75 Bible Verses about Iron

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Job 28:2

where iron is digged out of the ground, and stones resolved to metal.

Deuteronomy 8:7-9

For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of rivers of water, of fountains and of springs that spring out both in valleys and hills: a land of wheat and of barley, of vines, fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees with oil and of honey: a land wherein thou shalt not eat bread in scarceness, and where thou shalt lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou shalt dig brass.

Ezekiel 22:20

like as silver, and brass, iron, tin, and lead, are put together in the furnace and the fire blown there under to melt them: Even so will I gather you, put you in together, and melt you in my wrath and indignation.

Numbers 31:21-23

And Eleazar the priest said unto all the men of war which went out to battle, "This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses: Gold, silver, brass, iron, tin and lead, and all that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and then it is clean. Neverthelater, it shall be sprinkled with sprinkling water. And all that suffereth not the fire, ye shall make go through the water.

Jeremiah 6:27-29

"Thee have I set for a prover of my hard people, to seek out and to try their ways. For they are all unfaithful and fallen away, they hang upon filthy lucre; they are clean brass and iron, for they hurt and destroyed every man. The bellows are burnt in the fire, the lead is consumed, the melter melteth in vain, for the evil is not taken away from them.

Ezekiel 22:18

"Thou son of man, the house of Israel is turned to dross. All they that should be brass, tin, iron and lead, are in the fire become dross.

Deuteronomy 4:20

For the LORD took you and brought you out of the iron furnace of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as it is come to pass this day.

1 Kings 8:51

For they be thy people and thine inheritance which thou broughtest out of Egypt, from the furnace of iron.

Jeremiah 11:4

which I commanded unto your fathers; what time as I brought them out of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Be obedient unto my voice, and do according to all that I commanded you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God,

Revelation 18:11-12

And the merchants of the earth shall weep and wail in themselves, for no man will buy their ware any more, the ware of gold and silver, and precious stones, neither of pearl, and raynes, and purple, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and of iron,

Joshua 22:6-8

And so Joshua blessed them and sent them away. And they went unto their tents. Unto the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses gave possession in Bashan: and unto the other half thereof gave Joshua with their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And also when Joshua sent them away unto their tents and blessed them, he said unto them, "Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, gold, brass, iron, and with raiment above measure, and divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren."

Isaiah 60:17

For brass will I give thee gold, and for iron, silver: for wood, brass, and for stones, iron. I will make peace thy ruler, and righteousness thine officer.

Ezekiel 27:12

Tarshish occupied with thee in all manner of wares: in silver, iron, tin and lead, and made thy market great.

Daniel 2:40-43

The fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron. For like as iron bruiseth and breaketh all things: Yea even as iron beateth everything down, so shall it beat down and destroy. Whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of earth and part of iron: that is a divided kingdom, which nevertheless shall have some of the iron ground mixed with it, forsomuch as thou hast seen the iron mixed with the clay. The toes of the feet that were part of iron and part of clay, signifieth: that it shall be a kingdom partly strong and partly broken.read more.
And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with clay: they shall mingle themselves with the seed of simple people: and yet not continue one with another, like as iron will not be soldered with a potsherd.

Leviticus 26:19

and will break the pride of your strength. For I will make the heaven over you as hard as iron, and your land as hard as brass.

Deuteronomy 28:23

"And the heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee, iron.

Job 40:15-18

"Behold Behemoth, whom I made with thee, which eateth hay as an ox: lo, how strong he is in his loins, and what power he hath in the navel of his body. He spreadeth out his tail like a Cedar tree, all his sinews are stiff.read more.
His shins are like pipes of brass, his ridge bones are like staves of iron.

Job 41:27

He setteth as much by a straw as by iron, and as much by a rotten stock as by metal.

Revelation 2:27

and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and as the vessels of a potter, shall he break them to shivers. Even as I received of my father.

Revelation 19:15

and out of his mouth went out a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the heathen. And he shall rule them with a rod of iron, and he trod the wine-vat of fierceness and wrath of almighty God.

Jeremiah 1:18

For behold, this day do I make thee a strong fenced town, an iron pillar, and a wall of steel against the whole land; against the kings and mighty men of Judah; against the priests and people of the land.

