Cross references

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.

Genesis 1:16 BSB

Genesis 1:16 has 20 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 17 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 136:7–9 (11 votes) and Deuteronomy 4:19 (10 votes). 20 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Deuteronomy 4 to Revelation 21.

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Which verses does Genesis 1:16 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. He made the great lights—His loving devotion endures forever. the sun to rule the day, His loving devotion endures forever. …

  2. 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.

  3. Psalm 8:38 votes

    When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—

  4. The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.

  5. Let them praise the name of the LORD, for He gave the command and they were created.

  6. 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.

  7. Job 38:76 votes

    while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

  8. Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.

  9. Psalm 19:65 votes

    it rises at one end of the heavens and runs its circuit to the other; nothing is deprived of its warmth.

  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.

  11. I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.

  12. Job 31:264 votes

Which verses point to Genesis 1:16?

The 10 strongest of 20.