Overview
The Bible addresses stars across 37 verses, drawn from both the Old and New Testaments. These passages cluster most in Revelation, Job and Psalms. Closely related themes include Stars, the, Moon, Astronomy and Moon, the. Figures whose stories touch this theme include Hezekiah, Ahab, David and Jesus.
Key Bible verses about stars
Old Testament
2 Kings
And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. put: Heb. caused to cease idolatrous: Heb. Chemarim planets: or, twelve signs or, constellations
Job
Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. Arcturus: Heb. Ash, Cesil, and Cimah
By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Psalms
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Isaiah
For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
Joel
Amos
Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. the tabernacle: or, Siccuth your king
New Testament
Mark
Acts
Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
Revelation
And I will give him the morning star.
And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. untimely figs: or, green figs
And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
People in the Bible and stars
Biblical figures whose stories intersect with this theme.
In the Bible dictionary
Studying stars for yourself
- Begin with Genesis 1:16, then read the passages below in canonical order.
- Compare how Revelation, Job and Psalms each treat the theme.
- Consider the lives of Hezekiah, Ahab and David and how their stories intersect with it.
- Widen the study to related themes: Stars, the, Moon, Astronomy and Moon, the.
Frequently asked questions
What does the Bible say about stars?
The Bible addresses stars across 37 verses, drawn from both the Old and New Testaments. These passages cluster most in Revelation, Job and Psalms. Closely related themes include Stars, the, Moon, Astronomy and Moon, the. Figures whose stories touch this theme include Hezekiah, Ahab, David and Jesus.
How many Bible verses are about stars?
The Bible references stars in 37 verses (King James Version).
Where does the Bible first mention stars?
In canonical order, the first of these passages is Genesis 1:16: “And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. to rule the day: Heb. for the rule of the day, etc.”
Which people in the Bible are associated with stars?
Hezekiah, Ahab, David and Jesus.
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