The Stars
46 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
36 sections
- (Bright and Morning Star) of Christ
- (Morning Star) of Glory to be Given to Faithful Saints
- (Setting the Nest Amongst) Pride and Carnal Security
- (Shining of) the Reward of Faithful Ministers
- (Wandering) False Teachers
- (Withdrawing Their Light) Severe Judgments
- Appear After Sunset
- Appear of Different Magnitudes
- Arcturus
- Astrology and Star-Gazing Practised by the Babylonians
- Called: Stars of Heaven
- Called: Stars of Light
- Called: The Host of Heaven
- Exhibit the Greatness of God's Power
- False Gods Frequently Worshipped Under the Representation of
- God: Appointed to Give Light by Night
- God: Created
- God: Established, for Ever
- God: Numbers and Names
- God: Obscures
- God: Set, in the Firmament of Heaven
- Idolaters Worshipped
- Impure in the Sight of God
- Infinite in Number
- Made to Praise God
- Mazzaroth
- Morning Star
- One of Extraordinary Brightness Appeared at Christ's Birth
- Orion
- Pleiades
- Punishment for Worshipping
- Revolve in Fixed Orbits
- Shine in the Firmament of Heaven
- The Israelites Forbidden to Worship
- Use of, in Navigation, Alluded To
- when Grouped Together Called Constellations
(Bright and Morning Star) of Christ
- Revelation 22:16 “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”
(Morning Star) of Glory to be Given to Faithful Saints
- Revelation 2:28 And I will give him the morning star.
(Setting the Nest Amongst) Pride and Carnal Security
- Obadiah 4 Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
(Shining of) the Reward of Faithful Ministers
- Daniel 12:3 Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.
(Wandering) False Teachers
- Jude 13 They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
(Withdrawing Their Light) Severe Judgments
- Isaiah 13:10 For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
- Ezekiel 32:7 When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
- Joel 2:10 Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.
- Joel 3:15 The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.
Appear After Sunset
- Nehemiah 4:21 So we continued the work, while half of the men held spears from the break of dawn until the stars came out.
- Job 3:9 May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
Appear of Different Magnitudes
- 1 Corinthians 15:41 The sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.
Arcturus
Astrology and Star-Gazing Practised by the Babylonians
- Isaiah 47:13 You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you— your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate.
Called: Stars of Heaven
- Isaiah 13:10 For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
Called: Stars of Light
- Psalm 148:3 Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.
Called: The Host of Heaven
- Deuteronomy 17:3 and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven— which I have forbidden—
- Jeremiah 33:22 As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”
Exhibit the Greatness of God's Power
- Psalm 8:3 When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place —
- Isaiah 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
False Gods Frequently Worshipped Under the Representation of
God: Appointed to Give Light by Night
- Genesis 1:14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to distinguish between the day and the night, and let them be signs to mark the seasons and days and years.
- Genesis 1:16 God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.
- Psalm 136:9 the moon and stars to govern the night. His loving devotion endures forever.
- Jeremiah 31:35 Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar — the LORD of Hosts is His name:
God: Created
- Genesis 1:16 God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night. And He made the stars as well.
- Psalm 8:3 When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place —
- Psalm 148:5 Let them praise the name of the LORD, for He gave the command and they were created.
God: Established, for Ever
- Psalm 148:3 Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.
- Psalm 148:6 He established them forever and ever; He issued a decree that will never pass away.
- Jeremiah 31:36 “Only if this fixed order departed from My presence, declares the LORD, would Israel’s descendants ever cease to be a nation before Me.”
God: Numbers and Names
- Psalm 147:4 He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name.
God: Obscures
- Job 9:7 He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.
God: Set, in the Firmament of Heaven
- Genesis 1:17 God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,
Idolaters Worshipped
- Jeremiah 8:2 They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.
- Jeremiah 19:13 The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like that place, Topheth— all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the host of heaven and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”
Impure in the Sight of God
- Job 25:5 If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight,
Infinite in Number
- Genesis 15:5 And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
- Jeremiah 33:2 “Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it, the LORD is His name:
Made to Praise God
- Psalm 148:3 Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.
Mazzaroth
- Job 38:32 Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear and her cubs?
Morning Star
- Revelation 2:28 And I will give him the morning star.
One of Extraordinary Brightness Appeared at Christ's Birth
- Matthew 2:2 asking, “Where is the One who has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.”
- Matthew 2:9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stood over the place where the Child was.
Orion
- Job 9:9 He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
- Job 38:31 Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?
- Amos 5:8 He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth — the LORD is His name —
Pleiades
- Job 9:9 He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.
- Job 38:31 Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?
- Amos 5:8 He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth — the LORD is His name —
Punishment for Worshipping
- Deuteronomy 17:5–7 you must bring out to your gates the man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you must stone that person to death. …
Revolve in Fixed Orbits
- Judges 5:20 From the heavens the stars fought; from their courses they fought against Sisera.
Shine in the Firmament of Heaven
- Daniel 12:3 Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.
The Israelites Forbidden to Worship
- Deuteronomy 4:19 When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars— all the host of heaven— do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
- Deuteronomy 17:2–4 If a man or woman among you in one of the towns that the LORD your God gives you is found doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant …
Use of, in Navigation, Alluded To
- Acts 27:20 When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.
when Grouped Together Called Constellations
- 2 Kings 23:5 Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem — those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun …
- Isaiah 13:10 For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
Related topics
StarsThe MoonOrionReligious Intolerance of Idolatrous Religions, Taught by MosesMoonAstronomy
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.