56 Bible Verses about Mountains

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Psalm 11:1

In Yahweh, have I sought refuge. How can ye say to my soul, Flee to a mountain like a little bird;

Isaiah 54:10

For, the mountains, may move away, And the hills, may be shaken, - But, my lovingkindness, from thee, shall not move away, And, my covenant of peace, shall not be shaken, saith he who hath compassion upon thee - Yahweh.

Judges 5:5

From, mountains, came down streams In presence of Yahweh, - From this Sinai, In presence of Yahweh, God of Israel.

Exodus 19:16-19

And it came to pass on the third day, when the morning had come, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a heavy cloud upon the mount, and the sound of a horn, loud exceedingly, - and all the people who were in the camp trembled. And Moses brought forth the people, to meet God out of the camp, - and they stationed themselves in the lower part of the mount, And Mount Sinai, smoked, all over, because Yahweh had come down thereon in fire, - and the smoke thereof went up as the smoke of a furnace, and all the mountain trembled exceedingly.read more.
And as oft as the sound of the horn went on and became exceeding loud, Moses, spake and, God, responded to him with a voice.

Psalm 97:5

The mountains, like wax, have melted, At the presence of Yahweh, At the presence, of the Lord of all the earth.

Isaiah 64:1

Would that thou hadst rent the heavens, hadst come down,

Micah 1:3-4

For lo! Yahweh, coming forth out of his place, - that he may descend, and march along upon the high places of the earth. Then shall the mountains be melted beneath him, and, the valleys, be cleft, - as wax before the fire, as waters poured out in a steep place.

Habakkuk 3:3-6

GOD, from Teman, cometh in, and, the Holy One, from Mount Paran. Selah. His splendour, hath covered the heavens, and, his praise, hath filled the earth: And, a brightness, as light, appeareth, Rays, out of his hand, hath he, - and, there, is the hiding of his power. Before him, marcheth pestilence, - and fever, goeth forth, at his feet:read more.
He hath stood and measured the earth, he hath looked, and caused nations to tremble, and, scattered as dust, are the perpetual mountains, and, sunk, are the age-abiding hills, - Forthgoings age-abiding, are his.

Psalm 18:7

Then did the earth shake and quake, Even, the foundations of the mountains, were deeply moved, Yea they did shake, because he was angry.

Jeremiah 4:23-26

I beheld, The earth; and lo! it was waste and wild, - The heavens also and their light was not: I beheld, The mountains, and lo! they were trembling, - And all the hills, had been violently moved: I beheld, And lo! there was no human being, - Yea, all the birds of the heavens! had fled:read more.
I beheld, And lo! the garden-land, was a desert, - And, all its cities, had been broken down, Because of Yahweh, Because of the glow of his anger!

Nahum 1:5-6

Mountains, have trembled because of him, and, the hills, have melted, - and the earth, hath lifted itself up, at his presence, the world also, and all who dwell therein. Before his indignation, who shall stand? And who shall abide the glow of his anger? His wrath, hath been poured forth like fire, and, the rocks, have been broken down because of him.

Revelation 6:12-14

And I saw, when he opened the sixth seal, that a, great earthquake, took place; and, the sun, became black as sackcloth of hair, and, the full moon, became as blood, and, the stars of heaven, fell to the earth, as, a fig-tree, sheddeth her winter figs, when, by a great wind, it is shaken, and, the heaven, was withdrawn, as a scroll rolling itself up, and, every mountain and island, out of their places, were shaken.

Revelation 16:19-20

and the great city became divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell; and, Babylon the Great, was brought into remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the wrath of his anger; and, every island, fled, and, mountains, were not found.

Exodus 34:1-3

And Yahweh said unto Moses - Hew thee two tables of stone, like the first, - and I will write upon the tables the words which were upon the first tables which thou didst break in pieces; and be thou ready by the morning, - and thou shalt come up. in the morning, into Mount Sinai; then shalt thou station thyself for me there upon the top of the mount; and, no man, may come up with thee, and let no man so much as be seen in all the mount, - and let not even the flocks or the herds, feed in front of that mountain.

1 Kings 19:11-13

And he said - Go forth to-morrow, and stand in the mountain, before Yahweh. And lo! Yahweh, passing by, and a great and strong wind - rending the mountains, and breaking in pieces the crags, before Yahweh, Not, in the wind, was, Yahweh, - And, after the wind, an, earthquake, Not, in the earthquake, was, Yahweh; And, after the earthquake, a, fire, Not, in the fire, was, Yahweh, - And, after the fire, the voice of a gentle whisper. And it came to pass, when Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went forth, and stood at the entrance of the cave, - and lo! unto him, a voice; and it said - What doest thou here, Elijah?

