59 Bible Verses about Sun

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Psalm 19:6

It rises from one end of the heavens. It circles around to the other. Nothing is hidden from its heat.

Isaiah 45:6

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.

1 Corinthians 15:41

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.

Joshua 10:13

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.

2 Samuel 23:4

He is like the sun shining on a cloudless day. The sun that makes the grass sparkle after rain.

Ecclesiastes 1:9

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!

Ezekiel 8:16

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.

Psalm 89:36

His descendants will last forever. His throne will be in my presence like the sun.

Psalm 121:6

The sun will not strike you by day. The moon will not strike you by night.

Job 8:16

He is like a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.

Ecclesiastes 11:7

Truly the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to behold the sun.

Isaiah 60:19

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.

Job 31:26

if I have looked at the sun when it shone, or the moon moving in splendor,

Isaiah 60:20

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.

Judges 5:31

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.

Amos 8:9

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.

Deuteronomy 33:14

Bless with the choice yield of the sun, and with the bounty produced each month.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

I saw under the sun the place of judgment and wickedness was there. And wickedness was in the place of righteousness.

Isaiah 30:26

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.

Psalm 37:6

He will cause your righteousness to shine like a light, your just cause like the noonday sun.

Hosea 6:3

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.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

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.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

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.

Deuteronomy 4:19

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.

Psalm 19:5

It comes out of its chamber like a bridegroom. Like a champion, it is eager to run its course.

Job 37:21

Now men do not see the light that is bright in the skies when the wind passed and cleared them.

Revelation 16:8

The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun. Authority was given to him to scorch men with fire.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

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).

Deuteronomy 17:3

Some worship and bow down to other gods, the sun, the moon, or the whole army of heaven. I have forbidden this.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

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.

Psalm 65:8

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.

Song of Solomon 1:6

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!

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Sun » Figurative

Judges 5:31

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.

Revelation 19:17

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

Ezekiel 8:16

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.

Jeremiah 8:2

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.

Job 31:26-28

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.

Ezekiel 6:4

Your altars will be destroyed! Your incense burners will be smashed. I will kill your people in front of your idols.

Ezekiel 6:6

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

Jeremiah 31:35

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:

Psalm 136:7

To him who made the great lights. His loving kindness is everlasting:

Genesis 1:14-18

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

Habakkuk 3:11

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 10:12-13

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

2 Kings 20:11

Isaiah prayed to Jehovah and Jehovah made the shadow go back ten steps on the stairway set up by King Ahaz.

Isaiah 38:8

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

Deuteronomy 4:19

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.

Deuteronomy 17:3

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

2 Kings 23:11

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

Psalm 19:4

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.

Psalm 19:6

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

Sun » Rising and setting of

Ecclesiastes 1:5

The sun rises and the sun goes down, and it quickly goes back to the place where it began.

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Darkening Sun Moon And Stars

Isaiah 13:10

The 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.

Sun Dials

Isaiah 38:8

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.

Under The Sun

Ecclesiastes 1:9

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!

Worship Of The Sun

Ezekiel 8:16

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.

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