What does the Bible say about night?
We need not fear the night. In truth, nighttime is a wise and deliberate element of God’s magnificent design for the world. It stands as a reminder that we once dwelt in darkness, yet through His grace, God delivered us into the light of Christ. Nighttime mirrors the gospel and the reality of life’s struggles. Though your circumstances may seem shrouded in darkness or despair, joy unfailingly dawns with the morning. So, how do you embrace your night? Do you use it to honor and glorify God? Do you seize the moment to draw near to Jesus in solitude?
Genesis 1:5 (NIV) – “God called the light ‘day,’ and the darkness he called ‘night.’ And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.”
Psalm 19:2 (ESV) – “Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge.”
John 9:4 (NKJV) – “I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work.”
Psalm 91:5 (NLT) – “Do not be afraid of the terrors of the night, nor the arrow that flies in the day.”
Isaiah 21:11 (KJV) – “The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?”
Psalm 121:6 (NASB) – “The sun will not smite you by day, nor the moon by night.”
Job 35:10 (Holman) – “But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who provides us with songs in the night?'”
Matthew 26:34 (NIV) – “Jesus replied, ‘Truly I tell you, this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.'”
Psalm 42:8 (ESV) – “By day the Lord commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.”
Exodus 12:42 (NKJV) – “It is a night of solemn observance to the Lord for bringing them out of the land of Egypt. This is that night of the Lord, a solemn observance for all the children of Israel throughout their generations.”
Psalm 139:12 (NLT) – “Even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day, for darkness is as light to you.”
Genesis 8:22 (KJV) – “While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.”
Luke 6:12 (NASB) – “It was at this time that He went off to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God.”
Psalm 63:6 (Holman) – “When I think of You as I lie on my bed, I meditate on You during the night watches.”
John 11:10 (NIV) – “It is when a person walks at night that they stumble, for they have no light.”
Psalm 30:5 (ESV) – “For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.”
Isaiah 26:9 (NKJV) – “With my soul I have desired You in the night, yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early.”
Job 4:13 (NLT) – “It came to me in a disturbing vision at night, when people are in a deep sleep.”
Matthew 2:14 (KJV) – “When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt.”
Psalm 77:6 (NASB) – “I will remember my song in the night; I will meditate with my heart, and my spirit ponders.”
Acts 16:25 (NIV) – “About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.”
Psalm 104:20 (ESV) – “You make darkness, and it is night, when all the beasts of the forest creep about.”
Genesis 32:22 (NKJV) – “And he arose that night and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons, and crossed over the ford of Jabbok.”
Proverbs 7:9 (NLT) – “It was at twilight, in the evening, as deep darkness fell.”
John 3:2 (KJV) – “The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God.”
Psalm 134:1 (NASB) – “Behold, bless the Lord, all servants of the Lord, who serve by night in the house of the Lord!”
1 Thessalonians 5:2 (Holman) – “For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.”
Exodus 14:20 (NIV) – “It came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel. Thus it was a cloud and darkness to the one, and it gave light by night to the other.”
Psalm 16:7 (ESV) – “I bless the Lord who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me.”
Judges 7:9 (NKJV) – “It happened on the same night that the Lord said to him, ‘Arise, go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.'”
Luke 2:8 (NLT) – “That night there were shepherds staying in the fields nearby, guarding their flocks of sheep.”
Isaiah 60:11 (KJV) – “Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night.”
Psalm 88:1 (NASB) – “O Lord, the God of my salvation, I have cried out by day and in the night before You.”
Acts 12:6 (NIV) – “The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains.”
Psalm 119:55 (ESV) – “I remember your name in the night, O Lord, and keep your law.”
Job 33:15 (NKJV) – “In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, while slumbering on their beds.”
Matthew 14:25 (NLT) – “About three o’clock in the morning Jesus came toward them, walking on the water.”
Psalm 74:16 (KJV) – “The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.”
Revelation 8:12 (NASB) – “The fourth angel sounded, and a third of the sun and a third of the moon and a third of the stars were struck, so that a third of them would be darkened and the day would not shine for a third of it, and the night in the same way.”
