The Bible verses about stars don’t speak about what the stars are made of or how much they weigh.
The verses about stars speak about stars’ purpose.
God created them to mark time and to serve as lights and symbols.
They were guiding the ancient people in their travels. A special star most famously guided the three wise men to worship the newborn Jesus in Bethlehem.
With the verses below about the stars, we will guide you toward a better understanding of stars in the Bible.
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Bible verses about stars related to Jesus
The Bible verses about stars that refer to Jesus speak about Him as “the Morning Star” and “the sun of righteousness.”
Messianic prophecies speak about the messiah as a star coming out of Israel.
After Jesus ascended to the Father, He showed Himself to John in a vision where his face shone like the sun. The sun reflects the glory of God, which the glorified saints will participate in. This is why Matthew 13:43 says, “The righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father.”
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.”
Matthew 2:9
They, having heard the king, went their way; and behold, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them until it came and stood over where the young child was.
Revelation 22:16
I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the assemblies. I am the root and the offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.”
Numbers 24:17
I see him, but not now.
I see him, but not near.
A star will come out of Jacob.
A scepter will rise out of Israel,
and shall strike through the corners of Moab,
and crush all the sons of Sheth.
Malachi 4:2
But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.
Revelation 1:16
He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.
Bible verses of God creating the stars
God has created the universe and everything in it. He set the stars in the firmament that separates heaven and earth.
The Bible verses about stars, especially in the poetic Psalms, not only speak of God’s power but also paint a picture of the beauty and magnificence of His creation. He counts the number of stars and knows them all by name.
Genesis 1:14-18 (ESV)
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. And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
Psalms 8:3
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
Psalms 19:1
The heavens declare the glory of God.
The expanse shows his handiwork.
Psalms 147:4
He counts the number of the stars.
He calls them all by their names.
Psalms 8:3
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
Isaiah 40:26 (NASB)
Raise your eyes on high And see who has created these stars, The One who brings out their multitude by number, He calls them all by name; Because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power, Not one of them is missing.
Jeremiah 31:35
Yahweh, who gives the sun for a light by day,
and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night,
who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar;
Yahweh of Armies is his name, says:
What stars are mentioned in the Bible by name?
The Bible mentions the sun many times and refers to God (Psalm 84:11) and Jesus (Malachi 4:2, Revelation 1:16) as the sun.
The sun is a star and the central body of the earth’s solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat. Many other solar systems have many suns but ours just one.
Addition to the sun, the Bible mentions few constellations.
Pleiades – a conspicuous group or cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus, commonly spoken of as seven, though only six are visible.
Orion – the Hunter, a constellation lying on the celestial equator between Canis Major and Taurus, containing the bright stars Betelgeuse and Rigel.
The Bear, Ursa Major – the Great Bear, the most prominent northern constellation, containing the seven stars that form the Big Dipper.
“Bear’s cubs”, Ursa Minor – the Little or Lesser Bear, the northernmost constellation, containing the stars that form the Little Dipper, the outermost of which, at the end of the handle, is Polaris.
The definitions are from Dictionary.com.
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,
Job 9:9
He makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades,
and the rooms of the south.
Job 38:31-32
“Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades,
or loosen the cords of Orion?
Can you lead the constellations out in their season?
Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?
Short Bible verses about stars
Psalm 148:3
Praise him, sun and moon!
Praise him, all you shining stars!
Revelation 2:28
and I will give him the morning star.
Job 9:7
He commands the sun and it doesn’t rise,
and seals up the stars.
Judges 5:20
From the sky the stars fought.
From their courses, they fought against Sisera.
Psalm 136:7
to him who made the great lights;
for his loving kindness endures forever:
Job 25:5
Behold, even the moon has no brightness,
and the stars are not pure in his sight;
Job 22:12
“Isn’t God in the heights of heaven?
See the height of the stars, how high they are!
Stars in the Bible symbolize angels
When Genesis 1 goes through the seven days of creation, it says that the stars were created as symbols. The stars symbolize angels, believers, and leaders on the earth.
Revelation 1:20
The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lamp stands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven assemblies. The seven lamp stands are seven assemblies.
Job 38:7
when the morning stars sang together,
and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Isaiah 14:12
How you have fallen from heaven, shining one, son of the dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, who laid the nations low!
Isaiah 14:13
You said in your heart, “I will ascend into heaven! I will exalt my throne above the stars of God! I will sit on the mountain of assembly, in the far north!
Revelation 12:4
His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.
Revelation 9:1
The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him.
Stars in the Bible symbolize believers
Philippians 2:15 (NIV)
so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky
Matthew 13:43
Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
Daniel 12:3
Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.
Genesis 15:5
He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”
Stars in the Bible symbolize leaders on earth
Genesis 37:9
He dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, “Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream: and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.”
Revelation 12:1
A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
Verses about stars with warnings
Through the Bible, God warns His people not to worship the sun, moon, and stars. It was common in the ancient world to worship celestial bodies, but God’s people are set apart from these customs.
Deuteronomy 4:19 (ESV)
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.
Jude 1:13
wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
Isaiah 47:13-14
You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels.
Now let the astrologers, the stargazers, and the monthly prognosticators stand up and save you from the things that will happen to you.
Behold, they are like stubble.
The fire will burn them.
They won’t deliver themselves from the power of the flame.
It won’t be a coal to warm at
or a fire to sit by.
Acts 7:43
You took up the tabernacle of Moloch,
the star of your god Rephan,
the figures which you made to worship.
I will carry you away beyond Babylon.’
Verses about stars falling from the sky
Mark 13:25
the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken.
Matthew 24:29
“But immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;
Luke 21:25
There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves;
Revelation 8:12
The fourth angel sounded, and one third of the sun was struck, and one third of the moon, and one third of the stars; so that one third of them would be darkened, and the day wouldn’t shine for one third of it, and the night in the same way.
Joel 2:10
The earth quakes before them.
The heavens tremble.
The sun and the moon are darkened,
and the stars withdraw their shining.
Joel 3:15
The sun and the moon are darkened,
and the stars withdraw their shining.
Isaiah 34:4
All of the army of the sky will be dissolved.
The sky will be rolled up like a scroll,
and all its armies will fade away,
as a leaf fades from off a vine or a fig tree.
Ezekiel 32:7
When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens
and make its stars dark.
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
and the moon won’t give its light.
Daniel 8:10
It grew great, even to the army of the sky; and it cast down some of the army and of the stars to the ground, and trampled on them.
Mark 13:25
the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken
Isaiah 13:10
For the stars of the sky and its constellations will not give their light. The sun will be darkened in its going out, and the moon will not cause its light to shine.