46 Bible Verses about Dawn

Seek the one who fashions the Pleiades and Orion, who turns the deep darkness into morning, who darkens day into night, who calls out to the waters of the sea, pouring them out onto the surface of the earth the LORD is his name.

He is like dawn's first light, like bright sun blazing on a cloudless morning, glistening on grassland that flourishes after a rain shower.

"His snorting releases flashes of light; his eyes are like the rays of the dawn.

Later that night, he woke up, quickly took his two wives, his two women servants, and his eleven children, and forded the river at Jabbok. He took them across the river, along with all his possessions. And so Jacob was left alone, and he struggled with a man until daybreak. read more.
When the man realized that he hadn't yet won the struggle, he injured the socket of Jacob's thigh, dislocating it as he wrestled with him, and said, "Let me go, because the dawn has come." "I won't let you go," Jacob replied, "unless you bless me."

But the men were unwilling to listen to him. So the descendant of Levi grabbed his mistress, took her out to them, and they raped and tortured her all night until morning. Then they released her as the first daylight was beginning to appear. As dawn was breaking, the woman approached the door of the man's home where her master was and collapsed. Eventually, full daylight came.

Saul said, "Let's go down after the Philistines tonight and plunder them until dawn, and let's not leave a single one of them alive." They said, "Do whatever seems good to you!" But the priest said, "Let's draw near to God here."

Abigail returned to Nabal, and he was there in his house holding a festival like the festival of a king. Nabal's heart was glad, and he was very drunk, so she didn't tell him anything at all until morning.

They retrieved Asahel's body and buried him in his father's tomb at Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night until daybreak and arrived back in Hebron.

So David got up and all of his entourage crossed the Jordan River. Everyone had crossed the Jordan River by dawn's first light.

My soul looks to the Lord more than watchmen look for the morning more, indeed, than watchmen for the morning.

Truly I've been allotted months of emptiness; nights of trouble have been appointed for me. "When I lie down I ask, "When will I wake up?' But the night continues and I keep tossing and turning until dawn.

Since God is in her midst, she will not be shaken. God will help her at the break of dawn.

The watchman replies: "Morning is coming, but also the night. If you want to ask, then ask; come back again.'"

I've been swept bare until morning; just like a lion, he breaks all my bones day and night you make an end of me.

Fearing that we might run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and began praying for daylight to come.

The king got up at dawn and went quickly to the lions' pit.

As dawn was breaking, the angels pressured Lot. "Get going!" they told him. "Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be engulfed by the devastation that's coming to this city."

They rose early at dawn on the seventh day and marched around the city seven times, just as they had before, except that on that day only they marched around the city seven times.

Tomorrow morning when the sun is up, get up early and attack the city. When Gaal and his army come out to fight you, do whatever you can to them."

When the Gazites were informed, "Samson has come here!" they surrounded him, intending to lay in wait for him at the city gate throughout the entire night. They kept quiet all night, telling each other, "At first light, let's kill him!"

Saul sent messengers to David's house to watch him so they could kill him in the morning. David's wife, Michal, told him, "If you don't escape with your life tonight, tomorrow you'll be put to death."

After the Sabbaths, around dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to take a look at the burial site.

Very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had just come up, they were going to the tomb.

But at early dawn on the first day of the week, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.

In the morning, while it was still very dark, Jesus got up and went to a deserted place and prayed there.

At daybreak he left and went to a deserted place, while the crowds kept looking for him. When they came to him, they tried to keep him from leaving them.

As soon as day came, the elders of the people, the high priests, and the scribes assembled and brought him before their Council.

At daybreak he appeared again in the Temple, and all the people came to him. So he sat down and began to teach them.

Right up to daybreak Paul kept urging all of them to eat something. He said, "Today is the fourteenth day that you have been waiting and going without food, not eating anything.

So we worked hard, half of us holding spears from dawn to dusk.

Ezra read from it, facing the plaza in front of the Water Gate, from early in the morning until mid-day in the presence of the men and women, as well as all who could understand. All the people were attentive to the Book of the Law.

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; for those living in a land of deep darkness, a light has shined upon them.

"I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give this testimony to you for the churches. I am the root and descendant of David, the bright morning star."

I can see him, but not right now. I observe him, but from a distance. A star streams forth from Jacob; a scepter arises from Israel. He will crush Moab's forehead, along with all of Seth's descendants.

The people living in darkness have seen a great light, and for those living in the land and shadow of death, a light has risen."

Because of the tender mercy of our God, his light from on high has visited us, to shine on those who sit in darkness and in death's shadow, and to guide our feet into the way of peace."

In him was life, and that life brought light to humanity. And the light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness has never put it out.

Later on, Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

He will bring forth your righteousness as a light, and your justice as the noonday sun.

A light shines in the darkness for the upright, for the one who is gracious, compassionate, and just.

"May all of your enemies perish like this, LORD! But may those who love him be like the ascending sun in its strength!" Then the land enjoyed quiet for 40 years.

Wake up, my soul, wake up, lyre and harp! I will awaken at dawn.

Awake, harp and lyre! I will wake up at dawn.

The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn that grows brighter until the full light of day.

"Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will spring up quickly; and your vindication will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will guard your back.