What Does the Bible Say About Space?

Psalm 104:19 ESV / 161 helpful votes

He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting.

Hebrews 11:3 ESV / 151 helpful votes

By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.

Psalm 8:3-6 ESV / 99 helpful votes

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet,

Obadiah 1:4 ESV / 75 helpful votes

Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, from there I will bring you down, declares the Lord.

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 57 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Isaiah 40:26 ESV / 55 helpful votes

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.

Psalm 19:1 ESV / 52 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.

Psalm 8:3-4 ESV / 45 helpful votes

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?

Isaiah 40:22 ESV / 42 helpful votes

It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;

Genesis 1:15 ESV / 41 helpful votes

And let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so.

Acts 2:19-20 ESV / 39 helpful votes

And I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke; the sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day.

Job 9:9 ESV / 33 helpful votes

Who made the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the chambers of the south;

Job 26:7 ESV / 30 helpful votes

He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing.

Psalm 8:1-3 ESV / 29 helpful votes

To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of David. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger. When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,

Matthew 2:10 ESV / 25 helpful votes

When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.

Isaiah 45:12 ESV / 23 helpful votes

I made the earth and created man on it; it was my hands that stretched out the heavens, and I commanded all their host.

Psalm 33:6 ESV / 23 helpful votes

By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.

Job 26:6-7 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering. He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing.

Genesis 2:1-25 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation. These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens. When no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground, ...

Matthew 2:1-2 ESV / 19 helpful votes

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”

Isaiah 66:1 ESV / 19 helpful votes

Thus says the Lord: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool; what is the house that you would build for me, and what is the place of my rest?

Jeremiah 23:23-24 ESV / 18 helpful votes

“Am I a God at hand, declares the Lord, and not a God far away? Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord.

Hebrews 4:13 ESV / 16 helpful votes

And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

Psalm 19:1-6 ESV / 11 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard. Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun, which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy. ...

John 3:16 ESV / 9 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Revelation 12:1-4 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth. And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems. His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it.

Amos 5:8 ESV / 8 helpful votes

He who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns deep darkness into the morning and darkens the day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the surface of the earth, the Lord is his name;

Jeremiah 31:35-36 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Thus says the Lord, who gives the sun for light by day and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the Lord of hosts is his name: “If this fixed order departs from before me, declares the Lord, then shall the offspring of Israel cease from being a nation before me forever.”

Psalm 147:4 ESV / 8 helpful votes

He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names.

Genesis 19:17-20 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And as they brought them out, one said, “Escape for your life. Do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley. Escape to the hills, lest you be swept away.” And Lot said to them, “Oh, no, my lords. Behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness in saving my life. But I cannot escape to the hills, lest the disaster overtake me and I die. Behold, this city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one. Let me escape there—is it not a little one?—and my life will be saved!”

Genesis 1:14-18 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years, and let them be lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth.” And it was so. And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars. And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, to rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

Revelation 6:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale.

Romans 8:37-39 ESV / 5 helpful votes

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Revelation 8:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light might be darkened, and a third of the day might be kept from shining, and likewise a third of the night.

Revelation 6:13-14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale. The sky vanished like a scroll that is being rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.

2 Peter 3:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.

1 Corinthians 15:41 ESV / 4 helpful votes

There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

Matthew 24:29 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Daniel 12:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

Job 38:31-33 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loose the cords of Orion? Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season, or can you guide the Bear with its children? Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule on the earth?

Job 26:7-14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing. He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not split open under them. He covers the face of the full moon and spreads over it his cloud. He has inscribed a circle on the face of the waters at the boundary between light and darkness. The pillars of heaven tremble and are astounded at his rebuke. ...

Deuteronomy 4:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And beware lest you raise your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, things that the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Proverbs 6:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Without having any chief, officer, or ruler,

Psalm 149:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Let Israel be glad in his Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King!

Joshua 1:1-24:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant, “Moses my servant is dead. Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the people of Israel. Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, just as I promised to Moses. From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun shall be your territory. No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you. ...

46 Bible Verses about Space

Psalm 104:19 ESV / 161 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 11:3 ESV / 151 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 8:3-6 ESV / 99 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Obadiah 1:4 ESV / 75 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 57 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 40:26 ESV / 55 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 19:1 ESV / 52 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 8:3-4 ESV / 45 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 40:22 ESV / 42 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:15 ESV / 41 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 2:19-20 ESV / 39 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 9:9 ESV / 33 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 26:7 ESV / 30 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 8:1-3 ESV / 29 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 2:10 ESV / 25 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 45:12 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 33:6 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 26:6-7 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 2:1-25 ESV / 20 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 2:1-2 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 66:1 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 23:23-24 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 4:13 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 19:1-6 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:16 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 12:1-4 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Amos 5:8 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 31:35-36 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 147:4 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 19:17-20 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:14-18 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 6:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:37-39 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 8:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 6:13-14 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Peter 3:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 15:41 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 24:29 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Daniel 12:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 38:31-33 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 26:7-14 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 4:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 28:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 6:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 149:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Joshua 1:1-24:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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