The Sun
62 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
41 sections
- (Before or in Sight of) of Public Ignominy
- (Darkened) of Severe Calamities
- (Going Down at Noon) of Premature Destruction
- (Its Brightness) of the Future Glory of Saints
- (Its Clearness) of the Purity of the Church
- (Its Power) of the Triumph of Saints
- (No More Going Down) of Perpetual Blessedness
- Called the Greater Light
- Clearness of Its Light Alluded To
- Compared to a Bridegroom Coming Forth from his Chamber
- Compared to a Strong Man Rejoicing to Run a Race
- Diffuses Light and Heat to all the Earth
- God: Appointed to Divide Seasons
- God: Appointed to Rule the Day
- God: Causes to Know Its Time of Setting
- God: Causes, to Rise Both on Evil and Good
- God: Created
- God: Exercises Sovereign Power Over
- God: Placed in the Firmament
- Indicates the Hours of the Day by the Shadow on the Dial
- Made to Praise and Glorify God
- Miracles Connected With: Darkened at the Crucifixion
- Miracles Connected With: Shadow Put Back on the Dial
- Miracles Connected With: Standing Still for a Whole Day in the Valley of Ajalon
- The Jews: Commenced Their Day with the Rising of
- The Jews: Commenced Their Evening with the Setting of
- The Jews: Consecrated Chariots and Horses, As Symbols of
- The Jews: Expressed the East by Rising of
- The Jews: Expressed the West by Setting of
- The Jews: Expressed the Whole Earth By, from Rising of, to Setting of
- The Jews: Forbidden to Worship
- The Jews: Made Images of
- The Jews: Worshipped
- The Power and Brilliancy of Its Rising Alluded To
- The Rays of Change the Colour of the Skin
- The Rays of Frequently Destructive to Human Life
- The Rays of Pleasant to Man
- The Rays of Produce and Ripen Fruits
- The Rays of Soften and Melt some Substances
- The Rays of Wither and Burn up the Herbs of the Field
- Worshippers of, Turned Their Faces Towards the East
(Before or in Sight of) of Public Ignominy
- 2 Samuel 12:11–12 This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight. …
- 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.
(Darkened) of Severe Calamities
- 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 2:31 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
- Matthew 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’
- Revelation 9:2 The star opened the pit of the Abyss, and smoke rose out of it like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.
(Going Down at Noon) of Premature Destruction
- Jeremiah 15:9 The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,” declares the LORD.
- Amos 8:9 And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.
(Its Brightness) of the Future Glory of Saints
- 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.
- Matthew 13:43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
(Its Clearness) of the Purity of the Church
- Song of Solomon 6:10 Who is this who shines like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as the stars in procession?
(Its Power) of the Triumph of Saints
- Judges 5:31 So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.
(No More Going Down) of Perpetual Blessedness
- Isaiah 60:20 Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.
Called the Greater Light
- 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.
Clearness of Its Light Alluded To
- Song of Solomon 6:10 Who is this who shines like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as the stars in procession?
Compared to a Bridegroom Coming Forth from his Chamber
- Psalm 19:5 Like a bridegroom emerging from his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course,
Compared to a Strong Man Rejoicing to Run a Race
- Psalm 19:5 Like a bridegroom emerging from his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course,
Diffuses Light and Heat to all the Earth
- Psalm 19:6 it rises at one end of the heavens and runs its circuit to the other; nothing is deprived of its warmth.
God: Appointed to Divide Seasons
- 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.
God: Appointed to Rule the Day
- 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 136:8 the sun to rule the day, 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: Causes to Know Its Time of Setting
- Psalm 104:19 He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.
God: Causes, to Rise Both on Evil and Good
- Matthew 5:45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
God: Created
- 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 74:16 The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.
God: Exercises Sovereign Power Over
- Job 9:7 He commands the sun not to shine; He seals off the stars.
God: Placed in the Firmament
- Genesis 1:17 God set these lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth,
Indicates the Hours of the Day by the Shadow on the Dial
- 2 Kings 20:9 And Isaiah had replied, “This will be a sign to you from the LORD that He will do what He has promised: Would you like the shadow to go forward ten steps, or back ten steps?”
Made to Praise and Glorify God
- Psalm 148:3 Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.
Miracles Connected With: Darkened at the Crucifixion
- Luke 23:44–45 It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour. …
Miracles Connected With: Shadow Put Back on the Dial
- 2 Kings 20:11 So Isaiah the prophet called out to the LORD, and He brought the shadow back the ten steps it had descended on the stairway of Ahaz.
Miracles Connected With: Standing Still for a Whole Day in the Valley of Ajalon
- Joshua 10:12–13 On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.” …
The Jews: Commenced Their Day with the Rising of
- Genesis 19:23–24 And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar. …
- Genesis 19:27–28 Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD. …
- Judges 9:33 And in the morning at sunrise, get up and advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, do to them whatever you are able.”
The Jews: Commenced Their Evening with the Setting of
- Genesis 28:11 On reaching a certain place, he spent the night there because the sun had set. And taking one of the stones from that place, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.
- Deuteronomy 24:13 be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.
- Mark 1:32 That evening, after sunset, people brought to Jesus all the sick and demon-possessed,
The Jews: Consecrated Chariots and Horses, As Symbols of
- 2 Kings 23:11 And he removed from the entrance to the house of the LORD the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the chamber of an official named Nathan-melech. And Josiah burned up the chariots of the sun.
The Jews: Expressed the East by Rising of
- Numbers 21:11 They journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the wilderness opposite Moab to the east.
- Deuteronomy 4:41 Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east
- Deuteronomy 4:47 They took possession of the land belonging to Sihon and to Og king of Bashan — the two Amorite kings across the Jordan to the east —
- Joshua 12:1 Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites struck down and whose lands they took beyond the Jordan to the east, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the Arabah eastward:
The Jews: Expressed the West by Setting of
- Joshua 1:4 Your territory shall extend from the wilderness and Lebanon to the great River Euphrates— all the land of the Hittites— and west as far as the Great Sea.
The Jews: Expressed the Whole Earth By, from Rising of, to Setting of
- Psalm 50:1 The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.
- Psalm 113:3 From where the sun rises to where it sets, the name of the LORD is praised.
- Isaiah 45:6 so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.
The Jews: 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 17:3 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—
The Jews: Made Images of
- 2 Chronicles 14:5 He also removed the high places and incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and under him the kingdom was at peace.
- 2 Chronicles 34:4 Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered …
The Jews: Worshipped
- 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 …
- 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.
The Power and Brilliancy of Its Rising Alluded To
- Judges 5:31 So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.
- 2 Samuel 23:4 is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’
The Rays of Change the Colour of the Skin
- Song of Solomon 1:6 Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.
The Rays of Frequently Destructive to Human Life
- 2 Kings 4:18–20 And the child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the harvesters. …
- Psalm 121:6 The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
- Isaiah 49:10 They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.
The Rays of Pleasant to Man
- Job 30:28 I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
- Ecclesiastes 11:7 Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
The Rays of Produce and Ripen Fruits
- Deuteronomy 33:14 with the bountiful harvest from the sun and the abundant yield of the seasons,
The Rays of Soften and Melt some Substances
- Exodus 16:21 Every morning each one gathered as much as was needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away.
The Rays of Wither and Burn up the Herbs of the Field
- Mark 4:6 But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
- James 1:11 For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
Worshippers of, Turned Their Faces Towards the East
- Ezekiel 8:16 So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their …
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.