27 Bible Verses about earthquakes

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Amos 1:1

The words of Amos who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the shaking.

1 Samuel 14:15

And terror will be in the camp, in the field, and in all the people of the garrison: and the destroyers trembled, they also, and the earth will be moved; and it will be for the terror of God.

Zechariah 14:5

And ye fled to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach to the side, and ye fled as ye fled from the face of the shaking in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah: and Jehovah my God came, all the holy ones with thee.

Acts 16:26

And suddenly was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and the bonds of all were let loose.

Psalm 75:3

The earth and all dwelling in it being melted: I made even its pillars. Silence.

Psalm 46:2-3

For this we will not fear in the changing of the earth, and in the moving of the mountains into the heart of the seas. Its waters will roar, they will foam; the mountains will tremble in its pride. Silence.

Psalm 77:18

The voice of thy thunder in the wheel: the lightnings lightened the habitable globe: the earth moved and it will shake.

Exodus 19:18

And mount Sinai smoked all of it, because that Jehovah came down upon it in fire: and its smoke will go up as the smoke of the furnace, and all the mountain will tremble exceedingly.

Numbers 16:31-32

And it shall be as he finished to speak all these words, the earth shall cleave asunder which is under them: And the earth shall open her mouth and shall swallow them and their houses, and all the men which to Korah, and all the possessions.

Judges 5:5

The mountains flowed from before Jehovah, This Sinai from before Jehovah, the God of Israel

2 Samuel 22:8

And the earth will shake and tremble, The foundation of the heavens will be disturbed, And they will shake, for it kindled to him.

Psalm 18:7

And it will be moved and the earth will tremble, and the foundations of the mountains will be moved and they will shake, for it was kindled to him.

Isaiah 29:6

From Jehovah of armies shalt thou be reviewed, with thunder and with shaking, and a great voice, whirlwind and storm, and the flames of consuming fire.

Nahum 1:5

The mountains shook from him, and the hills melted, and the earth will lift up from his face, and the habitable globe and all dwelling in it

1 Kings 19:11-12

And he will say, Go forth and stand upon the mountain before Jehovah And behold, Jehovah passed by, and a great and strong wind weakening the mountains, and breaking the rocks before Jehovah; Jehovah not in the wind: and after the wind, a shaking; Jehovah not in the shaking: And after the shaking, a fire; Jehovah not in the fire: and after the fire, a voice of light stillness.

Matthew 28:2

And, behold, there was a great shaking; for a messenger of the Lord, having come down out of heaven, having come near, rolled away the stone from the door, and sat above it.

Matthew 27:54

And the centurion, and they with him, observing Jesus, having seen the shaking, and the things having been, were greatly afraid, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

Mark 13:8

For nation shall be raised against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be earthquakes in places, and there shall be famines, and commotions: these the beginnings of anguish.

Isaiah 24:19-20

And being broken, the earth was broken to pieces, and the earth being abolished, it was abolished; the earth being shaken, shook. The earth moving to and fro, shall move to and fro as the intoxicated, and it was removed as a lodge; and its transgression was heavy upon it and it fell, and it shall not add to rise.

Ezekiel 38:19-20

And in my jealousy, in the fire of my wrath I spake, If not in that day shall be a great shaking upon the land of Israel. And from my face shall shake the fish of the sea, and the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of the field, and every creeping thing creeping upon the earth, and every man which is upon the face of the earth; and the mountains were overthrown, and the precipices fell, and every wall shall fall to the earth.

Revelation 8:5

And the angel took the censer, and filled it from the fire of the altar, and cast into the earth: and there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

Revelation 11:13

And in that hour was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell, and there were slain in the shaking seven thousand names of men: and the rest were terrified, and they gave glory to the God of heaven.

Revelation 16:18

And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great shaking, such as was not since the time men were upon earth, such a great shaking.

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Matthew 27:54

And the centurion, and they with him, observing Jesus, having seen the shaking, and the things having been, were greatly afraid, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

Zechariah 14:5

And ye fled to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach to the side, and ye fled as ye fled from the face of the shaking in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah: and Jehovah my God came, all the holy ones with thee.

Numbers 16:34

And all Israel which were round about them fled at their voice: for they said, Lest the earth shall swallow us.

Revelation 11:13

And in that hour was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell, and there were slain in the shaking seven thousand names of men: and the rest were terrified, and they gave glory to the God of heaven.

