75 Bible Verses about Iron

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Job 28:2

Iron is taken from the ground, and rocks are melted for their copper.

Deuteronomy 8:7-9

Jehovah your God will lead you into a good land. It is a land with rivers that do not dry up. Springs and underground streams flow through the valleys and the hills. The land has wheat and barley, grapevines, fig trees, and pomegranates. The land has honey and olive trees for olive oil. The land will have enough food for you, and you will have everything you need. The land has rocks with iron ore. You will be able to mine copper ore in the mountains.

Ezekiel 22:20

As they gather silver and copper and iron and lead and tin into the furnace to blow fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in my anger and in my wrath and I will lay you there and melt (liquefy) you.

Numbers 31:21-23

Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle: This is what Jehovah's Law told Moses to do: Only the gold and the silver, the copper, the iron, the tin and the lead, everything that can stand the fire, you shall pass through the fire, and it will be clean. It must be purified with water for impurity. Anything that cannot stand the fire you shall pass through the water.

Jeremiah 6:27-29

I have made you an assayer and a tester among my people. You will know and assay their course of life. All of them are stubborn rebels. They go about telling false stories. They are copper and iron. They are all corrupt, all of them! The bellows blow fiercely and the fire consumes the lead. The refining goes on in vain, but the wicked are not separated.

Ezekiel 22:18

Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me. All of them are the copper, tin, iron and lead in the furnace. They are the dross of silver.

Deuteronomy 4:20

But you are Jehovah's people! He led you through fiery trials and rescued you from Egypt.

1 Kings 8:51

They are your own people. You brought them out of Egypt from the middle of an iron smelter.

Jeremiah 11:4

It is the covenant I made with their ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt. Egypt was like an iron smelter (furnace) to them. I told them to obey me and to do everything that I commanded. I told them that if they obeyed, they would be my people and I would be their God.

Revelation 18:11-12

The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her. For no man buys their merchandise any more. The merchandise of gold and silver and precious stones, and of pearls, fine linen, purple and silk, scarlet, and everything in scented wood, all manner of ivory and all manner of most precious wood, of brass and iron and marble,

Joshua 22:6-8

Joshua blessed them and sent them on their way. To the one half tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan: but he gave the other half to Joshua among their brothers on this side Jordan westward. Joshua sent them a way to their tents and he blessed them. He said: Return with much riches to your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers.

Isaiah 60:17

I will bring gold instead of copper. I will bring silver instead of iron, copper instead of wood, and iron instead of stone. I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness as your ruler.

Ezekiel 27:12

People from Tarshish traded with you because you were so very rich. They exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your merchandise.

Daniel 2:40-43

The fourth kingdom will be strong as iron, since iron breaks in pieces and subdues all things. It is iron that crushes all these. It will break in pieces and crush. The feet and toes you saw, part of potters' clay, and part of iron will be a divided kingdom. It will have the strength of iron. However, you saw the iron mixed with clay. As the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom will be partly strong, and partly broken.read more.
The iron mixed with clay will mingle with the seed of men. But they will not adhere to one another. For iron does not stick to clay.

Leviticus 26:19

I will crush your arrogance. You will have no rain, and your land will be as hard as cement.

Deuteronomy 28:23

The sky above will look like copper and the ground below will be as hard as iron.

Job 40:15-18

Look at the behemoth, which I made along with you. It feeds on grass as cattle do. What strength he has in his loins, what power in the muscles of his belly! His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are close-knit.read more.
His bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like rods of iron.

Job 41:27

It considers iron to be like straw and bronze to be like rotten wood.

Revelation 2:27

He will rule them with a rod of iron and break them to pieces like clay vessels: even as I received from my Father.

Revelation 19:15

Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with a rod of iron. He treads the winepress of the fierceness and anger of Almighty God.

Jeremiah 1:18

Today I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a copper wall. You will be able to stand up to the whole land. You will be able to stand up to Judah's kings, its officials, its priests, and all the common people.