2 Peter 1:16-18

For, not as having followed, cleverly devised stories, made we known unto you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but as having been made, spectators, of his majesty. For, when he received from God the Father honour and glory, a voice, being borne to him such as this, by the magnificent glory - My Son, the beloved, is, this, in whom, I, delight, Even this voice, we, heard, when, out of heaven, it was borne, we being, with him, in the holy mount.

Numbers 33:47-48

And they brake up from Almon-diblathaim, - and encamped among the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. And they brake up from the mountains of Abarim, - and encamped in the waste plains of Moab, by Jordan neat Jericho.

Genesis 8:1-5

And God remembered Noah, and all the wild - beasts and all the tame-beasts that were with him in the ark, - and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided; and the fountains of the roaring-deep were shut, and the windows of the heavens, - and the heavy rain was restrained from the heavens; and the waters returned from off the earth they went on returning, - and so the waters decreased at the end of a hundred and fifty days.read more.
And the ark rested, in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, - on the mountains of Ararat. But, the waters went on decreasing, until the tenth month, - in the tenth month , on the first of the month, were seen the tops of the mountains.

Deuteronomy 11:29

And it shall come to pass when Yahweh thy God shall bring thee into the land which thou art entering to possess, then shalt thou put the blessing, upon Mount Gerizim, and the curse, upon Mount Ebal.

Deuteronomy 27:12-13

These, shall stand to bless the people upon Mount Gerizim, when ye have passed over the Jordan, - Simeon and Levi and Judah, and Issachar and Joseph and Benjamin; and, these, shall stand by the curse in Mount Ebal, - Reuben Gad and Asher, and Zebulun Dan and Naphtali.

Joshua 8:30-35

Than, built Joshua, an altar, unto Yahweh, God of Israel, - in Mount Ebal: as Moses, the servant of Yahweh, commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, whereon had not been wielded any tool of iron, - and they caused to go up thereon, ascending-sacrifices unto Yahweh, and sacrificed peace-offerings. Then wrote he there, upon the stones, a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote, in the presence of the sons of Israel.read more.
And, all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, were standing on this side and on that side of the ark, before the priests the Levites, who were bearing the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, as well the sojourner as the home-born, half of them over against Mount Gerizim, and half of them over against Mount Ebal, - as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded to bless the sons of Israel, first of all. And, after that, read he all the words of the law, the blessing and the cursing, - according to all that was written in the scroll of the law. Them was not a word of all that Moses commanded, - which Joshua read not before all the convocation of Israel, with the women and the little ones, and the sojourner who was going on in their midst.

1 Chronicles 10:1-12

Now, the Philistines, fought against Israel, - and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and the wounded fell in Mount Gilboa. And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons, - and the Philistines smote Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, sons of Saul. And the battle, went sore, against Saul, and the archers discovered him with the bow, - and he was terrified because of the archers.read more.
Therefore said Saul unto his armour-bearer, Draw out thy sword and thrust me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armour-bearer would not, for he feared greatly, - so then Saul took the sword, and fell upon it. And, when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, then, he also, fell upon the sword, and died. So Saul died, and his three sons, and, all his house, together, died. And, when all the men of Israel that were in the vale saw, that they had fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then forsook they their cities, and fled, and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. And it came to pass, on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, - that they found Saul, and his sons, lying prostrate in Mount Gilboa. So they stript him, and took his head, and his armour, - and sent throughout the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it to their idols, and to the people. And they put his armour, in the house of their gods, - but, his skull, fastened they up, in the house of Dagon. And, when all Jabesh-Gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, then rose up all the men of valour, and took away the corpse of Saul, and the corpses of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, - and buried their bodies under the terebinth, in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

1 Samuel 31:1-13

Now, as, the Philistines, were fighting against Israel, the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell slain, in Mount Gilboa. And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons, - and the Philistines smote Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchishua, sons of Saul. And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers discovered him, - and he was terrified at the archers.read more.
Then said Saul to his armour-bearer - Draw thy sword and pierce me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come, and pierce me through, and abuse me. But his armour-bearer was not willing, for he was sore afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell thereon. And, when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also, fell upon his sword, and died with him. Thus died Saul, and his three sons, and his armour-bearer, yea all his men, on that day, together. And, when the men of Israel who were across the vale, and who were across the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled, and the Philistines entered, and took up their abode therein. And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul, and his three sons, lying prostrate in Mount Gilboa. So they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, - and sent throughout the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and unto the people. And they put his armour in a house of Ashtoreths, - and, his dead body, fastened they on the wall of Beth-shan. And, when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard concerning him, what the Philistines had done unto Saul, then arose all the men of valour, and journeyed all the night, and took the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, from the wall of Beth-shan, - and came to Jabesh, and burned them there; and took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk-tree in Jabesh, - and fasted seven days.

