98 Bible Verses about Night
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And God called the light, Day. And He called the darkness, Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to divide between the day and the night. And let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years. And let them be for lights in the expanse 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 smaller light to rule the night, and the stars also.read more.
And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night; and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
And when the man rose up to leave, he and his concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl's father said to him, Behold, now the day draws toward evening. Please stay all night. Behold, the day grows to an end. Stay here so that your heart may be merry. And tomorrow go early on your way, so that you may go to your tent.
I must work the works of Him who sent Me, while it is day. Night comes when no man can work.
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 the world. But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles because there is no light in him.
And it happened as the sun was setting, and a deep sleep fell upon Abram. And, behold, a horror of great darkness fell upon him!
And he came on a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took of the stones of that place, and placed them at his head. And he lay down in that place to sleep.
My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the day, Where is your God?
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!
And you shall speak this word to them: Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and do not let them cease. For the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great break, with a very grievous blow.
let Your ear now be open, and Your eyes open, so that You may hear the prayer of Your servant, which I pray before You now, day and night, for the sons of Israel Your servants, and confessing the sins of the sons of Israel which we have sinned against You. Both I and my father's house have sinned.
A Song. A Psalm for the sons of Korah. To the Chief Musician. On Mahalath, to make humble. A Poem of Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before You.
And shall not God avenge His own elect who cry day and night to Him, though He has been long-suffering over them?
night and day praying exceedingly for me to see your face and to perfect the things lacking in your faith?
This book of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it by day and by night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall act wisely.
But his delight is only in the Law of Jehovah; and in His Law he meditates day and night.
And she was a widow of eighty-four years, who did not depart from the temple, serving God with fastings and prayers night and day.
to which promise our twelve tribes hope to attain, serving God fervently night and day. For the sake of this hope, king Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.
And each one of the four living creatures had six wings about him, and within being full of eyes. And they had no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God, the Almighty, who was and is and is to come.
Therefore they are before the throne of God, and they serve Him day and night in His temple. And He sitting on the throne will dwell among them.
And these were the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites in the chambers, they were free of duty, for they were employed in that work day and night.
For, brothers, you remember our labor and toil. For laboring night and day in order not to put a burden on any one of you, we preached the gospel of God to you.
neither did we eat any man's bread freely, but we worked with labor and travail night and day, so that we might not be heavy on any of you
Arise, cry out in the night. At the beginning of the watches, pour out your heart like water before the face of Jehovah. Lift up your hands toward Him for the life of your children who are faint for hunger in the head of every street.
So Gideon and the hundred men with him came to the edge of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch. And they had but newly set the watch. And they blew the ram's horns and broke the pitchers that were in their hands.
And in the morning watch it happened that Jehovah looked to the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the army of the Egyptians.
Then you watch, for you do not know when the lord of the house is coming, at evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or early;
And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea.
And He saw them toiling in rowing, for the wind was contrary to them. And about the fourth watch of the night He came toward them walking on the sea, and would have passed by them.
And if he comes in the second watch, or comes in the third watch, and find it so, blessed are those servants.
He then, having received the morsel, went out immediately. And it was night.
When I was with you in the temple daily, you did not stretch out your hand on Me. But this is your hour, and the authority of the darkness.
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts. And then shall each one have praise of God.
those who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,
And this is the condemnation, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than the Light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
The murderer rising with the light kills the poor and needy, and in the night he is 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 those sleeping sleep in the night, and those being drunken are drunken in the night.
If the gatherers of grapes come to you, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? If thieves come by night, they will destroy until they have enough.
You are all the sons of light and the sons of the day. We are not of the night, or of darkness.
Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while the Light is with you. Walk while you have the Light, lest darkness come upon you. For he who walks in darkness does not know where he goes. While you have the Light, believe in the Light so that you may become sons of Light. Jesus spoke these things and departed and was hidden from them.
The night is far spent, the day is at hand; therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light
For He has delivered us from the power of darkness and has translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son;
Therefore watch; for you do not know what hour your Lord comes. But know this, that if the steward of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched and would not have allowed his house to be dug through. Therefore you also be ready, for in that hour you think not, the Son of Man comes.