Jeremiah 15:12

Can a man break iron, especially the iron from the north that is mixed with copper?

Daniel 2:31-35

You, O king, saw a large statue. This statue was in fact very large. It was very bright as it stood before you. Its appearance was awesome. The statue had a head of pure gold, chest and arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of brass. It had legs of iron and its feet were partly of iron, and partly of clay.read more.
You watched while a stone was cut out without hands. It struck the statue upon its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. The iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broke in pieces together. It became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors. The wind carried them away and no place was found for them. The stone that struck the statue became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

Daniel 7:7

After this I saw more visions in the night. I saw a FOURTH BEAST terrible and powerful, and exceedingly strong! It had great iron teeth. It devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet. It was different from the beasts that came before it. It had ten horns!

Joshua 6:24

They burned the city and all its contents. They put the silver, gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron into the treasury of the house of Jehovah.

Joshua 6:15-19

They rose early at dawn on the seventh day. They circled the city in the same manner. Only on that day they went around the city seven times. On the seventh time when the priest blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people: Shout for Jehovah has given you the city. The city and everything in it will be destroyed. It belongs to Jehovah. Only Rahab the harlot and all who are with her in her house will live. Because she hid the messengers we sent.read more.
You people must stay away from anything devoted to destruction. You should not take things from the city. You will cause trouble for the camp of Israel is you take of the accursed things. All the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated to Jehovah. They must come into the treasury of Jehovah.

Joshua 22:8

He said: Return with much riches to your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers.

1 Chronicles 29:2

I have made every effort to prepare materials for the Temple: gold, silver, bronze, iron, timber, precious stones and gems, stones for mosaics, and quantities of marble.

1 Chronicles 22:14-16

I have taken great pains to provide for the temple of Jehovah three thousand seven hundred and fifty tons of gold, about thirty-seven thousand five hundred tons of silver, quantities of copper and iron too great to be weighed, and wood and stone. And you may add to them. You have many workmen: stonecutters, masons and carpenters, as well as men skilled in every kind of work in gold and silver, copper and iron, craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and Jehovah will be with you.

1 Chronicles 29:7

They gave the following for the work on the Temple: one hundred and ninety tons of gold, three hundred and eighty tons of silver, six hundred and seventy five tons of bronze, and three thousand seven hundred and fifty tons of iron.

2 Chronicles 2:7

Send me a man with skill in engraving, in working gold, silver, copper, and iron, and in making blue, purple, and red cloth. He will work with the craftsmen of Judah and Jerusalem whom my father David selected.

2 Chronicles 24:12

The king and Jehoiada gave the money to the foremen who were working on Jehovah's Temple. They hired masons and carpenters to renovate Jehovah's Temple. They also hired men who worked with iron and bronze to repair Jehovah's Temple.

Genesis 4:22

Zillah also had a son, Tubal-Cain, who forged all kinds of tools out of copper and iron. Tubal-Cain's sister was Naamah.

Deuteronomy 27:5

Build an altar there to Jehovah your God. Build the altar of stones. Do not use an iron tool on them.

Joshua 8:30-31

Then Joshua built an altar to Jehovah the God of Israel on mount Ebal, As Moses the servant of the Lord commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the Law of Moses, an altar of whole stones that have not been cut by any iron tool. They offered offerings to Jehovah, and sacrificed peace offerings.

2 Samuel 12:31

David made the people of Rabbah tear down the city walls with iron picks and axes. He also put them to work making bricks. He did the same thing with all the other Ammonite cities. David went back to Jerusalem. The people of Israel returned to their homes.

1 Chronicles 20:3

He took the troops who were there and put them to work with saws, hoes, and axes. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. After that David and all the troops returned to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 23:7

But with a sharp spear. They are burned on the spot.'

1 Kings 6:7

The stones with which the Temple was built were prepared at the quarry. That way there was no noise made by hammers, axes, or any other iron tools as the Temple was built.

