Joel 2:31


“The sun will be turned into darkness
And the moon into blood
Before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.

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.

Isaiah 13:9-10


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.

Joel 2:10


The earth quakes before them,
The heavens tremble,
The sun and the moon grow dark
And the stars lose their brightness.

Malachi 4:1

“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant (proud, self-righteous, haughty), and every evildoer shall be stubble; and the day that is coming shall set them on fire,” says the Lord of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.

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.

Joel 3:15


The sun and the moon grow dark
And the stars lose their brightness.

Zephaniah 1:14-16


The great [judgment] day of the Lord is near,
Near and coming very quickly.
Listen! The [voice of the] day of the Lord!
The warrior cries out bitterly [unable to fight or to flee].

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,

Revelation 6:12-13

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;

Isaiah 34:4-5


All the host of heaven will be dissolved,
And the skies will be rolled up like a scroll;
All their hosts [the stars and the planets] will also wither away
As a leaf withers from the vine,
And as a fig withers from the fig tree.

Joel 3:1

“For behold, in those [climactic] days and at that time,
When I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,

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 13:24-25

“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,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.

Bible References

Sun

Joel 2:10

The earth quakes before them,
The heavens tremble,
The sun and the moon grow dark
And the stars lose their brightness.
Joel 3:1
“For behold, in those [climactic] days and at that time,
When I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
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 34:4

All the host of heaven will be dissolved,
And the skies will be rolled up like a scroll;
All their hosts [the stars and the planets] will also wither away
As a leaf withers from the vine,
And as a fig withers from the fig tree.
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,
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;

General references

Isaiah 13:10

For the stars of heaven and their constellations
Will not flash with their light;
The sun will be dark when it rises,
And the moon will not shed its light.
Joel 3:15

The sun and the moon grow dark
And the stars lose their brightness.
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,
Acts 2:19

And I will bring about wonders in the sky above
And signs (attesting miracles) on the earth below,
Blood and fire and smoking vapor.