'Stars' in the Bible

God made the two great lights—the greater light to have dominion over the day and the lesser light to have dominion over the night—as well as the stars.

He took him outside and said, “Look at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then He said to him, “Your offspring will be that numerous.”

I will indeed bless you and make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gates of their enemies.

I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky, I will give your offspring all these lands, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring,

Then he had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun, moon, and 11 stars were bowing down to me.”

Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel—You swore to them by Your very self and declared, ‘I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and will give your offspring all this land that I have promised, and they will inherit it forever.’”

The Lord your God has so multiplied you that today you are as numerous as the stars of the sky.

When you look to the heavens and see the sun, moon, and stars—all the array of heaven—do not be led astray to bow down and worship them. The Lord your God has provided them for all people everywhere under heaven.

Your fathers went down to Egypt, 70 people in all, and now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of the sky.

and has gone to worship other gods by bowing down to the sun, moon, or all the stars in the sky—which I have forbidden—

Though you were as numerous as the stars of the sky, you will be left with only a few people, because you did not obey the Lord your God.

The stars fought from the heavens;the stars fought with Sisera from their courses.

David didn’t count the men aged 20 or under, for the Lord had said He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of heaven.

So we continued the work, while half of the men were holding spears from daybreak until the stars came out.

You multiplied their descendantslike the stars of heavenand brought them to the landYou told their ancestors to go in and take possession of it.

May its morning stars grow dark.May it wait for daylight but have none;may it not see the breaking of dawn.

He commands the sun not to shineand seals off the stars.

He makes the stars: the Bear, Orion,the Pleiades, and the constellations of the southern sky.

Isn’t God as high as the heavens?And look at the highest stars—how lofty they are!

If even the moon does not shineand the stars are not pure in His sight,

while the morning stars sang togetherand all the sons of God shouted for joy?

When I observe Your heavens,the work of Your fingers,the moon and the stars,which You set in place,

The heavens were made by the word of the Lord,and all the stars, by the breath of His mouth.

the moon and stars to rule by night.        His love is eternal.

He counts the number of the stars;He gives names to all of them.

Praise Him, sun and moon;praise Him, all you shining stars.

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

Indeed, the stars of the sky and its constellationswill not give their light.The sun will be dark when it rises,and the moon will not shine.

You said to yourself:“I will ascend to the heavens;I will set up my throneabove the stars of God.I will sit on the mount of the gods’ assembly,in the remotest parts of the North.

All the heavenly bodies will dissolve.The skies will roll up like a scroll,and their stars will all witheras leaves wither on the vine,and foliage on the fig tree.

You are worn out with your many consultations.So let them stand and save you—the astrologers, who observe the stars,who predict monthlywhat will happen to you.

This is what the Lord says:The One who gives the sun for light by day,the fixed order of moon and stars for light by night,who stirs up the sea and makes its waves roar—Yahweh of Hosts is His name:

When I snuff you out,I will cover the heavensand darken their stars.I will cover the sun with a cloud,and the moon will not give its light.

It grew as high as the heavenly host, made some of the stars and some of the host fall to the earth, and trampled them.

Those who are wise will shinelike the bright expanse of the heavens,and those who lead many to righteousness,like the stars forever and ever.

The earth quakes before them;the sky shakes.The sun and moon grow dark,and the stars cease their shining.

The sun and moon will grow dark,and the stars will cease their shining.

You have made your merchantsmore numerous than the stars of the sky.The young locust strips the landand flies away.

“Immediately after the tribulation of those days:The sun will be darkened,and the moon will not shed its light;the stars will fall from the sky,and the celestial powers will be shaken.

the stars will be falling from the sky,and the celestial powers will be shaken.

“Then there will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and there will be anguish on the earth among nations bewildered by the roaring sea and waves.

For many days neither sun nor stars appeared, and the severe storm kept raging. Finally all hope that we would be saved was disappearing.

There is a splendor of the sun, another of the moon, and another of the stars; for one star differs from another star in splendor.

so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God who are faultless in a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world.

Therefore from one man—in fact, from one as good as dead—came offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven and as innumerable as the grains of sand by the seashore.

wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shameful deeds; wandering stars for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever!

He had seven stars in His right hand; a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth, and His face was shining like the sun at midday.

The secret of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven gold lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

“Write to the angel of the church in Ephesus:“The One who holds the seven stars in His right hand and who walks among the seven gold lampstands says:

“Write to the angel of the church in Sardis:“The One who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars says: I know your works; you have a reputation for being alive, but you are dead.

the stars of heaven fell to the earth as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when shaken by a high wind;

The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day was without light, and the night as well.

A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of 12 stars on her head.

His tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. And the dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she did give birth he might devour her child.