The sun and the moon have become dark, and the stars keep back their shining.
Then when the sun came up, God sent a burning east wind: and so great was the heat of the sun on his head that Jonah was overcome, and, requesting death for himself, said, Death is better for me than life.
It was on the day when the Lord gave up the Amorites into the hands of the children of Israel that Joshua said to the Lord, before the eyes of Israel, Sun, be at rest over Gibeon; and you, O moon, in the valley of Aijalon.
And the sun was at rest and the moon kept its place till the nation had given punishment to their attackers. (Is it not recorded in the book of Jashar?) So the sun kept its place in the middle of the heavens, and was waiting, and did not go down, for the space of a day.
And when the sun went down, they were taken down from the trees, by Joshua's orders, and put into the hole where they had gone to be safe; and great stones were placed at the mouth of the hole, where they are to this day.
And he put the king of Ai to death, hanging him on a tree till evening: and when the sun went down, Joshua gave them orders to take his body down from the tree, and put it in the public place of the town, covering it with a great mass of stones, which is there to this day.
So they went on their way; and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the land of Benjamin.
So may destruction come on all your haters, O Lord; but let your lovers be like the sun going out in his strength. And for forty years the land had peace.
And in the morning, when the sun is up, get up early and make a rush on the town; and when he and his people come out against you, do to them whatever you have a chance to do.
And when the sun has gone down he will be clean; and after that he may take part in the holy food, because it is his bread.
And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; and on the earth, fear among the nations and doubt because of the loud noise of the sea and the waves;
The light of the sun went out, and the curtain in the Temple was parted in two.
For, from the coming up of the sun till its going down, my name is great among the Gentiles; and in every place the smell of burning flesh is offered to my name, and a clean offering: for my name is great among the Gentiles, says the Lord of armies.
But to you who give worship to my name, the sun of righteousness will come up with new life in its wings; and you will go out, playing like young oxen full of food.
But in those days, after that time of trouble, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light,
And very early after dawn on the first day of the week, they came at the time of the coming up of the sun to the place where the body had been put.
And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root, it became dry and dead.
Then will the upright be shining as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him give ear.
And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root it became dry and dead.
And he was changed in form before them; and his face was shining like the sun, and his clothing became white as light.
But straight away, after the trouble of those days, the sun will be made dark and the moon will not give her light and the stars will come down from heaven and the powers of heaven will be moved:
So that you may be the sons of your Father in heaven; for his sun gives light to the evil and to the good, and he sends rain on the upright man and on the sinner.
For this cause it will be night for you, without a vision; and it will be dark for you, without knowledge of the future; the sun will go down over the prophets, and the day will be black over them.
Your crowned ones are like the locusts, and your scribes like the clouds of insects which take cover in the walls on a cold day, but when the sun comes up they go in flight, and are seen no longer in their place.
And I said to them, Do not let the doors of Jerusalem be open till the sun is high; and while the watchmen are in their places, let the doors be shut and locked: and let the people of Jerusalem be put on watch, every one in his watch, opposite his house.
Then the Lord said to Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, hanging them up in the sun before the Lord, so that the wrath of the Lord may be turned from Israel.
He made the moon for a sign of the divisions of the year; teaching the sun the time of its going down.
The sun comes up, and they come together, and go back to their secret places to take their rest.
From the coming up of the sun to its going down, the Lord's name is to be praised.
Before the sun is up, my cry for help comes to your ear; my hope is in your words.
You will not be touched by the sun in the day, or by the moon at night.
The sun to have rule by day: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
Give praise to him, you sun and moon: give praise to him, all you stars of light.
Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them has he put a tent for the sun,
And he will make your righteousness be seen like the light, and your cause like the shining of the sun.
<A Psalm. Of Asaph.> The God of gods, even the Lord, has sent out his voice, and the earth is full of fear; from the coming up of the sun to its going down.
Let them be like an after-birth which is turned to water and comes to an end; like the fruit of a woman who gives birth before her time, let them not see the sun.
May his name go on for ever, as long as the sun: may men be blessing themselves by him; may all nations be blessing his name.
May his life go on as long as the sun and moon, through all generations.
The day is yours and the night is yours: you made the light and the sun.
The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.
His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat of his kingdom will be like the sun before me.
Or of the disease which takes men in the dark, or of the destruction which makes waste when the sun is high.
And I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and an arch of coloured light was round his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire;
And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword: and his face was like the sun shining in its strength.
And a great sign was seen in heaven: a A woman clothed with the sun, and with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
And the fourth let what was in his vessel come out on the sun; and power was given to it that men might be burned with fire.
And I saw an angel taking his place in the sun; and he was crying with a loud voice, saying to all the birds in flight in the heavens, Come together to the great feast of God;
And the town has no need of the sun, or of the moon, to give it light: for the glory of God did make it light, and the light of it is the Lamb.
And there will be no more night; and they have no need of a light or of the shining of the sun; for the Lord God will give them light: and they will be ruling for ever and ever.
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