Jeremiah 15:12

Doth one iron hurt another, or one metal that cometh from the North, another?

Daniel 2:31-35

Thou king sawest, and behold: there stood before thee a great Image, whose figure was marvelous great, and his visage grim. The image head was of fine gold, his breast and arms of silver, his body and loins were of copper, his legs were of iron, his feet were part of iron and part of earth.read more.
Thou beheldest it till a stone was cut without hands, which smote the image upon the feet that were both of iron and earth, and brake them to powder. Then was the iron, the earth, the copper, the silver and gold broken altogether in pieces: and became like the chaff of corn, that the wind bloweth away from the summer floors, that they can no more be found. But the stone that smote the Image, became a great mountain, which fulfilleth the whole earth.

Daniel 7:7

After this I saw in a vision by night, and behold, the fourth beast was grim and horrible, and marvelous strong. It had great iron teeth, it devoured and destroyed, and stamped the residue under feet. It was far unlike the other beasts that were before it: for it had ten horns, whereof I took good heed.

Joshua 6:24

And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein. Only the silver, the gold, and the things of brass and iron they put unto the treasure of the house of the LORD.

Joshua 6:15-19

And the seventh day they rose early: even with the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only that they compassed the city seven times. And at the seventh time, the priests blew with the horns, and Joshua said unto the people, "Shout! For the LORD hath given you the city. But the city shall be excommunicate, both it and all that is therein, unto the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, both she and all that is with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.read more.
And in any wise beware of the excommunicate things, lest ye make yourselves excommunicate. For if you take of the excommunicate things, so shall you make the host of Israel excommunicate and shall trouble it. But all the silver, gold, vessels of brass and iron shall be holy unto the LORD and shall go into his treasury."

Joshua 22:8

he said unto them, "Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, gold, brass, iron, and with raiment above measure, and divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren."

1 Chronicles 29:2

Moreover, I have prepared with all my might for the house of God: gold for things of gold, and silver for things of silver, brass for things of brass, iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood: and onyx stones, set stones, and of other gay stones, and all manner of precious stones, and of marble great abundance.

1 Chronicles 22:14-16

Behold: in mine adversity I have prepared for the house of the LORD a hundred thousand talents of gold and a thousand, thousand talents of silver, and as for brass and iron it cannot be numbered, it is so much. And I have prepared timber and stone, and shalt provide more thereto. Moreover, thou hast workmen enough and masons and carpenters to work in stone and timber, and all manner of wise men for whatsoever work it be. And of gold, silver, brass and iron there is no number. Up, therefore, and set upon it, and the LORD shall be with thee."

1 Chronicles 29:7

and gave for the service of the house of God, five thousand talents of gold and ten thousand pieces of gold coins, and ten thousand talents of silver, and eighteen thousand talents of brass, and a hundred thousand talents of iron.

2 Chronicles 2:7

send me now therefore a cunning man to work in gold, silver, brass, iron, scarlet, crimson and Jacinth colour, and that can skill to grave, to be with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, which David my father did prepare.

2 Chronicles 24:12

And the king and Jehoiada gave it to workmen that wrought upon the house of the LORD, and hired Masons and carpenters to redress the house of the LORD, and so did they artificers in iron and brass, to repair the house of the LORD.

Genesis 4:22

And Zillah she also bare Tubalcain; a worker in metal and a father of all that grave in brass and iron. And Tubalcain's sister was called Naamah.

Deuteronomy 27:5

And there build, unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones; and see thou lift up no iron upon them.

Joshua 8:30-31

Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel, in mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, according as it is written in the book of the law of Moses: an altar of rough stone over which no tool of iron was lifted. And they sacrificed thereon burnt sacrifice, and offered peace offerings.

2 Samuel 12:31

And he brought out the people that was therein and sawed them and drew harrows of iron upon them, and shred some of them with shredding knives of iron, and thrust some into furnaces. And so he served all the cities of the children of Ammon. And then David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 20:3

And he brought out the people that were in it and tamed them with saws and harrows of iron and with brakes, and so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And then David and all the people came again to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 23:7

But the man that shall touch them must be armed with iron on a long helve. And then shall they be burned with fire to sit thereby."

