51 Bible Verses about Stars
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By the word of LORD were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, also the stars.
Thou are LORD, even thou alone, thou have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and thou preserve them all. And the host of heaven worshi
to him who made great lights, for his loving kindness [is] forever, the sun to rule by day, for his loving kindness [is] forever, the moon and stars to rule by night, for his loving kindness [is] forever,
Praise ye him, sun and moon. Praise him, all ye stars of light. Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens. Let them praise the name of LORD. For he commanded, and they were created.read more.
He has also established them forever and ever. He has made a decree which shall not pass away.
Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their host by number. He calls them all by name, by the greatness of his might. And because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.
who commands the sun, and it does not rise, and seals up the stars, who alone stretches out the heavens, and treads upon the waves of the sea, who makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south,
Can thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Can thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or can thou guide the Bear with her train? Do thou know the ordinances of the heavens? Can thou establish the dominion of it on the earth?
He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by names. Great is our LORD, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.
Thus says LORD, the Holy One of Israel and his maker: Ask me of the things that are to come concerning my sons. And command ye me concerning the work of my hands. I have made the earth, and created man upon it. I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host I have commanded.
[seek him] who makes the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night, who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth (LORD is his name),
And lest thou lift up thine eyes to heaven, and when thou see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which LORD thy God has allotted to all the peoples
and has gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded,
And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring forth out of the temple of LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for a And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and
And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshipped. T
Thus I will do to this place, says LORD, and to the inhabitants of it, even making this city as Topheth. And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth, even all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense to all the host of heaven, and have poured out dr
Did ye bring sacrifices and offerings to me in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? Yea, ye have borne the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god {Remphan (LXX/NT)}, your images which ye made to yourselves. Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, says LORD, whose name is the God of hosts.
And I will stretch out my hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, [and] the name of the Chemarim with the priests, and those who worship the host of heaven upon the housetops, and those who worship, who swear to LORD and swear by Malcam,
But God turned, and gave them over to serve the host of heaven, just as it is written in the book of the prophets, Did ye offer to me slain beasts and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? And ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, the images that ye made to worship them. And I will deport you beyond Babylon.
And they forsook all the commandments of LORD their God, and made for them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed. And he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. And he built altars in the house of LORD, of which LORD said, In Jerusalem I will put my name. And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of LORD.
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of LORD.
And after three months we set out in a ship that wintered at the island, an Alexandrian with The Twin Brothers emblem.
Thou are wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the star-gazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from the things that shall come upon thee.
Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the enchanters, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king. And the king said to them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream. Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in the Syrian language, O king, live forever. Tell thy servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.read more.
The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me. If ye do not make the dream and the interpretation of it known to me, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
Then the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers came in, and I told the dream before them, but they did not make the interpretation of it known to me.
And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll. And all their host shall fade away as the leaf fades from off the vine, and as a fading [leaf] from the fig tree.
And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars of it dark. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light. All the bright lights of heaven I will make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, says lord LORD.
And the stars of the sky fell to the earth as a fig tree that casts its unripe figs being shaken by a great wind.
And when they heard the king, they departed. And lo, the star that they saw in the east went before them until, having come, it stood over where the child was. And when they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.
Where is he who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said to him, So shall thy seed be.
that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore, and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies,
Thy fathers went down into Egypt, in souls, seventy. And now LORD thy God has made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
But David did not take the number of them from twenty years old and under, because LORD had said he would increase Israel like the stars of heaven.
Their sons thou also multiplied as the stars of heaven, and brought them into the land concerning which thou said to their fathers that they should go in to possess it.
As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured, so I will multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister to me.
And therefore from one man, and these things having become deadened, were begotten as the stars of the heaven for multitude, and as the sand of the seashore, countless.
I see him, but not now. I behold him, but not near. There shall come forth a star out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of tumult.
I, Jesus, have sent my agent to testify these things to you for the congregations. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright, the morning star.
How thou are fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning! How thou are cut down to the ground, who laid the nations low! And thou said in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God, and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the outermost parts of the north.
And we have the prophetic word sure, to which ye do well giving heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the daystar arises in your hearts.
And I will give him the morning star.
and having in his right hand seven stars, and a sharp two-edged sword coming out of his mouth. And the sight of him was as the sun shines in its strength.
so that ye may become blameless and pure children of God, blameless in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.
