42 Bible Verses about Moon

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Genesis 37:9

And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers. And said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream again. And, behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars made obeisance to me.

1 Corinthians 15:41

another glory is of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars, for star differs from star in glory.

Genesis 1:16-18

And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, also the stars. And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

Psalm 136:7-9

to him who made great lights, for his loving kindness [is] forever, the sun to rule by day, for his loving kindness [is] forever, the moon and stars to rule by night, for his loving kindness [is] forever,

Jeremiah 31:35

Thus says LORD, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar. LORD of hosts is his name.

Numbers 28:14

And their drink-offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bullock, and the third part of a hin for the ram, and the fourth part of a hin for a lamb. This is the burnt-offering of every month throughout the months of the year.

1 Chronicles 23:31

And to offer all burnt-offerings to LORD, on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually before LORD.

Isaiah 66:23

And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, all flesh shall come to worship before me, says LORD.

Psalm 89:37

It shall be established forever as the moon, and [as] the faithful witness in the sky. Selah.

Psalm 72:5

They shall fear thee while the sun endures, and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.

Isaiah 60:19-20

The sun shall no more be thy light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give light to thee, but LORD will be to thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go down, nor shall thy moon withdraw itself, for LORD will be thine everlasting light. And the days of thy mourning shall be ended.

Revelation 21:23

And the city has no need of the sun, nor of the moon, so that they might shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it, and the light of it is the Lamb.

Deuteronomy 4:19

And lest thou lift up thine eyes to heaven, and when thou see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which LORD thy God has allotted to all the peoples

Deuteronomy 17:3

and has gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded,

2 Kings 23:5

And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and

Job 31:26

if I have beheld the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness,

Jeremiah 8:2

And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshipped. T

Isaiah 13:10

For the stars of heaven and the constellations of it shall not give their light. The sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.

Isaiah 30:26

Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that LORD binds up the hurt of his people, and heals the stroke of their wound.

Joel 2:10

The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.

Mark 13:24-25

But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars of the sky will be falling, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.

Joshua 10:12-13

Then Joshua spoke to LORD in the day when LORD delivered up the Amorites before the sons of Israel. And he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon. And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jashar? And the sun stayed in the midst of heaven, and hastened not to go down about a whole

Ezekiel 32:7

And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars of it dark. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.

Matthew 4:24

And his fame went forth into all Syria. And they brought to him all those faring badly with various diseases, and gripped with pain, and being demon-possessed, and being lunatic, and paralyzed. And he healed them.

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Astronomy » Moon » Stars

Judges 5:20

From heaven the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.

Astronomy » Moon » General references to

Deuteronomy 33:14

and for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, and for the precious things of the growth of the moons,

Joshua 10:13

And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jashar? And the sun stayed in the midst of heaven, and hastened not to go down about a whole

More verses: Joel 2:31

Astronomy » Moon » Pleiades,

Job 9:9

who makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south,

Amos 5:8

[seek him] who makes the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night, who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth (LORD is his name),

Astronomy » Moon » Orion

Job 9:9

who makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south,

Amos 5:8

[seek him] who makes the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night, who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth (LORD is his name),

Moon » Darkening of

Ezekiel 32:7

And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars of it dark. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.

Moon » Its light

Song of Songs 6:10

Who is she who looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, sublime as an army with banners?

1 Corinthians 15:41

another glory is of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars, for star differs from star in glory.

Jeremiah 31:35

Thus says LORD, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar. LORD of hosts is his name.

Ecclesiastes 12:2

before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,

Job 31:26

if I have beheld the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness,

Moon » Worshiped

Jeremiah 7:18

The sons gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.

Jeremiah 8:2

And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshipped. T

Jeremiah 44:17-19

But we will certainly perform every word that has gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our rulers, in the ci But since we left off burning incense to the queen of heaven, and pouring out drink-offerings to her, we have lacked all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink-offerings to her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink-offerings to her, without our husbands?

