'Rock' in the Bible

Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

Then the Lord said, “Behold, there is a place by Me, and you shall stand there on the rock;

and it will come about, while My glory is passing by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.

Likewise, the shaphan, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you;

“Take the rod; and you and your brother Aaron assemble the congregation and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it may yield its water. You shall thus bring forth water for them out of the rock and let the congregation and their beasts drink.”

and Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly before the rock. And he said to them, “Listen now, you rebels; shall we bring forth water for you out of this rock?”

Then Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation and their beasts drank.

He led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water; He brought water for you out of the rock of flint.

“The Rock! His work is perfect,For all His ways are just;A God of faithfulness and without injustice,Righteous and upright is He.

“He made him ride on the high places of the earth,And he ate the produce of the field;And He made him suck honey from the rock,And oil from the flinty rock,

“But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—You are grown fat, thick, and sleek—Then he forsook God who made him,And scorned the Rock of his salvation.

“You neglected the Rock who begot you,And forgot the God who gave you birth.

“How could one chase a thousand,And two put ten thousand to flight,Unless their Rock had sold them,And the Lord had given them up?

“Indeed their rock is not like our Rock,Even our enemies themselves judge this.

“And He will say, ‘Where are their gods,The rock in which they sought refuge?

The angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.” And he did so.

Then the angel of the Lord put out the end of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread; and fire sprang up from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the Lord vanished from his sight.

They captured the two leaders of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and they killed Zeeb at the wine press of Zeeb, while they pursued Midian; and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon from across the Jordan.

So Manoah took the young goat with the grain offering and offered it on the rock to the Lord, and He performed wonders while Manoah and his wife looked on.

He struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter; and he went down and lived in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

Then 3,000 men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam and said to Samson, “Do you not know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that you have done to us?” And he said to them, “As they did to me, so I have done to them.”

So they said to him, “No, but we will bind you fast and give you into their hands; yet surely we will not kill you.” Then they bound him with two new ropes and brought him up from the rock.

The rest turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, but they caught 5,000 of them on the highways and overtook them at Gidom and killed 2,000 of them.

But 600 men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and they remained at the rock of Rimmon four months.

Then the whole congregation sent word and spoke to the sons of Benjamin who were at the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them.

“There is no one holy like the Lord,Indeed, there is no one besides You,Nor is there any rock like our God.

When Saul and his men went to seek him, they told David, and he came down to the rock and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard it, he pursued David in the wilderness of Maon.

So Saul returned from pursuing David and went to meet the Philistines; therefore they called that place the Rock of Escape.

And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until it rained on them from the sky; and she allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on them by day nor the beasts of the field by night.

He said,“The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;

My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge;My savior, You save me from violence.

“For who is God, besides the Lord?And who is a rock, besides our God?

“The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock;And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,

“The God of Israel said,The Rock of Israel spoke to me,‘He who rules over men righteously,Who rules in the fear of God,

Now three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam, while the army of the Philistines was camping in the valley of Rephaim.

“You provided bread from heaven for them for their hunger,You brought forth water from a rock for them for their thirst,And You told them to enter in order to possessThe land which You swore to give them.

“His roots wrap around a rock pile,He grasps a house of stones.

“But the falling mountain crumbles away,And the rock moves from its place;

“O you who tear yourself in your anger—For your sake is the earth to be abandoned,Or the rock to be moved from its place?

“That with an iron stylus and leadThey were engraved in the rock forever!

“They are wet with the mountain rainsAnd hug the rock for want of a shelter.

“Iron is taken from the dust,And copper is smelted from rock.

“Man puts an end to darkness,And to the farthest limit he searches outThe rock in gloom and deep shadow.

When my steps were bathed in butter,And the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

For who is God, but the Lord?And who is a rock, except our God,

The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock;And exalted be the God of my salvation,

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heartBe acceptable in Your sight,O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.

For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle;In the secret place of His tent He will hide me;He will lift me up on a rock.

A Psalm of David.To You, O Lord, I call;My rock, do not be deaf to me,For if You are silent to me,I will become like those who go down to the pit.

Incline Your ear to me, rescue me quickly;Be to me a rock of strength,A stronghold to save me.

For You are my rock and my fortress;For Your name’s sake You will lead me and guide me.

He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay,And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm.

I will say to God my rock, “Why have You forgotten me?Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”

From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint;Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

He only is my rock and my salvation,My stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken.

He only is my rock and my salvation,My stronghold; I shall not be shaken.

On God my salvation and my glory rest;The rock of my strength, my refuge is in God.

Be to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually come;You have given commandment to save me,For You are my rock and my fortress.

He brought forth streams also from the rockAnd caused waters to run down like rivers.

“Behold, He struck the rock so that waters gushed out,And streams were overflowing;Can He give bread also?Will He provide meat for His people?”