Earthquakes » Prophecies of

Ezekiel 38:19

And in my jealousy, in the fire of my wrath I spake, If not in that day shall be a great shaking upon the land of Israel.

Zechariah 14:4

And his feet stood in that day upon the mount of Olives which is upon the face of Jerusalem from the east; and the mount of Olives was cleft asunder from its half from the sunrising and the sea, and a very great valley; and half of the mountain removed to the north, and its half to the south.

Mark 13:8

For nation shall be raised against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be earthquakes in places, and there shall be famines, and commotions: these the beginnings of anguish.

More verses: Luke 21:11

Earthquakes » Illustrative of » The judgments of God

Revelation 8:5

And the angel took the censer, and filled it from the fire of the altar, and cast into the earth: and there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

Isaiah 24:19

And being broken, the earth was broken to pieces, and the earth being abolished, it was abolished; the earth being shaken, shook.

Isaiah 29:6

From Jehovah of armies shalt thou be reviewed, with thunder and with shaking, and a great voice, whirlwind and storm, and the flames of consuming fire.

Jeremiah 4:24

I saw the mountains, and behold them trembling, and all the hills were shaken.

Earthquakes » As judgments

Psalm 18:15

And the channels of waters will be seen, and the foundations of the habitable globe will be uncovered from thy rebuke, O Jehovah, from the breathing of the spirit of thine anger.

Isaiah 24:19-20

And being broken, the earth was broken to pieces, and the earth being abolished, it was abolished; the earth being shaken, shook. The earth moving to and fro, shall move to and fro as the intoxicated, and it was removed as a lodge; and its transgression was heavy upon it and it fell, and it shall not add to rise.

Nahum 1:5

The mountains shook from him, and the hills melted, and the earth will lift up from his face, and the habitable globe and all dwelling in it

Isaiah 29:6

From Jehovah of armies shalt thou be reviewed, with thunder and with shaking, and a great voice, whirlwind and storm, and the flames of consuming fire.

Psalm 60:2

Thou didst shake the earth; thou didst rend it: heal its breakings, for it is depressed.

More verses: Isaiah 13:13-14

Earthquakes » Instances of » At sinai

Psalm 68:8

The earth shook, also the heavens dropped from the face of God, this Sinai from the face of God, the God of Israel.

Exodus 19:18

And mount Sinai smoked all of it, because that Jehovah came down upon it in fire: and its smoke will go up as the smoke of the furnace, and all the mountain will tremble exceedingly.

Psalm 77:18

The voice of thy thunder in the wheel: the lightnings lightened the habitable globe: the earth moved and it will shake.

Psalm 114:4-7

The mountains leaped as rains, the hills as the sons of the flock. What to thee, O sea, that thou wilt flee? O Jordan, thou wilt turn away back? O mountains, ye will leap as rams? O hills, as sons of the flock? read more.
From the face of Jehovah tremble thou earth; from the face of the God of Jacob;

Hebrews 12:26

Whose voice then shook the earth: and now he has proclaimed, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also the heaven.

Earthquakes » There being earthquakes in diverse places prior to the coming of the lord

Matthew 24:1-7

And Jesus having gone out, went out of the temple: and his disciples came near to shew him the buildings of the temple. And Jesus said to them, See ye not all these? truly I say to you, Stone upon stone shall not be left here, which shall not be loosened. And sitting upon the mount of Olives, his disciples came to him apart, saying, Say to us when these shall be, and what the sign of thy arrival, and the termination of the time. read more.
And Jesus having answered, said to them, See lest any lead you astray. For many shall come upon my name, saying, I am Christ; and deceive many. And ye will be about to hear of wars and rumors of war: see, be not terrified; for all must be, but the end is not yet. For nation shall be raised up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines, and plagues, and shakings in places.

Mark 13:1-8

And he going out of the temple, one of his disciples says to him, Teacher, see of what country the stones, and of what country the buildings! And Jesus having answered, said to him, Seest thou these great buildings? stone upon stone shall not be left which shall not be loosed. And he sitting in the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him apart, read more.
Say to us, when shall be these things? and what the sign when all these be about to be finished? And Jesus having answered began to say to them, See ye lest any should lead you astray: For many shall come in my name, saying, That I am; and they shall lead many astray. And when ye hear of wars and rumors of wars, be not terrified: for it must be; but the end is not yet. For nation shall be raised against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be earthquakes in places, and there shall be famines, and commotions: these the beginnings of anguish.

