29 Bible Verses about Daybreak

So Jacob was left alone, and a Man [came and] wrestled with him until daybreak.

So she lay at his feet until the morning, but got up before anyone could recognize another; Boaz said, “Do not let it be known that the woman came to the threshing floor [last night].”

“Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning;
Let us console and delight ourselves with love.

Then they said one to another, “We are not doing the right thing. This is a day of good news, yet we are keeping silent. If we wait until the morning light, some punishment [for not reporting this now] will come on us. So now come, let us go and tell the king’s household.”

Then David and all the people who were with him departed and crossed over the Jordan. By daybreak, not even one was left who had not crossed the Jordan.

“Let the stars of its early dawn be dark;
Let the morning wait in vain for the light,
Let it not see the eyelids of morning (the day’s dawning),

When Paul had gone back upstairs and had broken the bread and eaten, he talked [informally and confidentially] with them for a long time—until daybreak [in fact]—and then he left.

God is in the midst of her [His city], she will not be moved;
God will help her when the morning dawns.

When the sun arises, they withdraw
And lie down in their dens.

When morning dawned, the angels urged Lot [to hurry], saying, “Get up! Take your wife and two daughters who are here [and go], or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”

Then He said, “Let Me go, for day is breaking.” But Jacob said, “I will not let You go unless You declare a blessing on me.”

The sun had risen over the earth when Lot came to Zoar.

Now the sun rose on him as he passed Penuel (Peniel), and he was limping because of his hip.

As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.

So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal flow at sunrise; and the Egyptians retreated right into it [being met by the returning water]; so the Lord overthrew the Egyptians and tossed them into the midst of the sea.

Then the king arose at dawn, at the break of day, and hurried to the den of lions.

At daybreak the woman came and collapsed at the door of the man’s house where her master was, until it was [fully] light.

In this way it will be done to you at [idolatrous] Bethel because of your great wickedness;
At daybreak the king of Israel will be completely cut off.

But God prepared a worm when morning dawned the next day, and it attacked the plant and it withered.

Therefore, be continually on the alert—for you do not know when the master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning—

When day came, the Council of the elders of the people (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) assembled, both chief priests and scribes; and they led Jesus away to the council chamber, saying,

Now after the Sabbath, near dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.

Very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women went to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared [to finish anointing the body].

As morning was breaking, Jesus [came and] stood on the beach; however, the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.

When they heard this, they went into the temple [courtyards] about daybreak and began teaching.

Now when the high priest and his associates arrived, they called together the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court), even all the council of elders of the sons of Israel, and sent word to the prison for the apostles to be brought [before them].

Now when day came, the chief magistrates sent their officers, saying, “Release those men.”