98 Bible Verses about Night
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And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven 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 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.
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 draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried 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.
My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine 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.
Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.
{A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.} O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night.
For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
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.
So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.
And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.
And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.
And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
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:
For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
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 walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
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 brake their bands in sunder.
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.
Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.
When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.
Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
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 were there red horses, speckled, and white.
Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
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 bear witness also at Rome.
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
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It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
Devotional life » Prayer » Night » All Night Prayers » Christ
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
Devotional life » Night » All Night Prayers » jacob
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
Family Joy » Future » Maternal and paternal love » Night
And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
Israel » Journey » Night
It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.
Night » Divided into watches
And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people 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 they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.
And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
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.
And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.
Night » Type of ignorance and sin
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
Night » God frequently » Revealed his will in
And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.
Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
Night » God frequently » Executed his judgments in
And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
Night » Used figuratively
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: return, come.
Night » Originally divided into three watches
And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
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.
So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.
Night » Frequently » Accompanied by heavy dews
And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.
And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
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
And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.
And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
Night » Continued until sunrise
In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
Night » General references to the natural
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
{A Song of degrees.} Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.
Night » The jews » In affliction spent, in sorrow and humiliation
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
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 meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
Night » The moon and stars designed to rule and give light by
Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
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 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.
Night » Wild beasts go forth in search of prey during
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
Night » Meditations in
I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
Night » Frequently » Cold and frosty
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead 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
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
Night » Favorable to the purposes of the wicked
That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
Night » God frequently » Visited his people in
Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
Night » Eastern shepherds watched over their flocks during
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
Night » Illustrative of » Seasons of severe calamities
Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: return, come.
Night » Illustrative of » Seasons of spiritual desertion
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Night » Eastern fishermen continued their employment during
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.
Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We 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
His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
Night » The jews » Forbidden to keep the wages of servants during
Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
Night » The jews » Often kept lamps burning during
She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
Night » No night in heaven
And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
Night » Commenced at sunset
And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried 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
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Night » Frequently » Exceeding dark
Night » The heavenly bodies designed to separate day from
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
Night » Designed for rest
Night » Caused by God
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
Night » The darkness first called
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Night » Belongs to God
Night » Regular succession of » Ordained for the glory of God
Night » The jews » In affliction spent, in prayer
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
But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
Night » Wearisome to the afflicted
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
Night » Illustrative of » death
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
Night » Divided into hours
And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
Night » Worship in
{A Song of degrees.} Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.
Night » Unsuitable for labor
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
Night » Jesus prays all night
And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
Prayer » Night » All Night Prayers » jacob
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
the seven No mores » No more » Night
And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
the future » No more » Night
And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
Topics on Night
Acting All Night
Exodus 27:21In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
Affliction Day And Night
Psalm 32:4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
All Night Prayers
Luke 6:12And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
Day Or Night
Psalm 1:2But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
During One Night
Acts 18:9Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
Labour Day And Night
1 Thessalonians 2:9For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
Protection Day And Night
1 Samuel 25:16They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
Provision Of Day And Night
Genesis 1:14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
Provision Of Night
Genesis 1:5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Spiritual Night
1 Thessalonians 5:5Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
Three Days And Nights
Jonah 1:17Now 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 40:5And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.
Walking All Night
1 Samuel 31:12All 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.
Worship Day And Night
Joshua 1:8This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.