And those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.
From Thematic Bible
Astronomy » Moon » Stars
And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, also the stars.
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou have ordained,
Christian ministers » Servants » Stars
The mystery of the seven stars that thou saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are agents of the seven congregations, and the seven lampstands that thou saw are the seven congregations.
To the agent of the congregation in Ephesus write, These things says he who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands:
Names » Of ministers » Stars
The mystery of the seven stars that thou saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are agents of the seven congregations, and the seven lampstands that thou saw are the seven congregations.
Righteous » Compared with » Stars
And those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.
compared to Saints » Stars
And those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.
Stars » Worshiped
And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth, even all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense to all the host of heaven, and have poured out dr
For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed. And he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
And they forsook all the commandments of LORD their God, and made for them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
Yea, ye have borne the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god {Remphan (LXX/NT)}, your images which ye made to yourselves.
And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and
Stars » Darkening of
And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll. And all their host shall fade away as the leaf fades from off the vine, and as a fading [leaf] from the fig tree.
For the stars of heaven and the constellations of it shall not give their light. The sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.
The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,
Stars » Falling of
But straightaway after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light. And the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
And his tail drags the third part of the stars of the sky, and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was going to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.
And the stars of the sky fell to the earth as a fig tree that casts its unripe figs being shaken by a great wind.
And the fifth agent sounded, and I saw a star fallen from the sky to the earth. And the key of the pit of the abyss was given to him.
And the third agent sounded, and a great star fell from the heaven burning like a torch, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the springs of the waters.
Stars » Created by God
By the word of LORD were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, also the stars.
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou have ordained,
[seek him] who makes the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night, who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth (LORD is his name),
Stars » The morning star
I, Jesus, have sent my agent to testify these things to you for the congregations. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright, the morning star.
And I will give him the morning star.
Stars » Orion
[seek him] who makes the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night, who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth (LORD is his name),
Stars » Figurative » Seven stars of the seven congregations
The mystery of the seven stars that thou saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are agents of the seven congregations, and the seven lampstands that thou saw are the seven congregations.
and having in his right hand seven stars, and a sharp two-edged sword coming out of his mouth. And the sight of him was as the sun shines in its strength.
Stars » Differ in splendor
another glory is of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars, for star differs from star in glory.
Stars » Constellations of
For the stars of heaven and the constellations of it shall not give their light. The sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.
Stars » Comets
wild waves of the sea foaming out their own shame, wandering stars for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved into an age.
Stars » Serpent
Stars » Figurative » Of the deliverer
I see him, but not now. I behold him, but not near. There shall come forth a star out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of tumult.
Stars » Planets
And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and
Stars » Figurative » Crown of twelve stars
And a great sign was seen in heaven. A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and a crown of twelve stars upon her head.
Stars » Forbidden worship
And lest thou lift up thine eyes to heaven, and when thou see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which LORD thy God has allotted to all the peoples
Stars » Illustrative » (withdrawing their light,) of severe judgments
And when I shall extinguish thee, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars of it dark. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.
For the stars of heaven and the constellations of it shall not give their light. The sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.
The earth quakes before them. The heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
Stars » God » Created
And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, also the stars.
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou have ordained,
Let them praise the name of LORD. For he commanded, and they were created.
Stars » The israelites forbidden to worship
And lest thou lift up thine eyes to heaven, and when thou see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which LORD thy God has allotted to all the peoples
If there be found in the midst of thee, within any of thy gates which LORD thy God gives thee, man or woman, who does that which is evil in the sight of LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, and has gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded, and it be told thee, and thou have heard of it, then shall thou inquire diligently. And, behold, if it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel,
Stars » Called » The host of heaven
and has gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded,
As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured, so I will multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister to me.
Stars » Illustrative » Of ministers
To the agent of the congregation in Ephesus write, These things says he who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands:
and having in his right hand seven stars, and a sharp two-edged sword coming out of his mouth. And the sight of him was as the sun shines in its strength.
Stars » Mentioned in scripture » Pleiades,
[seek him] who makes the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night, who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth (LORD is his name),
Stars » Mentioned in scripture » Orion
[seek him] who makes the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night, who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth (LORD is his name),
Stars » Illustrative » Of princes and subordinate governors
And the fourth agent sounded, and the third part of the sun was struck, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars, so that the third part of them would be darkened. And the day did not shine the third part of
And it grew great, even to the host of heaven. And it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and trampled upon them.