1 Kings 6:7

And the house was built of stone made perfect already before it was brought thither, so that there was neither hammer or axe either any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

2 Kings 6:5-6

And as one was heaving of a beam, the axe head fell into the water. And he cried out and said, "Alas, master, for it was lent me." And the man of God said, "Where fell it?" And he showed him the place. And he cut a stick and cast it in thither, and made the axe head swim.

Job 19:23-24

O that my words were written, O that they were put in a book: would God they were graven with an iron pen in lead or in stone.

Jeremiah 17:1

your sin, O ye of the tribe of Judah, is written in the table of your hearts, and graven so upon the edges of your altars with a pen of iron and with an adamant claw:

Amos 1:3

"Thus sayeth the LORD, 'For three and four wickednesses of Damascus, I will not spare her: because they have threshed Gilead with iron stales.

Psalm 105:18

whose feet they hurt in the stocks. The iron pierced his heart,

Psalm 149:6-9

Let the praises of God be in their mouth, and two-edged swords in their hands, to be avenged of the heathen, and to rebuke the people; to bind their kings in chains, and their nobles with links of iron,read more.
that they may be avenged of them, as it is written. Such honour have all his saints. Praise the everlasting! Hallelujah!

Daniel 4:15

Nevertheless, leave the ground of his root still in the earth, and bind him upon the plain field, with chains of iron and steel. With the dew of heaven shall he be wet, and he shall have his part in the herbs of the ground with other wild beasts.

Mark 5:1-4

And they came over to the other side of the sea into the country of the Gaderenes. And when he was come out of the ship, anon there met him out of the graves a man possessed of an unclean spirit, which had his abiding among the graves. And no man could bind him: no, not with chains,read more.
because that when he was often bound with fetters and chains, he plucked the chains asunder, and brake the fetters in pieces: Neither could any man tame him.

Judges 1:19

And the LORD was with Judah that he conquered the mountains, but they could not drive out the inhabiters of the valleys, because they had chariots of iron.

Joshua 17:15-18

And Joshua answered them, "If ye be much people, then get you up to the wood country, and prepare for yourselves there in the land of the Perezites and of the Rephaim, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for you." Then the children of Joseph said again, "The hill will not be gotten of us: for all the Cananites that dwell in the low country have chariots of iron, and so have they that inhabit Bethshean, and the towns of the same, and they also that dwell in the valley of Jezreel." And Joshua answered the house of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh, saying, "Ye be much people and have great power and shall not therefore have one lot.read more.
But the hill shall be yours, for it is a wood country and ye shall bring it to fashion, and it shall be yours even unto the ends of it, for ye shall be able to cast out the Cananites for all their iron chariots and for all they be so strong."

Judges 4:2-3

And the LORD sold them into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor, whose captain of war was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the gentiles. And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; He oppressed the children of Israel with power twenty years.

Acts 12:10

When they were past the first and the second watch, they came unto the iron gate, that leadeth unto the city, which opened to them by his own accord. And they went out and passed through one street, and by and by the angel departed from him.

1 Chronicles 22:3

And David prepared plenty of iron for nails to the doors of the gates and to join with all, and abundance of brass without weight,

Psalm 107:15-16

O that men would therefore praise the LORD for his goodness, and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men! For he hath broken the gates of brass, and smitten the bars of iron in sunder.

Isaiah 45:2

I will go before thee, and make the crooked straight. I shall break the brazen doors, and burst the iron bars.

1 Samuel 17:7

And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam. And his spearhead weighed six hundred sicles of iron. And one bearing a shield went before him.

Numbers 35:16

"'If any man smite another with a weapon of iron that he die, then he is a murderer, and shall die for it.

Job 20:24

so that if he flee the iron weapons, he shall be shot with the steel bow.

Revelation 9:9

And they had habergeons, as it were habergeons of iron. And the sound of their wings, was as the sound of chariots when many horses run together to battle.

Daniel 5:4

They drunk wine, and praised their Idols of gold, silver, copper, iron, wood and stone.

Daniel 5:23

but hast magnified thyself above the LORD of heaven, so that the vessels of his house were brought before thee: that thou, and thy lords, with thy queen and concubines, might drink wine thereout: and hast praised the Idols of silver and gold, copper and iron, of wood and stone. As for the God in whose hand consisteth thy breath and all thy ways: thou hast not loved him.

