120 occurrences

'Sun' in the Bible

When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.

Verse ConceptsNightSleep, PhysicalSunsetsOvertaken By DarknessThose Frightened Of GodEclipseSolar Eclipse

It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.

Verse ConceptsFurnacesLampsPassing ThroughSmokeCandlesAnimal Sacrifices, BurntSunsetsGod Appearing In FireGod Is LightDarkness Of NightWeedsmoking

The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar.

Verse ConceptsDaybreakDestinationsAt Daybreak

He came to a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. He took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.

Verse ConceptsNightThe SunBedsSunsetsStones As Monuments

The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh.

Verse ConceptsDaybreakAt Daybreak

He dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, "Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream: and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me."

Verse ConceptsMoonSubjectionBowing Before JosephElevenDreams Involving Unusual ImagesThe Moon

They gathered it morning by morning, everyone according to his eating. When the sun grew hot, it melted.

Verse ConceptsClimates, TypesThe SunGathering FoodHot Weather

If the sun has risen on him, guilt of bloodshed shall be for him; he shall make restitution. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

Verse ConceptsPunishment, Nature Of

If you take your neighbor's garment as collateral, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down,

Verse ConceptsThe SunDressSunsetsLaws About Pledges

When the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.

Verse ConceptsSunsetsFood For Priests Defined

Yahweh said to Moses, "Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up to Yahweh before the sun, that the fierce anger of Yahweh may turn away from Israel."

Verse ConceptsPeople Hung To DeathAction Lest God Be Angry

and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the army of the sky, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Yahweh your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.

Verse ConceptsAstrologyPlanetsMoonSkyStarsThe SunIdolatry Consists OfDo Not Have Other godsIdolatrous Worship Of The MoonWorship Of The SunSunWorshiping TogetherSunshineThe Moonadoration

Aren't they beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites who dwell in the Arabah, over against Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?

Verse ConceptsThe SunWestOaksBeyond Jordan

but at the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell in, there you shall sacrifice the Passover at evening, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you came forth out of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsSunsetsA Place For God's Nameanniversary

and has gone and served other gods, and worshiped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the army of the sky, which I have not commanded;

Verse ConceptsMoonStarsThe SunIdolatry Consists OfDifferent GodsIdolatrous Worship Of The MoonSunWorshiping GodThe Moon

but it shall be, when evening comes on, he shall bathe himself in water; and when the sun is down, he shall come within the camp.

you shall surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless you: and it shall be righteousness to you before Yahweh your God.

Verse ConceptsCloaksThe SunSunsetslent

in his day you shall give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down on it; for he is poor, and sets his heart on it: lest he cry against you to Yahweh, and it be sin to you.

Verse ConceptsEveningMastersBusiness EthicsMasters Duties Towards ServantsEmployersSunsetsDebtMoralityGiving Back

for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, for the precious things of the growth of the moons,

Verse ConceptsThe SunFertile LandSunChange And GrowthSunshineThe MoonSeasons Changing

From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even to the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.

Verse ConceptsempiresThe SunMediterranean SeaAs Far As The Euphratesbridgesborders

Then Joshua spoke to Yahweh in the day when Yahweh delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel; and he said in the sight of Israel, "Sun, stand still on Gibeon! You, moon, stop in the valley of Aijalon!"

Verse ConceptsThe SunEclipseSolar EclipseSunshine

The sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Isn't this written in the book of Jashar? The sun stayed in the midst of the sky, and didn't hurry to go down about a whole day.

Verse ConceptsBooksBooks, Not PreservedSkyOne DayHistorical BooksSunSunshineThe Moonmovement

It happened at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave in which they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, which remain to this very day.

Verse ConceptsSunsetsCaves For BuryingCorpses Of Other PeoplePlaces To This Day

Behold, I have allotted to you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even to the great sea toward the going down of the sun.

Verse ConceptsMediterranean Sea

"So let all your enemies perish, Yahweh, but let those who love him be as the sun when it rises forth in its strength." Then the land had rest forty years.

Verse ConceptsDawnDeborahNoonThe Number Forty40 To 50 YearsEnemies Of GodTime Of PeaceLove And StrengthSunPeace And Strengthcrusades

and it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, you shall rise early, and rush on the city; and behold, when he and the people who are with him come out against you, then may you do to them as you shall find occasion."

Verse ConceptsDawnMorningThe SunThose Who Rose Early

The men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" He said to them, "If you hadn't plowed with my heifer, you wouldn't have found out my riddle."

