Acts 2:20


The sun shall be turned into darkness
And the moon into blood,
Before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

Matthew 24:29

“Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not provide its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

2 Peter 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will vanish with a [mighty and thunderous] roar, and the [material] elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and the works that are on it will be burned up.

Amos 8:9


“It shall come about in that day,” says the Lord God,
“That I shall cause the sun to go down at noon,
And I shall darken the earth in broad daylight.

Malachi 4:5

“Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 5:2

For you yourselves know perfectly well that the day of the [return of the] Lord is coming just as a thief [comes unexpectedly and suddenly] in the night.

Isaiah 2:12-21


For the Lord of hosts will have a day of reckoning
Against all who are proud and arrogant
And against all who are lifted up,
That they may be degraded.

Isaiah 13:9


Listen carefully, the day of the Lord is coming,
Cruel, with wrath and raging anger,
To make the land a horror [of devastation];
And He shall exterminate its sinners from it.

Isaiah 13:15


Anyone who is found will be pierced through,
And anyone who is captured will fall by the sword.

Isaiah 24:23


Then the full moon will be embarrassed and the sun ashamed,
For the Lord of hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
And His glory and brilliance will shine before His elders.

Isaiah 34:8


For the Lord has a day of vengeance,
A year of retribution for the cause of Zion.

Jeremiah 4:23


I looked at the earth [in my vision], and behold, it was [as at the time of creation] formless and void;
And to the heavens, and they had no light.

Joel 2:1

Blow the trumpet in Zion [warning of impending judgment],
Sound an alarm on My holy mountain [Zion]!
Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble and shudder in fear,
For the [judgment] day of the Lord is coming;
It is close at hand,

Joel 3:14


Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision (judgment)!
For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision [when judgment is executed].

Zephaniah 2:2-3


Before the decree takes effect [and the time for repentance is lost]—
The day passes like the chaff [whirled by the wind]—
Before the burning and fierce anger of the Lord comes upon you,
Before the day of the wrath of the Lord comes upon you.

Matthew 27:45

Now from the sixth hour (noon) there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.).

Mark 13:24

“But in those days, after [the suffering and distress of] that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light,

Luke 21:25

“There will be signs (attesting miracles) in the sun and moon and stars; and on the earth [there will be] distress and anguish among nations, in perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea and the waves,

1 Corinthians 5:5

you are to hand over this man to Satan for the destruction of his body, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

2 Peter 3:7

But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly people.

Revelation 6:12

I looked when He (the Lamb) broke open the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth [made] of hair, and the whole moon became like blood;

Revelation 16:8

Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch humanity with [raging] fire.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:

General references

Bible References

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Isaiah 13:9

Listen carefully, the day of the Lord is coming,
Cruel, with wrath and raging anger,
To make the land a horror [of devastation];
And He shall exterminate its sinners from it.
Isaiah 24:23

Then the full moon will be embarrassed and the sun ashamed,
For the Lord of hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
And His glory and brilliance will shine before His elders.
Jeremiah 4:23

I looked at the earth [in my vision], and behold, it was [as at the time of creation] formless and void;
And to the heavens, and they had no light.
Amos 8:9

“It shall come about in that day,” says the Lord God,
“That I shall cause the sun to go down at noon,
And I shall darken the earth in broad daylight.
Matthew 24:29
“Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not provide its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Matthew 27:45
Now from the sixth hour (noon) there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.).
Mark 13:24
“But in those days, after [the suffering and distress of] that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light,
Luke 21:25
“There will be signs (attesting miracles) in the sun and moon and stars; and on the earth [there will be] distress and anguish among nations, in perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea and the waves,
2 Peter 3:7
But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly people.
Revelation 6:12
I looked when He (the Lamb) broke open the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth [made] of hair, and the whole moon became like blood;
Revelation 16:8
Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch humanity with [raging] fire.

General references

Zechariah 14:1
Behold, a day is coming for the Lord when the spoil taken from you (Jerusalem) will be divided in your midst.
Mark 13:24
“But in those days, after [the suffering and distress of] that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light,