98 Bible Verses about Night
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and called the light "day," and the darkness "night." And so of the evening and morning was made the first day.
Then said God, "Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven, to divide the day from the night; that they may be unto signs, seasons, days and years. And let them be lights in the firmament of heaven, to shine upon the earth." And so it was. And God made two great lights: a greater light to rule the day, and a lesser light to rule the night; and he made stars also.read more.
And God put them in the firmament of heaven to shine upon the earth, and to rule the day and the night, and to divide the light from darkness. And God saw that it was good:
And then the man arose to depart with his concubine and his lad. But his father-in-law, the damsel's father, said unto him, "Behold, the day goeth fast away and draweth toward even. Tarry all night: at the least way tarry this day here and let thine heart be merry. And tomorrow get you early upon your way and get thee to thy tent."
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 a 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 down, there fell a slumber upon Abram. And lo, fear and great darkness came upon him.
and came unto a place and tarried there all night, because the son was down. And took a stone of the place, and put it under his head, and laid him down in the same place to sleep.
In the fantasies and thoughts of the visions of the night, when sleep cometh on men:
My tears have been my meat day and night, while they daily say unto me, "Where is now thy God?"
O Who will give my head water enough, and a well of tears for mine eyes, that I may weep night and day for the slaughter of my people?
"This shalt thou say also unto them: 'Mine eyes shall weep without ceasing day and night. For my people shall be destroyed with great harm, and shall perish with a great plague.
Let thine ears mark and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray now before thee day and night for the children of Israel thy servants, and knowledge the sins of the children of Israel, which we have committed against thee. And I and my father's house have sinned also.
{A Psalm and song of the sons of Korah, to the Chanter upon Mahalath, to give thanks, an Instruction of Heman the Ezrahite} O LORD God my Savior, I have cried day and night before thee;
And shall not God avenge his elect, which cry night and day unto him? Yea though he defer them:
while we night and day pray exceedingly, that we might see you presently, and might fulfill that which is lacking in your faith.
Let not the book of this law depart out of thy mouth: but record therein day and night that thou mayest be circumspect to do according to all that is written therein. For then shalt thou make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have understanding.
But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in his law will he exercise himself, day and night.
And she had been a widow about four score and four years of age, which went never out of the temple, but served God there with fasting and prayer 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 am I accused of the Jews.
And the four beasts had, each one of them, six wings about him, and they were full of eyes within. And they had no rest day neither night saying, "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God almighty, which was, and is, and is to come."
therefore are they in the presence of the seat of God and serve him day and night in his temple, and he that sitteth in the seat will dwell among them.
These are the singers - ancient heads among the Levites divided by chambers, for they had to do both day and night.
Ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail. For we laboured day and night, because we would not be grievous unto any of you, and preached unto you the gospel of God.
Neither took we bread of any man for nought: but wrought with labour and travail night and day, because we would not be grievous to any of you:
{Kuf} Stand up and make thy prayer in the first watch of the night; pour out thine heart like water before the LORD. Lift up thine hands for the lives of thy young children that die of hunger in the streets.
And so Gideon, and the three hundred men that were with him, came unto the side of the host in the beginning of the middle watch, and raised up the watchmen. And they blew with their trumpets and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.
And in the morning watch, the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians out of the fiery and cloudy pillar, and troubled their host;
Watch, therefore, for ye know not when the master of the house will come: whether at even, or at midnight; whether at the cock crowing, or in the dawning:
In the fourth watch of the night, Jesus came unto them, walking on the sea:
and he saw them troubled in rowing, for the wind was contrary unto them. And about the fourth quarter of the night, he came unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.
And if he come in the second watch, yea, if he come in the third watch, and shall find them so, happy are those servants.
As soon then as he had received the sop, he went immediately out. And it was night.
Yet nevertheless, whereas I looked for good, evil happened unto me; and whereas I waited for light, there came darkness.
When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched not forth hands against me. But this is even your very hour, and the power of darkness."
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, which will lighten things that are hid in darkness: and open the counsels of the hearts. And then shall every man have praise of God.