2 Samuel 1:4-12

And David said unto him - How turned out the matter? tell me, I pray thee. And he said - The people have fled from the battle, yea moreover, many, of the people have fallen, and died, Yea moreover, Saul, and Jonathan his son, are dead. Then said David unto the young man who was telling him, - How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead? And the young man who was telling him said, It, so happened, that I was on Mount Gilboa, when lo! Saul, leaning upon his spear, and lo! the chariots and horsemen, hotly pursued him;read more.
so he turned behind him, and saw me, - and cried out unto me, and I said, Behold me! And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I said unto him, An Amalekite, am I. And he said unto me, I pray thee, take thy stand by me, and put me to death, for the cramp hath seized me, - even for as long as my life shall be in me. So I took my stand by him, and put him to death, for I perceived that he could not survive his fall, - so I took the crown that was on his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them in unto my lord, here. Then David took hold of his clothes, and rent them, - yea moreover, so did all the men who were with him. And they lamented aloud, and wept, and fasted until the evening, - for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Yahweh, and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

Deuteronomy 3:8

Thus did we at that time take the land out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites (which was over the Jordan), - from the ravine of Arnon as far as Mount Hermon.

Joshua 11:16-17

So Joshua took all this land - the hill country, and all the south, and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland, and the waste plain, - and the hill country of Israel, and the lowland thereof: from Mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even as far as Baal-gad, in the valley of the Lebanon, under Mount Hermon, - and, all their kings, he captured, and smote them, and put them to death.

Psalm 42:6-7

My God! over myself, my soul is cast down, - For this cause, will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar. Roaring deep unto roaring deep, is calling, at the voice of thy cataracts, All thy breakers and thy rolling waves, over me, have passed.

Psalm 89:12

The north and the south, Thou, didst create them, - Tabor and Hermon, with thy Name, shall shout for joy:

Numbers 33:37-39

And they brake, up from Kadesh, - and encamped in Mount Hor, on the outskirts of the land of Edom; and Aaron the priest went up into Mount Hor, at the bidding of Yahweh, and died there, in the fortieth year, by the coming forth of the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first of the month. Now, Aaron, was a hundred and twenty-three years old, when he died in Mount Hor.

Numbers 20:22-29

Then set they forward from Kadesh, - and the sons of Israel. all the assembly, came in to Mount Hor. Then spake Yahweh unto Moses and unto Aaron in Mount Hor, - near the boundary of the land of Edom saying: Aaron shall be withdrawn unto his kinsfolk, fur he shall not enter into the land. which I have given unto the sons of Israel, - because ye spurned my bidding, at the waters of Meribah.read more.
Take thou Aaron, and Eleazar his son, - and bring them up Mount Hor; and strip thou Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son, - and, Aaron, shall be withdrawn and shall lie there. And Moses did as Yahweh commanded, - and they went up into, Mount Hor, in sight of all the assembly. And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments and put them upon Eleazar his son, and Aaron died there, in the top of the mount, - and Moses and Eleazar came down out of the mount. And all the assembly saw that Aaron was dead; and they bewailed Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

Genesis 22:1-3

And it cared to pass after these things, that God, did prove Abraham, - and he said unto him, Abraham! And he said Behold me! And he said - Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou lovest, even, Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah and cause him to ascend there as an ascending-sacrifice, on one of the mountains which I shall name unto thee. So Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took his two young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the pieces of wood for an ascending-sacrifice, and mounted and went his way unto the place which God had named to him.

2 Chronicles 3:1

Then began Solomon, to build the house of Yahweh, in Jerusalem, in Mount Moriah, where he had appeared unto David his father, - -in the place which David had prepared, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Deuteronomy 32:48-52

And Yahweh spake unto Moses, on this selfsame day, saying: Get thee up into this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, which is over against Jericho - and behold the land of Canaan which I am giving unto the sons of Israel, for a possession; and die thou in the mount whither thou art going up, and he withdrawn unto thy kinsfolk, - as Aaron thy brother died in Mount Hor, and was withdrawn unto his kinsfolk;read more.
for that ye acted unfaithfully against me in the midst of the sons of Israel, regarding the waters of Meribah-Kadesh in the desert of Zin, - for that ye hallowed me not in the midst of the sons of Israel. Yet, over against thee, shalt thou behold the land, - but thereinto, shalt thou not enter, into the land which I am giving unto the sons of Israel.