Deuteronomy 28:48

therefore thou shalt serve thine enemy which the LORD shall send upon thee: in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and in need of all things. And he shall put a yoke of iron upon thine neck, until he have brought thee to nought.

Jeremiah 28:13-14

"Go, and tell Hananiah these words, 'Thus sayeth the LORD: Thou hast broken the chain of wood, but instead of wood thou shalt make chains of iron. For thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts the God of Israel: I will put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all this people, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, yea and so shall they do. And I will give him the beasts in the field.'"

1 Kings 22:11

And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made horns of iron and said, "Thus sayeth the LORD, 'With these horns thou shalt winnow the Syrians until thou have made an end of them."

2 Chronicles 18:10

And one Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron and said, "Thus sayeth the LORD: with these thou shalt winnow Syria until thou hast brought them to naught."

Ezekiel 4:3

Moreover, take an iron pan, and set it betwixt thee and the city instead of an iron wall. Then set thy face toward it, besiege it, and lay ordinance against it, to win it. This shall be a token unto the house of Israel.

Deuteronomy 3:11

For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Giants: behold, his iron bed is yet at Rabbah, among the children of Ammon: nine cubits long and four cubits broad, of the cubits of a man.

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Beds » Made of » Iron

Deuteronomy 3:11

For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Giants: behold, his iron bed is yet at Rabbah, among the children of Ammon: nine cubits long and four cubits broad, of the cubits of a man.

Gates » Made of » Iron

Acts 12:10

When they were past the first and the second watch, they came unto the iron gate, that leadeth unto the city, which opened to them by his own accord. And they went out and passed through one street, and by and by the angel departed from him.

Iron » Great quantity of, provided for the temple

1 Chronicles 22:14

Behold: in mine adversity I have prepared for the house of the LORD a hundred thousand talents of gold and a thousand, thousand talents of silver, and as for brass and iron it cannot be numbered, it is so much. And I have prepared timber and stone, and shalt provide more thereto.

1 Chronicles 22:3

And David prepared plenty of iron for nails to the doors of the gates and to join with all, and abundance of brass without weight,

1 Chronicles 29:2

Moreover, I have prepared with all my might for the house of God: gold for things of gold, and silver for things of silver, brass for things of brass, iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood: and onyx stones, set stones, and of other gay stones, and all manner of precious stones, and of marble great abundance.

Iron » Working in, a trade

1 Samuel 13:19

But there was no smith throughout the land of Israel. For the Philistines thought that then the Hebrews might make them swords or spears.

2 Chronicles 2:7

send me now therefore a cunning man to work in gold, silver, brass, iron, scarlet, crimson and Jacinth colour, and that can skill to grave, to be with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, which David my father did prepare.

2 Chronicles 2:14

and is the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, - howbeit his father was a Tyrian - and he can skill to work in gold, silver, brass, iron, stone, timber, scarlet, Jacinth, bysse and crimson: and grave all manner of gravings, and to find out all manner of subtle work that shall be set before him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.

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

2 Chronicles 18:10

And one Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron and said, "Thus sayeth the LORD: with these thou shalt winnow Syria until thou hast brought them to naught."

2 Kings 6:6

And the man of God said, "Where fell it?" And he showed him the place. And he cut a stick and cast it in thither, and made the axe head swim.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

When an iron is blunt, and the point not sharpened, it must be whet again, and that with might. Even so doth wisdom follow diligence.

Isaiah 10:34

The thorns of the wood shall be rooted out with iron, and Lebanon shall have a mighty fall.

Iron » Made into » Yokes

Deuteronomy 28:48

therefore thou shalt serve thine enemy which the LORD shall send upon thee: in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and in need of all things. And he shall put a yoke of iron upon thine neck, until he have brought thee to nought.

Jeremiah 28:13-14

"Go, and tell Hananiah these words, 'Thus sayeth the LORD: Thou hast broken the chain of wood, but instead of wood thou shalt make chains of iron. For thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts the God of Israel: I will put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all this people, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, yea and so shall they do. And I will give him the beasts in the field.'"

