51 Bible Verses about Stars
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By the LORD's word, the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of his mouth.
God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
You are the LORD, even you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all. The army of heaven worships you.
To him who made the great lights; for his loving kindness endures forever: The sun to rule by day; for his loving kindness endures forever; The moon and stars to rule by night; for his loving kindness endures forever:
Praise him, sun and moon. Praise him, all you shining stars. Praise him, you heavens of heavens, You 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 also established them forever and ever. He has made a decree which will not pass away.
Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their host by number. He calls them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, Not one is lacking.
He commands the sun, and it doesn't rise, and seals up the stars. He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea. He makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
"Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion? Can you lead forth the constellations in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs? Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?
He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names. Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.
Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: "You ask me about the things that are to come, concerning my sons, and you command me concerning the work of my hands. I have made the earth, and created man on it. I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; and I have commanded all their army.
seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, the LORD is his name,
and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which the LORD your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.
and has gone and served other gods, and worshiped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring forth out of the LORD's temple all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven, and he burned them outside of Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel. He put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places around Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to 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, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshiped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried, they shall be for dung on the surface of the earth.
Thus will I do to this place," says the LORD, "and to its inhabitants, even making this city as Topheth: and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth, even all the houses on whose roofs they have burned incense to all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings to other gods."'"
"Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel? You also carried along Sikkuth your king and Kiyyun, the star of your god, your images that you made for yourselves. Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus," says the LORD, whose name is the God of Hosts.
I will stretch out my hand against Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place: the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests, those who worship the host of heaven on the housetops, those who worship and swear by the LORD and also swear by Malcam,
But God turned, and abandoned them to serve the hosts of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets, 'Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? You took up the tabernacle of Moloch, the star of your god Rephan, the figures which you made to worship. I will carry you away beyond Babylon.'
They forsook all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them. He built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, "I will put my name in Jerusalem." He built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
He built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
After three months, we set sail in a ship of Alexandria which had wintered in the island, whose sign was "The Twin Brothers."
You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels: let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save you from the things that shall come on you.
Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the enchanters, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king. The king said to them, "I have had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to understand the dream." Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king in the Syrian language, "O king, live forever: tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation."read more.
The king answered the Chaldeans, "The thing is gone from me: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a rubbish heap.
Then came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the diviners; and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known to me its interpretation.
All of the host of heaven will be dissolved. The sky will be rolled up like a scroll, and all its armies will fade away, as a leaf fades from off a vine or a fig tree.
When I shall extinguish you, I will cover the heavens, and make its stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light. All the bright lights of the sky will I make dark over you, and set darkness on your land, says the Lord GOD.
The stars of the sky fell to the earth, like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when it is shaken by a great wind.
And they, having heard the king, went their way; and suddenly the star which they saw in the east went before them, until it came and stood over where the young child was. And when they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.
"Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him."
The LORD brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." He said to Abram, "So shall your seed be."
that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your seed greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.
Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now the LORD your God has made you as the stars of the sky for multitude.
But David did not take the number of them from twenty years old and under, because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like the stars of the sky.
You also multiplied their children as the stars of the sky, and brought them into the land concerning which you said to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
As the host of heaven can't be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured; so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites who minister to me.'"
Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead.
I see him, but not now. I see him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob. A scepter will rise out of Israel, and shall strike through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of Sheth.
I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David; the Bright and Morning Star."
How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn. How you are cut down to the ground, who laid the nations low. You said in your heart, "I will ascend into heaven. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mountain of assembly, in the far north.
We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the morning star arises in your hearts:
and I will give him the morning star.
He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever.
From Thematic Bible
Astronomy » Moon » Stars
God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
Christian ministers » Servants » Stars
the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches. The seven lampstands are seven churches.
"To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: "He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lampstands says these things:
Names » Of ministers » Stars
the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches. The seven lampstands are seven churches.
Righteous » Compared with » Stars
And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever.
compared to Saints » Stars
And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever.
Stars » Worshiped
and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth, even all the houses on whose roofs they have burned incense to all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings to other gods."'"
For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served them.
They forsook all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
You also carried along Sikkuth your king and Kiyyun, the star of your god, your images that you made for yourselves.
He put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places around Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
Stars » Darkening of
All of the host of heaven will be dissolved. The sky will be rolled up like a scroll, and all its armies will fade away, as a leaf fades from off a vine or a fig tree.
For the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened in its going forth, and the moon will not cause its light to shine.
The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;
Stars » Falling of
But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;
His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.
The stars of the sky fell to the earth, like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when it is shaken by a great wind.
The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him.
The third angel sounded, and a great star fell from the sky, burning like a torch, and it fell on one third of the rivers, and on the springs of the waters.
Stars » Created by God
By the LORD's word, the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of his mouth.
God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, the LORD is his name,
Stars » The morning star
I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David; the Bright and Morning Star."
and I will give him the morning star.
Stars » Orion
seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, the LORD is his name,
Stars » Figurative » Seven stars of the seven congregations
the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches. The seven lampstands are seven churches.
He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
Stars » Differ in splendor
There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.
Stars » Constellations of
For the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened in its going forth, and the moon will not cause its light to shine.
