48 Bible Verses about Astronomy

He commandeth the sun, and it riseth not: he closeth up the stars, as it were under a signet. He, himself, alone, spreadeth out the heavens, and goeth upon the waves of the sea. "He maketh the wains of heaven; the Orion, the seven stars, and the secret places of the south.

Lift up your eyes on high, and consider who hath made those things, which come out by so great heaps; and he can call them all by their names. For there is nothing hid unto the greatness of his power, strength, and might.

Thus was heaven and earth finished with all their apparel:

Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD's, thy God, and the earth with all that therein is:

For all the gods of the heathen are idols: But the LORD made heaven!

LORD, thou alone hast made heaven, and the heaven of all heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is therein, the sea and all that is therein: thou givest life unto all, and the host of heaven bow themselves unto thee.

Now because that God is higher than the heavens, and because thou seest the stars are so high,

Behold, the Moon shineth nothing in comparison to him, and the stars are unclean in his sight.

He holdeth back his stool, that it can not be seen, and spreadeth his clouds before it.

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth his handiwork. One day telleth another, and one night certifieth another. There is neither speech nor language, but their voices are heard among them.read more.
Their sound is gone out into all lands, and their words in to the ends of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, which cometh forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a giant to run his course. It goeth forth from the uttermost part of the heaven, and runneth about unto the end of it again; and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, and all the hosts of them by the breath of his mouth.

The day is thine. The night is thine. Thou hast prepared the lights and the sun.

O LORD the very heavens shall praise thy wondrous works; yea, and thy faithfulness in the congregation of the saints.

As for all the gods of the Heathen, they are but Idols, but it is the LORD that made the heavens. {TYNDALE: For all the gods of the heathen are Idols; But the LORD made the heavens.}

Thou deckest thyself with light, as it were with a garment, and spreadest out the heaven like a curtain -

Which by his wisdom made the heavens! For his mercy endureth forever.

Praise him sun and moon; praise him all ye stars and light.

With wisdom hath the LORD laid the foundation of the earth, and through understanding hath he established the heavens.

Behold, I will return the shadow of Ahaz's dial, that now is laid out with the Sun, and bring it ten degrees backward.'" So the Sun turned ten degrees backward, the which he was desended afore.

I have made the earth, and created man upon it. With my hands have I spread forth heaven, and given a commandment for all the Host thereof.

"Thus sayeth the LORD which gave the sun to be a light for the day, and the moon and stars to shine in the night: which moveth the sea, so that the floods thereof wax fierce: his name is the LORD of Hosts.

that ye may be the children of your father that is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to arise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth his rain on the just and unjust.

And, "Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth: And the heavens are the works of thy hands.

For I will consider thy heavens, even the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained. What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And what is the son of man that thou visitest him?

Then God said, "Let there be light." And there was light. And God saw the light that it was good: and divided the light from the darkness, and called the light "day," and the darkness "night." And so of the evening and morning was made the first day.

Blow up the trumpets in the new moon, upon our solemn feast day.

Thou hast appointed the moon for certain seasons, the sun knoweth his going down.

Hast thou brought the seven stars together? Or art thou able to loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth the morning star or the evening star at convenient times, and convey them home again? Knewest thou the course of heaven, that thou mayest set up the ordinance thereof upon the earth?

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

Immediately after the tribulations of those days, shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven shall move.

and the stars of heaven shall fall; And the powers which are in heaven, shall move.

And there shall be signs, in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars: and in the earth the people shall be in such perplexity, that they shall not tell which way to turn themselves. The sea and the waters shall roar,

For the stars and planets of heaven shall not give their light; the sun shall be quenched in the rising, and the moon will not shine with his light.

The Moon and the Sun shall be ashamed, when the LORD of Hosts shall reign in mount Zion and in Jerusalem with worship, and in the sight of such as shall be of his counsel.

the moon shall shine as the sun, and the sunshine shall be seven fold, and have as much shine, as in seven days beside. In that day shall the LORD bind up the bruised sores of his people, and heal their wounds.

All the stars of heaven shall be consumed, and the heaven shall fold together like a roll, and all the stars thereof shall fall, like as the leaves fall from the vines and fig trees.

Lift up your eyes to heaven and behold the earth beneath. For heaven shall vanish away as smoke, and the earth shall wear away as a vesture, and the inhabiters thereof shall perish away after the same manner: but my salvation shall endure ever, and my righteousness shall not perish.

The isles also shall gather them unto me, and especially the ships of the sea: that they may bring the sons from far, and their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, unto the holy one of Israel, that hath glorified thee. Strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall do thee service. For when I am angry, I smite thee; and when it pleaseth me, I pardon thee. Thy gates shall stand open still both day and night, and never be shut: that the house of the Gentiles may come, and that their kings may be brought unto thee.read more.
or every people and kingdom that serveth not thee, shall perish, and be destroyed with the sword. The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee: The fir trees, Boxes and Cedars together, to garnish the place of my Sanctuary, for I will glorify the place of my feet. Moreover, those shall come kneeling unto thee that have vexed thee: and all they that despised thee, shall fall down at thy foot. Thou shalt be called the city of the LORD, the holy Zion of Israel. Because thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee glorious for ever and ever; and joyful throughout all posterities. Thou shalt suck the milk of the Gentiles, and kings' breasts shall feed thee. And thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and defender, the mighty one of Jacob. For brass will I give thee gold, and for iron, silver: for wood, brass, and for stones, iron. I will make peace thy ruler, and righteousness thine officer. Violence and robbery shall never be heard of in thy land, neither harm and destruction within thy borders. Thy walls shall be called health, and thy gates the praise of God. The Sun shall never be thy day light, and the light of the Moon shall never shine unto thee: but the LORD himself shall be thine everlasting light, and thy God shall be thy glory. Thy Sun shall never go down, and thy Moon shall not be taken away, for the LORD himself shall be thine everlasting light, and thy sorrowful days shall be rewarded thee.

When thou art put out, I will cover the heaven, and make his stars dim. I will spread a cloud over the Sun, and the moon shall not give her light. All the lights of heaven will I put out over thee, and bring darkness upon thy land, sayeth the LORD God.

The earth shall quake before him, yea the heavens shall be moved; The Sun and Moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shine.

The sun and moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their light.

At the same time," sayeth the LORD God, "I shall cause the sun to go down at noon, and the land to be dark in the clear day.

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

Nevertheless, the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in the which day, the heavens shall perish with terrible noise, and the elements shall melt with heat, and the earth, with the works that are therein, shall burn.

And the fourth angel blew, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of stars: so that the third part of them was darkened. And the day was smitten that the third part of it should not shine, and likewise the night.

And he brought him out at the doors and said, "Look up unto heaven and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them." And said unto him, "Even so shall thy seed be."

There is one manner glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, an another glory of the stars. For one star differeth from another in glory.

They are raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame. They are wandering stars, to whom is reserved the mist of darkness forever.