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

1 Samuel 17:7

And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam. And his spearhead weighed six hundred sicles of iron. And one bearing a shield went before him.

Job 20:24

so that if he flee the iron weapons, he shall be shot with the steel bow.

Job 41:7

Canst thou fill the net with his skin, or the fish panner with his head?

Numbers 35:16

"'If any man smite another with a weapon of iron that he die, then he is a murderer, and shall die for it.

Iron » The land of canaan abounded with

Deuteronomy 8:9

a land wherein thou shalt not eat bread in scarceness, and where thou shalt lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou shalt dig brass.

Iron » Made into » Implements for husbandry

2 Samuel 12:31

And he brought out the people that was therein and sawed them and drew harrows of iron upon them, and shred some of them with shredding knives of iron, and thrust some into furnaces. And so he served all the cities of the children of Ammon. And then David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.

1 Samuel 13:20-21

And therefore must all Israel go down to the Philistines, to mend every man his share, his mattock, his axe or his sickle: as oft as the edges of the sickles, mattocks, dung forks, and axes were blunt, and also to mend their goods.

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

Micah 4:13

Therefore get thee up, O thou daughter Zion, and thresh out the corn. For I will make thy horn iron. and thy claws brass, that thou mayest grind many people: their goods shalt thou appropriate unto the LORD, and their substance unto the ruler of the whole world.

1 Kings 22:11

And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made horns of iron and said, "Thus sayeth the LORD, 'With these horns thou shalt winnow the Syrians until thou have made an end of them."

2 Chronicles 18:10

And one Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron and said, "Thus sayeth the LORD: with these thou shalt winnow Syria until thou hast brought them to naught."

Iron » Illustrative » Of severe affliction

Deuteronomy 4:20

For the LORD took you and brought you out of the iron furnace of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as it is come to pass this day.

Iron » Made into » Armor

Revelation 9:9

And they had habergeons, as it were habergeons of iron. And the sound of their wings, was as the sound of chariots when many horses run together to battle.

2 Samuel 23:7

But the man that shall touch them must be armed with iron on a long helve. And then shall they be burned with fire to sit thereby."

Iron » Made into » Weapons of war

1 Samuel 17:7

And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam. And his spearhead weighed six hundred sicles of iron. And one bearing a shield went before him.

1 Samuel 13:19

But there was no smith throughout the land of Israel. For the Philistines thought that then the Hebrews might make them swords or spears.

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

Revelation 19:15

and out of his mouth went out a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the heathen. And he shall rule them with a rod of iron, and he trod the wine-vat of fierceness and wrath of almighty God.

Revelation 2:27

and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and as the vessels of a potter, shall he break them to shivers. Even as I received of my father.

Revelation 12:5

And she brought forth a man child, which should rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her son was taken up unto God, and to his seat.

Iron » Figurative

2 Samuel 23:7

But the man that shall touch them must be armed with iron on a long helve. And then shall they be burned with fire to sit thereby."

Jeremiah 15:12

Doth one iron hurt another, or one metal that cometh from the North, another?

Iron » An article of commerce

Ezekiel 27:12

Tarshish occupied with thee in all manner of wares: in silver, iron, tin and lead, and made thy market great.

Ezekiel 27:19

Dan, Javan, and Mevsall have brought unto thy markets, iron ready made, with Cassia, and Calamus, according to thine occupying.

Iron » First recorded use of » Stones of

Job 28:2

where iron is digged out of the ground, and stones resolved to metal.

Deuteronomy 8:9

a land wherein thou shalt not eat bread in scarceness, and where thou shalt lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou shalt dig brass.

Isaiah 60:17

For brass will I give thee gold, and for iron, silver: for wood, brass, and for stones, iron. I will make peace thy ruler, and righteousness thine officer.

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

Deuteronomy 4:20

For the LORD took you and brought you out of the iron furnace of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as it is come to pass this day.

1 Kings 8:51

For they be thy people and thine inheritance which thou broughtest out of Egypt, from the furnace of iron.

Jeremiah 11:4

which I commanded unto your fathers; what time as I brought them out of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Be obedient unto my voice, and do according to all that I commanded you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God,

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

Psalm 107:16

For he hath broken the gates of brass, and smitten the bars of iron in sunder.