Stars » Idolaters worshipped
And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth, even all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense to all the host of heaven, and have poured out dr
And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshipped. T
Stars » Infinite in number
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said to him, So shall thy seed be.
Stars » God » Appointed to give light by night
And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, also the stars.
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years.
Stars » When grouped together called constellations
For the stars of heaven and the constellations of it shall not give their light. The sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.
And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and
Stars » God » Established, for ever
He has also established them forever and ever. He has made a decree which shall not pass away.
Stars » One of extraordinary brightness (a meteor) appeared at Christ's birth
Where is he who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.
And when they heard the king, they departed. And lo, the star that they saw in the east went before them until, having come, it stood over where the child was.
Stars » Exhibit the greatness of God's power
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou have ordained,
Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their host by number. He calls them all by name, by the greatness of his might. And because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.
Stars » Appear after sunset
Let the stars of the twilight of it be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, nor let it behold the eyelids of the morning.
So we labored in the work, and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
Stars » False gods frequently worshipped under the representation of
Yea, ye have borne the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god {Remphan (LXX/NT)}, your images which ye made to yourselves.
And ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, the images that ye made to worship them. And I will deport you beyond Babylon.
Stars » Appear of different magnitudes
another glory is of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars, for star differs from star in glory.
Stars » Mentioned in scripture » Arcturus
Can thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or can thou guide the Bear with her train?
Stars » Punishment for worshipping
then thou shall bring forth that man or that woman, who has done this evil thing, to thy gates, even the man or the woman, and thou shall stone them to death with stones. At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he who is to die be put to death. He shall not be put to death at the mouth of one witness. The hand of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So thou shall put away the evil from the midst of thee.
Stars » Illustrative » (bright and morning star,) of Christ
I, Jesus, have sent my agent to testify these things to you for the congregations. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright, the morning star.
Stars » Mentioned in scripture » Morning star
And I will give him the morning star.
Stars » Illustrative » (morning star,) of glory to be given to faithful saints
And I will give him the morning star.
Stars » Illustrative » Of Christ
I see him, but not now. I behold him, but not near. There shall come forth a star out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of tumult.
Stars » Called » Stars of heaven
For the stars of heaven and the constellations of it shall not give their light. The sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.
Stars » God » Set, in the firmament of heaven
And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth,
Stars » Astrology and star-gazing practised by the babylonians, &c
Thou are wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the star-gazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from the things that shall come upon thee.
Stars » Illustrative » (setting the nest amongst,) of pride and carnal security
Though thou mount on high as the eagle, and though thy nest be set among the stars, I will bring thee down from there, says LORD.
Stars » Illustrative » (shining of,) of the reward of faithful ministers
And those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.
Stars » Called » Stars of light
Stars » God » Numbers and names
Stars » Shine in the firmament of heaven
And those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.
Stars » Revolve in fixed orbits
Stars » Made to praise God
Stars » Use of, in navigation, alluded to
And when neither sun nor stars appeared for more days, and no small storm laying on, all remaining hope for us to be saved was taken away.
Stars » Mentioned in scripture » Mazzaroth
Can thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or can thou guide the Bear with her train?
Stars » Illustrative » (wandering,) of false teachers
wild waves of the sea foaming out their own shame, wandering stars for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved into an age.
Stars » Illustrative » Of angels
Stars » Impure in the sight of God
Behold, even the moon has no brightness. And the stars are not pure in his sight.
Stars » God » Obscures
Titles and names of ministers » Stars
The mystery of the seven stars that thou saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are agents of the seven congregations, and the seven lampstands that thou saw are the seven congregations. To the agent of the congregation in Ephesus write, These things says he who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands:
Topics on Stars
Affecting Sun Moon And Stars
Matthew 24:29But straightaway after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light. And the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Controlling Sun Moon And Stars
Job 38:31Can thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
Darkening Sun Moon And Stars
Isaiah 13:10For the stars of heaven and the constellations of it shall not give their light. The sun shall be darkened in its going forth, and the moon shall not cause its light to shine.
Stars Created By God
Isaiah 40:26Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their host by number. He calls them all by name, by the greatness of his might. And because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.
Sun Moon And Stars Before God
Genesis 1:16And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, also the stars.
