98 Bible Verses about Night

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Genesis 1:14-18

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for appointed times and for days and years; and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light upon the earth; and it was so. And God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also.read more.
And God set them in the firmament of the heavens 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.

Judges 19:9

And when the man rose up to depart, he and his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draws toward evening, I pray you tarry all night; behold, the day comes to an end; lodge here that thy heart may be merry, and tomorrow ye shall get up early and be on your way that thou may come unto thy tent.

John 11:9-10

Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble because he sees the light of this world. But he who walks in the night stumbles because there is no light in him.

Genesis 15:12

And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, behold, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.

Genesis 28:11

And he found a certain place and slept there all night because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place and put them for his pillows and lay down in that place to sleep.

Job 4:13

In imaginations of visions of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men,

Psalm 42:3

My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

Jeremiah 9:1

Oh that my head were waters and my eyes a fountain of tears that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

Jeremiah 14:17

Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them: Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

Nehemiah 1:6

let thine ear now be attentive and thine eyes open, that thou may hear the prayer of thy slave, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the sons of Israel, thy slaves, and I confess the sins of the sons of Israel, with which we have sinned against thee; both I and my father's house have sinned.

Joshua 1:8

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate therein day and night that thou may keep and do according to all that is written therein; for then thou shalt make thy way to prosper, and then thou shalt understand everything.

Acts 26:7

unto which promise our twelve tribes, constantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, King Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.

1 Chronicles 9:33

And of these there were singers, princes of the fathers of the Levites, who remained in the chambers free from other work; for they were employed in that work day and night.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

neither did we eat any man's bread for nought, but working with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you,

Lamentations 2:19

Koph Arise, cry out in the night; in the beginning of the watches; pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord; lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children that faint for hunger in the top of every street.

Judges 7:19

So Gideon and the hundred men that were with him came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch when only the guards were awake, and they blew the shofarot and broke the pitchers that were in their hands.

Exodus 14:24

And it came to pass that in the morning watch the LORD looked at the camp of the Egyptians in the pillar of fire and of cloud and troubled the camp of the Egyptians

Mark 13:35

Watch ye therefore, for ye know not when the Lord of the house comes: at evening or at midnight or at the cockcrowing or in the morning,

Matthew 14:25

And in the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went unto them, walking upon the sea.

Mark 6:48

And he saw them toiling in rowing, for the wind was contrary unto them; and about the fourth watch of the night he came unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.

Luke 12:38

And if he shall come in the second watch or come in the third watch and find them so, blessed are those slaves.

John 13:30

He then having received the sop went immediately out, and it was now night.

Job 30:26

When I expected good, then evil came unto me; and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

Proverbs 2:13

who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,

John 3:19-20

And this is the condemnation, that the light is come into the world, and men loved darkness more than the light because their deeds were evil. For every one that does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

Job 24:14

The murderer rises with the light, kills the poor and the needy, and in the night is as a thief.

Proverbs 7:8-9

passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, in the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night;

1 Thessalonians 5:7

For those that sleep in the night, and those that are drunken are drunken in the night.

Jeremiah 49:9

If grapegatherers came against thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? If thieves by night, they will take what they have need of.

John 12:35-36

Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the Light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you; for he that walks in darkness does not know where he goes. While ye have the Light, believe in the Light that ye may be the sons of light. Jesus spoke these things and departed and hid himself from them.

Matthew 24:42-44

Watch therefore, for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this that if the husband of the house knew in what watch the thief would come, he would watch and would not suffer his house to be broken into. Therefore be ye also ready; the Son of man is to come in the hour that ye think not.

Mark 13:36-37

lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you, I say unto all: Watch.

Psalm 107:13-14

Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke their bonds asunder.

Isaiah 59:9

Therefore judgment has withdrawn from us, and righteousness has never overtaken us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

Psalm 6:6

I am weary with my groaning; all the night I flood my bed; I water my couch with my tears.

Lamentations 1:2

Beth She weeps sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks; among all her lovers she has none to comfort her; all her friends have dealt treacherously with her; they are become her enemies.

Psalm 22:2

O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

Psalm 77:6

I call to remembrance my songs of the night; I commune with my own heart, and my spirit made diligent search.

Psalm 139:1-2

O LORD, thou hast searched me and known me. Thou knowest my sitting down and my rising up, thou dost understand my thoughts from afar.

Psalm 149:5

The merciful shall be joyful with glory; they shall sing aloud upon their beds.

Isaiah 30:29

Ye shall have a song, as in the night in which the Passover is kept and gladness of heart as when one goes with a flute to come into the mountain of the LORD to the mighty One of Israel.

Psalm 63:6

When I remember thee upon my bed and meditate on thee in the night watches.

Psalm 119:55

I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.

