Bible Verses About The Moon

And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.

And let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth.” And it was so.

God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.

When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.

and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden—

and if it is reported and you hear about it, you must investigate it thoroughly. If the report is true and such an abomination has happened in Israel,

you must bring out to your gates the man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you must stone that person to death.

On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on the testimony of a lone witness.

with the bountiful harvest from the sun and the abundant yield of the seasons,

On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”

So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? “So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.”

So David told him, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon, and I am supposed to dine with the king. Instead, let me go and hide in the field until the third evening from now.

If your father misses me at all, tell him, ‘David urgently requested my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because there is an annual sacrifice for his whole clan.’

Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.

if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,

this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.

When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—

May they fear him as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon remains, through all generations.

May the righteous flourish in his days and prosperity abound, until the moon is no more.

Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.

like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah

He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.

The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.

the moon and stars to govern the night. His loving devotion endures forever.

Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.