Genesis 1:16

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

God made two great lights– the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night. He made the stars also.

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  • Ps 8:3 : 3 When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,
  • Deut 4:19 : 19 When you look up to the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars– the whole heavenly creation– you must not be seduced to worship and serve them, for the LORD your God has assigned them to all the people of the world.
  • Ps 136:7-9 : 7 to the one who made the great lights, for his loyal love endures, 8 the sun to rule by day, for his loyal love endures, 9 the moon and stars to rule by night, for his loyal love endures,
  • Isa 40:26 : 26 Look up at the sky! Who created all these heavenly lights? He is the one who leads out their ranks; he calls them all by name. Because of his absolute power and awesome strength, not one of them is missing.
  • Ps 148:5 : 5 Let them praise the name of the LORD, for he gave the command and they came into existence.
  • Ps 148:3 : 3 Praise him, O sun and moon! Praise him, all you shiny stars!
  • Job 38:7 : 7 when the morning stars sang in chorus, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
  • Ps 74:16 : 16 You established the cycle of day and night; you put the moon and sun in place.
  • Rev 16:8-9 : 8 Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was permitted to scorch people with fire. 9 Thus people were scorched by the terrible heat, yet they blasphemed the name of God, who has ruling authority over these plagues, and they would not repent and give him glory.
  • Rev 21:23 : 23 The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God lights it up, and its lamp is the Lamb.
  • Isa 13:10 : 10 Indeed the stars in the sky and their constellations no longer give out their light; the sun is darkened as soon as it rises, and the moon does not shine.
  • Isa 24:23 : 23 The full moon will be covered up, the bright sun will be darkened; for the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will rule on Mount Zion in Jerusalem in the presence of his assembly, in majestic splendor.
  • Isa 45:7 : 7 I am the one who forms light and creates darkness; the one who brings about peace and creates calamity. I am the LORD, who accomplishes all these things.
  • Hab 3:11 : 11 The sun and moon stand still in their courses; the flash of your arrows drives them away, the bright light of your lightning-quick spear.
  • Matt 24:29 : 29 The Arrival of the Son of Man“Immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken.
  • Matt 27:45 : 45 Jesus’ Death Now from noon until three, darkness came over all the land.
  • 1 Cor 15:41 : 41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars, for star differs from star in glory.
  • Josh 10:12-14 : 12 The day the LORD delivered the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua prayed to the LORD before Israel:“O sun, stand still over Gibeon! O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon!” 13 The sun stood still and the moon stood motionless while the nation took vengeance on its enemies. The event is recorded in the Scroll of the Upright One. The sun stood motionless in the middle of the sky and did not set for about a full day. 14 There has not been a day like it before or since. The LORD obeyed a man, for the LORD fought for Israel!
  • Job 31:26 : 26 if I looked at the sun when it was shining, and the moon advancing as a precious thing,
  • Ps 19:6 : 6 It emerges from the distant horizon, and goes from one end of the sky to the other; nothing can escape its heat.

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  • Gen 1:17-23
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    17God placed the lights in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth,

    18to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.

    19There was evening, and there was morning, a fourth day.

    20God said,“Let the water swarm with swarms of living creatures and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.”

    21God created the great sea creatures and every living and moving thing with which the water swarmed, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. God saw that it was good.

    22God blessed them and said,“Be fruitful and multiply and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”

    23There was evening, and there was morning, a fifth day.

  • Gen 1:13-15
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    13There was evening, and there was morning, a third day.

    14God said,“Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs to indicate seasons and days and years,

    15and let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth.” It was so.

  • Gen 1:1-11
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    1¶ The Creation of the World In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

    2Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water.

    3God said,“Let there be light.” And there was light!

    4God saw that the light was good, so God separated the light from the darkness.

    5God called the light“day” and the darkness“night.” There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.

    6God said,“Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters and let it separate water from water.”

    7So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. It was so.

    8God called the expanse“sky.” There was evening, and there was morning, a second day.

    9God said,“Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear.” It was so.

    10God called the dry ground“land” and the gathered waters he called“seas.” God saw that it was good.

    11God said,“Let the land produce vegetation: plants yielding seeds and trees on the land bearing fruit with seed in it, according to their kinds.” It was so.

  • Gen 2:4
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    4The Creation of Man and Woman This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created– when the LORD God made the earth and heavens.

  • Ps 148:3
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    3Praise him, O sun and moon! Praise him, all you shiny stars!

  • Jer 31:35
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    35The Lord Guarantees Israel’s Continuance The LORD has made a promise to Israel. He promises it as the one who fixed the sun to give light by day and the moon and stars to give light by night. He promises it as the one who stirs up the sea so that its waves roll. His name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

  • Ps 19:1-2
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    1For the music director; a psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the sky displays his handiwork.

    2Day after day it speaks out; night after night it reveals his greatness.

  • Ps 136:7-9
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    7to the one who made the great lights, for his loyal love endures,

    8the sun to rule by day, for his loyal love endures,

    9the moon and stars to rule by night, for his loyal love endures,

  • Ps 74:16
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    16You established the cycle of day and night; you put the moon and sun in place.

  • Ps 8:3
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    3When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,

  • Gen 1:26-27
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    26Then God said,“Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth.”

    27God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.

  • Gen 2:1
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    1The heavens and the earth were completed with everything that was in them.

  • Jer 10:12
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    12The LORD is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom established the world. And by his understanding he spread out the skies.

  • Ps 33:6
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    6By the LORD’s decree the heavens were made; and by the breath of his mouth all the starry hosts.

  • Ps 78:14
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    14He led them with a cloud by day, and with the light of a fire all night long.

  • John 1:3
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    3All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created.

  • 1 Cor 15:41
    69%

    41There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars, for star differs from star in glory.

  • Jer 51:15
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    15He is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom fixed the world in place, by his understanding he spread out the heavens.

  • Job 38:7
    69%

    7when the morning stars sang in chorus, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

  • 2 Pet 1:19
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    19Moreover, we possess the prophetic word as an altogether reliable thing. You do well if you pay attention to this as you would to a light shining in a murky place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

  • Isa 13:10
    68%

    10Indeed the stars in the sky and their constellations no longer give out their light; the sun is darkened as soon as it rises, and the moon does not shine.

  • Jer 4:23
    68%

    23“I looked at the land and saw that it was an empty wasteland. I looked up at the sky, and its light had vanished.

  • Ps 104:19
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    19He made the moon to mark the months, and the sun sets according to a regular schedule.

  • Deut 4:19
    68%

    19When you look up to the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars– the whole heavenly creation– you must not be seduced to worship and serve them, for the LORD your God has assigned them to all the people of the world.

  • Job 9:9
    68%

    9he makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the constellations of the southern sky;

  • Job 26:10
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    10He marks out the horizon on the surface of the waters as a boundary between light and darkness.