Verse ConceptsPloughingHeifersThe Seventh Day Of The WeekStrength Of AnimalsMetaphorical PloughingSweetnessDay 7

So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down on them near to Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.

They said to the messengers who came, "Thus you shall tell the men of Jabesh Gilead, 'Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have deliverance.'" The messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

Verse ConceptsThe SunGod's Action TomorrowHot WeatherIndividuals Saving Othersdeliverance

But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lies before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

All the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, "God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or anything else, until the sun goes down."

Verse ConceptsPersuasionPromises, HumanTasteSunsetsVowing To Fast

"This is what Yahweh says: 'Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor, and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.

Verse ConceptsHatred Between RelativesDuring The DayGod Will Bring HarmTransferring WivesRelationship Troublesgrandfathers

For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.'"

Verse ConceptsActing In SecretDuring The DayThings Manifest

shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.'

Verse ConceptsDawnGrassRainLight Of God's PeopleLightSunA New DaySunshineclouds

A cry went throughout the army about the going down of the sun, saying, "Every man to his city, and every man to his country!"

Verse ConceptsVoicesSunsets

They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water over against them as red as blood.

Verse ConceptsTurned To BloodThose Who Rose EarlyRosesSunshine

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 around Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the army of the sky.

Verse ConceptsConstellationsHigh PlacesMoonPriests, Institution In Ot TimesShrinesIncense Offered AmissIdolatrous Worship Of The Moon

He took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of Yahweh, by the room of Nathan Melech the officer, who was in the court; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

Verse ConceptsChamberlainsBurning Idolatrous ThingsAbandoning IdolsPrivate Rooms

Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the sun images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.

The battle increased that day. However the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the evening; and about the time of the going down of the sun, he died.

I said to them, "Don't let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot; and while they stand guard, let them shut the doors, and you bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, everyone in his watch, with everyone near his house."

Verse ConceptsGatesHeatWatchfulness, Of BelieversThe Act Of OpeningOpening The TempleHot Weather

He is green before the sun. His shoots go forth over his garden.

Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalHorticultureSpreadingThe SunSunSunshine

I go mourning without the sun. I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.

Verse ConceptsBlackBeggarsThe SunBeggingBlack PeopleCrying For HelpSunshine

Their voice has gone out through all the earth, their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun,

Verse ConceptsFaith, Necessity OfThe SunTentsGod's Call, EveryoneSun Moon And Stars Before GodThe Gospel WorldwideGoing Through the MotionsThe End Of The World

Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.

Verse ConceptsMiscarriagesMiscarriages And Stillborn

They shall fear you while the sun endures; and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.

Verse ConceptsGenerationsMoonEternal LoyaltyFear Of ChristSun Moon And Stars Before GodThe Moon

His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.

Verse ConceptsConsistencyMission, Of IsraelBlessing Through God's People

His seed will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.

Verse ConceptsThe SunChrist Reigning ForeverThe Dynasty Of DavidSun

The sun rises, and they steal away, and lay down in their dens.

Verse ConceptsDaybreakLying Down To RestAt Daybreak

The sun to rule by day; for his loving kindness endures forever;

Verse ConceptsProvision Of Day

What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?

Verse ConceptsPhysical LabourToiling In VainUnder The SunQuestioning Life

The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hurries to its place where it rises.

Verse ConceptsThe SunOthers Going DownThings Going UpRising

That which has been is that which shall be; and that which has been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Verse ConceptsNothingThings UnderNothing NewUnder The SunSunEverything Happening For A ReasonSunshinefitness

Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

Verse ConceptsAchievementPhysical LabourdissatisfactionUseless EndeavourUnder The SunSuccess And Hard Work

So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Verse ConceptsWeariness Of LifeUseless EndeavourUnder The Sunfootball

I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

Verse ConceptsLife DespisedHard WorkSuccess And Hard Workhardwork

Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

Verse ConceptsUseless EndeavourUnder The SunWise Man Or Fool

Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunDespair

For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in which he labors under the sun?

Verse ConceptsTravailToiling In VainUnder The SunMen WorkingStrugglesSuccess And Hard Workhardworkstriving

Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunInjusticeSunfairnesswickedness

Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

Verse ConceptsOppression, Examples OfComfortless LivesWeariness Of LifeOppressorsNo ComfortUnder The Sunoppressionoverworking

Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunBabies Sinful From Birth

I saw all the living who walk under the sun, that they were with the youth, the other, who succeeded him.

