98 Bible Verses about Night
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and God calleth to the light 'Day,' and to the darkness He hath called 'Night;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day one.
And God saith, 'Let luminaries be in the expanse of the heavens, to make a separation between the day and the night, then they have been for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years, and they have been for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth:' and it is so. And God maketh the two great luminaries, the great luminary for the rule of the day, and the small luminary -- and the stars -- for the rule of the night;read more.
and God giveth them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth, and to rule over day and over night, and to make a separation between the light and the darkness; and God seeth that it is good;
And the man riseth to go, he and his concubine, and his young man, and his father-in-law, father of the young woman, saith to him, 'Lo, I pray thee, the day hath fallen toward evening, lodge all night, I pray thee; lo, the declining of the day! lodge here, and let thine heart be glad -- and ye have risen early to-morrow for your journey, and thou hast gone to thy tent.'
it behoveth me to be working the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night doth come, when no one is able to work: --
Jesus answered, 'Are there not twelve hours in the day? if any one may walk in the day, he doth not stumble, because the light of this world he doth see; and if any one may walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.'
And the sun is about to go in, and deep sleep hath fallen upon Abram, and lo, a terror of great darkness is falling upon him;
and he toucheth at a certain place, and lodgeth there, for the sun hath gone in, and he taketh of the stones of the place, and maketh them his pillows, and lieth down in that place.
My tear hath been to me bread day and night, In their saying unto me all the day, 'Where is thy God?'
Who doth make my head waters, And mine eye a fountain of tears? And I weep by day and by night, For the wounded of the daughter of my people.
And thou hast said unto them this word: Tears come down mine eyes night and day, And they do not cease, For, with a great breach, Broken hath been the virgin daughter of my people, A very grievous stroke.
let Thine ear be, I pray Thee, attentive, and Thine eyes open, to hearken unto the prayer of Thy servant, that I am praying before Thee to-day, by day and by night, concerning the sons of Israel Thy servants, and confessing concerning the sins of the sons of Israel, that we have sinned against Thee; yea, I and the house of my father have sinned;
A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah, to the Overseer, 'Concerning the Sickness of Afflictions.' -- An instruction, by Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly before Thee,
and shall not God execute the justice to His choice ones, who are crying unto Him day and night -- bearing long in regard to them?
night and day exceedingly beseeching, that we might see your face, and perfect the things lacking in your faith.
the book of this law doth not depart out of thy mouth, and thou hast meditated in it by day and by night, so that thou dost observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then thou dost cause thy way to prosper, and then thou dost act wisely.
But -- in the law of Jehovah is his delight, And in His law he doth meditate by day and by night:
and she is a widow of about eighty-four years, who did depart not from the temple, with fasts and supplications serving, night and day,
to which our twelve tribes, intently night and day serving, do hope to come, concerning which hope I am accused, king Agrippa, by the Jews;
And the four living creatures, each by itself severally, had six wings, around and within are full of eyes, and rest they have not day and night, saying, 'Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is coming;'
because of this are they before the throne of God, and they do service to Him day and night in His sanctuary, and He who is sitting upon the throne shall tabernacle over them;
And these who sing, heads of fathers of the Levites, in the chambers, are free, for by day and by night they are over them in the work.
for ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail, for, night and day working not to be a burden upon any of you, we did preach to you the good news of God;
nor for nought did we eat bread of any one, but in labour and in travail, night and day working, not to be chargeable to any of you;
Arise, cry aloud in the night, At the beginning of the watches. Pour out as water thy heart, Over against the face of the Lord, Lift up unto Him thy hands, for the soul of thine infants, Who are feeble with hunger at the head of all out-places.
And Gideon cometh -- and the hundred men who are with him -- into the extremity of the camp, at the beginning of the middle watch (it hath only just confirmed the watchmen), and they blow with trumpets -- dashing in pieces also the pitchers which are in their hand;
and it cometh to pass, in the morning watch, that Jehovah looketh unto the camp of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubleth the camp of the Egyptians,
watch ye, therefore, for ye have not known when the lord of the house doth come, at even, or at midnight, or at cock-crowing, or at the morning;
And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went away to them, walking upon the sea,
and he saw them harassed in the rowing, for the wind was against them, and about the fourth watch of the night he doth come to them walking on the sea, and wished to pass by them.
and if he may come in the second watch, and in the third watch he may come, and may find it so, happy are those servants.
having received, therefore, the morsel, that one immediately went forth, and it was night.
while daily I was with you in the temple, ye did stretch forth no hands against me; but this is your hour and the power of the darkness.'
so, then, nothing before the time judge ye, till the Lord may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise shall come to each from God.
Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness,
'And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil; for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;
At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.
Passing on in the street, near her corner, And the way to her house he doth step, In the twilight -- in the evening of day, In the darkness of night and blackness.
for those sleeping, by night do sleep, and those making themselves drunk, by night are drunken,
If gatherers have come in to thee, They do not leave gleanings, If thieves in the night, They have destroyed their sufficiency!
all ye are sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness,
Jesus, therefore, said to them, 'Yet a little time is the light with you; walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he who is walking in the darkness hath not known where he goeth; while ye have the light, believe in the light, that sons of light ye may become.' These things spake Jesus, and having gone away, he was hid from them,
the night did advance, and the day came nigh; let us lay aside, therefore, the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armour of the light;
for ye were once darkness, and now light in the Lord; as children of light walk ye,
who did rescue us out of the authority of the darkness, and did translate us into the reign of the Son of His love,
'Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come; and this know, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief doth come, he had watched, and not suffered his house to be broken through; because of this also ye, become ye ready, because in what hour ye do not think, the Son of Man doth come.
'Watch therefore, for ye have not known the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man doth come.
lest, having come suddenly, he may find you sleeping; and what I say to you, I say to all, Watch.'
And they cry unto Jehovah in their adversity, From their distresses He saveth them. He bringeth them out from the dark place, And death-shade, And their bands He draweth away.
The people who are walking in darkness Have seen a great light, Dwellers in a land of death-shade, Light hath shone upon them.
Therefore hath judgment been far from us, And righteousness reacheth us not, We wait for light, and lo, darkness, For brightness -- in thick darkness we go,
I have been weary with my sighing, I meditate through all the night on my bed, With my tear my couch I waste.
For -- a moment is in His anger, Life is in His good-will, At even remaineth weeping, and at morn singing.
She weepeth sore in the night, And her tear is on her cheeks, There is no comforter for her out of all her lovers, All her friends dealt treacherously by her, They have been to her for enemies.
And it came to pass in those days, he went forth to the mountain to pray, and was passing the night in the prayer of God,
'I have repented that I caused Saul to reign for king, for he hath turned back from after Me, and My words he hath not performed;' and it is displeasing to Samuel, and he crieth unto Jehovah all the night.
My God, I call by day, and Thou answerest not, And by night, and there is no silence to me.
And at midnight Paul and Silas praying, were singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were hearing them,
By day Jehovah commandeth His kindness, And by night a song is with me, A prayer to the God of my life.
I remember my music in the night, With my heart I meditate, and my spirit doth search diligently:
To the Overseer. -- A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest. Thou -- Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar.
Singing is to you as in a night sanctified for a festival, And joy of heart as he who is going with a pipe, To go in to the mountain of Jehovah, Unto the rock of Israel.
If I have remembered Thee on my couch, In the watches -- I meditate on Thee.
With my soul I desired Thee in the night, Also, with my spirit within me I seek Thee earnestly, For when Thy judgments are on the earth, The inhabitants of the world have learned righteousness.
And Jehovah appeareth unto Solomon by night, and saith to him, 'I have heard thy prayer, and have fixed on this place to Me for a house of sacrifice.
Then to Daniel, in a vision of the night, the secret hath been revealed. Then hath Daniel blessed the God of the heavens.
Answered hath Daniel and said, 'I was seeing in my vision by night, and lo, the four winds of the heavens are coming forth to the great sea;
I have seen by night, and lo, one riding on a red horse, and he is standing between the myrtles that are in the shade, and behind him are horses, red, bay, and white.
And the Lord said through a vision in the night to Paul, 'Be not afraid, but be speaking and thou mayest be not silent;
And on the following night, the Lord having stood by him, said, 'Take courage, Paul, for as thou didst fully testify the things concerning me at Jerusalem, so it behoveth thee also at Rome to testify.'
And God cometh in unto Abimelech in a dream of the night, and saith to him, 'Lo, thou art a dead man, because of the woman whom thou hast taken -- and she married to a husband.'
And God cometh in unto Laban the Aramaean in a dream of the night, and saith to him, 'Take heed to thyself lest thou speak with Jacob from good unto evil.'
In Gibeon hath Jehovah appeared unto Solomon, in a dream of the night, and God saith, 'Ask -- what do I give to thee?'
In a dream -- a vision of night, In the falling of deep sleep on men, In slumberings on a bed.
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'I have repented that I caused Saul to reign for king, for he hath turned back from after Me, and My words he hath not performed;' and it is displeasing to Samuel, and he crieth unto Jehovah all the night.
