From Nave’s Topical Bible
Stars
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 40Passages listed
- 18Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Created by GodGenesis 1:16Job 26:13Psalms 8:3Psalms 33:6Psalms 136:7Psalms 136:9Amos 5:8
- Differ in splendor1 Corinthians 15:41
- Worship of, forbiddenDeuteronomy 4:19
- Worshiped2 Kings 17:162 Kings 21:32 Kings 23:5Jeremiah 19:13Amos 5:26Zephaniah 1:5Acts 7:42Acts 7:43
- Constellations ofIsaiah 13:10
- OrionJob 9:9Amos 5:8
- SerpentJob 26:13
- Planets2 Kings 23:5
- The Morning StarJob 38:7Revelation 2:28Revelation 22:16
- The moon
- See Moon
- Darkening ofJob 9:7Ecclesiastes 12:2Isaiah 13:10Isaiah 34:4Joel 2:10Joel 3:15Revelation 8:11Revelation 8:12
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- Comets Jude 1:13
- Falling ofDaniel 8:10Matthew 24:29Mark 13:25Revelation 6:13Revelation 8:10Revelation 9:1Revelation 12:4
- FIGURATIVE
- Of the delivererNumbers 24:17
- Seven stars of the seven congregationsRevelation 1:16Revelation 1:20
- Crown of twelve starsRevelation 12:1
The passages, in Bible order (40)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 1:16
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.
Commentary on Genesis 1:161 voice
10. See again another evident proof of its greatness. Although the heaven may be full of stars without number, the light contributed by them all could not disperse the gloom of night. The sun alone, from the time that it appeared on the horizon, while it was still expected and had not yet risen completely above the earth, dispersed the darkness, outshone the stars, dissolved and diffused the air, which was hitherto thick and condensed over our heads, and produced thus the morning breeze and the dew which in fine weather streams over the earth.
Basil of Caesarea· Commentary (church-history corpus), 379Patristic
- Numbers 24:17
I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.
Commentary on Numbers 24:171 voice
Although it was a gift of divine favor that the birth of the Savior should become recognizable to the nations, nevertheless, to understand the wonder of the sign, the wise men were also able to be reminded through the ancient pronouncements of Balaam, for they knew that it had at one time been spread abroad in a famous and memorable prediction: "A star will appear out of Jacob, and a man will rise up from Israel. He will rule over the nations."
Leo the Great· SERMON 34.2, 461Patristic
- Deuteronomy 4:19
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.
Commentary on Deuteronomy 4:191 voice
It is clear then that since those who live according to the law reverence the One who made the heaven, they do not reverence the heaven as if God. Furthermore, none of those who serve the Mosaic law worship the angels in heaven. And in the same way that they do not worship the sun, moon, and stars and "the world of heaven." They avoid worshiping heaven as such or the angels in it.
Origen of Alexandria· AGAINST CELSUS 5.6, 253Patristic
- 2 Kings 17:16
They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.
Commentary on 2 Kings 17:161 voice
And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Kings 21:3
For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
Commentary on 2 Kings 21:32 voices
For it is written thus in the fourth book of Kings and the second book of Chronicles, or of Days: "Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hephzibah. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, following the abominable practices of the nations that the Lord drove out before the people of Israel.
Apostolic Constitutions· CONSTITUTIONS OF THE HOLY APOSTLES 2.22, 380Patristic
For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Kings 23:5
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.
Commentary on 2 Kings 23:51 voice
And he put down the idolatrous priests,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Job 9:7
He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.
Commentary on Job 9:71 voice
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, and shutteth up the stars as under a seal. Now sometimes in Holy Writ by the title of 'sun,' we have the brightness of the Preachers represented, as it is said by John, And the sun became black as sackcloth of hair. For at the end of time the sun is exhibited 'like sackcloth of hair,' in that the shining life of them that preach is set forth before the eyes of the lost as hard and contemptible.
Gregory the Dialogist· Morals on the Book of Job, Book IX, 604Patristic
- Job 9:9
He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
Commentary on Job 9:91 voice
Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Hyades, and the chambers of the south.