Deuteronomy 34:1-5

So then Moses went up, from the waste plains of Moab into Mount Nebo, the head of Pisgah, which is over against Jericho, - and Yahweh showed him all the land - even Gilead as far as Dan; and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, - and all the land of Judah, as far as the hinder sea; and the South, - and the circuit of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees as far as Zoar.read more.
And Yahweh said unto him - This, is the land which I sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed, will I give it. I have let thee see with thine own eyes, But thither, shalt thou not pass over. So Moses, the servant of Yahweh, died there, in the land of Moab, at the bidding of Yahweh;

Exodus 24:12

Then said Yahweh unto Moses - Come thou up unto me in the mountain and remain thou there, - for I must give thee tables of stone and the law and the commandment, which I have written to direct them.

Nehemiah 9:13-14

And, upon Mount Sinai, camest thou down, and spakest with them out of the heavens, - and gavest them just regulations, and faithful laws, good statutes and commandments. And, thy holy sabbath, didst thou make known to them, - and, commandments and statutes and a law, didst thou command them, through Moses thy servant.

Judges 4:12-16

And they told Sisera that Barak, son of Abinoam, had gone up to Mount Tabor. So Sisera called together all his chariots - nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, - from Harosheth of the nations, unto the torrent of Kishon. Then said Deborah unto Barak - Up! for, this, is the day on which Yahweh hath delivered Sisera into thy hand, hath not, Yahweh, gone forth before thee? So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, with ten thousand men after him.read more.
And Yahweh put to flight Sisera and all the chariots and all the host, with the edge of the sword, before Barak, - so Sisera alighted from his chariot, and fled on foot. Now, Barak, pursued the chariots, and the host, as far as Harosheth of the nations, - and all the host of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword, there was not left so much as one.

Matthew 4:8-9

Again, the adversary taketh him with him, into an exceeding high mountain, - and pointeth out to him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory; and said to him, All these things, will I give thee, - if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

Luke 4:5-7

And, leading him up, he shewed him all the kingdoms of the inhabited earth, in a moment of time. And the adversary said to him - Unto thee, will I give this authority, all together, and their glory; because, unto me, hath it been delivered up, and, to whomsoever I please, I give it: Thou, therefore, if thou wilt worship before me, it shall all, be thine.

Matthew 5:1-2

But, seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain, - and, when he had taken a seat, his disciples came unto him; and, opening his mouth, he began teaching them, saying: -

Matthew 17:1-8

And, after six days, Jesus taketh with him, Peter and James and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain, apart; and was transformed before them, - and his face shone as the sun, and, his garments, became white as the light. And lo! there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, conversing with him.read more.
And Peter, answering, said unto Jesus - Lord! it is, delightful, for us, to be here, - If thou wilt, I will make here three tents, for thee, one, and, for Moses, one, and, for Elijah, one. While yet he was speaking, lo! a brightly shining cloud, overshadowed them, and lo! a voice, out of the cloud, saying - This, is, my Son, the Beloved, in whom I delight, - Be hearkening to him. And, hearing it, the disciples fell upon their face, and were caused to fear exceedingly. And Jesus came near, and, touching them, said - Arise! and be not afraid. And, lifting up their eyes, no one, saw they, save Jesus, himself, alone.

Mark 9:2-8

And, after six days, Jesus taketh with him Peter and James and John, and bringeth them up into a high mountain, apart, alone, - and he was transformed before them; and his garments became brilliant, exceeding white, such as, no fuller on the earth, is able, so, to whiten. And there appeared unto them Elijah, with Moses, - and they were conversing with Jesus.read more.
And Peter, answering, saith unto Jesus - Rabbi! it is, delightful, for us to be, here, - let us therefore make three tents, for thee, one, and, for Moses, one, and, for Elijah, one; for he knew not what he should answer, for, greatly affrighted, had they become. And there came a cloud, overshadowing them, and there came a voice, out of the cloud, - This is, my Son, the Beloved, Be hearkening unto him. And, suddenly looking round, no longer, saw they, anyone, with them, save, Jesus only.