From such as leave the high street, and walk in the ways of darkness;
And this is the condemnation: that light is come into the world, and the men have loved darkness more than light, because their deeds were evil. For every man that evil doeth, hateth the light: neither cometh to light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Timely in the morning do they arise, to murder the simple and poor, and in the night they go a stealing.
going over the streets, by the corner, in the way toward the harlot's house; in the twilight of the evening, when it began now to be night and dark.
For they that sleep, sleep in the night: and they that be drunken, are drunken in the night.
If the grape gathers come upon thee, should they not leave some grapes? If the night robbers came upon thee, should they not take so much as they thought were enough?
Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, neither of darkness.
Then Jesus said unto them, "Yet a little while is the light with you: walk while ye have light, lest the darkness come on you. He that walketh in the dark, knoweth not whither he goeth. While ye have light, believe on the light that ye may be the children of light." These things spake Jesus, and departed, and hid himself from them.
The night is past and the day is come nigh. Let us therefore cast away the deeds of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.
Which hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear son,
Wake, therefore, because ye know not what hour your master will come. Of this be sure, that if the good man of the house knew what hour the thief would come: he would surely watch, and not suffer his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready, for in the hour ye think least on, in the same ye think he would not: will the son of man come.
Look that ye watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor yet the hour, when the son of man shall come.
lest if he come suddenly, he should find you sleeping. And that I say unto you, I say unto all men: Watch."
So they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distress. He brought them out of darkness, and out of the shadow of death, and broke their bonds in sunder.
The people that have dwelt in darkness, shall see a great light. As for them that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them shall the light shine.
And this is the cause that equity is so far from us, and that righteousness cometh not nigh us. We look for light, lo, it is darkness; for the morning shine, see, we walk in the dark.
I am weary of my groaning; every night wash I my bed, and water my couch with my tears.
For his wrath endureth but the twinkling of an eye, and in his pleasure is life; heaviness may well endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
{Beth} She weepeth sore in the night, so that the tears run down her cheeks: for among all her lovers, there is none that giveth her any comfort. Yea, her next friends transgress against her, and are become her enemies.
And it fortuned in those days, that he went out into a mountain for to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
"It repenteth me that I have made Saul king. For he is turned from me and hath not performed my commandments." Wherefore Samuel was evil apaid and cried unto the LORD all night.
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not: and in the night season also I take no rest.
At midnight, Paul and Silas prayed, and lauded God. And the prisoners heard them.
For such one never sayeth, 'Where is God that made me? And that shineth upon us, that we might praise him in the night?
The LORD hath granted his loving-kindness in the daytime; and in the night-season did I sing of him, and made my prayer unto the God of my life.
I called to remembrance my song in the night, I communed with mine own heart, and sought out my spirit.
{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} O LORD, thou searchest me out, and knowest me. Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising; thou understandest my thoughts afar off.
Let the saints be joyful with glory; let them rejoice in their beds.
But ye shall sing, as the use is in the night of the holy solemnity. Ye shall rejoice from your heart, as they that come with the pipe, when they go up to the mount of the LORD, unto the rock of Israel.
Have I not remembered thee in my bed, and thought upon thee when I was waking?
My soul lusteth after thee all the night long, and my mind hasteth freely to thee. For as soon as thy judgment is known to the world, then the inhabiters of the earth learn righteousness.
And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night and said to him, "I have heard thy petition and have chosen this place for myself to be a house of sacrifice.
Then was the mystery showed unto Daniel in a vision by night. And Daniel praised 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 sea,
"I saw by night, and lo, there sat one upon a red horse, and stood still among the Myrtle trees, that were beneath upon the ground: and behind him were there red, speckled and white horses.
Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, "Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
The night following God stood by him, and said, "Be of good cheer Paul: For as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness at Rome."
And God came to Abimelech by night in a dream and said to him, "See, thou art but a dead man for the woman's sake which thou hast taken away, for she is a man's wife."
And God came to Laban the Sirian in a dream by night, and said unto him, "Take heed to thyself, that thou speak not to Jacob ought save good."
And in Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night. And God said, "Ask what I shall give thee."