Stars » Comets
wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
Stars » Serpent
Stars » Figurative » Of the deliverer
I see him, but not now. I see him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob. A scepter will rise out of Israel, and shall strike through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of Sheth.
Stars » Planets
He put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places around Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to 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
A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
Stars » Forbidden worship
and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which the LORD your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.
Stars » Illustrative » (withdrawing their light,) of severe judgments
When I shall extinguish you, I will cover the heavens, and make its stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.
For the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened in its going forth, and the moon will not cause its light to shine.
The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
Stars » God » Created
God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
Let them praise the name of the LORD, For he commanded, and they were created.
Stars » The israelites forbidden to worship
and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which the LORD your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.
If there is found in the midst of you, within any of your gates which the LORD your God gives you, man or woman, who does that which is evil in the sight of the LORD your God, in transgressing his covenant, and has gone and served other gods, and worshiped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; and it be told you, and you have heard of it, then you shall inquire diligently; and behold, if it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is done in Israel,
Stars » Called » The host of heaven
and has gone and served other gods, and worshiped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
As the host of heaven can't be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured; so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites who minister to me.'"
Stars » Illustrative » Of ministers
"To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: "He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lampstands says these things:
He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
Stars » Mentioned in scripture » Pleiades,
seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, the LORD is his name,
Stars » Mentioned in scripture » Orion
seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, the LORD is his name,
Stars » Illustrative » Of princes and subordinate governors
The fourth angel sounded, and one third of the sun was struck, and one third of the moon, and one third of the stars; so that one third of them would be darkened, and the day would not shine for one third of it, and the night in the same way.
It grew so great that it reached to the host of heaven, and some of the host and of the stars it cast down to the ground, and trampled on them.
Stars » Idolaters worshipped
and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth, even all the houses on whose roofs they have burned incense to all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings to other gods."'"
and they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshiped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried, they shall be for dung on the surface of the earth.
Stars » Infinite in number
The LORD brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." He said to Abram, "So shall your seed be."
"Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who forms it to establish it; the LORD is his name:
Stars » God » Appointed to give light by night
God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
Stars » When grouped together called constellations
For the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened in its going forth, and the moon will not cause its light to shine.
He put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places around Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to 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 also established them forever and ever. He has made a decree which will not pass away.
Stars » One of extraordinary brightness (a meteor) appeared at Christ's birth
"Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him."
And they, having heard the king, went their way; and suddenly the star which they saw in the east went before them, until it came and stood over where the young child was.
Stars » Exhibit the greatness of God's power
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their host by number. He calls them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, Not one is lacking.
Stars » Appear after sunset
Let the stars of its twilight be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,
So we worked 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
You also carried along Sikkuth your king and Kiyyun, the star of your god, your images that you made for yourselves.
You took up the tabernacle of Moloch, the star of your god Rephan, the figures which you made to worship. I will carry you away beyond Babylon.'
Stars » Appear of different magnitudes
There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.
Stars » Mentioned in scripture » Arcturus
Can you lead forth the constellations in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?
Stars » Punishment for worshipping
then you shall bring forth that man or that woman, who has done this evil thing, to your gates, even the man or the woman; and you shall stone them to death with stones. At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he who is to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. The hand of the witnesses shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.
Stars » Illustrative » (bright and morning star,) of Christ
I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David; 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 see him, but not now. I see him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob. A scepter will rise out of Israel, and shall strike through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of Sheth.
Stars » Called » Stars of heaven
For the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened in its going forth, and the moon will not cause its light to shine.
Stars » God » Set, in the firmament of heaven
God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,
Stars » Astrology and star-gazing practised by the babylonians, &c
You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels: let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save you from the things that shall come on you.
Stars » Illustrative » (setting the nest amongst,) of pride and carnal security
Though you mount on high as the eagle, and though your nest is set among the stars, I will bring you down from there," says the LORD.
Stars » Illustrative » (shining of,) of the reward of faithful ministers
And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever.
Stars » Called » Stars of light
Stars » God » Numbers and names
Stars » Shine in the firmament of heaven
And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever.
Stars » Revolve in fixed orbits
Stars » Made to praise God
Stars » Use of, in navigation, alluded to
When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small storm pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved was now taken away.
Stars » Mentioned in scripture » Mazzaroth
Can you lead forth the constellations in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?
Stars » Illustrative » (wandering,) of false teachers
wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
Stars » Illustrative » Of angels
Stars » Impure in the sight of God
Behold, even the moon has no brightness, and the stars are not pure in his sight;
Stars » God » Obscures
Titles and names of ministers » Stars
the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches. The seven lampstands are seven churches. "To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: "He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lampstands says these things:
Topics on Stars
Affecting Sun Moon And Stars
Matthew 24:29But immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;
Controlling Sun Moon And Stars
Job 38:31"Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?
Darkening Sun Moon And Stars
Isaiah 13:10For the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened in its going forth, and the moon will not cause its light to shine.
Stars Created By God
Isaiah 40:26Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their host by number. He calls them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, Not one is lacking.
Sun Moon And Stars Before God
Genesis 1:16God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