2 Kings 6:5-6

One of them was cutting down a tree when suddenly his ax head fell in the water. It was a borrowed ax, he exclaimed to Elisha. What will I do? Elisha said: Where did it fall? The man showed him the place. Elisha cut off a stick. Then he threw it in the water and made the ax head float.

Job 19:23-24

I wish now my words were written. I wish they were inscribed on a scroll. I wish they were engraved forever on a rock with an iron stylus and lead.

Jeremiah 17:1

Jehovah says: Judah's sin is written with an iron pen. It is engraved with a diamond point on the tablet of their hearts and on the horns (strength) (authority) of their altars.

Amos 1:3

I will not hold back punishment, said Jehovah, For the many transgressions of Damascus. This is because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron.

Psalm 105:18

Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:

Psalm 149:6-9

Let the high praises of God be in their throats and two-edged swords in their hands to take vengeance on the nations, to punish the people of the world, to put their kings in chains and their leaders in iron shackles,read more.
to carry out the judgment that is written against them. This is an honor that belongs to all his God-like ones. Praise Jehovah!

Daniel 4:15

Leave the stump and roots in the earth. Apply to it a band of iron and copper in the tender grass of the field. Let it be wet with the dew of heaven. Let its portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth.

Mark 5:1-4

They traveled to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes. Just as he got out of the boat a man with an unclean spirit came to him from the tombs. He was living in the tombs. No man was able to bind him even with a chain.read more.
Often he was bound in chains and iron bands but he would break them. No man was strong enough to keep him still.

Judges 1:19

Jehovah was with Judah. He drove out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.

Joshua 17:15-18

Joshua answered: If you are a great people, then get to the wood country, and cut down for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim is too narrow for you. The children of Joseph said: The hill is not enough for us. All the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel. Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying: You are a great people. You have great power. You will not have only one lot.read more.
The mountain will be yours. For it is a wood, and you will cut it down. The farthest limits will be yours. You will drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they are strong.

Judges 4:2-3

Jehovah let them be conquered by Jabin, a Canaanite king who ruled in the city of Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived at Harosheth-Hagoyim. Jabin had nine hundred iron chariots, and he ruled the people of Israel with cruelty and violence for twenty years. The people of Israel cried out to Jehovah for help.

Acts 12:10

They went past the first and second guard to the Iron Gate that leads to the city. The gate opened and went out on the street. The angel then departed from him.

1 Chronicles 22:3

He provided a large amount of iron to make nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, and more copper than could be weighed.

Psalm 107:15-16

Let them give thanks to Jehovah because of his goodness. He performed his miracles for the sons of men. He shattered bronze gates and cut iron bars in two.

Isaiah 45:2

I will go ahead of you, Cyrus. I will smooth out the rough places. I will break down the copper doors and cut through the iron bars.

1 Samuel 17:7

The shaft of his spear was like the beam used by weavers. The head of his spear was made of fifteen pounds of iron. The man who carried his shield walked ahead of him.

Numbers 35:16

If any of you uses an iron weapon to kill another person, you are a murderer. Murderers must be put to death.

Job 20:24

Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.

Revelation 9:9

They had breastplates like iron. The sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots with many horses running to battle.

Daniel 5:4

They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, silver, copper, iron, wood, and of stone.

Daniel 5:23

You lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the vessels of his house before you and your lords, wives and concubines. They drank wine from them. You praise the gods of silver and gold, of copper, iron, wood, and stone, which you do not see, nor hear, nor know. You have not glorified the God whose hand holds your breath and life.

Deuteronomy 28:48

You will serve your enemies whom Jehovah will send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in the lack of all things. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you.

Jeremiah 28:13-14

Go and tell Hananiah: 'Jehovah has said, You may be able to break a wooden yoke, but he will replace it with an iron yoke. The Lord Jehovah, the God of Israel, said: 'He will put an iron yoke on all these nations and that they will serve King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Jehovah said that he would make even the wild animals serve Nebuchadnezzar.'