2 Kings 23:5

And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and

Jeremiah 44:25

Thus says LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and with your hands have fulfilled it, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the quee

More verses: Job 31:26-27

Moon » Feast of the new moon

Numbers 10:10

Also in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow the trumpets over your burnt-offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace-offerings. And they shall be to you for a m

1 Chronicles 23:31

And to offer all burnt-offerings to LORD, on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually before LORD.

2 Chronicles 31:3

Also [he appointed] the king's portion of his substance for the burnt-offerings, [namely], for the morning and evening burnt-offerings, and the burnt-offerings for the Sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it

Ezra 3:5

And afterward the continual burnt-offering, and [the offerings] of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of LORD that were consecrated, and of everyone who willingly offered a freewill-offering to LORD.

Numbers 28:11-15

And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt-offering to LORD: two young bullocks, and one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish, and three tenth parts [of an ephah] of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil for each bullock, and two tenth parts of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil for the one ram, and a tenth part of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering to every lamb, for a burnt-offering of a sweet savor, an offering made by fire to LORD. read more.
And their drink-offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bullock, and the third part of a hin for the ram, and the fourth part of a hin for a lamb. This is the burnt-offering of every month throughout the months of the year. And one he-goat for a sin-offering to LORD, it shall be offered besides the continual burnt-offering, and the drink-offering of it.

Moon » Figurative » Shining of

Isaiah 60:19

The sun shall no more be thy light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give light to thee, but LORD will be to thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.

Revelation 21:23

And the city has no need of the sun, nor of the moon, so that they might shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it, and the light of it is the Lamb.

Isaiah 30:26

Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that LORD binds up the hurt of his people, and heals the stroke of their wound.

Moon » Created by God

Psalm 136:7-9

to him who made great lights, for his loving kindness [is] forever, the sun to rule by day, for his loving kindness [is] forever, the moon and stars to rule by night, for his loving kindness [is] forever,

Moon » Stands still

Joshua 10:12

Then Joshua spoke to LORD in the day when LORD delivered up the Amorites before the sons of Israel. And he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.

Habakkuk 3:11

The sun and moon stood still in their habitation, at the light of thine arrows as they went, at the shining of thy glittering spear.

Moon » Its influences

Deuteronomy 33:14

and for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, and for the precious things of the growth of the moons,

Moon » Forbidden worship

Deuteronomy 4:19

And lest thou lift up thine eyes to heaven, and when thou see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which LORD thy God has allotted to all the peoples

Deuteronomy 17:3

and has gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded,

Moon » Seasons of (months)

Moon » No light of, in heaven

Revelation 21:23

And the city has no need of the sun, nor of the moon, so that they might shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it, and the light of it is the Lamb.

Moon » Joseph's dream concerning

Genesis 37:9

And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers. And said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream again. And, behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars made obeisance to me.

Moon » Symbolical

Moon » Feast of the new moon » Traffic at the time of, prohibited

Amos 8:5

saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit,

Moon » Illustrative » (withdrawing her light,) of deep calamities

Isaiah 13:10

For the stars of heaven and the constellations of it shall not give their light. The sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.

Joel 2:10

The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.

Moon » Worshipped as the queen of heaven

Jeremiah 7:18

The sons gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.

Jeremiah 44:17-19

But we will certainly perform every word that has gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our rulers, in the ci But since we left off burning incense to the queen of heaven, and pouring out drink-offerings to her, we have lacked all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink-offerings to her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink-offerings to her, without our husbands?

Jeremiah 44:25

Thus says LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and with your hands have fulfilled it, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the quee

Moon » appointed » By an ordinance for ever

Psalm 72:5

They shall fear thee while the sun endures, and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.

Psalm 89:37

It shall be established forever as the moon, and [as] the faithful witness in the sky. Selah.

Jeremiah 31:36

If these ordinances depart from before me, says LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.