Genesis 19:2 (Holman) – “And he said, ‘Here now, my lords, please turn aside into your servant’s house and spend the night.'”
John 13:30 (NIV) – “As soon as Judas had taken the bread, he went out. And it was night.”
Psalm 136:9 (ESV) – “The moon and stars to rule over the night, for his steadfast love endures forever.”
1 Samuel 19:10 (NKJV) – “And Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away from Saul’s presence; and he drove the spear into the wall. So David fled and escaped that night.”
Proverbs 31:18 (NLT) – “She sees that her trading is profitable, and her lamp does not go out at night.”
Mark 4:27 (KJV) – “And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.”
Psalm 105:39 (NASB) – “He spread a cloud for a covering, and fire to illumine by night.”
Acts 18:9 (NIV) – “One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: ‘Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent.'”
Psalm 4:8 (ESV) – “In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.”
Exodus 13:21 (NKJV) – “And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light.”
Luke 12:20 (NLT) – “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you.’”
Psalm 78:14 (KJV) – “In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.”
Revelation 21:25 (NASB) – “In the daytime (for there will be no night there) its gates will never be closed.”
Genesis 26:24 (Holman) – “And the Lord appeared to him that night and said, ‘I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you.'”
John 21:3 (NIV) – “Simon Peter said to them, ‘I am going fishing.’ They said to him, ‘We will go with you.’ They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.”
Psalm 119:148 (ESV) – “My eyes are awake before the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promise.”
Judges 16:2 (NKJV) – “When the Gazites were told, ‘Samson has come here!’ they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city.”
Mark 6:48 (NLT) – “He saw that they were in serious trouble, rowing hard and struggling against the wind and waves. About three o’clock in the morning he came toward them, walking on the water.”
Psalm 90:4 (KJV) – “For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.”
1 Timothy 5:5 (NASB) – “Now she who is a widow indeed and who has been left alone, has fixed her hope on God and continues in entreaties and prayers night and day.”
Genesis 31:39 (NIV) – “I did not bring you animals torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for whatever was stolen by day or night.”
Psalm 22:2 (ESV) – “O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.”
2 Samuel 21:10 (NKJV) – “Now Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until the late rains poured on them from heaven. And she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day nor the beasts of the field by night.”
Luke 17:34 (NLT) – “That night two people will be asleep in one bed; one will be taken, the other left.”
Psalm 107:10 (KJV) – “Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron.”
Revelation 22:5 (NASB) – “And there will no longer be any night; and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them.”
Exodus 40:38 (Holman) – “For the cloud of the Lord was over the tabernacle by day, and there was a fire inside the cloud by night, visible to the entire house of Israel throughout all the stages of their journey.”
John 19:39 (NIV) – “He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night.”
Psalm 33:8 (ESV) – “Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!”
1 Samuel 26:7 (NKJV) – “So David and Abishai came to the people by night; and there Saul lay sleeping within the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head.”
Proverbs 3:24 (NLT) – “You can go to bed without fear; you will lie down and sleep soundly.”
Matthew 27:64 (KJV) – “Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away.”
Psalm 119:62 (NASB) – “At midnight I shall rise to give thanks to You because of Your righteous ordinances.”
Acts 20:31 (NIV) – “So be on your guard! Remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.”
Psalm 55:10 (ESV) – “Day and night they go around it on its walls, and iniquity and trouble are within it.”
Genesis 46:2 (NKJV) – “Then God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, ‘Jacob, Jacob!’ And he said, ‘Here I am.'”
Luke 21:37 (NLT) – “Every day Jesus went to the Temple to teach, and each evening he returned to spend the night on the Mount of Olives.”
Psalm 17:3 (KJV) – “Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing.”
Revelation 7:15 (NASB) – “For this reason, they are before the throne of God; and they serve Him day and night in His temple.”
Job 7:4 (NIV) – “When I lie down I think, ‘How long before I get up?’ The night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.”
Psalm 92:2 (Holman) – “To declare Your faithful love in the morning and Your faithfulness at night.”