Therefore watch, for you do not know either the day or the hour in which the Son of Man comes.
lest he come suddenly and find you sleeping. And what I say to you, I say to all. Watch.
Then they cried to Jehovah in their distress, and He saved them out of their troubles. He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands in two.
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; they who dwell in the land of the shadow of death, on them the light has shined.
Therefore judgment is far from us; nor does justice overtake us. We wait for light, but behold, dimness; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
I am weary in my groaning; all the night I make my bed swim; I melt my couch with my tears.
For His anger is only a moment; in His favor is life. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
She bitterly weeps 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 deceitfully with her; they became her enemies.
And it happened in those days that He went out into a mountain to pray, and He was spending the night in prayer to God.
It repents Me that I have set up Saul to be king. For he has turned back from following Me and has not done My commands. And it grieved Samuel, and he cried out to Jehovah all night.
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not answer; and in the night, and am not silent.
And toward midnight Paul and Silas prayed and praised God in a hymn. And the prisoners listened to them.
Jehovah will command His loving-kindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be with me, my prayer to the God of my life.
I remember my song in the night; I speak with my own heart, and my spirit carefully searches.
To the Chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, You have searched me and have known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off.
Let the saints be joyful in glory; let them sing aloud on their beds.
You shall have a song, as in the keeping of a holy feast night; and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a flute to come into the mountain of Jehovah, to the mighty One of Israel.
With my soul I desired You in the night; yea, with my spirit within me I will seek You early; for when Your judgments are in the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
And Jehovah appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place to Myself for a house of sacrifice.
Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. And Daniel blessed the God of Heaven.
Daniel spoke and said, In my vision by night I was looking: and behold, the four winds of the heavens were stirring up the Great Sea.
I watched by night. And behold! a Man riding on a red horse, and He stood among the myrtle trees in the ravine. And behind Him were red, sorrel and white horses.
And the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, Do not be afraid, but speak, and be not silent.
And the following night the Lord stood by him and said, Be of good cheer, Paul, for as you have testified of Me in Jerusalem, so you also must bear witness at Rome.
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, you are about to die, for the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man's wife.
And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, Take heed that you do not speak either good or bad to Jacob.
In Gibeon Jehovah appeared to Solomon in a dream by night. And God said, Ask what I shall give you!
In a dream, a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men; while they slumber on the bed;
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It repents Me that I have set up Saul to be king. For he has turned back from following Me and has not done My commands. And it grieved Samuel, and he cried out to Jehovah all night.
Evening and morning, and at noon, I will pray and cry aloud; and He shall hear my voice.
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And toward midnight Paul and Silas prayed and praised God in a hymn. And the prisoners listened to them.
And it happened in those days that He went out into a mountain to pray, and He was spending the night in prayer to God.
Devotional life » Night » All Night Prayers » jacob
And Jacob was left alone. And a Man wrestled there with him until the breaking of the day.
Family Joy » Future » Maternal and paternal love » Night
And there will be no night there. And they need no lamp, or light of the sun; for the Lord God gives them light. And they will reign forever and ever.
Israel » Journey » Night
It is a night to be much kept to Jehovah for bringing them out from the land of Egypt. This is that night of Jehovah to be kept by all the sons of Israel in their generations.
Night » Divided into watches
And it was so on the next day, Saul put the people in three companies, and they came into the middle of the army at the morning watch. And they killed the Ammonites until the heat of the day. And the ones who remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.
And in the morning watch it happened that Jehovah looked to the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the army of the Egyptians.
Arise, cry out in the night. At the beginning of the watches, pour out your heart like water before the face of Jehovah. Lift up your hands toward Him for the life of your children who are faint for hunger in the head of every street.
And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea.
Night » Type of ignorance and sin
The night is far spent, the day is at hand; therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
You are all the sons of light and the sons of the day. We are not of the night, or of darkness.
And there will be no night there. And they need no lamp, or light of the sun; for the Lord God gives them light. And they will reign forever and ever.
And its gates may 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 to him, Take heed that you do not speak either good or bad to Jacob.
And God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob! And he said, Here I am.
And the ass said to Balaam, Am I not your ass, upon which you have ridden ever since I was yours, to this day? Was I ever known to do so to you? And he said, No.
Daniel spoke and said, In my vision by night I was looking: and behold, the four winds of the heavens were stirring up the Great Sea.
Night » God frequently » Executed his judgments in
And it happened that night, the Angel of Jehovah went out and struck a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians. And they arose early in the morning, and behold, they were all dead bodies.
In that night Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans was killed.
For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast. And I will execute judgments against all the gods of Egypt. I am Jehovah.
Night » Used figuratively
I must work the works of Him who sent Me, while it is day. Night comes when no man can work.
The burden of Moab. Because in a night Ar of Moab is laid waste; it is cut off; because in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste; it is cut off.
The night is far spent, the day is at hand; therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
You are all the sons of light and the sons of the day. We are not of the night, or of darkness.
The burden against Dumah: He calls to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? The watchman said, The morning comes, and also the night; if you will inquire, inquire, and come again.
Night » Originally divided into three watches
And in the morning watch it happened that Jehovah looked to the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the army of the Egyptians.
Arise, cry out in the night. At the beginning of the watches, pour out your heart like water before the face of Jehovah. Lift up your hands toward Him for the life of your children who are faint for hunger in the head of every street.
So Gideon and the hundred men with him came to the edge of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch. And they had but newly set the watch. And they blew the ram's horns and broke the pitchers that were in their hands.
Night » Frequently » Accompanied by heavy dews
And it was so. For he rose up early in the morning and gathered the fleece together, and wrung 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 to them, walking on the sea.
And if he comes in the second watch, or comes in the third watch, and find it so, blessed are those servants.
Then you watch, for you do not know when the lord of the house is coming, at evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or early;
Night » Continued until sunrise
But late in the week, at the dawning into the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.
And very early in the morning, the first day of the week, they came upon the tomb, the sun having risen.
Night » General references to the natural
And God called the light, Day. And He called the darkness, Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
A Song of degrees. Behold, bless Jehovah, all servants of Jehovah, who stand by night in the house of Jehovah.
Night » The jews » In affliction spent, in sorrow and humiliation
For His anger is only a moment; in His favor is life. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
I am weary in my groaning; all the night I make my bed swim; I melt my couch with my tears.
Gird up and lament, priests; howl, ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, ministers of my God. For the food offering and the drink offering are held back from the house of your God.
Night » The moon and stars designed to rule and give light by
So says Jehovah, who gives the sun for a light by day and the laws of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who divides the sea when its waves roar; Jehovah of Hosts is His name;
And God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the smaller light to rule the night, and the stars also. And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night; and to divide between the light and 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 herself upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven. And she did not allow either 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 food from God. The sun rises; they are gathered, and go to their dens to lie down.
Night » Meditations in
I remember my song in the night; I speak with my own heart, and my spirit carefully searches.
My eyes go before the night watches, so that I might think on Your Word.
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me, even the night shall be light around me.
Night » Frequently » Cold and frosty
I was there; in the day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night. And my sleep departed from my eyes.
Therefore so says Jehovah of Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have no one to sit on 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 remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
So says Jehovah: If you 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 mangled I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it. You required it at my hand, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.
The murderer rising with the light kills the poor and needy, and in the night he is a thief. And the eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye will see me; and he puts a covering on his face.
Night » God frequently » Visited his people in
You have proved my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me, and You will find nothing; my thoughts do not pass beyond my mouth.
In Gibeon Jehovah appeared to Solomon in a dream by night. And God said, Ask what I shall give you!
Night » Eastern shepherds watched over their flocks during
I was there; in the day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night. And my sleep departed from my eyes.
And in the same country there were shepherds living in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
Night » Illustrative of » Seasons of severe calamities
seek Him who created the Pleiades and Orion, and who turned the deep darkness into the morning and He darkened the day into night. Seek Him who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the face of the earth; Jehovah is His name;
The watchman said, The morning comes, and also the night; if you will inquire, inquire, and come again.
Night » Illustrative of » Seasons of spiritual desertion
By night on my bed I sought Him whom my soul loved; I sought Him, but I did not find Him.
