48 Bible Verses about Astronomy

He commands the sun and it does not rise! He seals off the stars. He alone spreads out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea. He made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades and the chambers of the south.

Lift your eyes and look to the heavens. Who created all these? The being that brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name created all these! Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.

The heavens and the earth and their immense arrangement were completed.

Behold, heaven and the highest heavens belong to Jehovah your God, even the earth and all that is in it.

This is because all the gods of the nations are useless idols while Jehovah created the heavens.

You are Jehovah, even you only! You made heaven, the heaven of heavens with all their armies, the earth and all things in it, the seas and everything in them. You keep them from destruction and the armies of heaven are your worshippers.

Is not God high in the heavens? See the highest stars, how eminent they are!

If even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in his eyes,

He covers the face of the full moon, and spreads his cloud over it.

([Psalm of David]) The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky displays what his hands have made. Day to day declares speech. Night to night shows knowledge. It is done without talking, without words, without their voices being heard.read more.
Yet, their measuring line (rule) has gone out into the entire world, their message to the ends of the earth. He has set up a tent in the heavens for the sun. It comes out of its chamber like a bridegroom. Like a champion, it is eager to run its course. It rises from one end of the heavens. It circles around to the other. Nothing is hidden from its heat.

The heavens were made by the word of Jehovah, and by the breath of his mouth their entire host.

The day and the night are yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.

The heavens will praise your wonders, O Jehovah, Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

For all the gods of the nations are idols; but Jehovah made the heavens.

You cover yourself with light as with a cloak. You stretch out clouds in the sky like a curtain.

To the one who made the heavens with skill. His loving kindness is everlasting.

Praise him, sun and moon. Praise him, all shining stars.

In wisdom Jehovah founded the earth. In understanding he established the heavens.

The sun made a shadow that went down the stairway of the upper palace of Ahaz. 'I am going to make the shadow go back ten steps.' So the sun on the stairway went back up the ten steps it had gone down.

I am the one who made the earth. I created human beings to live there. With my power I stretched out the heavens. I control the sun, the moon, and the stars.

Jehovah provides the sun to be a light during the day. He orders the moon and stars to be lights during the night. He stirs up the sea so that its waves roar. His name is Jehovah of Hosts. This is what Jehovah says:

You will then act as true children of your Father in heaven. He gives sunlight to both evil and good people. He sends rain for the just and the unjust.

And, You, Lord, in the beginning have laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of your hands. (Psalm 102:25)

When I look at your heavens, the creation of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have set in place, what is man that you remember him or the son of man that you take care of him?

Then God said: Let there be light! And there was light. God saw that the light was good. God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light day. He called the darkness night. There was evening and there was morning, one day.

Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, and on our feast day.

You made the moon for the seasons. The sun knows the place of its setting.

Can you bind the beautiful Pleiades? Can you loose the cords of Orion? Can you bring forth the constellations of the zodiac in their seasons or lead out the Bear with its cubs? (Mazzaroth Constellation) Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?

The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible (awesome) Day of Jehovah comes!

Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened. The moon will not give light. The stars will fall from heaven. The powers of the heavens will be shaken.

The stars will fall from heaven and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.

There will be signs in sun and moon and stars. The earth will experience distress of nations in disarray for the roaring of the sea and the waves.

The stars of heaven and their constellations will not shine forth their light. The sun will be dark when it rises and the moon will not shine its light.

Then the moon will be abashed and the sun ashamed, For Jehovah of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, And his glory will be before his elders.

Then the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun. The light of the sun will be seven times as strong, like the light of seven days. When that day comes, Jehovah will bandage his people's injuries and heal the wounds he inflicted.

All the stars in the sky will dissolve. The heavens will be rolled up like a scroll. The stars will fade away like leaves fall from a vine or fruit from a tree.

Lift up your eyes to the heavens. Look at the earth below. The heavens will vanish like smoke and the earth will wear out like a garment. Its inhabitants die like flies (gnats). But my salvation will last forever! My righteousness will never fail.

Surely the coastlands wait with hope for me. The ships from Tarshish are the first to bring your children from far away. They bring their silver and their gold with them to honor the name of Jehovah your God, the Holy One of Israel, because he has honored you. Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. I struck you because of my anger, but in my favor I have compassion on you. Your gates will always be open. They will never be closed day or night so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations. Even their kings are led as prisoners.read more.
Nations and kingdoms that do not serve you will be destroyed. The nations will definitely be ruined. Lebanon's glory will come to you: Cedar, fir, and cypress trees will come to beautify my holy place. I will honor the place where my feet rest. The sons of those who oppress you will bow in front of you. All who loathe you will bow at your feet. They will call you the city of Jehovah, Zion, the city of the Holy One of Israel. You have been abandoned and hated. No one has passed through you. But now I will make you a foundation of everlasting pride, a joy for all generations. You will drink milk from other nations and nurse at royal breasts. Then you will know that I am Jehovah, your Savior, the Mighty One of Jacob, and your Defender (Protector). I will bring gold instead of copper. I will bring silver instead of iron, copper instead of wood, and iron instead of stone. I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness as your ruler. You will no longer hear about violence in your land or desolation and destruction within your borders. You will call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise. The sun will no longer be your light during the day. The brightness of the moon will not give you light, for Jehovah will be your everlasting light. Your God will be your glory. Your sun will no longer go down, nor will your moon disappear. Jehovah will be your everlasting light, and your days of sadness will be over.

When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud and the moon will not give its light. All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you. And I will set darkness on your land,' proclaims the Lord Jehovah.

The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble! The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars cease to shine.

The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars diminish their shining.

It will happen in that day, said the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.

The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable (awesome) Day of Jehovah arrives. (Joel 2:31)

The day of Jehovah will come as a thief. The heavens will pass away with a great noise. The elements shall be dissolved with intense heat. And the earth and the works in it will be burned up (destroyed). (Joel 2:31) (Zephaniah 1:14)

The fourth angel blew his trumpet. A third of the sun was struck. A third of the moon, and a third of the stars were darkened. The illumination of both day and night was cut by one third.

He brought him outside and said: Look toward heaven and count the stars. Are you able to count them? He continued: So shall your descendants be.

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

They are wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame. They are wandering stars, for which the black darkness has been reserved forever.