Luke 9:28-36

And it came to pass, after these words, about eight days, taking with him Peter and John and James, he went up into the mountain to pray. And it came to pass, while he was praying, that, the appearance of his face, was changed, and, his clothing, became white, effulgent. And lo! two men, were conversing with him, who, indeed, were Moses and Elijah, -read more.
who, appearing in glory, were speaking as to his departure, which he was about to fulfil in Jerusalem. Now, Peter, and they who were with him, had become heavy with sleep; but, waking up, they saw his glory, and the two men who were standing with him. And it came to pass, when they were being parted from him, Peter said unto Jesus - Master! it is, delightful, for us to be, here: Let us, therefore, make three tents, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah: - not knowing what he said. Now, while he was saying these things, there came a cloud, and it began to overshadow them, - and they were overcome with fear as they entered into the cloud. And, a voice, came out of the cloud, saying - This, is my Son, the Chosen One: Unto him, be hearkening. And, when the voice came, there was found, Jesus alone. And they held their peace, and, unto no one, reported they, in those days, any of the things which they had seen.

Matthew 24:3

And, as he was sitting upon the Mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him, privately, saying - Tell us, when these things shall be, - and what the sign of thy presence, and the conclusion of the age.

Mark 13:3-4

And, as he was sitting within the mount of Olives, over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew were questioning him, privately - Tell us, When, these things, shall be, and, what the sign, when all these things shall be about to be concluded.

Nahum 1:5

Mountains, have trembled because of him, and, the hills, have melted, - and the earth, hath lifted itself up, at his presence, the world also, and all who dwell therein.

Psalm 95:4

In whose hand, are the hidden recesses of the earth, And, the peaks of the mountains, are his;

From Thematic Bible


Aphekah » A city » Mountains » Judah

Joshua 15:53

and Janim and Beth-tappuah and Aphekah,

Beasts » Found in » Mountains

Song of Songs 4:8

With me, from Lebanon, O bride, with me, from Lebanon, shalt thou enter, - Thou shalt look round from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir, and Hermon, from the dens of lions, from the mountains of leopards.

Bether » Mountains

Song of Songs 2:17

Until the day, breathe, and the shadows, be lengthened, Again, liken thyself, my beloved, to a gazelle, or to a young stag, upon the cleft mountains. ****

Birds » Inhabit » Mountains

Psalm 50:11

I know every bird of the mountains, And, the moving things of the plain, are with me:

Dannah » A city » Mountains » Judah

Joshua 15:49

and Dannah and Kiriath-sannah, the same, is Debir,

Gedor » A city » Mountains » Judah

Joshua 15:58

Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,

Lions » Inhabits » Mountains

Song of Songs 4:8

With me, from Lebanon, O bride, with me, from Lebanon, shalt thou enter, - Thou shalt look round from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir, and Hermon, from the dens of lions, from the mountains of leopards.

Mountains » Names of » Horeb, sinai or mount of God

1 Kings 8:9

There was nothing in the ark, save the two tables of stone, which Moses deposited there in Horeb, - the tables of the covenant which Yahweh solemnised with the sons of Israel, when they came forth out of the land of Egypt.

2 Chronicles 5:10

There was, nothing in the ark, save only the two tables, which Moses placed therein in Horeb, - when Yahweh made a covenant with the sons of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt.

Psalm 106:19

They made a calf in Horeb, - and bowed down to a molten image;

1 Kings 19:8

So he arose, and did eat and drink, - and journeyed, in the strength of that eating, forty days and forty nights, as far as the mountain of God - Horeb.

Exodus 3:1

Now, Moses, was shepherding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law priest of Midian, - so he led forth the flock behind the desert, and came in unto the mountain of God to Horeb.

Mountains » Names of » Sinai, upon which moses received the decalogue

Acts 7:38

The same, is he that came to be in the assembly in the desert, with the messenger who was speaking with him in Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, he who welcomed living utterances, to give unto us:

Exodus 24:16

And the glory of Yahweh rested upon Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days, - then called he unto Moses on the seventh day, out of the midst of the cloud.

Exodus 16:1

Then moved they on from Elim, and all the assembly of the sons of Israel entered into the desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month, by their coming forth out of the land of Egypt.

Exodus 19:11

and shall be ready, by the third day, - for on the third day, will Yahweh come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai.