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And at midnight Paul and Silas praying, were singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were hearing them,
And it came to pass in those days, he went forth to the mountain to pray, and was passing the night in the prayer of God,
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and night shall not be there, and they have no need of a lamp and light of a sun, because the Lord God doth give them light, and they shall reign -- to the ages of the ages.
Israel » Journey » Night
A night of watchings it is to Jehovah, to bring them out from the land of Egypt; it is this night to Jehovah of watchings to all the sons of Israel to their generations.
Night » Divided into watches
And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that Saul putteth the people in three detachments, and they come into the midst of the camp in the morning-watch, and smite Ammon till the heat of the day; and it cometh to pass that those left are scattered, and there have not been left of them two together.
and it cometh to pass, in the morning watch, that Jehovah looketh unto the camp of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubleth the camp of the Egyptians,
Arise, cry aloud in the night, At the beginning of the watches. Pour out as water thy heart, Over against the face of the Lord, Lift up unto Him thy hands, for the soul of thine infants, Who are feeble with hunger at the head of all out-places.
And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went away to them, walking upon the sea,
Night » Type of ignorance and sin
the night did advance, and the day came nigh; let us lay aside, therefore, the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armour of the light;
all ye are sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness,
and night shall not be there, and they have no need of a lamp and light of a sun, because the Lord God doth give them light, and they shall reign -- to the ages of the ages.
and its gates shall not at all be shut by day, for night shall not be there;
Night » God frequently » Revealed his will in
And God cometh in unto Laban the Aramaean in a dream of the night, and saith to him, 'Take heed to thyself lest thou speak with Jacob from good unto evil.'
and God speaketh to Israel in visions of the night, and saith, 'Jacob, Jacob;' and he saith, 'Here am I.'
and the ass saith unto Balaam, 'Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden since I was thine unto this day? have I at all been accustomed to do to thee thus?' and he saith, 'No.'
Answered hath Daniel and said, 'I was seeing in my vision by night, and lo, the four winds of the heavens are coming forth to the great sea;
Night » God frequently » Executed his judgments in
And it cometh to pass, in that night, that a messenger of Jehovah goeth out, and smiteth in the camp of Asshur a hundred eighty and five thousand, and they rise early in the morning, and lo, all of them are dead corpses.
In that night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans is slain,
and I have passed over through the land of Egypt during this night, and have smitten every first-born in the land of Egypt, from man even unto beast, and on all the gods of Egypt I do judgments; I am Jehovah.
Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind.
Night » Used figuratively
it behoveth me to be working the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night doth come, when no one is able to work: --
The burden of Moab. Because in a night destroyed was Ar of Moab -- It hath been cut off, Because in a night destroyed was Kir of Moab -- It hath been cut off.
the night did advance, and the day came nigh; let us lay aside, therefore, the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armour of the light;
all ye are sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness,
The burden of Dumah. Unto me is one calling from Seir 'Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?' The watchman hath said, 'Come hath morning, and also night, If ye inquire, inquire ye, turn back, come.'
Night » Originally divided into three watches
and it cometh to pass, in the morning watch, that Jehovah looketh unto the camp of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubleth the camp of the Egyptians,
Arise, cry aloud in the night, At the beginning of the watches. Pour out as water thy heart, Over against the face of the Lord, Lift up unto Him thy hands, for the soul of thine infants, Who are feeble with hunger at the head of all out-places.
And Gideon cometh -- and the hundred men who are with him -- into the extremity of the camp, at the beginning of the middle watch (it hath only just confirmed the watchmen), and they blow with trumpets -- dashing in pieces also the pitchers which are in their hand;
Night » Frequently » Accompanied by heavy dews
and it is so, and he riseth early on the morrow, and presseth the fleece, and wringeth dew out of the fleece -- the fulness of the bowl, of water.
And in the descending of the dew on the camp by night, the manna descendeth upon it.
And God doth so on that night, and there is drought on the fleece alone, and on all the earth there hath been dew.
Night » Divided into four watches by the romans
And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went away to them, walking upon the sea,
and if he may come in the second watch, and in the third watch he may come, and may find it so, happy are those servants.
watch ye, therefore, for ye have not known when the lord of the house doth come, at even, or at midnight, or at cock-crowing, or at the morning;
Night » Continued until sunrise
And on the eve of the sabbaths, at the dawn, toward the first of the sabbaths, came Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre,
and early in the morning of the first of the sabbaths, they come unto the sepulchre, at the rising of the sun,
Night » General references to the natural
and God calleth to the light 'Day,' and to the darkness He hath called 'Night;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day one.
