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Genesis 1:5

God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.”

And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

Genesis 1:5 BSB
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Genesis 1:5 has 14 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 14 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 74:16 (25 votes) and Isaiah 45:7 (19 votes). 18 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Genesis 1 to James 1.

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Which verses does Genesis 1:5 point to?

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

  1. Psalm 74:1625 votes

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

  2. Isaiah 45:719 votes

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

  3. Psalm 104:2016 votes

    You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.

  4. 1 Thessalonians 5:516 votes

    For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness.

  5. Genesis 8:2211 votes

    As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”

  6. Genesis 1:810 votes

    God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

  7. Psalm 19:210 votes

    Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.

  8. Jeremiah 33:2010 votes

    “This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time,

  9. Ephesians 5:139 votes

    But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.

  10. 1 Corinthians 3:138 votes

    his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work.

  11. Genesis 1:237 votes

    And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

  12. Genesis 1:317 votes

    And God looked upon all that He had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

  13. Genesis 1:136 votes

    And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

  14. Genesis 1:196 votes

    And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

Which verses point to Genesis 1:5?

The 10 strongest of 18.