Psalm 149:8

to bind their kings in chains, and their nobles with links of iron,

Psalm 105:18

whose feet they hurt in the stocks. The iron pierced his heart,

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

Judges 4:3

And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; He oppressed the children of Israel with power twenty years.

Joshua 17:16

Then the children of Joseph said again, "The hill will not be gotten of us: for all the Cananites that dwell in the low country have chariots of iron, and so have they that inhabit Bethshean, and the towns of the same, and they also that dwell in the valley of Jezreel."

Joshua 17:18

But the hill shall be yours, for it is a wood country and ye shall bring it to fashion, and it shall be yours even unto the ends of it, for ye shall be able to cast out the Cananites for all their iron chariots and for all they be so strong."

Judges 1:19

And the LORD was with Judah that he conquered the mountains, but they could not drive out the inhabiters of the valleys, because they had chariots of iron.

Iron » Illustrative » Of severe exercise of power

Revelation 2:27

and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and as the vessels of a potter, shall he break them to shivers. Even as I received of my father.

Iron » Made into » Rods

Revelation 2:27

and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and as the vessels of a potter, shall he break them to shivers. Even as I received of my father.

Iron » Made into » Bars

Psalm 107:16

For he hath broken the gates of brass, and smitten the bars of iron in sunder.

Isaiah 45:2

I will go before thee, and make the crooked straight. I shall break the brazen doors, and burst the iron bars.

Iron » Made into » Fetters

Psalm 149:8

to bind their kings in chains, and their nobles with links of iron,

Psalm 105:18

whose feet they hurt in the stocks. The iron pierced his heart,

Iron » Hardened into steel

Job 20:24

so that if he flee the iron weapons, he shall be shot with the steel bow.

2 Samuel 22:35

And teacheth my hands to fight, that a bow of brass is too weak for mine arms.

Iron » Illustrative » Of strength

Daniel 2:33

his legs were of iron, his feet were part of iron and part of earth.

Daniel 2:40

The fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron. For like as iron bruiseth and breaketh all things: Yea even as iron beateth everything down, so shall it beat down and destroy.

Iron » Made into » Tools for artificers

Joshua 8:31

as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, according as it is written in the book of the law of Moses: an altar of rough stone over which no tool of iron was lifted. And they sacrificed thereon burnt sacrifice, and offered peace offerings.

1 Kings 6:7

And the house was built of stone made perfect already before it was brought thither, so that there was neither hammer or axe either any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

Iron » Made into » Graving tools

Jeremiah 17:1

your sin, O ye of the tribe of Judah, is written in the table of your hearts, and graven so upon the edges of your altars with a pen of iron and with an adamant claw:

Job 19:24

would God they were graven with an iron pen in lead or in stone.

Iron » Taken in war, often dedicated to God

Joshua 6:19

But all the silver, gold, vessels of brass and iron shall be holy unto the LORD and shall go into his treasury."

Joshua 6:24

And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein. Only the silver, the gold, and the things of brass and iron they put unto the treasure of the house of the LORD.

Iron » Made into » Idols

Daniel 5:4

They drunk wine, and praised their Idols of gold, silver, copper, iron, wood and stone.

Daniel 5:23

but hast magnified thyself above the LORD of heaven, so that the vessels of his house were brought before thee: that thou, and thy lords, with thy queen and concubines, might drink wine thereout: and hast praised the Idols of silver and gold, copper and iron, of wood and stone. As for the God in whose hand consisteth thy breath and all thy ways: thou hast not loved him.

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

Deuteronomy 28:48

therefore thou shalt serve thine enemy which the LORD shall send upon thee: in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and in need of all things. And he shall put a yoke of iron upon thine neck, until he have brought thee to nought.

Jeremiah 28:13-14

"Go, and tell Hananiah these words, 'Thus sayeth the LORD: Thou hast broken the chain of wood, but instead of wood thou shalt make chains of iron. For thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts the God of Israel: I will put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all this people, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, yea and so shall they do. And I will give him the beasts in the field.'"

Iron » Described as » Strong and durable

Job 40:18

His shins are like pipes of brass, his ridge bones are like staves of iron.

