22 Bible Verses about Sunsets

Most Relevant Verses

Psalm 65:8

Even those living in the most remote areas are awestruck by your acts; you cause those living in the east and west to praise you.

Genesis 15:12

When the sun went down, Abram fell sound asleep, and great terror overwhelmed him.

Genesis 15:17

When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking firepot with a flaming torch passed between the animal parts.

Genesis 28:11

He reached a certain place where he decided to camp because the sun had gone down. He took one of the stones and placed it near his head. Then he fell asleep in that place

Deuteronomy 16:6

but you must sacrifice it in the evening in the place where he chooses to locate his name, at sunset, the time of day you came out of Egypt.

Exodus 22:26

If you do take the garment of your neighbor in pledge, you must return it to him by the time the sun goes down,

Deuteronomy 24:13

You must by all means return to him at sunset the item he gave you as security so that he may sleep in his outer garment and bless you for it; it will be considered a just deed by the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 24:15

You must pay his wage that very day before the sun sets, for he is poor and his life depends on it. Otherwise he will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

Leviticus 22:7

When the sun goes down he will be clean, and afterward he may eat from the holy offerings, because they are his food.

Joshua 8:29

He hung the king of Ai on a tree, leaving him exposed until evening. At sunset Joshua ordered that his corpse be taken down from the tree. They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and erected over it a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day).

Joshua 10:27

At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees. They threw them into the cave where they had hidden and piled large stones over the mouth of the cave. (They remain to this very day.)

1 Kings 22:36

As the sun was setting, a cry went through the camp, "Each one should return to his city and to his homeland."

Daniel 6:14

When the king heard this, he was very upset and began thinking about how he might rescue Daniel. Until late afternoon he was struggling to find a way to rescue him.

Exodus 17:12

When the hands of Moses became heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side and one on the other, and so his hands were steady until the sun went down.

2 Samuel 3:35

Then all the people came and encouraged David to eat food while it was still day. But David took an oath saying, "God will punish me severely if I taste bread or anything whatsoever before the sun sets!"

Job 24:15

And the eye of the adulterer watches for the twilight, thinking, 'No eye can see me,' and covers his face with a mask.

2 Kings 7:5

So they started toward the Syrian camp at dusk. When they reached the edge of the Syrian camp, there was no one there.

Jeremiah 6:4

They will say, 'Prepare to do battle against it! Come on! Let's attack it at noon!' But later they will say, 'Oh, oh! Too bad! The day is almost over and the shadows of evening are getting long.

Micah 3:6

Therefore night will fall, and you will receive no visions; it will grow dark, and you will no longer be able to read the omens. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn to darkness over their heads.

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