Mountains » Names of » Carmel, on the seacoast of palestine

2 Kings 19:23

Through thy messengers, thou hast reproached My Lord, and hast said - With my multitude of chariots, have I ascended the height of the mountains, the recesses of Lebanon, - and have cut down its tallest cedars, its choicest firs, and have entered the shelter of its summit, its thick garden forests.

Jeremiah 50:19

So will I bring back Israel unto his own pasture, And he shall feed upon Carmel and Bashan; And in the hill country of Ephraim and Gilead, shall, his soul, he satisfied.

Isaiah 33:9

The land mourneth, languisheth, Lebanon, displayeth shame, is withered, - Sharon, hath become, as the waste plain, And Bashan and Carmel are shaking off their leaves.

Jeremiah 46:18

As I live, saith the King, Yahweh of hosts, is his name: Though Like Tabor among mountains, Like Carmel, Into the sea shall he go!

Amos 1:2

So then he said - Yahweh, out of Zion, will roar, and, out of Jerusalem, will utter his voice, - and the pastures of the shepherds, shall mourn, and the top of Carmel, be dried up.

Mountains » Names of » Pisgah, in moab, from whence moses viewed the promised land

Numbers 23:14

And he took him to the field of Zophim, unto the head of Pisgah, - and built seven altars, and caused to ascend a bullock and a ram on each altar.

Deuteronomy 4:49

and all the waste plain over the Jordan, towards sunrise, even unto the sea of the waste plain, - under the slopes of the Pisgah.

Joshua 12:3

and the waste plain as far as the sea of Chinneroth, on the east, even as far as the sea of the waste plain, the salt sea, on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth, - and, on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah;

Deuteronomy 34:1

So then Moses went up, from the waste plains of Moab into Mount Nebo, the head of Pisgah, which is over against Jericho, - and Yahweh showed him all the land - even Gilead as far as Dan;

Numbers 21:20

and, from Bamoth of the valley, which is in the field-country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, - which over-looketh Jeshimon.

More verses: Deuteronomy 3:27

Mountains » Names of » Ephraim, in central palestine

Judges 7:24

And, messengers, did Gideon send through all the hill country of Ephraim, saying - Go down to meet Midian, and capture, before them, the waters, as far as Beth-barah, and the Jordan. So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and captured the waters, as far as Beth-barah, and the Jordan.

Judges 4:5

she used to sit, therefore, under the palm-tree of Deborah, between Ramah and Bethel, in the hill country of Ephraim, - and the sons of Israel came up to her, for justice.

2 Kings 5:22

And he said, All is well. My lord, hath sent me to say, Lo! just now, have come unto me, two young men out of the hill country of Ephraim, of the sons of the prophets, - give for them, I pray thee, a talent, of silver, and two changes of raiment.

1 Kings 12:25

Then Jeroboam built Shechem, in the hill country of Ephraim, and dwelt therein, - and went forth from thence, and built Penuel.

Judges 2:9

And they buried him within the bounds of his inheritance, in Timnath-heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, - on the north of Mount Gaash.

More verses: Joshua 17:15 Judges 18:13

Mountains » Names of » Moriah, in jerusalem, where the temple was built and where it is supposed abraham offered up isaac

2 Chronicles 3:1

Then began Solomon, to build the house of Yahweh, in Jerusalem, in Mount Moriah, where he had appeared unto David his father, - -in the place which David had prepared, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Genesis 22:2

And he said - Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou lovest, even, Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah and cause him to ascend there as an ascending-sacrifice, on one of the mountains which I shall name unto thee.

2 Samuel 24:18

And Gad came unto David, on that day, - and said unto him - Go up, rear thou unto Yahweh an altar, in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

1 Chronicles 21:18

And, the messenger of Yahweh, commanded Gad, to say unto David, - that David should go up, to rear an altar unto Yahweh, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

1 Chronicles 22:1

Then said David, This, is the house of Yahweh God, - and, this, is the altar of ascending-sacrifice, for Israel.

Mountains » Names of » Zion, or sion

Hebrews 12:22

But ye have approached - unto Zion's mountain, and unto the city of a Living God, a heavenly Jerusalem, - and unto myriads of messengers,

2 Samuel 5:7

So then David captured the citadel of Zion, - the same, is the city of David.

Revelation 14:1

And I saw, and lo! the Lamb, standing upon the mount Zion, - and, with him, a hundred and forty-four thousand, having his name and his Father's name written upon their foreheads.

1 Kings 8:1

Then, did Solomon call together the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, chiefs of the fathers of the sons of Israel, unto King Solomon in Jerusalem, - that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, out of the city of David, the same is Zion.