A Song of the Ascents. Lo, bless Jehovah, all servants of Jehovah, Who are standing in the house of Jehovah by night.
Night » The jews » In affliction spent, in sorrow and humiliation
For -- a moment is in His anger, Life is in His good-will, At even remaineth weeping, and at morn singing.
I have been weary with my sighing, I meditate through all the night on my bed, With my tear my couch I waste.
Gird, and lament, ye priests, Howl, ye ministrants of the altar, Come in, lodge in sackcloth, ministrants of my God, For withheld from the house of your God hath been present and libation.
Night » The moon and stars designed to rule and give light by
Thus said Jehovah, Who is giving the sun for a light by day, The statutes of moon and stars for a light by night, Quieting the sea when its billows roar, Jehovah of Hosts is His name:
And God maketh the two great luminaries, the great luminary for the rule of the day, and the small luminary -- and the stars -- for the rule of the night; and God giveth them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth, and to rule over day and over night, and to make a separation between the light and the darkness; and God seeth that it is good;
Night » Wild beasts go forth in search of prey during
And Rizpah daughter of Aiah taketh the sackcloth, and stretcheth it out for herself on the rock, from the commencement of harvest till water hath been poured out upon them from the heavens, and hath not suffered a fowl of the heavens to rest upon them by day, or the beast of the field by night.
The young lions are roaring for prey, And to seek from God their food. The sun riseth, they are gathered, And in their dens they crouch.
Night » Meditations in
I remember my music in the night, With my heart I meditate, and my spirit doth search diligently:
Mine eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate in Thy saying.
Night » Frequently » Cold and frosty
I have been thus: in the day consumed me hath drought, and frost by night, and wander doth my sleep from mine eyes.
'Therefore, thus said Jehovah, concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He hath none sitting on the throne of David, and his carcase is cast out to heat by day, and to cold by night;
Night » Regular succession of » Established by covenant
during all days of the earth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, do not cease.'
'Thus said Jehovah: If ye do break My covenant of the day, And My covenant of the night, So that they are not daily and nightly in their season,
Night » Favorable to the purposes of the wicked
the torn I have not brought in unto thee -- I, I repay it -- from my hand thou dost seek it; I have been deceived by day, and I have been deceived by night;
At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief. And the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, 'No eye doth behold me.' And he putteth the face in secret.
Night » God frequently » Visited his people in
Thou hast proved my heart, Thou hast inspected by night, Thou hast tried me, Thou findest nothing; My thoughts pass not over my mouth.
In Gibeon hath Jehovah appeared unto Solomon, in a dream of the night, and God saith, 'Ask -- what do I give to thee?'
Night » Eastern shepherds watched over their flocks during
I have been thus: in the day consumed me hath drought, and frost by night, and wander doth my sleep from mine eyes.
And there were shepherds in the same region, lodging in the field, and keeping the night-watches over their flock,
Night » Illustrative of » Seasons of severe calamities
The maker of Kimah and Kesil, And the turner to morning of death-shade, And day as night He hath made dark, Who is calling to the waters of the sea, And poureth them on the face of the earth, Jehovah is His name;
The watchman hath said, 'Come hath morning, and also night, If ye inquire, inquire ye, turn back, come.'
Night » Illustrative of » Seasons of spiritual desertion
On my couch by night, I sought him whom my soul hath loved; I sought him, and I found him not!
Night » Eastern fishermen continued their employment during
and Simon answering said to him, 'Master, through the whole night, having laboured, we have taken nothing, but at thy saying I will let down the net.'
Simon Peter saith to them, 'I go away to fish;' they say to him, 'We go -- we also -- with thee;' they went forth and entered into the boat immediately, and on that night they caught nothing.
Night » The jews » Forbidden to allow malefactors to hang during
his corpse doth not remain on the tree, for thou dost certainly bury him in that day -- for a thing lightly esteemed of God is the hanged one -- and thou dost not defile thy ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance.
Night » The jews » Forbidden to keep the wages of servants during
'Thou dost not oppress thy neighbour, nor take plunder; the wages of the hireling doth not remain with thee till morning.
Night » The jews » Often kept lamps burning during
She hath perceived when her merchandise is good, Her lamp is not extinguished in the night.
Night » No night in heaven
and night shall not be there, and they have no need of a lamp and light of a sun, because the Lord God doth give them light, and they shall reign -- to the ages of the ages.
and its gates shall not at all be shut by day, for night shall not be there;
Night » Commenced at sunset
and he toucheth at a certain place, and lodgeth there, for the sun hath gone in, and he taketh of the stones of the place, and maketh them his pillows, and lieth down in that place.
