24 Bible Verses About the Sky

  • Genesis 1:6-8 names the vault between the waters “sky”; the King James Version calls the vault the “firmament” and its name “Heaven”.
  • Deuteronomy 4:19 forbids Israel to bow down to the sun, moon and stars.
  • Psalm 36:5, Psalm 103:11 and Isaiah 55:9 use the height of the sky to measure God’s love and God’s thoughts.
  • Acts 1:9-11 records Jesus taken up and hidden by a cloud, with the promise that he will come back the same way.
  • In Matthew 16:2-3 Jesus contrasts reading a red sky with failing to read “the signs of the times”.

In the Bible the sky is something God made and stretched out, a witness to him, and the place where the disciples watched Jesus taken up. Genesis 1:6-8 names the vault “sky”, Psalm 19:1 says “the skies proclaim the work of his hands”, and Acts 1:9-11 places Jesus’ departure in the sky. Job 38:31-33 asks Job whether he can move the constellations, and Deuteronomy 4:19 forbids bowing down to the sun, moon and stars. Psalms and prophets also use the…

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