59 Bible Verses about Sun
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From sunrise to sunset, the name of Jehovah should be praised. (Everywhere and all the time, Jehovah's name should be praised.)
You made the moon for the seasons. The sun knows the place of its setting.
It rises from one end of the heavens. It circles around to the other. Nothing is hidden from its heat.
From the east to the west (sunrise to sunset) people will know that there is no God except me. I am Jehovah, 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 one star differs from another star in glory.
The day and the night are yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.
For Jehovah God is a sun and shield. Jehovah will give favor and honor. He will not withhold blessing from those who walk faithfully in truth.
The sun stood still, and the moon stood still, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is this not written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and did not go down for a whole day.
He is like the sun shining on a cloudless day. The sun that makes the grass sparkle after rain.
The city did not need the sun or the moon to shine on it. For the glory of God and of the Lamb was its light.
The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable (awesome) Day of Jehovah arrives. (Joel 2:31)
That which has been is that which will be. That which has been done is that which will be done. There is nothing new under the sun!
God made the two great lights. The sun was to govern the day. The moon was to govern the night. He made the stars also.
So he took me to the inner courtyard of the Temple. There near the entrance of the sanctuary, between the altar and the porch, were about twenty-five men. They turned their backs to the sanctuary and were bowing low toward the east, worshiping the rising sun.
The righteous will shine as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears let him hear.
His descendants will last forever. His throne will be in my presence like the sun.
The sun will not strike you by day. The moon will not strike you by night.
Be angry and do not sin. Do not let the sun go down upon your anger (rage).
He is like a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.
I saw all the work of God. A man cannot discover the work that is done under the sun. Though a man labor to seek it out, yet he will not find it. Though a wise man thinks to know it, yet he will not be able to find it.
Truly the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to behold the sun.
The sun will no longer be your light during the day. The brightness of the moon will not give you light, for Jehovah will be your everlasting light. Your God will be your glory.
There will be no night there. They need no lamp, neither light of the sun, for Jehovah God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.
Your sun will no longer go down, nor will your moon disappear. Jehovah will be your everlasting light, and your days of sadness will be over.
May all your enemies die like that, Jehovah, may your friends shine like the rising sun! There was peace in the land for forty years.
It will happen in that day, said the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
His brightness is like the sun. He has rays of power coming from his hand! There was protection in his power.
Bless with the choice yield of the sun, and with the bounty produced each month.
I saw under the sun the place of judgment and wickedness was there. And wickedness was in the place of righteousness.
Then the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun. The light of the sun will be seven times as strong, like the light of seven days. When that day comes, Jehovah will bandage his people's injuries and heal the wounds he inflicted.
He will cause your righteousness to shine like a light, your just cause like the noonday sun.
Let us get to know Jehovah! Let us press on (run after) (follow) to get to know him. As surely as the sun rises he will appear. He will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.
A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head was a crown with twelve stars.
Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of the life he has given you under the sun, all the days of your vanity. That is your share in this life and in your labor under the sun.
Then I commended enjoyment (pleasure), because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry. That will remain with him in his labor all the days of his life, which God gives him under the sun.
Do not be tempted to bow down and worship the sun or moon or stars (the host or army of the heavens). Jehovah put them there a heritage for all the people under the heavens.
It comes out of its chamber like a bridegroom. Like a champion, it is eager to run its course.
Now men do not see the light that is bright in the skies when the wind passed and cleared them.
The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun. Authority was given to him to scorch men with fire.
I have seen all the works that are done under the sun. Behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
This is what I have seen. It is good and fitting for one to eat and drink and enjoy the good of his labor. He labors under the sun all the days of his life. For God gives this to him as his allotment (inheritance).
Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened. The moon will not give light. The stars will fall from heaven. The powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Some worship and bow down to other gods, the sun, the moon, or the whole army of heaven. I have forbidden this.
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift. The battle is not to the strong. Bread does not go to the wise, or riches to men of understanding. Men of skill do not always receive favor, but time and unexpected circumstance happens to them all.
They who dwell in the ends of the earth stand in awe of your signs. You make the dawn and the sunset shout for joy.
Do not look at me because I am black. The sun has tanned me. My mother's sons were angry with me. They made me the keeper of the vineyards. I have not kept my own vineyard!
The sun of righteousness with it's healing will shine on you who respect my name and obey me. You will be free and paw the ground like fat calves.
There will be signs in sun and moon and stars. The earth will experience distress of nations in disarray for the roaring of the sea and the waves.
From Thematic Bible
Sun » Figurative
For Jehovah God is a sun and shield. Jehovah will give favor and honor. He will not withhold blessing from those who walk faithfully in truth.
The sun of righteousness with it's healing will shine on you who respect my name and obey me. You will be free and paw the ground like fat calves.
May all your enemies die like that, Jehovah, may your friends shine like the rising sun! There was peace in the land for forty years.
A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head was a crown with twelve stars.
Then I saw an angel standing in the sun. He cried with a loud voice to all the fowls that fly in midheaven: Come and gather yourselves together to the supper of the great God;
Sun » Worshiped
So he took me to the inner courtyard of the Temple. There near the entrance of the sanctuary, between the altar and the porch, were about twenty-five men. They turned their backs to the sanctuary and were bowing low toward the east, worshiping the rising sun.
They will be spread out and exposed to the sun, the moon, and all the stars in the sky. These are the things that they had loved, served, gone after, sought, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered or buried, but they will become manure on 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 denied God above.
Your altars will be destroyed! Your incense burners will be smashed. I will kill your people in front of your idols.
Your dwelling places in the cities will be ruined, and the worship sites will be wrecked. Your altars will be ruined and demolished. Your idols will be smashed and completely destroyed. Your incense burners will be cut down. Everything you have done will be wiped out.
Sun » Created
The day and the night are yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.
Jehovah provides the sun to be a light during the day. He orders the moon and stars to be lights during the night. He stirs up the sea so that its waves roar. His name is Jehovah of Hosts. This is what Jehovah says:
Then God said: Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. Let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years. Let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth. It was so. God made the two great lights. The sun was to govern the day. The moon was to govern the night. He made the stars also. read more.
He placed the lights in the sky to shine on the earth. The lights were to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. God saw that it was good.
Sun » Stood still
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation. They went away at the light of your arrows and the shining of your glittering spear.
Joshua spoke to Jehovah the day when Jehovah delivered the Amorites to the children of Israel. He said in sight of Israel: Sun, stand still upon Gibeon; and Moon, stand still in the valley of Ajalon. The sun stood still, and the moon stood still, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is this not written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and did not go down for a whole day.
Sun » Shadow of went back on the sun-dial of ahaz
Isaiah prayed to Jehovah and Jehovah made the shadow go back ten steps on the stairway set up by King Ahaz.
The sun made a shadow that went down the stairway of the upper palace of Ahaz. 'I am going to make the shadow go back ten steps.' So the sun on the stairway went back up the ten steps it had gone down.
Sun » Forbidden worship
Do not be tempted to bow down and worship the sun or moon or stars (the host or army of the heavens). Jehovah put them there a heritage for all the people under the heavens.
Some worship and bow down to other gods, the sun, the moon, or the whole army of heaven. I have forbidden this.
Sun » Kings of judah dedicate horses to
He also removed the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the worship of the sun. He burned the chariots used in this worship.
Sun » Diurnal motion of
Yet, their measuring line (rule) has gone out into the entire world, their message to the ends of the earth. He has set up a tent in the heavens for the sun.
It rises from one end of the heavens. It circles around to the other. Nothing is hidden from its heat.
Sun » Does not shine in heaven
The city did not need the sun or the moon to shine on it. For the glory of God and of the Lamb was its light.
Sun » Rising and setting of
The sun rises and the sun goes down, and it quickly goes back to the place where it began.
Topics on Sun
Affecting Sun Moon And Stars
Matthew 24:29Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened. The moon will not give light. The stars will fall from heaven. The powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Controlling Sun Moon And Stars
Job 38:31Can you bind the beautiful Pleiades? Can you loose the cords of Orion?
Darkening Sun Moon And Stars
Isaiah 13:10The stars of heaven and their constellations will not shine forth their light. The sun will be dark when it rises and the moon will not shine its light.
God Likened To The Sun
Malachi 4:2The sun of righteousness with it's healing will shine on you who respect my name and obey me. You will be free and paw the ground like fat calves.
Sun Dials
Isaiah 38:8The sun made a shadow that went down the stairway of the upper palace of Ahaz. 'I am going to make the shadow go back ten steps.' So the sun on the stairway went back up the ten steps it had gone down.
Sun Moon And Stars Before God
Genesis 1:16God made the two great lights. The sun was to govern the day. The moon was to govern the night. He made the stars also.
The Sun
Psalm 113:3From sunrise to sunset, the name of Jehovah should be praised. (Everywhere and all the time, Jehovah's name should be praised.)
Under The Sun
Ecclesiastes 1:9That which has been is that which will be. That which has been done is that which will be done. There is nothing new under the sun!
Worship Of The Sun
Ezekiel 8:16So he took me to the inner courtyard of the Temple. There near the entrance of the sanctuary, between the altar and the porch, were about twenty-five men. They turned their backs to the sanctuary and were bowing low toward the east, worshiping the rising sun.
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