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24 Bible Verses About the Sun

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  • Genesis 1:16 calls the sun and moon the greater and lesser lights, made on the fourth day, after light itself on the first.
  • Deuteronomy 4:19 forbids Israel to bow down to the sun, moon and stars.
  • Joshua 10:13 says the sun delayed going down about a full day, and Luke 23:44-45 says the sun stopped shining from about noon until three while Jesus was on the cross.
  • Ephesians 4:26 makes sunset the limit for anger, and verse 27 adds “do not give the devil a foothold.”
  • Isaiah 60:19-20 promises that the Lord will be an everlasting light in place of the sun, and Revelation 21:23 says the new Jerusalem needs no sun or moon.

The Bible treats the sun as a light God made, and it forbids worshiping the sun. Genesis 1:16 calls it the greater light, Deuteronomy 4:19 forbids Israel to bow down to it, and Psalm 19:4-6 describes its daily course. In the histories the sun stands still for Joshua (Joshua 10:12-13) and goes dark at the crucifixion (Luke 23:44-45), and Jesus says the Father makes it rise on the evil and the good (Matthew 5:45). The prophets use it for what…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

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