Night » Illustrative of » Spiritual darkness
the night did advance, and the day came nigh; let us lay aside, therefore, the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armour of the light;
Night » Frequently » Exceeding dark
In the twilight -- in the evening of day, In the darkness of night and blackness.
Night » The heavenly bodies designed to separate day from
And God saith, 'Let luminaries be in the expanse of the heavens, to make a separation between the day and the night, then they have been for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years,
Night » Designed for rest
Night » Caused by God
Thou settest darkness, and it is night, In it doth every beast of the forest creep.
Night » The darkness first called
and God calleth to the light 'Day,' and to the darkness He hath called 'Night;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day one.
Night » Belongs to God
Night » Regular succession of » Ordained for the glory of God
Night » The jews » In affliction spent, in prayer
My God, I call by day, and Thou answerest not, And by night, and there is no silence to me.
Night » Unsuitable for travelling
and if any one may walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.'
Night » Wearisome to the afflicted
So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And nights of misery they numbered to me. If I lay down then I said, 'When do I rise!' And evening hath been measured, And I have been full of tossings till dawn.
Night » Illustrative of » death
it behoveth me to be working the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night doth come, when no one is able to work: --
Night » Divided into hours
and having called near a certain two of the centurions, he said, 'Make ready soldiers two hundred, that they may go on unto Caesarea, and horsemen seventy, and spearmen two hundred, from the third hour of the night;
Night » Worship in
A Song of the Ascents. Lo, bless Jehovah, all servants of Jehovah, Who are standing in the house of Jehovah by night.
Night » Unsuitable for labor
it behoveth me to be working the works of Him who sent me while it is day; night doth come, when no one is able to work: --
Night » Jesus prays all night
And it came to pass in those days, he went forth to the mountain to pray, and was passing the night in the prayer of God,
Prayer » Night » All Night Prayers » jacob
the seven No mores » No more » Night
and night shall not be there, and they have no need of a lamp and light of a sun, because the Lord God doth give them light, and they shall reign -- to the ages of the ages.
the future » No more » Night
and night shall not be there, and they have no need of a lamp and light of a sun, because the Lord God doth give them light, and they shall reign -- to the ages of the ages.
Topics on Night
Acting All Night
Exodus 27:21in the tent of meeting, at the outside of the vail, which is over the testimony, doth Aaron -- his sons also -- arrange it from evening till morning before Jehovah -- a statute age-during to their generations, from the sons of Israel.
Affliction Day And Night
Psalm 32:4When by day and by night Thy hand is heavy upon me, My moisture hath been changed Into the droughts of summer. Selah.
All Night Prayers
Luke 6:12And it came to pass in those days, he went forth to the mountain to pray, and was passing the night in the prayer of God,
Darkness Of Night
Job 9:7Who is speaking to the sun, and it riseth not, And the stars He sealeth up.
Day Or Night
Psalm 1:2But -- in the law of Jehovah is his delight, And in His law he doth meditate by day and by night:
During One Night
Acts 18:9And the Lord said through a vision in the night to Paul, 'Be not afraid, but be speaking and thou mayest be not silent;
Labour Day And Night
1 Thessalonians 2:9for ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail, for, night and day working not to be a burden upon any of you, we did preach to you the good news of God;
Protection Day And Night
1 Samuel 25:16a wall they have been unto us both by night and by day, all the days of our being with them, feeding the flock.
Provision Of Day And Night
Genesis 1:14And God saith, 'Let luminaries be in the expanse of the heavens, to make a separation between the day and the night, then they have been for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years,
Provision Of Night
Genesis 1:5and God calleth to the light 'Day,' and to the darkness He hath called 'Night;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day one.
Spiritual Night
1 Thessalonians 5:5all ye are sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness,
Three Days And Nights
Jonah 1:17And Jehovah appointeth a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah is in the bowels of the fish three days and three nights.
Visions At Night
Genesis 40:5And they dream a dream both of them, each his dream in one night, each according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker whom the king of Egypt hath, who are prisoners in the round-house.
Walking All Night
1 Samuel 31:12and all the men of valour arise, and go all the night, and take the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, from the wall of Beth-Shan, and come in to Jabesh, and burn them there,
Worship Day And Night
Joshua 1:8the book of this law doth not depart out of thy mouth, and thou hast meditated in it by day and by night, so that thou dost observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then thou dost cause thy way to prosper, and then thou dost act wisely.