Luke 21:5-11

And certain speaking of the temple, that it has been arranged with beautiful stones and decorations, he said, These which ye see, the days shall come, in which stone shall not be left upon stone, which shall not be loosened And they asked him, saying, Teacher, when therefore shall these be and what the sign when these should be about to be read more.
And he said, See ye, be not deceived: for many shall come in my name,. saying, That I am; and the time has drawn near: therefore go not after them. And when ye hear of wars and tumults, be not terrified: for these must first be; but the end not immediately. Then said he to them, Nation shall be raised up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: And great earthquakes in places, and famines, and scourges shall be; and terrific objects and great signs shall be from heaven.

Earthquakes » Are visible tokens of » God's anger

Psalm 60:2

Thou didst shake the earth; thou didst rend it: heal its breakings, for it is depressed.

Psalm 18:7

And it will be moved and the earth will tremble, and the foundations of the mountains will be moved and they will shake, for it was kindled to him.

Isaiah 13:13

For this I will provoke the heavens to anger, and the earth shall tremble from her place, in the wrath of Jehovah of armies, and in the day of his burning anger.

Earthquakes » Frequently accompanied by » Convulsion and receding of the sea

2 Samuel 22:16

The torrents of the sea will be seen, The foundations of the habitable globe will be uncovered, In the rebuke of Jehovah, from the breath of the spirit of his anger.

2 Samuel 22:8

And the earth will shake and tremble, The foundation of the heavens will be disturbed, And they will shake, for it kindled to him.

Earthquakes » Symbolical

Revelation 11:13

And in that hour was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell, and there were slain in the shaking seven thousand names of men: and the rest were terrified, and they gave glory to the God of heaven.

Revelation 6:12-14

And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and, behold, there was a great shaking; and the sun was black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon was as blood; And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts her untimely figs, shaken by a great wind. And the heaven was separated as a book turned round; and every mount and isle were moved from their places.

Revelation 16:18

And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great shaking, such as was not since the time men were upon earth, such a great shaking.

Earthquakes » Frequently accompanied by » Overturning of mountains

Psalm 46:2

For this we will not fear in the changing of the earth, and in the moving of the mountains into the heart of the seas.

Zechariah 14:4

And his feet stood in that day upon the mount of Olives which is upon the face of Jerusalem from the east; and the mount of Olives was cleft asunder from its half from the sunrising and the sea, and a very great valley; and half of the mountain removed to the north, and its half to the south.

Earthquakes » Mentioned in scripture » In uzziah's reign

Amos 1:1

The words of Amos who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the shaking.

Zechariah 14:5

And ye fled to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach to the side, and ye fled as ye fled from the face of the shaking in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah: and Jehovah my God came, all the holy ones with thee.

Earthquakes » Islands and mountainous districts liable to

Psalm 114:4

The mountains leaped as rains, the hills as the sons of the flock.

Psalm 114:6

O mountains, ye will leap as rams? O hills, as sons of the flock?

Earthquakes » Before destruction of jerusalem, predicted

Earthquakes » Frequently accompanied by » Volcanic eruptions

Nahum 1:5

The mountains shook from him, and the hills melted, and the earth will lift up from his face, and the habitable globe and all dwelling in it

Psalm 104:32

Looking upon the earth and it will tremble: he will touch up the mountains and they will smoke.

Earthquakes » Are visible tokens of » God's presence

Psalm 68:7

O God, in thy going forth before thy people, in thy stepping in the desert. Silence.

Psalm 114:7

From the face of Jehovah tremble thou earth; from the face of the God of Jacob;

Earthquakes » Illustrative of » The overthrow of kingdoms

Haggai 2:6

For thus said Jehovah of armies; Yet once it is a little, and I shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land.

Haggai 2:22

And I overturned the throne of kingdoms, and I destroyed the strength of the kingdoms of the nations; and I overturned the chariot and those riding it; and the horses and their horsemen came down, a man by the sword of his brother.

Earthquakes » Are visible tokens of » God's power

Hebrews 12:26

Whose voice then shook the earth: and now he has proclaimed, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also the heaven.

