59 Bible Verses about Sun
Most Relevant Verses
From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the LORD is to be praised!
He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting.
Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them, and there is nothing hidden from its heat.
that people may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.
Yours is the day, yours also the night; you have established the heavenly lights and the sun.
For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.
And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, until the nation took vengeance on their enemies.Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? The sun stopped in the midst of heaven and did not hurry to set for about a whole day.
he dawns on them like the morning light, like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning, like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth
And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.
the sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day.
What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.
And God made the two great lights--the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night--and the stars.
And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the LORD. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs to the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east, worshiping the sun toward the east.
Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me.
then I saw all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun. However much man may toil in seeking, he will not find it out. Even though a wise man claims to know, he cannot find it out.
The sun shall be no more your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give you light; but the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.
And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.
Your sun shall no more go down, nor your moon withdraw itself; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your days of mourning shall be ended.
"So may all your enemies perish, O LORD! But your friends be like the sun as he rises in his might."And the land had rest for forty years.
"And on that day," declares the Lord GOD, "I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight.
His brightness was like the light; rays flashed from his hand; and there he veiled his power.
with the choicest fruits of the sun and the rich yield of the months,
Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness.
Moreover, the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day when the LORD binds up the brokenness of his people, and heals the wounds inflicted by his blow.
He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.
Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth."
And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.
And I commend joy, for man has no good thing under the sun but to eat and drink and be joyful, for this will go with him in his toil through the days of his life that God has given him under the sun.
And beware lest you raise your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, things that the LORD your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.
which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.
"And now no one looks on the light when it is bright in the skies, when the wind has passed and cleared them.
The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people with fire.
I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot.
"Immediately 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 heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
and has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or the sun or the moon or any of the host of heaven, which I have forbidden,
Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all.
so that those who dwell at the ends of the earth are in awe at your signs. You make the going out of the morning and the evening to shout for joy.
Do not gaze at me because I am dark, because the sun has looked upon me. My mother's sons were angry with me; they made me keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept!
But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.
"And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves,
From Thematic Bible
Sun » Figurative
For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.
But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.
"So may all your enemies perish, O LORD! But your friends be like the sun as he rises in his might."And the land had rest for forty years.
And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he called to all the birds that fly directly overhead, "Come, gather for the great supper of God,
Sun » Worshiped
And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the LORD. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs to the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east, worshiping the sun toward the east.
And they shall be spread before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and served, which they have gone after, and which they have sought and worshiped. And they shall not be gathered or buried. They shall be as dung on the surface of the ground.
if I have looked at the sun when it shone, or the moon moving in splendor, and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand, this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have been false to God above.
Your altars shall become desolate, and your incense altars shall be broken, and I will cast down your slain before your idols.
Wherever you dwell, the cities shall be waste and the high places ruined, so that your altars will be waste and ruined, your idols broken and destroyed, your incense altars cut down, and your works wiped out.
Sun » Created
Yours is the day, yours also the night; you have established the heavenly lights and the sun.
Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar-- the LORD of hosts is his name:
And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years, and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth." And it was so. And God made the two great lights--the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night--and the stars. read more.
And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
Sun » Stood still
The sun and moon stood still in their place at the light of your arrows as they sped, at the flash of your glittering spear.
At that time Joshua spoke to the LORD in the day when the LORD gave the Amorites over to the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, "Sun, stand still at Gibeon, and moon, in the Valley of Aijalon." And the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, until the nation took vengeance on their enemies.Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? The sun stopped in the midst of heaven and did not hurry to set for about a whole day.
Sun » Shadow of went back on the sun-dial of ahaz
And Isaiah the prophet called to the LORD, and he brought the shadow back ten steps, by which it had gone down on the steps of Ahaz.
Behold, I will make the shadow cast by the declining sun on the dial of Ahaz turn back ten steps." So the sun turned back on the dial the ten steps by which it had declined.
Sun » Forbidden worship
And beware lest you raise your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, things that the LORD your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.
and has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or the sun or the moon or any of the host of heaven, which I have forbidden,
Sun » Kings of judah dedicate horses to
And he removed the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance to the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the precincts. And he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
Sun » Diurnal motion of
Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,
Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them, and there is nothing hidden from its heat.
Sun » Does not shine in heaven
And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.
Sun » Rising and setting of
The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises.
Topics on Sun
Affecting Sun Moon And Stars
Matthew 24:29"Immediately 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 heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Controlling Sun Moon And Stars
Job 38:31"Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loose the cords of Orion?
Darkening Sun Moon And Stars
Isaiah 13:10For the stars of the heavens and their constellations will not give their light; the sun will be dark at its rising, and the moon will not shed its light.
God Likened To The Sun
Malachi 4:2But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.
Sun Dials
Isaiah 38:8Behold, I will make the shadow cast by the declining sun on the dial of Ahaz turn back ten steps." So the sun turned back on the dial the ten steps by which it had declined.
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--and the stars.
The Sun
Psalm 113:3From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the LORD is to be praised!
Under The Sun
Ecclesiastes 1:9What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.
Worship Of The Sun
Ezekiel 8:16And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the LORD. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men, with their backs to the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east, worshiping the sun toward the east.
Never miss a post


