Bible Verses About Astronomy
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for astronomy, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 763 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 15:41. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Astronomy
1 Corinthians 15:4154 votes
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
Psalms 8:348 votes
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
Amos 5:840 votes
Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:
Psalms 147:439 votes
He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
Job 26:731 votes
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
Psalms 19:130 votes
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
Isaiah 40:2224 votes
It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
Job 38:31-3322 votes
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
Isaiah 13:1021 votes
For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
Isaiah 40:2620 votes
Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Job 9:919 votes
Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
Genesis 1:118 votes
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Isaiah 47:1318 votes
Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.
Luke 21:2518 votes
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Jude 1:1318 votes
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
Genesis 1:1417 votes
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
Matthew 24:2916 votes
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
Revelation 21:116 votes
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
Psalms 19:1-615 votes
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
Acts 2:2015 votes
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
Ecclesiastes 1:514 votes
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
Matthew 24:3514 votes
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Jeremiah 33:2213 votes
As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
Ezekiel 32:713 votes
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
Joshua 10:1312 votes
And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
What does the Bible say about astronomy?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 15:41 on the subject of astronomy. Across 763 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 8:3, Amos 5:8, Psalms 147:4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.