More verses: Psalm 87:2

Mountains » Names of » Tabor

Judges 4:6

And she sent and called for Barak son of Abinoam, out of Kadesh-naphtali, - and said unto him - Hath not Yahweh God of Israel, commanded, - Come and draw towards Mount Tabor, and bring with thee - ten thousand men, of the sons of Naphtali, and of the sons of Zebulun;

Jeremiah 46:18

As I live, saith the King, Yahweh of hosts, is his name: Though Like Tabor among mountains, Like Carmel, Into the sea shall he go!

Judges 4:14

Then said Deborah unto Barak - Up! for, this, is the day on which Yahweh hath delivered Sisera into thy hand, hath not, Yahweh, gone forth before thee? So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, with ten thousand men after him.

Hosea 5:1

Hear ye this - O priests, and attend, O house of Israel, and ye, House of the King, give ear, for, to you, pertaineth the sentence, - for, a snare, have ye been to Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor.

Judges 8:18

Then said he unto Zebah and unto Zalmunna, What manner of men were they, whom ye slew at Tabor? And they said, As thou art, so were they, each one, as handsome as the sons of a king.

More verses: Psalm 89:12

Mountains » Names of » Olives, or olivet

Acts 1:12

Then returned they into Jerusalem, from a mountain called Olivet, which is nigh unto Jerusalem a Sabbath day's journey.

Matthew 21:1

And, when they drew near unto Jerusalem, and came unto Bethphage, unto the Mount of Olives, then, Jesus sent forth two disciples;

Matthew 24:3

And, as he was sitting upon the Mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him, privately, saying - Tell us, when these things shall be, - and what the sign of thy presence, and the conclusion of the age.

Matthew 26:30

And, having sung praise, they went forth unto the Mount of Olives.

Luke 21:37

And he was, by day, in the temple, teaching; but, by night, going forth, he was lodging in the mount which is called the Mount of Olives.

Mountains » Afforded pasturage

Amos 4:1

Hear ye this word, ye heifers of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, - who say to their lords, Bring in, and let us drink!

Exodus 3:1

Now, Moses, was shepherding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law priest of Midian, - so he led forth the flock behind the desert, and came in unto the mountain of God to Horeb.

1 Samuel 25:7

Now, therefore, have I heard that thou hast shearers, - Well, the shepherds that thou hast, have been with us, we reproached them not, neither missed they, anything, all the days they were in Carmel.

1 Kings 22:17

And he said - I saw all Israel, scattered among the mountains, like sheep that have no shepherd, - so Yahweh said, These have, no masters, let them return every man unto his own house, in peace.

Mountains » Names of » Gerizim, in samaria

Joshua 8:33

And, all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, were standing on this side and on that side of the ark, before the priests the Levites, who were bearing the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, as well the sojourner as the home-born, half of them over against Mount Gerizim, and half of them over against Mount Ebal, - as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded to bless the sons of Israel, first of all.

Deuteronomy 11:29

And it shall come to pass when Yahweh thy God shall bring thee into the land which thou art entering to possess, then shalt thou put the blessing, upon Mount Gerizim, and the curse, upon Mount Ebal.

Deuteronomy 27:12

These, shall stand to bless the people upon Mount Gerizim, when ye have passed over the Jordan, - Simeon and Levi and Judah, and Issachar and Joseph and Benjamin;

Judges 9:7

And, when it was told Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried aloud, - and said unto them - Hearken unto me, ye owners of Shechem, and may God, hearken unto you.

Mountains » Names of » Ebal, in samaria

Joshua 8:33

And, all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, were standing on this side and on that side of the ark, before the priests the Levites, who were bearing the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, as well the sojourner as the home-born, half of them over against Mount Gerizim, and half of them over against Mount Ebal, - as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded to bless the sons of Israel, first of all.

Deuteronomy 11:29

And it shall come to pass when Yahweh thy God shall bring thee into the land which thou art entering to possess, then shalt thou put the blessing, upon Mount Gerizim, and the curse, upon Mount Ebal.

Deuteronomy 27:4

So then it shall be when ye shall pass over the Jordan, that ye shall rear up these stones which I am commanding you to-day in Mount Ebal, - and thou shalt plaster them with plaster.

Joshua 8:30

Than, built Joshua, an altar, unto Yahweh, God of Israel, - in Mount Ebal:

Mountains » Names of » Gilead

Judges 7:3

Now, therefore, proclaim, I pray thee, in the ears of the people, saying, Whoso feareth and trembleth - let him turn and go hack from Mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty-two thousand, and, ten thousand, remained.

