The word in Scripture

Night in the Bible

The word night appears 307 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Night is the season of darkness in which God still keeps watch. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What night means in the Bible

Night is the season of darkness in which God still keeps watch.

Where the word night appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word night appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.”Psalms 19:2

“For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”Psalms 30:5

“Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!”Isaiah 5:11

“The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?”Isaiah 21:11

“Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.”Matthew 26:34

“And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?”Luke 18:7

“I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.”John 9:4

“But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.”John 11:10