaven
For this reason the stars of the heavens and the lights thereof shall not shine: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not give forth her light.
Stars » God » Set, in the firmament of heaven
And God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth
Stars » Astrology and star-gazing practised by the babylonians, &c
Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now those that contemplate the heavens, those that speculate regarding the stars, those that teach the courses of the moon, stand up and defend thee from these things that shall come upon thee.
Stars » Illustrative » (setting the nest amongst,) of pride and carnal security
Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle and though thou set thy nest among the stars, from there I will bring thee down, said the LORD.
Stars » Illustrative » (shining of,) of the reward of faithful ministers
And those that understand shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and those that teach righteousness to the multitude as the stars in perpetual eternity.
Stars » Called » Stars of light
Stars » God » Numbers and names
Stars » Shine in the firmament of heaven
And those that understand shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and those that teach righteousness to the multitude as the stars in perpetual eternity.
Stars » Revolve in fixed orbits
Stars » Made to praise God
Stars » Use of, in navigation, alluded to
And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then lost.
Stars » Mentioned in scripture » Mazzaroth
Canst thou bring forth the signs of the heavens in their season, or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Stars » Illustrative » (wandering,) of false teachers
raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own abominations; erratic stars, to whom is reserved gross darkness eternally.
Stars » Illustrative » Of angels
Stars » Impure in the sight of God
Behold, even the moon shall not shine, neither are the stars pure in his sight.
Stars » God » Obscures
Titles and names of ministers » Stars
The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven congregations , and the seven lampstands which thou sawest are the seven congregations . Unto the angel of the congregation of Ephesus write; These things, saith he that holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands:
Topics on Stars
Affecting Sun Moon And Stars
Matthew 24:29Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken,
Controlling Sun Moon And Stars
Job 38:31Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
Darkening Sun Moon And Stars
Isaiah 13:10For this reason the stars of the heavens and the lights thereof shall not shine: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not give forth her light.
Stars Created By God
Isaiah 40:26Lift up your eyes on high and behold who has created these things; he brings out his host by number; he calls them all by their names; none shall be lacking by the greatness of his might and by the strength of his power.
Sun Moon And Stars Before God
Genesis 1:16And God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also.