Moon » Worshipping of » Jews often guilty of

Jeremiah 8:2

And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshipped. T

2 Kings 23:5

And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and

Moon » appointed » For signs and seasons

Moon » appointed » To rule the night

Psalm 136:9

the moon and stars to rule by night, for his loving kindness [is] forever,

Moon » Lunacy attributed to the influence of

Matthew 4:24

And his fame went forth into all Syria. And they brought to him all those faring badly with various diseases, and gripped with pain, and being demon-possessed, and being lunatic, and paralyzed. And he healed them.

Moon » Worshipping of » Condemned as atheism

Job 31:28

(this also is an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have denied the God that is above);

Job 31:26

if I have beheld the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness,

Moon » Illustrative » Of fairness of the church

Song of Songs 6:10

Who is she who looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, sublime as an army with banners?

Moon » Described as » Fair

Song of Songs 6:10

Who is she who looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, sublime as an army with banners?

Moon » Has a glory of its own

1 Corinthians 15:41

another glory is of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars, for star differs from star in glory.

Moon » Worshipping of » To be punished with death

Deuteronomy 17:3-6

and has gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded, and it be told thee, and thou have heard of it, then shall thou inquire diligently. And, behold, if it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel, then thou shall bring forth that man or that woman, who has done this evil thing, to thy gates, even the man or the woman, and thou shall stone them to death with stones. read more.
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he who is to die be put to death. He shall not be put to death at the mouth of one witness.

Moon » Influences vegetation

Deuteronomy 33:14

and for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, and for the precious things of the growth of the moons,

Moon » Worshipping of » Forbidden to the jews

Deuteronomy 4:19

And lest thou lift up thine eyes to heaven, and when thou see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which LORD thy God has allotted to all the peoples

Moon » appointed » For the benefit of all

Deuteronomy 4:19

And lest thou lift up thine eyes to heaven, and when thou see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which LORD thy God has allotted to all the peoples

Moon » Miracles connected with » Standing still in ajalon

Joshua 10:12-13

Then Joshua spoke to LORD in the day when LORD delivered up the Amorites before the sons of Israel. And he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon. And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jashar? And the sun stayed in the midst of heaven, and hastened not to go down about a whole

Moon » Illustrative » Of changeableness of the world

Moon » Illustrative » (becoming blood,) of judgments

Moon » First appearance of, a time of festivity

1 Samuel 20:5-6

And David said to Jonathan, Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king to eat. But let me go that I may hide myself in the field to the third day at evening. If thy father misses me at all, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city, for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

Moon » Worshipping of » Jews punished for

Jeremiah 8:1-3

At that time, says LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his rulers, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their gr And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshipped. T And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places where I have driven them, says LORD of hosts.

Moon » appointed » To light the earth by night

Jeremiah 31:35

Thus says LORD, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar. LORD of hosts is his name.

Moon » Illustrative » Of glory of Christ in the church

Isaiah 60:20

Thy sun shall no more go down, nor shall thy moon withdraw itself, for LORD will be thine everlasting light. And the days of thy mourning shall be ended.

Moon » appointed » For a light in the firmament

Genesis 1:15

And let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth. And it was so.

Moon » appointed » To divide day from night

Moon » Called the lesser light

Moon » Made to glorify God

Moon » Miracles connected with » Signs in, before the destruction of jerusalem

Moon » Described as » Bright

Job 31:26

if I have beheld the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness,

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Darkening Sun Moon And Stars

Isaiah 13:10

For the stars of heaven and the constellations of it shall not give their light. The sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.

Idolatrous Worship Of The Moon

Deuteronomy 4:19

And lest thou lift up thine eyes to heaven, and when thou see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which LORD thy God has allotted to all the peoples

New Moon Festival

Numbers 28:11

And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt-offering to LORD: two young bullocks, and one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish,

The Moon

Psalm 136:9

the moon and stars to rule by night, for his loving kindness [is] forever,

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