Night » Eastern fishermen continued their employment during
And answering, Simon said to Him, Master, we have toiled all the night and have taken nothing. Yet at Your word I will let down the net.
Simon Peter said to them, I am going out to fish. They said to him, We will go with you also. They went out and entered into a boat immediately. And that night they caught nothing.
Night » The jews » Forbidden to allow malefactors to hang during
his body shall not remain all night on the tree. But you shall surely bury him that day (for he that is hanged is accursed of God), so that your land may not be defiled, which Jehovah your God gives you for an inheritance.
Night » The jews » Forbidden to keep the wages of servants during
You shall not defraud your neighbor nor rob him. The wages of him who is hired shall not stay with you until the morning.
Night » The jews » Often kept lamps burning during
She sees that her merchandise is good; her lamp does not go out by night.
Night » No night in heaven
And there will be no night there. And they need no lamp, or light of the sun; for the Lord God gives them light. And they will reign forever and ever.
And its gates may not be shut at all by day, for there shall be no night there.
Night » Commenced at sunset
And he came on a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took of the stones of that place, and placed them at his head. And he lay down in that place to sleep.
Night » Illustrative of » Spiritual darkness
The night is far spent, the day is at hand; therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
Night » Frequently » Exceeding dark
Night » The heavenly bodies designed to separate day from
And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to divide between the day and the night. And let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years.
Night » Designed for rest
Night » Caused by God
You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the beasts of the forest creep forth.
Night » The darkness first called
And God called the light, Day. And He called the darkness, 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 You do not answer; and in the night, and am not silent.
Night » Unsuitable for travelling
But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles because there is no light in him.
Night » Wearisome to the afflicted
so I am made to possess months of vanity, and weary nights are appointed to me. When I lie down, I say, When shall I rise? But the night is long, and I am full of tossing to and fro until the dawning of the day.
Night » Illustrative of » death
I must work the works of Him who sent Me, while it is day. Night comes when no man can work.
Night » Divided into hours
And he called 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
A Song of degrees. Behold, bless Jehovah, all servants of Jehovah, who stand by night in the house of Jehovah.
Night » Unsuitable for labor
I must work the works of Him who sent Me, while it is day. Night comes when no man can work.
Night » Jesus prays all night
And it happened in those days that He went out into a mountain to pray, and He was spending the night in prayer to God.
Prayer » Night » All Night Prayers » jacob
And Jacob was left alone. And a Man wrestled there with him until the breaking of the day.
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And there will be no night there. And they need no lamp, or light of the sun; for the Lord God gives them light. And they will reign forever and ever.
the future » No more » Night
And there will be no night there. And they need no lamp, or light of the sun; for the Lord God gives them light. And they will reign forever and ever.
Topics on Night
Acting All Night
Exodus 27:21in the tabernacle of the congregation, outside the veil which is before the testimony. Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before Jehovah. It shall be a statute forever to their generations on behalf of the sons of Israel.
Affliction Day And Night
Psalm 32:4For by day and by night Your hand was heavy on me; my sap is turned into the droughts of summer. Selah.
All Night Prayers
Luke 6:12And it happened in those days that He went out into a mountain to pray, and He was spending the night in prayer to God.
Darkness Of Night
Job 9:7the One speaking to the sun, and it does not rise; and seals up the stars;
Day Or Night
Psalm 1:2But his delight is only in the Law of Jehovah; and in His Law he meditates day and night.
During One Night
Acts 18:9And the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, Do not be afraid, but speak, and be not silent.
Labour Day And Night
1 Thessalonians 2:9For, brothers, you remember our labor and toil. For laboring night and day in order not to put a burden on any one of you, we preached the gospel of God to you.
Protection Day And Night
1 Samuel 25:16They were a wall to 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 expanse of the heavens to divide between the day and 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 He called the darkness, Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Spiritual Night
1 Thessalonians 5:5You are all the sons of light and the sons of the day. We are not of the night, or of darkness.
Three Days And Nights
Jonah 1:17And Jehovah 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 cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were bound in the prison.
Walking All Night
1 Samuel 31:12then all the brave men arose, and they traveled all night. And they took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and burned them there.
Worship Day And Night
Joshua 1:8This book of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it by day and by night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall act wisely.