'Dawn' in the Bible
calling the light "day," and the darkness "night." The twilight and the dawn were day one.
God called the canopy "sky." The twilight and the dawn were the second day.
Now God saw all that he had made, and indeed, it was very good! The twilight and the dawn were the sixth day.
As dawn was breaking, the angels pressured Lot. "Get going!" they told him. "Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be engulfed by the devastation that's coming to this city."
and said, "Let me go, because the dawn has come." "I won't let you go," Jacob replied, "unless you bless me."
They rose early at dawn on the seventh day and marched around the city seven times, just as they had before, except that on that day only they marched around the city seven times.
As dawn was breaking, the woman approached the door of the man's home where her master was and collapsed. Eventually, full daylight came.
She asked us, "Please allow me to glean what's left of the grain behind the harvesters.' So she came out and has continued working from dawn until now, except for a short time in a shelter."
So she lay down at his feet until dawn approached, then got up while it was still difficult for anyone to be recognized. Then he told her, "It shouldn't be known that a woman has come to the threshing floor."
Saul said, "Let's go down after the Philistines tonight and plunder them until dawn, and let's not leave a single one of them alive." They said, "Do whatever seems good to you!" But the priest said, "Let's draw near to God here."
For as surely as the LORD God of Israel lives, the one who restrained me from harming you indeed, had you not quickly come to meet me, by dawn there wouldn't be a single male left to Nabal."
So we worked hard, half of us holding spears from dawn to dusk.
Let the stars of its evening twilight be dark; let it hope for light but let there be none; let it not see the breaking rays of the dawn.
"When I lie down I ask, "When will I wake up?' But the night continues and I keep tossing and turning until dawn.
Your life will be brighter than noonday. Even its darkness will be like dawn.
The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy; at night, he is like a thief.
"Have you ever commanded the morning at any time during your life? Do you know where the dawn lives,
"His snorting releases flashes of light; his eyes are like the rays of the dawn.
Rise up, LORD, because you are strong; we will sing and praise your power. To the Director: To the tune of "Doe of the Dawn".A Davidic Psalm.
Since God is in her midst, she will not be shaken. God will help her at the break of dawn.
Wake up, my soul, wake up, lyre and harp! I will awaken at dawn.
Your soldiers are willing volunteers on your day of battle; in majestic holiness, from the womb, from the dawn, the dew of your youth belongs to you.
I get up before dawn and cry for help; I place my hope in your word.
If I take wings with the dawn and settle down on the western horizon
The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn that grows brighter until the full light of day.
Come, let's make love until dawn; let's comfort ourselves with love,
Who is this who appears like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awesome as an army with banners?
"How terrible it will be for those who rise at dawn in order to grab a stiff drink, for those who stay up late at night as wine inflames them!
"How you have fallen from heaven, Day Star, son of the Dawn! How you have been thrown down to earth, you who laid low the nation!
"But your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Those who live in the dust will wake up and shout for joy! For your dew is like the dew of dawn, and the earth will give birth to the dead.
"Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will spring up quickly; and your vindication will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will guard your back.
Nations will come to your light, and kings before your dawn.
The king got up at dawn and went quickly to the lions' pit.
Let us know, let us pursue knowledge of the LORD; his coming is as certain as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain, like the autumn and spring rains come on the earth.
A day of doom and gloom, a day of clouds and shadows like the dawn spreads out to cover the mountains a people strong and robust. Never has there been anything like it, neither will anything follow to compare with it, even through the lifetime of generation upon generation."
But at dawn the next day, God provided a worm that attacked the vine plant so that it withered away.
I heard and I trembled within. My lips quivered at the noise. My legs gave way beneath me, and I trembled. Nevertheless, I await the day of distress that will dawn on our invaders.
Shortly before dawn, Jesus came to them, walking on the sea.
After the Sabbaths, around dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to take a look at the burial site.
He saw that his disciples were straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn he came to them, walking on the sea. He intended to go up right beside them,
So keep on watching, because you don't know when the master of the house is coming whether in the evening, at three o'clock in the morning, or at dawn.
How blessed they will be if their master comes in the middle of the night or near dawn and finds them awake!
But at early dawn on the first day of the week, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.
Just as dawn was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore. The disciples didn't realize it was Jesus.
Then he went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. He talked with them for a long time, until dawn, and then left.