Verse ConceptsUnder The Sun

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

Verse ConceptsBad SituationsMisersHoardingStoring Treasure On EarthUnder The SunTragedy

Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.

Verse ConceptsDietsEating And DrinkingEating Drinking And RejoicingSunHaving A Good DayBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifefatehardwork

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is heavy on men:

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunTragedy

Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.

Verse ConceptsThose Who Were Ignorant

For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

Verse ConceptsPhysical LifeTravailWithheld KnowledgeUnknown FutureUnder The SunBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifeuncertainty

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.

Verse ConceptsReceiving An InheritanceBenefits Of WisdomWisdom

All this have I seen, and applied my mind to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has power over another to his hurt.

Verse ConceptsLording ItUnder The SunHurt

Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

Verse ConceptsLifestylesExperience, of lifeEating And DrinkingUnder The SunSunFunStaying Strong During Hard TimesSleeping PeacefullyBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeSunshineEnjoying Liferelaxing

then I saw all the work of God, that man can't find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won't find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won't be able to find it.

Verse ConceptsBeing Found OutUnder The SunWisdomGod's PlanGod's WillSunThe MindGods PlanEverything Happening For A ReasonWorking For GodKnowing GodThe Beauty Of NatureGod Turning Bad Things Into GoodWorking For The LordChanging YourselfScriptureexploringworkingefforthardworkeverythingseekingmanwisetryingThe Complexity Of Nature

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

Verse ConceptsBad SituationsPeople Acting MadlyTragedyfate

Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.

Verse ConceptsNot HatingUnder The SunUnlovingNot Sharing

Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunLife StrugglesSunFinding LoveGetting Through Hard TimesBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying LifespousehardworkThe Love Of Women

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.

Verse ConceptsBattlesCompetitionsBeing FairBrawnChanceLimitations Of StrengthSpeedFast RunnersGathering FoodEducationSunGod's TimingBattleGods TimingRaceGod's Timing And Planheroes

I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunMan's Wisdom

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort of error which proceeds from the ruler.

Verse ConceptsUnder The SunErrorTragedy

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

Verse ConceptsBeauty, In NatureTanningLightSunA New DaySunshineEnjoying Life

Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;

Verse ConceptsClouds, Natural UseLooking Through WindowsOvertaken By DarknessDarkening Sun Moon And StarsSunshineThe Moon

Don't stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother's sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven't kept my own vineyard.

Verse ConceptsAfrican AmericansScorchingLooking Intently At PeopleBlack PeopleUnnamed People Angry With OthersSunMothers And SonsColorSunshine

Who is she who looks forth as the morning, beautiful as the moon, clear as the sun, and awesome as an army with banners?

Verse ConceptsThe Moon

For the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened in its going forth, and the moon will not cause its light to shine.

Verse ConceptsConstellationsAstronomyMoonEclipsesSheddingOrionDarkening Sun Moon And StarsDarkness At The EndAstronomical SignsCosmic Disturbances

Moreover the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, in the day that Yahweh binds up the fracture of his people, and heals the wound they were struck with.

Verse ConceptsAstronomyLight, NaturalMoonSevenSevenfoldGod HealsMillennial Kingdom, Christ Restores IsraelSunSunshineThe Moonscars

Behold, I will cause the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down on the sundial of Ahaz with the sun, to return backward ten steps. So the sun returned ten steps on the sundial on which it had gone down."'"

Verse ConceptsAstronomyLight, NaturalShadowsStairwaysThe SunSun DialsTen ThingsStepsMoving OnRecoveryEclipseSolar Eclipse

"I have raised up one from the north, and he has come; from the rising of the sun, one who calls on my name; and he shall come on rulers as on mortar, and as the potter treads clay.

Verse ConceptsClayeastCraftsmenPotterVictory, As An Act Of GodPotteryClay, UsesOut Of The North

that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none besides me. I am Yahweh, and there is no one else.

Verse ConceptseastThe SunWestNo Other Is GodI Am The LordRisingSunSolar Eclipse

They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them: for he who has mercy on them will lead them, even by springs of water he will guide them.

Verse ConceptsClimates, TypesGuidance, God's Promises OfHeatSpring Of WaterThe SunWeather, God's Sovereignty OverMetaphorical SpringsPlenty Through ChristControlling Sun Moon And StarsWater, As A Symbol Of Salvationhunger

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