1 Kings 22:11

One of them, Zedekiah son of Chenaanah, made iron horns and said to Ahab: Jehovah says: 'With these you will fight the Syrians and totally defeat them.'

2 Chronicles 18:10

One of them, Zedekiah son of Chenaanah, made iron horns and said to Ahab: This is what Jehovah says: With these you will fight the Syrians and totally defeat them.

Ezekiel 4:3

Take an iron pan and place it as an iron wall between you and the city. Then turn your face toward it. It will be under siege, and you shall besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.

Deuteronomy 3:11

Of the Rephaim only King Og of Bashan was left. His bed was made of iron and was more than thirteen feet long and six feet wide. It is still in the Ammonite city of Rabbah.

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Beds » Made of » Iron

Deuteronomy 3:11

Of the Rephaim only King Og of Bashan was left. His bed was made of iron and was more than thirteen feet long and six feet wide. It is still in the Ammonite city of Rabbah.

Gates » Made of » Iron

Acts 12:10

They went past the first and second guard to the Iron Gate that leads to the city. The gate opened and went out on the street. The angel then departed from him.

Iron » Great quantity of, provided for the temple

1 Chronicles 22:14

I have taken great pains to provide for the temple of Jehovah three thousand seven hundred and fifty tons of gold, about thirty-seven thousand five hundred tons of silver, quantities of copper and iron too great to be weighed, and wood and stone. And you may add to them.

1 Chronicles 22:3

He provided a large amount of iron to make nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, and more copper than could be weighed.

1 Chronicles 29:2

I have made every effort to prepare materials for the Temple: gold, silver, bronze, iron, timber, precious stones and gems, stones for mosaics, and quantities of marble.

Iron » Working in, a trade

1 Samuel 13:19

No blacksmith could be found in all of Israel. In this way the Philistines kept the Hebrews from making swords and spears.

2 Chronicles 2:7

Send me a man with skill in engraving, in working gold, silver, copper, and iron, and in making blue, purple, and red cloth. He will work with the craftsmen of Judah and Jerusalem whom my father David selected.

2 Chronicles 2:14

He was the son of a woman from the tribe of Dan. His father is a native of Tyre. Huram knows how to work with gold, silver, copper, iron, stone, wood, purple, violet, and dark red cloth, and linen. He also knows how to make all kinds of engravings and follow any set of plans that will be given to him. He can work with your skilled workmen and the skilled workmen of His Majesty David, your father.

Iron » First recorded use of » Articles made of » Ax

2 Chronicles 18:10

One of them, Zedekiah son of Chenaanah, made iron horns and said to Ahab: This is what Jehovah says: With these you will fight the Syrians and totally defeat them.

2 Kings 6:6

Elisha said: Where did it fall? The man showed him the place. Elisha cut off a stick. Then he threw it in the water and made the ax head float.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

If the ax is dull, and he does not whet the edge, he must put forth more effort. Wisdom helps him to succeed.

Isaiah 10:34

He will cut down the forest thickets with an ax. Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.

Iron » Made into » Yokes

Deuteronomy 28:48

You will serve your enemies whom Jehovah will send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in the lack of all things. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you.

Jeremiah 28:13-14

Go and tell Hananiah: 'Jehovah has said, You may be able to break a wooden yoke, but he will replace it with an iron yoke. The Lord Jehovah, the God of Israel, said: 'He will put an iron yoke on all these nations and that they will serve King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Jehovah said that he would make even the wild animals serve Nebuchadnezzar.'

Iron » First recorded use of » Articles made of » Weapons

1 Samuel 17:7

The shaft of his spear was like the beam used by weavers. The head of his spear was made of fifteen pounds of iron. The man who carried his shield walked ahead of him.

Job 20:24

Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.

Job 41:7

Will fishermen bargain over him? Will merchants cut him up to sell?

Numbers 35:16

If any of you uses an iron weapon to kill another person, you are a murderer. Murderers must be put to death.

Iron » The land of canaan abounded with

Deuteronomy 8:9

The land will have enough food for you, and you will have everything you need. The land has rocks with iron ore. You will be able to mine copper ore in the mountains.