In dreams and visions of the night season - When slumbering cometh upon men, that they fall a sleep in their beds -
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Devotional life » Night » Prayer » All Night Prayers » samuel
"It repenteth me that I have made Saul king. For he is turned from me and hath not performed my commandments." Wherefore Samuel was evil apaid and cried unto the LORD all night.
In the evening, and morning, and at noon day will I mourn and complain: and he shall hear my voice.
Devotional life » Prayer » Night » All Night Prayers » Christ
At midnight, Paul and Silas prayed, and lauded God. And the prisoners heard them.
And it fortuned in those days, that he went out into a mountain for to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
Devotional life » Night » All Night Prayers » jacob
and tarried behind; himself alone. And there wrestled a man with him unto the breaking of the day.
Family Joy » Future » Maternal and paternal love » Night
And there shall be no more night there and they need no candle, neither light of the sun: for the Lord God giveth them light, and they shall reign for evermore.
Israel » Journey » Night
This is a night to be observed to the LORD, because he brought them out of the land of Egypt. This is a night of the LORD, to be kept of all the children of Israel and of their generations after them.
Night » Divided into watches
And on the morrow Saul put the people in three parts. And they came in upon the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites, until the heat of the day. And they that remained, scattered: so that two of them were not left together.
And in the morning watch, the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians out of the fiery and cloudy pillar, and troubled their host;
{Kuf} Stand up and make thy prayer in the first watch of the night; pour out thine heart like water before the LORD. Lift up thine hands for the lives of thy young children that die of hunger in the streets.
In the fourth watch of the night, Jesus came unto them, walking on the sea:
Night » Type of ignorance and sin
The night is past and the day is come nigh. Let us therefore cast away the deeds 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, neither of darkness.
And there shall be no more night there and they need no candle, neither light of the sun: for the Lord God giveth them light, and they shall reign for evermore.
And the gates of it are not shut by day. For there shall be no night there.
Night » God frequently » Revealed his will in
And God came to Laban the Sirian in a dream by night, and said unto him, "Take heed to thyself, that thou speak not to Jacob ought save good."
And God said unto Israel in a vision by night, and called unto him, "Jacob, Jacob." And he answered, "Here am I."
And the ass said unto Balaam, "Am not I thine ass which thou hast ridden upon since thou wast born 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 sea,
Night » God frequently » Executed his judgments in
And the selfsame night the Angel of the LORD went out and smote, in the host of the Assyrians, a hundred and four score and five thousand. And when they were up early in the morning: behold, they were all dead corpses.
The very same night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain,
"For I will go about in the land of Egypt this same night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of man and beast, and upon all the gods of Egypt will I the LORD do execution.
Destruction taketh hold upon him as a water flood, and the tempest stealeth him away in the night season.
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.
This is the heavy burden upon Moab: Ar of Moab was destroyed and overthrown in the night season: Kir also, in Moab, perished in the night and vanished away.
The night is past and the day is come nigh. Let us therefore cast away the deeds 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, neither of darkness.
The heavy burden of Dumah. He calleth unto me, out of of Seir, "Watchman, what hast thou espied by night? Watchman, what hast thou espied by night?" The watchman answered, "The morning cometh, and so doth the night. If ye will ask any question, then ask it, return and come again."
Night » Originally divided into three watches
And in the morning watch, the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians out of the fiery and cloudy pillar, and troubled their host;
{Kuf} Stand up and make thy prayer in the first watch of the night; pour out thine heart like water before the LORD. Lift up thine hands for the lives of thy young children that die of hunger in the streets.
And so Gideon, and the three hundred men that were with him, came unto the side of the host in the beginning of the middle watch, and raised up the watchmen. And they blew with their trumpets and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.
Night » Frequently » Accompanied by heavy dews
And it came to pass. And he rose up early on the morrow, and he thrust the fleece together and wrung the dew thereout and filled a bowl of water.
And when the dew fell about the host in the night, the Manna fell therewith.
And God did so that same night: so that it was dry upon the fleece only, and on all the ground about, dew.
