What Does the Bible Say About Night?

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”

“And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. And the evening: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was”

“And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: the day: Heb. between the day and between the night”

“And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. to rule the day: Heb. for the rule of the day, etc.”

“And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,”

“And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.”

“While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. While: Heb. As yet all the days of the earth”

“And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.”

“And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. either: Heb. from good to bad”

“That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.”

“Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.”

“And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.”

“For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD. gods: or, princes”

“And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,”

“Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.”

“And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.”

“And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay. upon: Heb. who hast ridden upon me ever since: or, ever since thou wast, etc”

“His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. accursed: Heb. the curse of God”

“And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.”

“And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.”

“So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.”

“And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.”

“And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.”

“In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.”

“And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.”

“Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.”

“So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.”

“When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. the night: Heb. the evening be measured?”

“The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.”

“The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face. disguiseth: Heb. setteth his face in secret”

“Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.”

“My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. spread: Heb. opened”

“I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. all: or, every night”

“When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;”

“Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.”

“To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork .”

“Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.”

“O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. am: Heb. there is no silence to me”

“For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. his anger: Heb. there is but a moment in his anger for a night: Heb. in the evening joy: Heb. singing”

“When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.”

“The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.”

“I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.”

“Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. beasts: Heb. beasts thereof do trample on the forest”

“The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.”

“The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.”

“Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.”

“Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.”

“A Song of degrees. Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.”

“If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.”

“In the twilight, in the evening , in the black and dark night: in the evening: Heb. in the evening of day”

“Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.”

“She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night. She: Heb. She tasteth”

“By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.”

“I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.”

“The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; brought: or, cut off”

“The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?”

“The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.”

“Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers , the stargazers , the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee. astrologers: Heb. viewers of the heavens the monthly: Heb. that give knowledge concerning the months”

“Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:”

“Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;”

“Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.”

“Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.”

“In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.”

“Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.”

“Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.”

“Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:”

“If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes? some: or, gleanings?”

“And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.”

“In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.”

“Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:”

“And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.”

“And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. watch: or, the night watches”

“And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.”

“And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.”

“And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.”

“Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.”

“The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.”

“I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.”

“But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.”

“While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.”

“Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.”

“And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;”

“The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.”

“And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;”

“For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.”

“Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.”

“Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. strange: Gr. other”

“And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.”

“And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle , neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.”