The vastness of the universe, including the planets, speaks of God’s incredible creation. These verses reflect on how the celestial bodies declare His glory and remind us of His power and majesty as the Creator of all things.
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Bible Verses About Planets
Genesis 1:16 – God created the sun, moon, and stars
“God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.” – Genesis 1:16
Psalms 8:3 – The moon and stars show God’s majesty
“When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place” – Psalms 8:3
Isaiah 40:26 – God created the host of stars
“Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name; by the greatness of his might and because he is strong in power, not one is missing.” – Isaiah 40:26
Psalms 19:1 – The heavens declare God’s glory
“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.” – Psalms 19:1
Job 9:9 – God made the constellations
“He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.” – Job 9:9
Jeremiah 33:22 – God compares His covenant to the stars
“I will make the descendants of David my servant and the Levites who minister before me as countless as the stars in the sky and as measureless as the sand on the seashore.” – Jeremiah 33:22
1 Corinthians 15:41 – Stars differ in glory
“The sun has one kind of splendor, the moon another and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.” – 1 Corinthians 15:41
Genesis 1:14 – The sun, moon, and stars are for signs and seasons
“And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years.” – Genesis 1:14
Deuteronomy 4:19 – Do not worship the sun, moon, or stars
“And when you look up to the sky and see the sun, the moon and the stars—all the heavenly array—do not be enticed into bowing down to them and worshiping things the Lord your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.” – Deuteronomy 4:19
Matthew 24:29 – Signs will appear in the sun, moon, and stars
“Immediately after the distress of those days ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.'” – Matthew 24:29
Revelation 6:13 – Stars fall from the sky
“and the stars in the sky fell to earth, as figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind.” – Revelation 6:13
Amos 5:8 – God made the constellations and Orion
“He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns midnight into dawn and darkens day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out over the face of the land—the Lord is his name.” – Amos 5:8
Matthew 2:2 – The star led the wise men to Jesus
“and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”” – Matthew 2:2
Acts 7:42 – Some people worshiped heavenly bodies
“But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the sun, moon and stars. This agrees with what is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, people of Israel?'” – Acts 7:42
2 Kings 23:5 – Those who worshiped the sun, moon, and stars
“He did away with the idolatrous priests appointed by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the towns of Judah and on those around Jerusalem—those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations and all the starry hosts.” – 2 Kings 23:5
Isaiah 47:13 – Astrologers and stargazers will not save
“All the counsel you have received has only worn you out! Let your astrologers come forward, those stargazers who make predictions month by month, let them save you from what is coming upon you.” – Isaiah 47:13
Job 38:31 – Only God can bind the chains of the Pleiades
“Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades? Can you loosen Orion’s belt?” – Job 38:31
Jeremiah 10:2 – Do not be dismayed by the signs of the heavens
“This is what the Lord says: ‘Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by signs in the heavens, though the nations are terrified by them.'” – Jeremiah 10:2
Zechariah 12:1 – God stretched out the heavens
“A prophecy: The word of the Lord concerning Israel. The Lord, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the human spirit within a person, declares” – Zechariah 12:1
1 Corinthians 8:4 – There is only one God
“So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that ‘An idol is nothing at all in the world’ and that ‘There is no God but one.’” – 1 Corinthians 8:4
2 Chronicles 33:3 – King Manasseh worshiped the stars
“He rebuilt the high places his father Hezekiah had demolished; he also erected altars to the Baals and made Asherah poles. He bowed down to all the starry hosts and worshiped them.” – 2 Chronicles 33:3
Joshua 10:12 – The sun stood still at Joshua’s command
“On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to the Lord in the presence of Israel: “Sun, stand still over Gibeon, and you, moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”” – Joshua 10:12
Jonah 4:8 – The scorching east wind and hot sun
“When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint.” – Jonah 4:8
Matthew 27:45 – Darkness covered the land when Jesus was crucified
“From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land.” – Matthew 27:45
Ezekiel 8:16 – The Israelites worshiped the sun
“He then brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord, and there at the entrance to the temple, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men. With their backs toward the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east, they were bowing down to the sun in the east.” – Ezekiel 8:16
2 Corinthians 4:6 – God made light shine out of darkness
“For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.” – 2 Corinthians 4:6
Matthew 5:45 – God makes the sun rise on the evil and the good
“that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.” – Matthew 5:45
Genesis 37:9 – Joseph’s dream of the sun, moon, and stars
“Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. “Listen,’ he said, ‘I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”” – Genesis 37:9
Psalm 84:11 – The Lord is a sun and shield
“For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.” – Psalm 84:11
2 Samuel 23:4 – God rules like the light of the morning
“Is not my house right with God? Has he not made with me an everlasting covenant, arranged and secured in every part? Will he not bring to fruition my salvation and grant me my every desire? But evil men are all to be cast aside like thorns, which are not gathered with the hand. Whoever touches thorns uses a tool of iron or the shaft of a spear; they are burned up where they lie.” – 2 Samuel 23:4
Job 31:26 – Idol worship is punishable by death
“If I have regarded the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor, so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand offered them a kiss of homage, then these also would be sins to be judged, for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.” – Job 31:26
Jeremiah 31:35 – God commands the sun to shine by day
“This is what the Lord says, he who appoints the sun to shine by day, who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the Lord Almighty is his name” – Jeremiah 31:35
Isaiah 13:10 – The sun, moon, and stars will be darkened
“The stars of heaven and their constellations will not show their light. The rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light.” – Isaiah 13:10
Matthew 17:2 – Jesus’ face shone like the sun
“There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light.” – Matthew 17:2
2 Samuel 22:29 – God is the lamp who lights our darkness
“You, Lord, are my lamp; the Lord turns my darkness into light.” – 2 Samuel 22:29
Revelation 1:16 – Jesus has a face shining like the sun
“In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.” – Revelation 1:16
Job 38:33 – God knows the ordinances of the heavens
“Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set up God’s dominion over the earth?” – Job 38:33
1 Samuel 2:8 – God raises the poor from the dust
“He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor. ‘For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s; on them he has set the world.” – 1 Samuel 2:8
John 1:5 – The light shines in the darkness
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” – John 1:5
Isaiah 30:26 – The light of the sun will be seven times brighter
“The moon will shine like the sun, and the sunlight will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven full days, when the Lord binds up the bruises of his people and heals the wounds he inflicted.” – Isaiah 30:26
Mark 8:18 – Jesus warns against the leaven of the Pharisees and Herod
“Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don’t you remember?” – Mark 8:18
Matthew 13:43 – The righteous will shine as the sun in the kingdom of God
“Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears, let them hear.” – Matthew 13:43