Genesis 1:16

The Creation

¹⁵ They will be lights in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth.” And it was so. ¹⁶ God made the two great lights—the greater light to have dominion over the day and the lesser light to have dominion over the night—as well as the stars. ¹⁷ God placed them in the expanse of the sky to provide light on the earth,

God Made

Greater Light to Rule the Day

Have Dominion Over

Light to Rule the Day

Rule Over

Job 38:7

while the morning stars sang together
and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Psalm 8:3

When I observe Your heavens,
the work of Your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which You set in place,

Deuteronomy 4:19

When you look to the heavens and see the sun, moon, and stars—all the array of heaven—do not be led astray to bow down and worship them. The Lord your God has provided them for all people everywhere under heaven.

Psalm 136:7-9

He made the great lights:
        His love is eternal.

Joshua 10:12-14

On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the Lord in the presence of Israel:

“Sun, stand still over Gibeon,
and moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”

Job 31:26

if I have gazed at the sun when it was shining
or at the moon moving in splendor,

Psalm 19:6

It rises from one end of the heavens
and circles to their other end;
nothing is hidden from its heat.

Psalm 74:16

The day is Yours, also the night;
You established the moon and the sun.

Psalm 148:3

Praise Him, sun and moon;
praise Him, all you shining stars.

Psalm 148:5

Let them praise the name of Yahweh,
for He commanded, and they were created.

Isaiah 13:10

Indeed, the stars of the sky and its constellations
will not give their light.
The sun will be dark when it rises,
and the moon will not shine.

Isaiah 24:23

The moon will be put to shame
and the sun disgraced,
because the Lord of Hosts will reign as king
on Mount Zion in Jerusalem,
and He will display His glory
in the presence of His elders.

Isaiah 40:26

Look up and see:
who created these?
He brings out the starry host by number;
He calls all of them by name.
Because of His great power and strength,
not one of them is missing.

Isaiah 45:7

I form light and create darkness,
I make success and create disaster;
I, Yahweh, do all these things.

Habakkuk 3:11

Sun and moon stand still in their lofty residence,
at the flash of Your flying arrows,
at the brightness of Your shining spear.

Matthew 24:29

“Immediately after the tribulation of those days:

The sun will be darkened,
and the moon will not shed its light;
the stars will fall from the sky,
and the celestial powers will be shaken.

Matthew 27:45

From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over the whole land.

1 Corinthians 15:41

There is a splendor of the sun, another of the moon, and another of the stars; for one star differs from another star in splendor.

Revelation 16:8-9

The fourth poured out his bowl on the sun. He was given the power to burn people with fire,

Revelation 21:23

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