Sun

How Nave’s arranged it

• CreatedGenesis 1:14–18Psalms 74:16Psalms 136:7Jeremiah 31:35
• Rising and setting ofEcclesiastes 1:5
• Diurnal motion ofPsalms 19:4Psalms 19:6
• Worship of, forbiddenDeuteronomy 4:19Deuteronomy 17:3
• WorshipedJob 31:26–28Jeremiah 8:2Ezekiel 6:4Ezekiel 6:6Ezekiel 8:16
• Kings of Judah dedicate horses to2 Kings 23:11
• Miracles concerning
• Darkening ofExodus 10:21–23Isaiah 5:30Isaiah 24:23Ezekiel 32:7Joel 2:10Joel 2:31Joel 3:15Amos 8:9Micah 3:6Matthew 24:29Matthew 27:45Mark 13:24Mark 15:33Luke 21:25Luke 23:44Luke 23:45Acts 2:20Revelation 6:12Revelation 8:12Revelation 9:2
• Stood stillJoshua 10:12Joshua 10:13Habakkuk 3:11
• Shadow of went back on the sun-dial of Ahaz2 Kings 20:11Isaiah 38:8
• Does not shine in heavenRevelation 21:23
• FIGURATIVEPsalms 84:11Malachi 4:2Judges 5:31Isaiah 30:26Isaiah 60:11Jeremiah 15:9Revelation 1:16Revelation 12:1Revelation 19:17

The passages, in Bible order (51)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 1:14–18

   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.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 1:14–181 voice

   “Look first on the firmament of heaven, which was made before the sun. Look first on the earth, which began to be visible and was already formed before the sun put in its appearance. Look at the plants of the earth, which preceded in time the light of the sun. The bramble preceded the sun. The blade of grass is older than the moon. Therefore, do not believe that object to be a god to which the gifts of God are seen to be preferred. Three days have passed.

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2. Exodus 10:21–23

   Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”

   ›Commentary on Exodus 10:21–231 voice

   “And the Lord said unto Moses,.... About the eleventh day of the month Abib: stretch out thine hand toward heaven; where the luminaries are, and from whence light comes: that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt; that is, what caused it, the gross vapours and thick fogs; for otherwise darkness itself, being a privation of light, cannot be felt: Onkelos paraphrases it,"after that the darkness of the night is removed;''so Jonathan; that it might appear to be different from that, and be much grosser.

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3. 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.

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4. Deuteronomy 17:3

   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—

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   “And hath gone,....

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5. Joshua 10:12

   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.”

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   “Everywhere, therefore, he alone kept close to holy Moses amid all these wondrous works and dread secrets. In this way it happened that the one who had been Moses' companion in this intercourse with God succeeded to his power. Worthy surely was he to stand forth as a man who might stay the course of the river, and who might say, "Sun, stand still," and delay the night and lengthen the day, as though to witness his victory. Why?—a blessing denied to Moses—he alone was chosen to lead the people into the promised land.

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6. Joshua 10:13

   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.”

   ›Commentary on Joshua 10:132 voices

   “And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed,....

   “Everywhere, therefore, he alone kept close to holy Moses amid all these wondrous works and dread secrets. In this way it happened that the one who had been Moses' companion in this intercourse with God succeeded to his power. Worthy surely was he to stand forth as a man who might stay the course of the river, and who might say, "Sun, stand still," and delay the night and lengthen the day, as though to witness his victory. Why?—a blessing denied to Moses—he alone was chosen to lead the people into the promised land.

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7. Judges 5:31

   So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.

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   “So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord!....

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8. 2 Kings 20:11

   So Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow back the ten steps it had descended on the stairway of Ahaz.

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   “In the sixth time, three events came about: the height of victory, of teaching, and of prophecy. The height of victory occurred with Sennacherib who rose against Jerusalem, and "an angel of the Lord slew a hundred and eighty-five thousand." Yet Ezechias was healed in …

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9. 2 Kings 23:11

   And he removed from the entrance to the house of the LORD the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the chamber of an official named Nathan-melech. And Josiah burned up the chariots of the sun.

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   "He also removed the horses that the kings of Judah had given, etc." [2 Kings 23:11] What follows about the same king Josiah, he also removed the horses which the kings of Judah had given to the sun at the entrance of the temple of …

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10. Job 31:26–28

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

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    “If I saw the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness, and my heart hath secretly rejoiced, and I have kissed my hand with my mouth; which is an exceeding iniquity, and denial against the Most High God. There is no doubt that both these two luminaries, which are commissioned to ministrations for man, are called 'the hosts of heaven.' Into the worshipping whereof we know that numbers have fallen, as Scripture is witness; as where it is written, And worshipped all the host of heaven.

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11. Psalms 19:4

    their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun.

    ›Commentary on Psalms 19:41 voice

    “Behold the Lord's greatness. "The sound of his teaching has gone out into every land." Our Lord Jesus has been spread out to the whole world, because he is God's power.… The power of the Lord and Savior is with those who are in Britain, separated from our world, and with those who are in Mauretania and with everyone under the sun who has believed in his name. Behold the Savior's greatness. It extends to all the world.

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12. Psalms 19:6

    it rises at one end of the heavens and runs its circuit to the other; nothing is deprived of its warmth.

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    “Christ fills his world with copious lights, since "his going out is from the end of heaven, and his circuit even to the end of it, and there is no one who can hide himself from his heat." Benignly he gives light to all, wishing not to repel the foolish but to correct them and desiring not to exclude the hard of heart from the church but to soften them. Hence … Christ in the Gospel invites them, saying, "Come to me, all you who labor, and are burdened, and I will give you rest.

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13. Psalms 74:16

    The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.

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    “A brother asked one of the hermits, 'If I happen to over-sleep, and am late for the hour of prayer, I am ashamed that others will hear me praying so late, and so I become reluctant to keep the rule of prayer.' He said, 'If …

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14. Psalms 84:11

    For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.

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    “For God loves mercy and truth. Two things God loves, mercy and truth. If he were only merciful, he would provoke us all to sins: if he loved only truth, no one would have hope of repentance. For this reason he seeks two things, and tempers the one by the other. If you are a sinner, hear that God is merciful, and do not despair, and do penance. But if you are righteous, do not be negligent, because God is clement: since God is also just, and loves truth. The Lord will give grace and glory.

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15. 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."

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16. Ecclesiastes 1:5

    The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises.

    ›Commentary on Ecclesiastes 1:51 voice

    "The sun rises and the sun sets, then it rushes to its place, where it rises again." The sun itself, which is given as light for mankind, shows the orbit of the world by its rising and it setting every day. After the sun has soaked its burning orb in the ocean, it returns by routes unknown to me to that place whence it had come; and when the period of night is over, it again bursts out quickly from its bed.

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