Daniel 2:40

The fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron. For like as iron bruiseth and breaketh all things: Yea even as iron beateth everything down, so shall it beat down and destroy.

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

Jeremiah 17:1

your sin, O ye of the tribe of Judah, is written in the table of your hearts, and graven so upon the edges of your altars with a pen of iron and with an adamant claw:

Iron » Illustrative » Of a hard barren soil

Deuteronomy 28:23

"And the heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee, iron.

Iron » Made into » Nails and hinges

1 Chronicles 22:3

And David prepared plenty of iron for nails to the doors of the gates and to join with all, and abundance of brass without weight,

Iron » First recorded use of » Ore of

Job 28:2

where iron is digged out of the ground, and stones resolved to metal.

Deuteronomy 8:9

a land wherein thou shalt not eat bread in scarceness, and where thou shalt lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou shalt dig brass.

Iron » First recorded use of » Used in the temple

1 Chronicles 22:3

And David prepared plenty of iron for nails to the doors of the gates and to join with all, and abundance of brass without weight,

1 Chronicles 29:2

Moreover, I have prepared with all my might for the house of God: gold for things of gold, and silver for things of silver, brass for things of brass, iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood: and onyx stones, set stones, and of other gay stones, and all manner of precious stones, and of marble great abundance.

1 Chronicles 29:7

and gave for the service of the house of God, five thousand talents of gold and ten thousand pieces of gold coins, and ten thousand talents of silver, and eighteen thousand talents of brass, and a hundred thousand talents of iron.

Iron » Made into » Bedsteads

Deuteronomy 3:11

For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Giants: behold, his iron bed is yet at Rabbah, among the children of Ammon: nine cubits long and four cubits broad, of the cubits of a man.

Iron » Mode of purifying, taken in war

Numbers 31:21-23

And Eleazar the priest said unto all the men of war which went out to battle, "This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses: Gold, silver, brass, iron, tin and lead, and all that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and then it is clean. Neverthelater, it shall be sprinkled with sprinkling water. And all that suffereth not the fire, ye shall make go through the water.

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

Daniel 5:4

They drunk wine, and praised their Idols of gold, silver, copper, iron, wood and stone.

Daniel 5:23

but hast magnified thyself above the LORD of heaven, so that the vessels of his house were brought before thee: that thou, and thy lords, with thy queen and concubines, might drink wine thereout: and hast praised the Idols of silver and gold, copper and iron, of wood and stone. As for the God in whose hand consisteth thy breath and all thy ways: thou hast not loved him.

Daniel 2:33

his legs were of iron, his feet were part of iron and part of earth.

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

Ezekiel 27:19

Dan, Javan, and Mevsall have brought unto thy markets, iron ready made, with Cassia, and Calamus, according to thine occupying.

Ezekiel 4:3

Moreover, take an iron pan, and set it betwixt thee and the city instead of an iron wall. Then set thy face toward it, besiege it, and lay ordinance against it, to win it. This shall be a token unto the house of Israel.

Iron » From the north hardest and best

Jeremiah 15:12

Doth one iron hurt another, or one metal that cometh from the North, another?

Iron » Sharpens things made of

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

Iron » Described as » Fusible

Ezekiel 22:20

like as silver, and brass, iron, tin, and lead, are put together in the furnace and the fire blown there under to melt them: Even so will I gather you, put you in together, and melt you in my wrath and indignation.

Iron » Made into » Pillars

Jeremiah 1:18

For behold, this day do I make thee a strong fenced town, an iron pillar, and a wall of steel against the whole land; against the kings and mighty men of Judah; against the priests and people of the land.

Iron » Admits of a high polish

Ezekiel 27:19

Dan, Javan, and Mevsall have brought unto thy markets, iron ready made, with Cassia, and Calamus, according to thine occupying.

Iron » Used from the earliest age

Genesis 4:22

And Zillah she also bare Tubalcain; a worker in metal and a father of all that grave in brass and iron. And Tubalcain's sister was called Naamah.

Iron » Of small comparative value

Isaiah 60:17

For brass will I give thee gold, and for iron, silver: for wood, brass, and for stones, iron. I will make peace thy ruler, and righteousness thine officer.