Gregory the Dialogist· Morals on the Book of Job, Book IX, 604Patristic
- Job 26:13
By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
Commentary on Job 26:131 voice
His Spirit garnished the heavens. [MYSTICAL INTERPRETATION] What 'heavens,' saving those concerning whom it is written, The heavens are telling the glory of God? Which 'heavens His Spirit garnished' then, when It 'filled' them.
Gregory the Dialogist· Morals on the Book of Job, Book XVII, 604Patristic
- Job 38:7
while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Commentary on Job 38:71 voice
When the morning stars were praising Me together. And all the sons of God exulting for joy. For because the nature of rational spirits is believed to have been created first in time, the Angels are, not improperly, called 'morning stars.' But if this is so, whilst the earth was invisible, and in disorder, whilst darkness was over the abyss, they anticipated in their existence the coming day of the following age through the light of wisdom.
Gregory the Dialogist· Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXVIII, 604Patristic
- Psalms 8:3
When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
Commentary on Psalms 8:31 voice
The psalmist is speaking here of the frailty of the body and of human weakness, and what does he say? If you consider his flesh, what is a person? If you consider his spirit, he is noble. Let us by no means scorn the flesh, but let us reject its works. Let us not despise the body that will reign in heaven with Christ. "Flesh and blood can obtain no part in the kingdom of God"; no, not flesh and blood of themselves, but the works of the flesh.
Jerome· HOMILY ON PSALM 143, 420Patristic
- Psalms 33:6
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
Commentary on Psalms 33:61 voice
The rule of truth which we hold, is, that there is one God Almighty, who made all things by His Word, and fashioned and formed, out of that which had no existence, all things which exist. Thus saith the Scripture, to that effect "By the Word of the Lord were the heavens established, and all the might of them, by the spirit of His mouth." And again, "All things were made by Him, and without Him was nothing made."
Irenaeus· AGAINST HERESIES 1:22.1, 202Patristic
- Psalms 136:7
He made the great lights— His loving devotion endures forever.
Commentary on Psalms 136:71 voice
Who made the great lights. According to the letter he speaks of the stars. Although we behold them as small, yet they are great. For just as with us, if we climb a high mountain, and see a man in the valley below, he seems to us as if something small: so also the stars are great, but from their height they seem small to us. For the star that is seen in Britain appears everywhere as well. But he says this to those to whom he said: "You are the light of the world."
Jerome· Homily 47, on Psalm 135, 420Patristic
- Psalms 136:9
the moon and stars to govern the night. His loving devotion endures forever.
Commentary on Psalms 136:91 voice
The moon and stars to rule by night,.... The lesser lights, and which indeed receive all their light Front the sun, Gen 1:16; for his mercy endureth for ever; in continuing these lights, so useful to men, as well as in making of them: the moon and stars have their benign influences upon the earth, to produce things out of it useful to men; see Deu 33:14; and are of singular service to benighted travellers, and to those that go down to the sea in ships; see Act 27:
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Ecclesiastes 12:2
before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,
Commentary on Ecclesiastes 12:21 voice
"While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain. "If we take this from the creation of the world, this chapter agrees with the words of the Lord, in which He says, "there will be trouble and difficulty as there has not been since the beginning of creation, but this will not happen. For the sun will grow dark and the moon will not shed light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the virtues of heaven will be moved" [Matth. 24, 21.19.].
Jerome· Commentary on Ecclesiastes, 420Patristic
- Isaiah 13:10
For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
Commentary on Isaiah 13:101 voice
(Verse 10) For the stars of the heavens and their splendor will not extend their light; the sun will be darkened at its rising, and the moon will not shine with its light. The Hebrew word Chisile () was translated as ὠρίωνα in the Septuagint. The Hebrews, with whom I studied, translated it as Arcturus. However, following Symmachus, we generally referred to it as a constellation.
Jerome· Commentary on Isaiah, 420Patristic
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