Night » Divided into four watches by the romans
In the fourth watch of the night, Jesus came unto them, walking on the sea:
And if he come in the second watch, yea, if he come in the third watch, and shall find them so, happy are those servants.
Watch, therefore, for ye know not when the master of the house will come: whether at even, or at midnight; whether at the cock crowing, or in the dawning:
Night » Continued until sunrise
The Sabbath day, at even, which dawneth the morrow after the Sabbath, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the sepulchre.
But when the sun ariseth, they get them away together, and lie them down in their dens.
And early in the morning, the next day after the Sabbath day, they came unto the sepulchre when the sun was risen.
Night » General references to the natural
and called the light "day," and the darkness "night." And so of the evening and morning was made the first day.
{A song of the stairs} Behold now, praise the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, ye that by night stand in the house of the LORD.
Night » The jews » In affliction spent, in sorrow and humiliation
For his wrath endureth but the twinkling of an eye, and in his pleasure is life; heaviness may well endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
I am weary of my groaning; every night wash I my bed, and water my couch with my tears.
Gird you, and make your moan, O ye priests: mourn ye ministers of the alter: go your way in, and sleep in sackcloth, O ye officers of my God: for the meat and drink offering shall be taken away from the house of your God.
Night » The moon and stars designed to rule and give light by
"Thus sayeth the LORD which gave the sun to be a light for the day, and the moon and stars to shine in the night: which moveth the sea, so that the floods thereof wax fierce: his name is the LORD of Hosts.
And God made two great lights: a greater light to rule the day, and a lesser light to rule the night; and he made stars also. And God put them in the firmament of heaven to shine upon the earth, and to rule the day and the night, and to divide the light from 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 under her upon the rock, even from the beginning of harvest until rain dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to fall on them by day nor beasts of the field by night.
The lions, roaring after their prey, do seek their meat from God. But when the sun ariseth, they get them away together, and lie them down in their dens.
Night » Meditations in
I called to remembrance my song in the night, I communed with mine own heart, and sought out my spirit.
Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might be occupied in thy words.
If I say, "Peradventure the darkness shall cover me, then shall my night be turned to day." -
Night » Frequently » Cold and frosty
Moreover, by day the heat consumed me, and the cold by night, and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
Therefore thus the LORD sayeth, of Jehoiakim the king of Judah: There shall none of his generation sit upon the throne of David. His dead corpse shall be cast out, that the heat of the day and the frost of the night may come upon him.
Night » Regular succession of » Established by covenant
Neither shall sowing time and harvest, cold, and heat, summer and winter, day and night cease, as long as the earth endureth."
"Thus sayeth the LORD: May the covenant which I have made with day and night be broken, that there should not be day and night in due season?
Night » Favorable to the purposes of the wicked
Whatsoever was torn of beasts I brought it not unto thee, but made it good myself: of my hand didst thou require it, whether it was stolen by day or night.
Timely in the morning do they arise, to murder the simple and poor, and in the night they go a stealing. The eye of the ungodly is like the adulterer, that waiteth for the darkness, and sayeth thus in himself, 'Tush, there shall no man see me,' and so he disguiseth his face.
Night » God frequently » Visited his people in
Thou hast proved and visited mine heart in the night season; thou hast tried me, and shalt find no wickedness in me, for I am utterly purposed that my mouth shall not offend.
And 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
Moreover, by day the heat consumed me, and the cold by night, and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
And there were in the same region shepherds abiding in the field, and watching 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 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 answered, "The morning cometh, and so doth the night. If ye will ask any question, then ask it, return and come again."
Night » Illustrative of » Seasons of spiritual desertion
By night in my bed I sought him, whom my soul loveth: yea, diligently sought I him, but I found him not.
Night » Eastern fishermen continued their employment during
And Simon answered, and said to him, "Master, we have laboured all night, and have taken nothing. Neverthelater, at thy word I will loose forth the net."
Simon Peter said unto them, "I go a fishing." They said unto him, "We also will go with thee." They went their way and entered into a ship straightway, and that night caught they nothing.