Earthquakes » Frequently accompanied by » Opening of the earth

Numbers 16:31-32

And it shall be as he finished to speak all these words, the earth shall cleave asunder which is under them: And the earth shall open her mouth and shall swallow them and their houses, and all the men which to Korah, and all the possessions.

Earthquakes » Mentioned in scripture » in the wilderness

Numbers 16:31-32

And it shall be as he finished to speak all these words, the earth shall cleave asunder which is under them: And the earth shall open her mouth and shall swallow them and their houses, and all the men which to Korah, and all the possessions.

Earthquakes » Instances of » In canaan, in the days of uzziah, king of judah

Amos 1:1

The words of Amos who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the shaking.

Zechariah 14:5

And ye fled to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach to the side, and ye fled as ye fled from the face of the shaking in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah: and Jehovah my God came, all the holy ones with thee.

Earthquakes » Mentioned in scripture » In strongholds of philistines

1 Samuel 14:15

And terror will be in the camp, in the field, and in all the people of the garrison: and the destroyers trembled, they also, and the earth will be moved; and it will be for the terror of God.

Earthquakes » At Christ's second coming, predicted

Zechariah 14:4

And his feet stood in that day upon the mount of Olives which is upon the face of Jerusalem from the east; and the mount of Olives was cleft asunder from its half from the sunrising and the sea, and a very great valley; and half of the mountain removed to the north, and its half to the south.

Earthquakes » Frequently accompanied by » Rending of rocks

Matthew 27:51

And, behold, the covering of the temple was cleft in two, from above to below; and the earth was shaken; and the rocks were cleft:

Earthquakes » Mentioned in scripture » When elijah fled from jezebel

1 Kings 19:11

And he will say, Go forth and stand upon the mountain before Jehovah And behold, Jehovah passed by, and a great and strong wind weakening the mountains, and breaking the rocks before Jehovah; Jehovah not in the wind: and after the wind, a shaking; Jehovah not in the shaking:

Earthquakes » Mentioned in scripture » At our lord's death

Matthew 27:51

And, behold, the covering of the temple was cleft in two, from above to below; and the earth was shaken; and the rocks were cleft:

Earthquakes » Mentioned in scripture » At out lord's resurrection

Matthew 28:2

And, behold, there was a great shaking; for a messenger of the Lord, having come down out of heaven, having come near, rolled away the stone from the door, and sat above it.

Earthquakes » Mentioned in scripture » At mount sinai

Exodus 19:18

And mount Sinai smoked all of it, because that Jehovah came down upon it in fire: and its smoke will go up as the smoke of the furnace, and all the mountain will tremble exceedingly.

Earthquakes » Instances of » When korah, dathan, and abiram were swallowed up

Numbers 16:31-32

And it shall be as he finished to speak all these words, the earth shall cleave asunder which is under them: And the earth shall open her mouth and shall swallow them and their houses, and all the men which to Korah, and all the possessions.

Earthquakes » Mentioned in scripture » At philippi

Acts 16:26

And suddenly was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and the bonds of all were let loose.

Earthquakes » Instances of » When jonathan and his armor-bearer attacked the garrison at gibeah

1 Samuel 14:15

And terror will be in the camp, in the field, and in all the people of the garrison: and the destroyers trembled, they also, and the earth will be moved; and it will be for the terror of God.

Earthquakes » Instances of » When the lord revealed himself to elijah in the still small voice

1 Kings 19:11

And he will say, Go forth and stand upon the mountain before Jehovah And behold, Jehovah passed by, and a great and strong wind weakening the mountains, and breaking the rocks before Jehovah; Jehovah not in the wind: and after the wind, a shaking; Jehovah not in the shaking:

Earthquakes » Instances of » When paul and silas were in prison at philippi

Acts 16:26

And suddenly was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and the bonds of all were let loose.

Earthquakes » Instances of » At the crucifixion of jesus

Matthew 27:51

And, behold, the covering of the temple was cleft in two, from above to below; and the earth was shaken; and the rocks were cleft:

Earthquakes » Instances of » At the resurrection of jesus

Matthew 28:2

And, behold, there was a great shaking; for a messenger of the Lord, having come down out of heaven, having come near, rolled away the stone from the door, and sat above it.

Earthquakes » Figurative

Psalm 60:2

Thou didst shake the earth; thou didst rend it: heal its breakings, for it is depressed.

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