And they remembered that God was their rock,And the Most High God their Redeemer.

“But I would feed you with the finest of the wheat,And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

“He will cry to Me, ‘You are my Father,My God, and the rock of my salvation.’

To declare that the Lord is upright;He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

But the Lord has been my stronghold,And my God the rock of my refuge.

O come, let us sing for joy to the Lord,Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.

The high mountains are for the wild goats;The cliffs are a refuge for the shephanim.

He opened the rock and water flowed out;It ran in the dry places like a river.

Who turned the rock into a pool of water,The flint into a fountain of water. Cross references: Psalm 114:1 : Ex 12:51; 13:3 Psalm 114:1 : Ps 81:5 Psalm 114:2 : Ex 15:17; 29:45, 46; Ps 78:68, 69 Psalm 114:2 : Ex 19:6 Psalm 114:3 : Ex 14:21; Ps 77:16 Psalm 114:3 : Josh 3:13, 16 Psalm 114:4 : Ex 19:18; Judg 5:5; Ps 18:7; 29:6; Hab 3:6 Psalm 114:5 : Hab 3:8 Psalm 114:7 : Ps 96:9 Psalm 114:8 : Ex 17:6; Num 20:11; Ps 78:15; 105:41 Psalm 114:8 : Ps 107:35 Psalm 114:8 : Deut 8:15 end of crossrefs

How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little onesAgainst the rock.

Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock,And they hear my words, for they are pleasant.

A Psalm of David.Blessed be the Lord, my rock,Who trains my hands for war,And my fingers for battle;

The way of an eagle in the sky,The way of a serpent on a rock,The way of a ship in the middle of the sea,And the way of a man with a maid.

“O my dove, in the clefts of the rock,In the secret place of the steep pathway,Let me see your form,Let me hear your voice;For your voice is sweet,And your form is lovely.”

“A garden locked is my sister, my bride,A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up.

Enter the rock and hide in the dustFrom the terror of the Lord and from the splendor of His majesty.

“Then He shall become a sanctuary;But to both the houses of Israel, a stone to strike and a rock to stumble over,And a snare and a trap for the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

The Lord of hosts will arouse a scourge against him like the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and His staff will be over the sea and He will lift it up the way He did in Egypt.

For you have forgotten the God of your salvationAnd have not remembered the rock of your refuge.Therefore you plant delightful plantsAnd set them with vine slips of a strange god.

‘What right do you have here,And whom do you have here,That you have hewn a tomb for yourself here,You who hew a tomb on the height,You who carve a resting place for yourself in the rock?

“Trust in the Lord forever,For in God the Lord, we have an everlasting Rock.

You will have songs as in the night when you keep the festival,And gladness of heart as when one marches to the sound of the flute,To go to the mountain of the Lord, to the Rock of Israel.

“His rock will pass away because of panic,And his princes will be terrified at the standard,”Declares the Lord, whose fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

Each will be like a refuge from the windAnd a shelter from the storm,Like streams of water in a dry country,Like the shade of a huge rock in a parched land.

He will dwell on the heights,His refuge will be the impregnable rock;His bread will be given him,His water will be sure.

‘Do not tremble and do not be afraid;Have I not long since announced it to you and declared it?And you are My witnesses.Is there any God besides Me,Or is there any other Rock?I know of none.’”

They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts.He made the water flow out of the rock for them;He split the rock and the water gushed forth.

“Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness,Who seek the Lord:Look to the rock from which you were hewnAnd to the quarry from which you were dug.

O Lord, do not Your eyes look for truth?You have smitten them,But they did not weaken;You have consumed them,But they refused to take correction.They have made their faces harder than rock;They have refused to repent.

“Take the waistband that you have bought, which is around your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates and hide it there in a crevice of the rock.”

‘Does the snow of Lebanon forsake the rock of the open country?Or is the cold flowing water from a foreign land ever snatched away?

“Is not My word like fire?” declares the Lord, “and like a hammer which shatters a rock?

“As for the terror of you,The arrogance of your heart has deceived you,O you who live in the clefts of the rock,Who occupy the height of the hill.Though you make your nest as high as an eagle’s,I will bring you down from there,” declares the Lord.

“For her blood is in her midst;She placed it on the bare rock;She did not pour it on the groundTo cover it with dust.

“That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance,I have put her blood on the bare rock,That it may not be covered.”

They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers; and I will scrape her debris from her and make her a bare rock.

I will make you a bare rock; you will be a place for the spreading of nets. You will be built no more, for I the Lord have spoken,” declares the Lord God.

“The arrogance of your heart has deceived you,You who live in the clefts of the rock,In the loftiness of your dwelling place,Who say in your heart,‘Who will bring me down to earth?’

Are You not from everlasting,O Lord, my God, my Holy One?We will not die.You, O Lord, have appointed them to judge;And You, O Rock, have established them to correct.