What does the Bible say about the stars?
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The Bible teaches that the stars are God’s splendid creatures, appointed to display his glory, govern times and seasons, and remind humanity of his sovereign power. Psalm 8:3 marvels that the heavens are the work of God’s fingers, while Psalm 147:4 declares that he counts and names every star. Genesis 1:14 and Psalm 136:9 show that God ordained the heavenly lights for signs, seasons, days, and nights, not for worship or divination, as Deuteronomy 4:19 warns. Isaiah 40:26 and Amos 5:8 exalt the Creator who brings out their host by number. Daniel 12:3 uses their brightness to picture the everlasting reward of the wise, and Matthew 2:2 records a star that guided the Magi to Christ.
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- Psalms 8:3
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, The moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
- Psalms 147:4
He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names.
- Amos 5:8
Seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, And turns the shadow of death into the morning, And makes the day dark with night; Who calls for the waters of the sea, And pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh is his name,
- Deuteronomy 4:19
and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of the sky, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Yahweh your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.
- Genesis 1:14
God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
- Daniel 12:3
Those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.
- Job 9:9
Who makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;
- Matthew 2:2
"Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him."
- Isaiah 40:26
Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their host by number; he calls them all by name; by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.
- Psalms 136:9
The moon and stars to rule by night; For his loving kindness endures forever:
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