Isaiah 26:9

With my soul I desire thee in the night; yea, even as long as the spirit is within me I will seek thee early: for as long as thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

1 Samuel 3:4

and the LORD called Samuel, and he answered, Here am I.

2 Chronicles 7:12

And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and have chosen this place for myself for a house of sacrifice.

Daniel 7:2

Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven fought the great sea.

Zechariah 1:8

I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him there were red horses, speckled, and white.

Acts 23:11

And the night following the Lord stood by him and said, Be of good cheer, Paul, for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou also bear witness at Rome.

Genesis 20:3

But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, Behold, thou art a dead man, for the woman whom thou hast taken, for she is a man's wife.

Genesis 31:24

And God came to Laban the Aramean in dreams by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

1 Kings 3:5

In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, Ask what you wish that I shall give thee.

Job 33:15

In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;

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Exodus 12:42

It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this night should be observed unto the LORD by all the sons of Israel in their ages.

Night » Divided into watches

1 Samuel 11:11

And it was so on the next day that Saul put the people in order in three companies, and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day, and it came to pass that those who remained were scattered so that two of them were not left together.

Exodus 14:24

And it came to pass that in the morning watch the LORD looked at the camp of the Egyptians in the pillar of fire and of cloud and troubled the camp of the Egyptians

Nehemiah 12:9

Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were before them in the watches.

Lamentations 2:19

Koph Arise, cry out in the night; in the beginning of the watches; pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord; lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children that faint for hunger in the top of every street.

Matthew 14:25

And in the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went unto them, walking upon the sea.

Night » Type of ignorance and sin

Revelation 21:25

And her gates shall never be shut by day; for there shall be no night there.

Night » God frequently » Revealed his will in

Genesis 31:24

And God came to Laban the Aramean in dreams by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

Numbers 22:30

And the ass said unto Balaam, Am I not thine ass upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? Was I ever accustomed to do so unto thee? And he said, No.

Daniel 7:2

Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven fought the great sea.

Night » God frequently » Executed his judgments in

2 Kings 19:35

And it came to pass that night that the angel of the LORD went out and smote in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand men; and when they arose early in the morning, behold, the corpses of the dead.

Daniel 5:30

That same night Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans was slain.

Exodus 12:12

For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both among man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD.

Job 27:20

Terrors shall take hold on him as waters; a whirlwind shall carry him away in the night.

Night » Used figuratively

Isaiah 15:1

The burden of Moab. Certainly in the night Ar of Moab was laid waste and brought to silence; certainly in the night Kir of Moab was laid waste and brought to silence.

Isaiah 21:11-12

The burden of Dumah. He calls to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of this night? Watchman, what of this night? The watchman said, The morning comes and then the night; if ye will enquire, enquire ye; return, and come.

Night » Originally divided into three watches

Exodus 14:24

And it came to pass that in the morning watch the LORD looked at the camp of the Egyptians in the pillar of fire and of cloud and troubled the camp of the Egyptians

Lamentations 2:19

Koph Arise, cry out in the night; in the beginning of the watches; pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord; lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children that faint for hunger in the top of every street.

Judges 7:19

So Gideon and the hundred men that were with him came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch when only the guards were awake, and they blew the shofarot and broke the pitchers that were in their hands.

Night » Frequently » Accompanied by heavy dews

Judges 6:38

And it was so, for he rose up early in the morning, and wringing the fleece, he took the dew out of it, a bowl full of water.

Numbers 11:9

And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.

Judges 6:40

And God did so that night for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.

Night » Divided into four watches by the romans

Matthew 14:25

And in the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went unto them, walking upon the sea.

Luke 12:38

And if he shall come in the second watch or come in the third watch and find them so, blessed are those slaves.

Mark 13:35

Watch ye therefore, for ye know not when the Lord of the house comes: at evening or at midnight or at the cockcrowing or in the morning,

Night » Continued until sunrise

Psalm 104:22

The sun arises, they withdraw and lay themselves down in their dens.

Mark 16:2

And very early in the morning the first of the sabbaths, they come unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.

Night » General references to the natural

Psalm 19:2

One day provides a word for the next day, and one night declares wisdom unto the next night.

Psalm 134:1

Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye slaves of the LORD, who by night stand in the house of the LORD.

Night » The jews » In affliction spent, in sorrow and humiliation

Psalm 6:6

I am weary with my groaning; all the night I flood my bed; I water my couch with my tears.

Joel 1:13

Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the present and the drink offering is taken away from the house of your God.

Night » The moon and stars designed to rule and give light by

Jeremiah 31:35

Thus hath the LORD said, who gives the sun for light by day, and the laws of the moon and of the stars for light by night, who divides the sea and the waves thereof roar; The LORD of the hosts is his name;

Genesis 1:16-18

And God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heavens 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.