Iron » Made into » Implements for husbandry

2 Samuel 12:31

David made the people of Rabbah tear down the city walls with iron picks and axes. He also put them to work making bricks. He did the same thing with all the other Ammonite cities. David went back to Jerusalem. The people of Israel returned to their homes.

1 Samuel 13:20-21

Everyone in Israel had to go to the Philistines to sharpen the blade of his plow, his mattock, ax, or sickle. The charge for sharpening plowshares and for the mattocks, and for the mattocks, and for the three-pronged forks, and for the axes was a pim.

Iron » First recorded use of » Articles made of » Horn

Micah 4:13

Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion! I will make your horn like iron and I will make your hoofs like brass. You will pulverize many nations into pieces. I will devote their profit and wealth to Jehovah the Lord of the whole earth.

1 Kings 22:11

One of them, Zedekiah son of Chenaanah, made iron horns and said to Ahab: Jehovah says: 'With these you will fight the Syrians and totally defeat them.'

2 Chronicles 18:10

One of them, Zedekiah son of Chenaanah, made iron horns and said to Ahab: This is what Jehovah says: With these you will fight the Syrians and totally defeat them.

Iron » Illustrative » Of severe affliction

Deuteronomy 4:20

But you are Jehovah's people! He led you through fiery trials and rescued you from Egypt.

Iron » Made into » Armor

Revelation 9:9

They had breastplates like iron. The sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots with many horses running to battle.

2 Samuel 23:7

But with a sharp spear. They are burned on the spot.'

Iron » Made into » Weapons of war

1 Samuel 17:7

The shaft of his spear was like the beam used by weavers. The head of his spear was made of fifteen pounds of iron. The man who carried his shield walked ahead of him.

1 Samuel 13:19

No blacksmith could be found in all of Israel. In this way the Philistines kept the Hebrews from making swords and spears.

Iron » First recorded use of » Articles made of » Rods for scourging

Revelation 19:15

Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He will rule them with a rod of iron. He treads the winepress of the fierceness and anger of Almighty God.

Revelation 2:27

He will rule them with a rod of iron and break them to pieces like clay vessels: even as I received from my Father.

Revelation 12:5

She gave birth to a male-child, who was to rule all nations with a rod (scepter) of iron. Her child was caught up to God and to his throne.

Iron » Figurative

2 Samuel 23:7

But with a sharp spear. They are burned on the spot.'

Jeremiah 15:12

Can a man break iron, especially the iron from the north that is mixed with copper?

Iron » An article of commerce

Ezekiel 27:12

People from Tarshish traded with you because you were so very rich. They exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your merchandise.

Ezekiel 27:19

Vedan and Javan paid for your wares from Uzal. Wrought iron, cassia and sweet cane were among your merchandise.

Iron » First recorded use of » Stones of

Job 28:2

Iron is taken from the ground, and rocks are melted for their copper.

Deuteronomy 8:9

The land will have enough food for you, and you will have everything you need. The land has rocks with iron ore. You will be able to mine copper ore in the mountains.

Isaiah 60:17

I will bring gold instead of copper. I will bring silver instead of iron, copper instead of wood, and iron instead of stone. I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness as your ruler.

Iron » First recorded use of » Articles made of » Furnace

Deuteronomy 4:20

But you are Jehovah's people! He led you through fiery trials and rescued you from Egypt.

1 Kings 8:51

They are your own people. You brought them out of Egypt from the middle of an iron smelter.

Jeremiah 11:4

It is the covenant I made with their ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt. Egypt was like an iron smelter (furnace) to them. I told them to obey me and to do everything that I commanded. I told them that if they obeyed, they would be my people and I would be their God.

Iron » First recorded use of » Articles made of » Fetters

Psalm 107:16

He shattered bronze gates and cut iron bars in two.

