Bible Verses About The Sun
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for the sun, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,644 votes, led by Psalms 113:3. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about The Sun
Psalms 113:3168 votes
From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord’s name is to be praised.
Genesis 1:16132 votes
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.
Ecclesiastes 1:5111 votes
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
Revelation 22:5110 votes
And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
Psalms 84:11108 votes
For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Genesis 1:14101 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 24:2977 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:
Malachi 4:267 votes
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
Revelation 16:8-967 votes
And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
Job 9:764 votes
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
Ecclesiastes 11:763 votes
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
Psalms 19:1-652 votes
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
Genesis 1:1-3150 votes
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Isaiah 13:1049 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 30:2644 votes
Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Psalms 19:4-643 votes
Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
Malachi 1:1142 votes
For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
Joel 2:3141 votes
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.
Ezekiel 32:738 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.
Amos 5:838 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:
Genesis 15:1233 votes
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
Acts 2:2033 votes
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
Psalms 75:332 votes
The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
John 8:1232 votes
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Psalms 74:1631 votes
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
What does the Bible say about the sun?
Readers most often cite Psalms 113:3 on the subject of the sun. Across 2,644 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Genesis 1:16, Ecclesiastes 1:5, Revelation 22:5. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.