Night » Wild beasts go forth in search of prey during

2 Samuel 21:10

And Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, took sackcloth and spread it upon the rock from the beginning of harvest until water rained upon them out of heaven and allowed neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day nor the beasts of the field by night.

Psalm 104:21-22

The young lions roar after their prey and seek their food from God. The sun arises, they withdraw and lay themselves down in their dens.

Night » Meditations in

Psalm 19:2

One day provides a word for the next day, and one night declares wisdom unto the next night.

Psalm 77:6

I call to remembrance my songs of the night; I commune with my own heart, and my spirit made diligent search.

Psalm 119:148

My eyes anticipate the night watches that I might meditate in thy spoken word.

Psalm 139:11

If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall shine because of me.

Night » Frequently » Cold and frosty

Jeremiah 36:30

Therefore thus hath the LORD said unto Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have no one to sit upon the throne of David; and his body shall be cast out in the day to the heat and in the night to the frost.

Night » Regular succession of » Established by covenant

Jeremiah 33:20

Thus hath the LORD said; If ye can break my covenant with the day, and my covenant with the night, such that there should not be day nor night in their season,

Night » Favorable to the purposes of the wicked

Genesis 31:39

That which was torn of beasts I did not bring unto thee; I bore the sin; thou didst require of my hand that which was stolen, whether by day or by night.

Job 24:14-15

The murderer rises with the light, kills the poor and the needy, and in the night is as a thief. The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and disguises his face.

Night » God frequently » Visited his people in

Psalm 17:3

Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast refined me and hast found no iniquity; that which I thought did not pass through my mouth.

1 Kings 3:5

In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, Ask what you wish that I shall give thee.

Night » Eastern shepherds watched over their flocks during

Night » Illustrative of » Seasons of severe calamities

Amos 5:8

look unto him that makes the seven stars and Orion and turns the shadow of death into the morning and makes the day dark with night, that calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name;

Isaiah 21:12

The watchman said, The morning comes and then the night; if ye will enquire, enquire ye; return, and come.

Night » Illustrative of » Seasons of spiritual desertion

Song of Songs 3:1

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but I did not find him.

Night » Eastern fishermen continued their employment during

Luke 5:5

And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night and have taken nothing; nevertheless, at thy word I will let down the net.

John 21:3

Simon Peter said unto them, I am going fishing. They said unto him, Let us also go with thee. They went forth and entered into a ship immediately, and that night they caught nothing.

Night » The jews » Forbidden to allow malefactors to hang during

Deuteronomy 21:23

his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt without fail bury him that same day (for he that is hanged is accursed of God) that thy land not be defiled, which the LORD thy God gives thee for an inheritance.

Night » The jews » Forbidden to keep the wages of servants during

Night » The jews » Often kept lamps burning during

Proverbs 31:18

Teth She perceived that her merchandise was good; her fire did not go out by night.

Night » No night in heaven

Revelation 21:25

And her gates shall never be shut by day; for there shall be no night there.

Night » Commenced at sunset

Genesis 28:11

And he found a certain place and slept there all night because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place and put them for his pillows and lay down in that place to sleep.

Night » Illustrative of » Spiritual darkness

Night » Frequently » Exceeding dark

Proverbs 7:9

in the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night;

Night » The heavenly bodies designed to separate day from

Night » Designed for rest

Night » Caused by God

Psalm 104:20

Thou makest darkness, and it is night, wherein all the beasts of the forest move.

Night » The darkness first called

Night » Belongs to God

Night » Regular succession of » Ordained for the glory of God

Psalm 19:2

One day provides a word for the next day, and one night declares wisdom unto the next night.

Night » The jews » In affliction spent, in prayer

Psalm 22:2

O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

Night » Unsuitable for travelling

John 11:10

But he who walks in the night stumbles because there is no light in him.

Night » Wearisome to the afflicted

Job 7:3-4

so I am made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise? I measure the night, and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

Night » Illustrative of » death

Night » Divided into hours

Acts 23:23

And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea and seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, at the third hour of the night

Night » Worship in

Psalm 134:1

Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye slaves of the LORD, who by night stand in the house of the LORD.

Night » Unsuitable for labor

Night » Jesus prays all night

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Acting All Night

Exodus 27:21

In the tabernacle of the testimony outside the veil, which shall be before the ark of the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order them from evening to morning before the LORD; it shall be a perpetual statute of the sons of Israel for their generations.

Protection Day And Night

1 Samuel 25:16

They were a wall unto us both by night and day all the time that we were feeding the sheep with them.

Three Days And Nights

Jonah 1:17

Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Visions At Night

Genesis 40:5

And both of them dreamed a dream, each man his dream in the same night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were bound in the prison.

Walking All Night

1 Samuel 31:12

all the valiant men arose and went all night and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan and came to Jabesh and burnt them there.

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