Night » The jews » Forbidden to allow malefactors to hang during
let not his body remain all night upon the tree, but bury him the same day. For the curse of God is on him that is hanged. Defile not thy land therefore, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit.
Night » The jews » Forbidden to keep the wages of servants during
Thou shalt not beguile thy neighbour with cavillations, neither rob him violently, neither shall the workman's labour abide with thee until the morning.
Night » The jews » Often kept lamps burning during
And if she perceiveth that her housewifery doth good, her candle goeth not out by night.
Night » No night in heaven
And there shall be no more night there and they need no candle, neither light of the sun: for the Lord God giveth them light, and they shall reign for evermore.
And the gates of it are not shut by day. For there shall be no night there.
Night » Commenced at sunset
and came unto a place and tarried there all night, because the son was down. And took a stone of the place, and put it under his head, and laid him down in the same place to sleep.
Night » Illustrative of » Spiritual darkness
The night is past and the day is come nigh. Let us therefore cast away the deeds of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Night » Frequently » Exceeding dark
Night » The heavenly bodies designed to separate day from
Then said God, "Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven, to divide the day from the night; that they may be unto signs, seasons, days and years.
Night » Designed for rest
Night » Caused by God
Thou makest darkness, that it may be night, wherein all the beasts of the forest do move.
Night » The darkness first called
and called the light "day," and the darkness "night." And so of the evening and morning was made 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 also I take no rest.
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
Even so have I laboured whole months long - but in vain - and many a careful night have I told. When I laid me down to sleep, I said, 'O when shall I rise?' Again, I longed sore for the night. Thus am I full of sorrow, till it be dark.
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 under captains, 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 the stairs} Behold now, praise the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, ye that 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 fortuned in those days, that he went out into a mountain for to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
Prayer » Night » All Night Prayers » jacob
and tarried behind; himself alone. And there wrestled a man with him unto the breaking of the day.
the seven No mores » No more » Night
And there shall be no more night there and they need no candle, neither light of the sun: for the Lord God giveth them light, and they shall reign for evermore.
the future » No more » Night
And there shall be no more night there and they need no candle, neither light of the sun: for the Lord God giveth them light, and they shall reign for evermore.
Topics on Night
Acting All Night
Exodus 27:21In the tabernacle of witness without the veil which is before the witness, shall Aaron and his sons dress it both even and morning before the LORD: And it shall be a duty for ever unto your generations after you: to be given of the children of Israel."
Affliction Day And Night
Psalm 32:4For thy hand is heavy upon me both day and night, and my moisture is like the drought in Summer. Selah.
All Night Prayers
Luke 6:12And it fortuned in those days, that he went out into a mountain for to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
Darkness Of Night
Job 9:7He commandeth the sun, and it riseth not: he closeth up the stars, as it were under a signet.
Day Or Night
Psalm 1:2But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in his law will he exercise himself, 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 2:9Ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail. For we laboured day and night, because we would not be grievous unto any of you, and preached unto you the gospel of God.
Protection Day And Night
1 Samuel 25:16But they were a wall of defense unto us both by night and also by day, all the while we were with them keeping sheep.
Provision Of Day And Night
Genesis 1:14Then said God, "Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven, to divide the day from the night; that they may be unto signs, seasons, days and years.
Provision Of Night
Genesis 1:5and called the light "day," and the darkness "night." And so of the evening and morning was made 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, neither of darkness.
Three Days And Nights
Jonah 1:17But the LORD prepared a great fish, to swallow up Jonah. And so was Jonah in the bowels of the fish three days and three nights.
Visions At Night
Genesis 40:5And they dreamed, either of them, in one night: both the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt which were bound in the prison house, either of them his dream, and each man's dream of a sundry interpretation.
Walking All Night
1 Samuel 31:12they arose as many as were men of war and went all night and took the carcass of Saul and the carcasses of his sons from the walls of Bet-Shean and brought them to Jabesh and burnt them there,
Worship Day And Night
Joshua 1:8Let not the book of this law depart out of thy mouth: but record therein day and night that thou mayest be circumspect to do according to all that is written therein. For then shalt thou make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have understanding.