Psalm 149:8

to put their kings in chains and their leaders in iron shackles,

Psalm 105:18

Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:

Iron » First recorded use of » Articles made of » Chariot

Judges 4:3

Jabin had nine hundred iron chariots, and he ruled the people of Israel with cruelty and violence for twenty years. The people of Israel cried out to Jehovah for help.

Joshua 17:16

The children of Joseph said: The hill is not enough for us. All the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.

Joshua 17:18

The mountain will be yours. For it is a wood, and you will cut it down. The farthest limits will be yours. You will drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they are strong.

Judges 1:19

Jehovah was with Judah. He drove out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.

Iron » Illustrative » Of severe exercise of power

Revelation 2:27

He will rule them with a rod of iron and break them to pieces like clay vessels: even as I received from my Father.

Iron » Made into » Rods

Revelation 2:27

He will rule them with a rod of iron and break them to pieces like clay vessels: even as I received from my Father.

Iron » Made into » Bars

Psalm 107:16

He shattered bronze gates and cut iron bars in two.

Isaiah 45:2

I will go ahead of you, Cyrus. I will smooth out the rough places. I will break down the copper doors and cut through the iron bars.

Iron » Made into » Fetters

Psalm 149:8

to put their kings in chains and their leaders in iron shackles,

Psalm 105:18

Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:

Iron » Hardened into steel

Job 20:24

Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.

2 Samuel 22:35

You train me for battle, so that I can use the strongest bow.

Iron » Illustrative » Of strength

Daniel 2:33

It had legs of iron and its feet were partly of iron, and partly of clay.

Daniel 2:40

The fourth kingdom will be strong as iron, since iron breaks in pieces and subdues all things. It is iron that crushes all these. It will break in pieces and crush.

Iron » Made into » Tools for artificers

Joshua 8:31

As Moses the servant of the Lord commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the Law of Moses, an altar of whole stones that have not been cut by any iron tool. They offered offerings to Jehovah, and sacrificed peace offerings.

1 Kings 6:7

The stones with which the Temple was built were prepared at the quarry. That way there was no noise made by hammers, axes, or any other iron tools as the Temple was built.

Iron » Made into » Graving tools

Jeremiah 17:1

Jehovah says: Judah's sin is written with an iron pen. It is engraved with a diamond point on the tablet of their hearts and on the horns (strength) (authority) of their altars.

Job 19:24

I wish they were engraved forever on a rock with an iron stylus and lead.

Iron » Taken in war, often dedicated to God

Joshua 6:19

All the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated to Jehovah. They must come into the treasury of Jehovah.

Joshua 6:24

They burned the city and all its contents. They put the silver, gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron into the treasury of the house of Jehovah.

Iron » Made into » Idols

Daniel 5:4

They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, silver, copper, iron, wood, and of stone.

Daniel 5:23

You lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the vessels of his house before you and your lords, wives and concubines. They drank wine from them. You praise the gods of silver and gold, of copper, iron, wood, and stone, which you do not see, nor hear, nor know. You have not glorified the God whose hand holds your breath and life.

Iron » First recorded use of » Articles made of » Yokes

Deuteronomy 28:48

You will serve your enemies whom Jehovah will send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in the lack of all things. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you.

Jeremiah 28:13-14

Go and tell Hananiah: 'Jehovah has said, You may be able to break a wooden yoke, but he will replace it with an iron yoke. The Lord Jehovah, the God of Israel, said: 'He will put an iron yoke on all these nations and that they will serve King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Jehovah said that he would make even the wild animals serve Nebuchadnezzar.'

Iron » Described as » Strong and durable

Job 40:18

His bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like rods of iron.

Daniel 2:40

The fourth kingdom will be strong as iron, since iron breaks in pieces and subdues all things. It is iron that crushes all these. It will break in pieces and crush.

Iron » First recorded use of » Articles made of » Pen

Jeremiah 17:1

Jehovah says: Judah's sin is written with an iron pen. It is engraved with a diamond point on the tablet of their hearts and on the horns (strength) (authority) of their altars.

