Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
The ordinances
Canst
Bible References
The ordinances
Genesis 1:16
God made the two great lights—the greater light (the sun) to rule the day, and the lesser light (the moon) to rule the night; He made the [galaxies of] stars also [that is, all the amazing wonders in the heavens].
Genesis 8:22
“While the earth remains,
Seedtime and harvest,
Cold and heat,
Winter and summer,
And day and night
Shall not cease.”
“While the earth remains,
Seedtime and harvest,
Cold and heat,
Winter and summer,
And day and night
Shall not cease.”
Psalm 119:90
Your faithfulness continues from generation to generation;
You have established the earth, and it stands [securely].
Your faithfulness continues from generation to generation;
You have established the earth, and it stands [securely].
Jeremiah 31:35
Thus says the Lord,
Who gives the sun for light by day
And the fixed order of the moon and of the stars for light by night,
Who stirs up the sea’s roaring billows or stills the waves when they roar;
The Lord of hosts is His name:
Thus says the Lord,
Who gives the sun for light by day
And the fixed order of the moon and of the stars for light by night,
Who stirs up the sea’s roaring billows or stills the waves when they roar;
The Lord of hosts is His name:
Jeremiah 33:25
Thus says the Lord, ‘If My covenant with day and night does not stand, and if I have not established the fixed patterns of heaven and earth, [the whole order of nature,]
Canst
Job 38:12
“Since your days began, have you ever commanded the morning,
And caused the dawn to know its place,
“Since your days began, have you ever commanded the morning,
And caused the dawn to know its place,