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 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.

Judges 19:9

And when the man arose to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, the damsel's father, said to him, Behold now the day draweth towards evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day is coming to an end, lodge here, that thy heart may be merry; and to-morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.

John 11:9-10

Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walketh in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. But if a man walketh in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

Genesis 15:12

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

Genesis 28:11

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.

Job 4:13

In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men.

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 to 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 thy ear now be attentive, and thy 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.

Psalm 88:1

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:

Joshua 1:8

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate in it 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.

Acts 26:7

To which promise our twelve tribes, assiduously serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.

1 Chronicles 9:33

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.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

Neither did we eat any man's bread for naught; but wrought with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:

Lamentations 2:19

Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thy heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands towards him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger at the head of every street.

Judges 7:19

So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came to 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 broke the pitchers that were in their hands.

Exodus 14:24

And it came to pass, that, in the morning-watch, the LORD looked to the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire, and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,

Mark 13:35

Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at evening, or at midnight, or at the cock-crowing, or in the morning:

Matthew 14:25

And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea.

Mark 6:48

And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary to them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh to 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 servants.

John 13:30

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

Job 30:26

When I looked for good, then evil came: 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 light is come into the world, and men have 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.

Job 24:14

The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and 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 they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that are drunken, are drunken in the night.

Jeremiah 49:9

If grape-gatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.

John 12:35-36

Then Jesus said to 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 spoke Jesus, and departed, and concealed himself from them.

Matthew 24:42-44

Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord cometh. But know this, that if the master of the house knew in what watch the thief would come, he would watch, and would not suffer 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.

Mark 13:36-37

Lest coming suddenly, he should find you sleeping. And what I say to you, I say to all, Watch.

Psalm 107:13-14

Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. He brought them out of darkness and the shades of death, and broke their bands asunder.

Isaiah 59:9

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.

Psalm 6:6

I am weary with my groaning; all the night I make my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

Lamentations 1:2

She weepeth bitterly 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.

Psalm 22:2

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

Psalm 77:6

I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with my own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

Psalm 139:1-2

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my down-sitting and my up rising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

Psalm 149:5

Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.

Isaiah 30:29

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 upon 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 have I desired thee in the night; yes, 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.

1 Samuel 3:4

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

2 Chronicles 7:12

And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to 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 heaven strove upon 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 were there 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 concerning me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear testimony also at Rome.

Genesis 20:3

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

Genesis 31:24

And God came to Laban, the Syrian, in a dream by night, and said to 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 I shall give thee.

Job 33:15

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

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Genesis 32:24

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him, until the breaking of the day.

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Exodus 12:42

It is a night to be much observed to the LORD, for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed by all the children of Israel in their generations.

Night » Divided into watches

1 Samuel 11:11

And it was so on the morrow, that Saul disposed 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 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 to the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire, and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,

Nehemiah 12:9

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

Lamentations 2:19

Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thy heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands towards him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger at the head of every street.

Matthew 14:25

And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea.

Night » Type of ignorance and sin

Revelation 21:25

And the gates of it shall not 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 Syrian, in a dream by night, and said to him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

Numbers 22:30

And the ass said to Balaam, Am not I thy ass, upon which thou hast rid ever since I was thine to this day? was I ever wont to do so to thee? And he said, Nay.

Daniel 7:2

Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven strove upon 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 a hundred and eighty five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

Daniel 5:30

In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.

Exodus 12:12

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 against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.

Job 27:20

Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

Night » Used figuratively

Isaiah 15:1

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;

Isaiah 21:11-12

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

Exodus 14:24

And it came to pass, that, in the morning-watch, the LORD looked to the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire, and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,

Lamentations 2:19

Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thy heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands towards him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger at the head of every street.

Judges 7:19

So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came to 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 broke the pitchers that were in their hands.

Night » Frequently » Accompanied by heavy dews

Judges 6:38

And it was so: for he rose early on the morrow, and pressed the fleece, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, 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 to them, walking on 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 servants.

Mark 13:35

Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at evening, or at midnight, or at the cock-crowing, or in the morning:

Night » Continued until sunrise

Psalm 104:22

The sun ariseth, they collect, and lay themselves down in their dens.

Mark 16:2

And very early in the morning, the first day of the week, they came to the sepulcher at the rising of the sun:

Night » General references to the natural

Psalm 19:2

Day to day uttereth speech, and night to night showeth knowledge.

Psalm 134:1

A Song of degrees. Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants 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 make my bed to swim; 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 meat-offering and the drink-offering is withheld from the house of your God.

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

Jeremiah 31:35

Thus saith the LORD, who giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who divideth the sea when its waves roar; The LORD of 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 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

2 Samuel 21:10

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.

Psalm 104:21-22

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

Night » Meditations in

Psalm 19:2

Day to day uttereth speech, and night to night showeth knowledge.

Psalm 77:6

I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with my own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

Psalm 119:148

My eyes anticipated the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.

Psalm 139:11

If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

Night » Frequently » Cold and frosty

Jeremiah 36:30

Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning 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

Jeremiah 33:20

Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there should not be day and night in their season;

Night » Favorable to the purposes of the wicked

Genesis 31:39

That which was torn by beasts, I brought not to thee; I bore the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.

Job 24:14-15

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

Psalm 17:3

Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

1 Kings 3:5

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

Night » Illustrative of » Seasons of severe calamities

Amos 5:8

Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shades 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: JEHOVAH is his name:

Isaiah 21:12

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

Song of Songs 3:1

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

Luke 5:5

And Simon answering said to 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 saith to them, I go a fishing. They say to him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a boat 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 in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land may not be defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth 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

She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.

Night » No night in heaven

Revelation 21:25

And the gates of it shall not be shut by day: for there shall be no night there.

Night » Commenced at sunset

Genesis 28:11

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

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: in which all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.

Night » The darkness first called

Night » Belongs to God

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

Psalm 19:2

Day to day uttereth speech, and night to night showeth knowledge.

Night » The jews » In affliction spent, in prayer

Psalm 22:2

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

Night » Unsuitable for travelling

John 11:10

But if a man walketh in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

Night » Wearisome to the afflicted

Job 7:3-4

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 to the dawning of the day.

Night » Illustrative of » death

Night » Divided into hours

Acts 23:23

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

Night » Worship in

Psalm 134:1

A Song of degrees. Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants 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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Genesis 32:24

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him, until the breaking of the day.

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Acting All Night

Exodus 27:21

In 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 to their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

Protection Day And Night

1 Samuel 25:16

They were a wall to us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

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 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, 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 Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.

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