Iron » Illustrative » Of stubbornness

Iron » Of greater gravity than water

2 Kings 6:5

And as one was heaving of a beam, the axe head fell into the water. And he cried out and said, "Alas, master, for it was lent me."

Iron » Miraculously made to swim

2 Kings 6:6

And the man of God said, "Where fell it?" And he showed him the place. And he cut a stick and cast it in thither, and made the axe head swim.

Iron » Described as » Malleable

Isaiah 2:4

And he shall be judge among the heathen and tell many nations their faults. And they shall turn their swords into mattocks and their spears into scythes. One nation shall not lift up a sword against another, neither shall they teach to war any more.

Iron » Made into » Chariots

Judges 4:3

And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; He oppressed the children of Israel with power twenty years.

Iron » Made into » Gates

Acts 12:10

When they were past the first and the second watch, they came unto the iron gate, that leadeth unto the city, which opened to them by his own accord. And they went out and passed through one street, and by and by the angel departed from him.

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

2 Samuel 12:31

And he brought out the people that was therein and sawed them and drew harrows of iron upon them, and shred some of them with shredding knives of iron, and thrust some into furnaces. And so he served all the cities of the children of Ammon. And then David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.

Iron » First recorded use of » Melted

Ezekiel 22:20

like as silver, and brass, iron, tin, and lead, are put together in the furnace and the fire blown there under to melt them: Even so will I gather you, put you in together, and melt you in my wrath and indignation.

Iron » A city » A city of naphtali

Joshua 19:38

Yiron, Migdalel, Horem, Bethanath and Bethshemesh: Nineteen cities with their villages.

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

Acts 12:10

When they were past the first and the second watch, they came unto the iron gate, that leadeth unto the city, which opened to them by his own accord. And they went out and passed through one street, and by and by the angel departed from him.

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

Jeremiah 1:18

For behold, this day do I make thee a strong fenced town, an iron pillar, and a wall of steel against the whole land; against the kings and mighty men of Judah; against the priests and people of the land.

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

Joshua 6:24

And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein. Only the silver, the gold, and the things of brass and iron they put unto the treasure of the house of the LORD.

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

Iron » Dug out of the earth

Job 28:2

where iron is digged out of the ground, and stones resolved to metal.

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

1 Kings 6:7

And the house was built of stone made perfect already before it was brought thither, so that there was neither hammer or axe either any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

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

Deuteronomy 3:11

For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Giants: behold, his iron bed is yet at Rabbah, among the children of Ammon: nine cubits long and four cubits broad, of the cubits of a man.

Iron » First recorded use of

Genesis 4:22

And Zillah she also bare Tubalcain; a worker in metal and a father of all that grave in brass and iron. And Tubalcain's sister was called Naamah.

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

Amos 1:3

"Thus sayeth the LORD, 'For three and four wickednesses of Damascus, I will not spare her: because they have threshed Gilead with iron stales.

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

Revelation 9:9

And they had habergeons, as it were habergeons of iron. And the sound of their wings, was as the sound of chariots when many horses run together to battle.

Metals » Mentioned in scripture » Iron

Numbers 35:16

"'If any man smite another with a weapon of iron that he die, then he is a murderer, and shall die for it.

Pillars » Made of » Iron

Jeremiah 1:18

For behold, this day do I make thee a strong fenced town, an iron pillar, and a wall of steel against the whole land; against the kings and mighty men of Judah; against the priests and people of the land.

Shekel » Used to weigh » Iron

1 Samuel 17:7

And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam. And his spearhead weighed six hundred sicles of iron. And one bearing a shield went before him.

Topics on Iron

Iron Chains

Acts 12:6

And when Herod would have brought him out unto the people, the same night slept Peter between two soldiers, bound with two chains; And the keepers before the door kept the prison.

Iron Objects

Deuteronomy 19:5

as when a man goeth unto the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and as his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe, the head slippeth from the helve and smiteth his neighbour that he die; the same shall flee unto one of the same cities and be saved.

Iron, Figurative Use Of

Deuteronomy 4:20

For the LORD took you and brought you out of the iron furnace of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as it is come to pass this day.

Things Like Iron

Deuteronomy 28:23

"And the heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee, iron.

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