Iron » Illustrative » Of a hard barren soil

Deuteronomy 28:23

The sky above will look like copper and the ground below will be as hard as iron.

Iron » Made into » Nails and hinges

1 Chronicles 22:3

He provided a large amount of iron to make nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, and more copper than could be weighed.

Iron » First recorded use of » Ore of

Job 28:2

Iron is taken from the ground, and rocks are melted for their copper.

Deuteronomy 8:9

The land will have enough food for you, and you will have everything you need. The land has rocks with iron ore. You will be able to mine copper ore in the mountains.

Iron » First recorded use of » Used in the temple

1 Chronicles 22:3

He provided a large amount of iron to make nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, and more copper than could be weighed.

1 Chronicles 29:2

I have made every effort to prepare materials for the Temple: gold, silver, bronze, iron, timber, precious stones and gems, stones for mosaics, and quantities of marble.

1 Chronicles 29:7

They gave the following for the work on the Temple: one hundred and ninety tons of gold, three hundred and eighty tons of silver, six hundred and seventy five tons of bronze, and three thousand seven hundred and fifty tons of iron.

Iron » Made into » Bedsteads

Deuteronomy 3:11

Of the Rephaim only King Og of Bashan was left. His bed was made of iron and was more than thirteen feet long and six feet wide. It is still in the Ammonite city of Rabbah.

Iron » Mode of purifying, taken in war

Numbers 31:21-23

Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle: This is what Jehovah's Law told Moses to do: Only the gold and the silver, the copper, the iron, the tin and the lead, everything that can stand the fire, you shall pass through the fire, and it will be clean. It must be purified with water for impurity. Anything that cannot stand the fire you shall pass through the water.

Iron » First recorded use of » Articles made of » Idols

Daniel 5:4

They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, silver, copper, iron, wood, and of stone.

Daniel 5:23

You lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the vessels of his house before you and your lords, wives and concubines. They drank wine from them. You praise the gods of silver and gold, of copper, iron, wood, and stone, which you do not see, nor hear, nor know. You have not glorified the God whose hand holds your breath and life.

Daniel 2:33

It had legs of iron and its feet were partly of iron, and partly of clay.

Iron » First recorded use of » Articles made of » Pans

Ezekiel 27:19

Vedan and Javan paid for your wares from Uzal. Wrought iron, cassia and sweet cane were among your merchandise.

Ezekiel 4:3

Take an iron pan and place it as an iron wall between you and the city. Then turn your face toward it. It will be under siege, and you shall besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.

Iron » From the north hardest and best

Jeremiah 15:12

Can a man break iron, especially the iron from the north that is mixed with copper?

Iron » Sharpens things made of

Iron » Illustrative » (seared with,) of insensibility of conscience

Iron » Described as » Fusible

Ezekiel 22:20

As they gather silver and copper and iron and lead and tin into the furnace to blow fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in my anger and in my wrath and I will lay you there and melt (liquefy) you.

Iron » Made into » Pillars

Jeremiah 1:18

Today I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a copper wall. You will be able to stand up to the whole land. You will be able to stand up to Judah's kings, its officials, its priests, and all the common people.

Iron » Admits of a high polish

Ezekiel 27:19

Vedan and Javan paid for your wares from Uzal. Wrought iron, cassia and sweet cane were among your merchandise.

Iron » Used from the earliest age

Genesis 4:22

Zillah also had a son, Tubal-Cain, who forged all kinds of tools out of copper and iron. Tubal-Cain's sister was Naamah.

Iron » Of small comparative value

Isaiah 60:17

I will bring gold instead of copper. I will bring silver instead of iron, copper instead of wood, and iron instead of stone. I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness as your ruler.

Iron » Illustrative » Of stubbornness

Iron » Of greater gravity than water

2 Kings 6:5

One of them was cutting down a tree when suddenly his ax head fell in the water. It was a borrowed ax, he exclaimed to Elisha. What will I do?

Iron » Miraculously made to swim

2 Kings 6:6

Elisha said: Where did it fall? The man showed him the place. Elisha cut off a stick. Then he threw it in the water and made the ax head float.

