Verse 19

He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knows its setting.

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  • Gen 1:14-18 : 14 And God said, Let there be lights in the sky of the heavens to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years. 15 And let them be for lights in the sky of the heavens to give light upon the earth; and it was so. 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; He made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the sky of the heavens to give light upon the earth, 18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good.
  • Deut 4:19 : 19 And lest you lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, should be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD your God has divided to all nations under the whole heaven.
  • Job 31:26-28 : 26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; 27 And my heart was secretly enticed, or my mouth has kissed my hand: 28 This also would be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied the God above.
  • Job 38:12 : 12 Have you commanded the morning since your days began; and caused the dawn to know its place,
  • Ps 8:3 : 3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
  • Ps 19:6 : 6 His going forth is from the end of heaven, and his circuit to the ends of it, and there is nothing hidden from its heat.
  • Ps 136:7-9 : 7 To him who made great lights: for his mercy endures forever: 8 The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endures forever: 9 The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endures forever.
  • Jer 31:35 : 35 Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who divides the sea when its waves roar; The LORD of hosts is his name: