Amos 5:8
Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:
Cross-reference
In Amos 4:13, the same Creator God makes morning darkness — a parallel doxology within Amos.
In Amos 8:9, God darkens the earth at noon — the opposite action of turning darkness to morning, showing His control.
Amos 9:6 repeats the same phrase about calling and pouring out the sea, reinforcing God's sovereign control over waters.
Job 9:9 also credits God with making the constellations Pleiades and Orion, echoing this declaration of creation.
Job 38:31 similarly references Pleiades and Orion, emphasizing God's sovereign power over creation.
Genesis 1:14-18 records God creating the sun, moon, and stars—directly parallel to Amos 5:8's mention of making Pleiades and Orion.
In Job 38:17, God questions Job about the gates of deep darkness, showing His sovereignty over the same darkness Amos says He turns to morning.
In Isaiah 9:2, people walking in darkness see a great light—directly parallel to Amos's turning deep darkness into morning.
In Jeremiah 33:2, the LORD who made the earth and whose name is LORD directly parallels Amos's creator introduction and name declaration.
In Job 3:5, the same term 'deep darkness' is used as a curse for the day of birth, contrasting with Amos where God turns it to morning.
In Matthew 4:16, people in darkness see a great light — fulfilling the theme of God turning darkness into morning.
In Job 12:22, God reveals deep darkness — echoing the same power to turn darkness to light.
In Psalm 107:10-14, God delivers prisoners from darkness — similar to turning darkness to light.
In Luke 1:79, Jesus gives light to those in darkness — echoing God's power to turn darkness into morning.
In Job 38:12, God challenges Job over commanding the morning — the same divine control over dawn.