Iron » Described as » Malleable

Isaiah 2:4

Then he will judge disputes between nations and settle matters between many people. They will beat (hammer) their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations will not fight against each other, and they will not learn war anymore.

Iron » Made into » Chariots

Judges 4:3

Jabin had nine hundred iron chariots, and he ruled the people of Israel with cruelty and violence for twenty years. The people of Israel cried out to Jehovah for help.

Iron » Made into » Gates

Acts 12:10

They went past the first and second guard to the Iron Gate that leads to the city. The gate opened and went out on the street. The angel then departed from him.

Iron » First recorded use of » Articles made of » Harrow

2 Samuel 12:31

David made the people of Rabbah tear down the city walls with iron picks and axes. He also put them to work making bricks. He did the same thing with all the other Ammonite cities. David went back to Jerusalem. The people of Israel returned to their homes.

Iron » First recorded use of » Melted

Ezekiel 22:20

As they gather silver and copper and iron and lead and tin into the furnace to blow fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in my anger and in my wrath and I will lay you there and melt (liquefy) you.

Iron » A city » A city of naphtali

Joshua 19:38

Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.

Iron » First recorded use of » Articles made of » Gate

Acts 12:10

They went past the first and second guard to the Iron Gate that leads to the city. The gate opened and went out on the street. The angel then departed from him.

Iron » First recorded use of » Articles made of » Pillars

Jeremiah 1:18

Today I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a copper wall. You will be able to stand up to the whole land. You will be able to stand up to Judah's kings, its officials, its priests, and all the common people.

Iron » First recorded use of » Articles made of » Vessels

Joshua 6:24

They burned the city and all its contents. They put the silver, gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron into the treasury of the house of Jehovah.

Iron » First recorded use of » Articles made of » File

Iron » Dug out of the earth

Job 28:2

Iron is taken from the ground, and rocks are melted for their copper.

Iron » First recorded use of » Articles made of » Tools

1 Kings 6:7

The stones with which the Temple was built were prepared at the quarry. That way there was no noise made by hammers, axes, or any other iron tools as the Temple was built.

Iron » First recorded use of » Articles made of » Bedstead

Deuteronomy 3:11

Of the Rephaim only King Og of Bashan was left. His bed was made of iron and was more than thirteen feet long and six feet wide. It is still in the Ammonite city of Rabbah.

Iron » First recorded use of

Genesis 4:22

Zillah also had a son, Tubal-Cain, who forged all kinds of tools out of copper and iron. Tubal-Cain's sister was Naamah.

Iron » First recorded use of » Articles made of » Threshing instruments

Amos 1:3

I will not hold back punishment, said Jehovah, For the many transgressions of Damascus. This is because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron.

Iron » First recorded use of » Articles made of » Breastplate

Revelation 9:9

They had breastplates like iron. The sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots with many horses running to battle.

Metals » Mentioned in scripture » Iron

Numbers 35:16

If any of you uses an iron weapon to kill another person, you are a murderer. Murderers must be put to death.

Pillars » Made of » Iron

Jeremiah 1:18

Today I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a copper wall. You will be able to stand up to the whole land. You will be able to stand up to Judah's kings, its officials, its priests, and all the common people.

Shekel » Used to weigh » Iron

1 Samuel 17:7

The shaft of his spear was like the beam used by weavers. The head of his spear was made of fifteen pounds of iron. The man who carried his shield walked ahead of him.

Topics on Iron

Iron Chains

Acts 12:6

It was the night before Herod was to bring him to trial. Peter was sleeping between two soldiers. He was bound with two chains. Sentries stood guard at the prison door.

Iron Objects

Deuteronomy 19:5

For example: when a man goes into the forest with his friend to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the iron head slips off the handle and strikes his friend so that he dies. He may flee to one of these cities and live.

Things Like Iron

Deuteronomy 28:23

The sky above will look like copper and the ground below will be as hard as iron.

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