Genesis 1:16-18
1:16 God made two great lights
– the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night. He made the stars also.
1:17 God placed the lights
in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth,
1:18 to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness.
God saw that it was good.
Deuteronomy 4:19
4:19 When you look up
to the sky
and see the sun, moon, and stars – the whole heavenly creation
– you must not be seduced to worship and serve them,
for the
Lord your God has assigned
them to all the people
of the world.
Deuteronomy 11:16
Exhortation to Instruction and Obedience
11:16 Make sure you do not turn away to serve and worship other gods!
Deuteronomy 17:3
17:3 by serving other gods and worshiping them – the sun,
moon, or any other heavenly bodies which I have not permitted you to worship.
Deuteronomy 17:2
17:2 Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you – in one of your villages
that the
Lord your God is giving you – who sins before the Lord your God
and breaks his covenant
Deuteronomy 23:5
23:5 But the
Lord your God refused to listen to Balaam and changed
the curse to a blessing, for the
Lord your God loves
you.
Deuteronomy 23:11
23:11 When evening arrives he must wash himself with water and then at sunset he may reenter the camp.
Jeremiah 8:2
8:2 They will be spread out and exposed to the sun, the moon and the stars.
These are things they
adored and served, things to which they paid allegiance,
from which they sought guidance, and worshiped. The bones of these people
will never be regathered and reburied. They will be like manure used to fertilize the ground.
Ezekiel 8:16
8:16 Then he brought me to the inner court of the Lord’s house. Right there at the entrance to the Lord’s temple, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the Lord’s temple, facing east – they were worshiping the sun toward the east!