Genesis 31:21

So he fled, the - and all that he had, and he arose, and passed over the River, - and set his face towards the mountain of Gilead.

Genesis 31:25

So then Laban came up with Jacob, - Jacob, having pitched his tent in the mountain, Laban, also, with his brethren pitched in the mountain of Gilead.

Song of Songs 4:1

HELo! thou art beautiful, my fair one, Lo! thou art beautiful, Thine eyes, are doves, from behind thy veil, - Thy hair, is like a flock of goats, which are reclining on the sides of Mount Gilead:

Mountains » Names of » Seir

Deuteronomy 2:5

do not engage in strife with them, for I will not give you of their land, so much as place for the tread of a foot-sole, - for as a possession to Esau, have I given Mount Seir.

Ezekiel 35:2

Son of man Set thy face against Mount Seir, - and prophesy against it;

Genesis 14:6

and the Horites in their Mount Seir, - as far as El-paran, which is by the desert.

Deuteronomy 1:2

eleven days from Horeb, by way of Mount Seir, as far as Kadesh-barnea.

Mountains » Names of » Gilboa, on which saul died

2 Samuel 1:6

And the young man who was telling him said, It, so happened, that I was on Mount Gilboa, when lo! Saul, leaning upon his spear, and lo! the chariots and horsemen, hotly pursued him;

1 Samuel 28:4

So then the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came in, and encamped in Shunem, - and Saul gathered together all Israel, and they encamped in Gilboa.

2 Samuel 1:21

Ye mountains in Gilboa! Be there neither dew nor rain upon you, nor fields of offerings, - for, there, were cast away, the shields of the mighty, The shield of Saul, unanointed with oil.

1 Samuel 31:1

Now, as, the Philistines, were fighting against Israel, the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell slain, in Mount Gilboa.

Mountains » Names of » Lebanon

1 Kings 5:14

And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month, by courses, a month, were they in Lebanon, two months, at home, - and, Adoniram, was over the levy.

Judges 3:3

five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Zidonians, and the Hivites dwelling in Mount Lebanon, - from Mount Baal-hermon as far as the entering in of Hamath.

Ezekiel 17:3

So then thou shalt say, Thus, saith My Lord. Yahweh, - A great eagle, with large wings of long pinion, full of plumage, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:

Deuteronomy 3:25

Let me pass over, I pray thee that I may see the good land that is over the Jordan, - this good mountain, and the Lebanon.

Mountains » Names of » Hermon

Deuteronomy 3:8

Thus did we at that time take the land out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites (which was over the Jordan), - from the ravine of Arnon as far as Mount Hermon.

Joshua 11:17

from Mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even as far as Baal-gad, in the valley of the Lebanon, under Mount Hermon, - and, all their kings, he captured, and smote them, and put them to death.

Psalm 133:3

Like the dew of Hermon, which descended upon the mountains of Zion, - for, there, did Yahweh command the blessing, Life, unto times age-abiding?

Joshua 13:11

and Gilead, and the boundary of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan, as far as Salecah;

Mountains » Afford refuge in time of danger

Genesis 14:10

Now, the valley of the open fields, had many pits of bitumen, so the king of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there, - while, they who remained, towards a mountain, fled.

Judges 6:2

and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel, - because of Midian, did the sons of Israel prepare for themselves the hollows which were in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.

Hebrews 11:38

Of whom the world, was not worthy - upon deserts, wandering, and mountains, and in caves, - and in the caverns of the earth.

Matthew 24:16

Then, they who are in Judaea, let them flee into the mountains;

Mountains » Abounded with » Forests

2 Kings 19:23

Through thy messengers, thou hast reproached My Lord, and hast said - With my multitude of chariots, have I ascended the height of the mountains, the recesses of Lebanon, - and have cut down its tallest cedars, its choicest firs, and have entered the shelter of its summit, its thick garden forests.

2 Chronicles 2:2

And Solomon numbered seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand men to hew in the mountain, - and, to oversee them, three thousand six hundred.

2 Chronicles 2:8-10

And send me - timbers of cedar, cypress and sandal-wood, out of the Lebanon, for, I, know that, thy servants, are skilful, to cut the timbers of Lebanon, - and lo! my servants shall be with thy servants: yea to prepare me timbers in abundance, - for, the house which I am about to build, must be great and most wonderful. And lo! for the hewers that cut the timbers, have I given wheat as food for thy servants, twenty thousand measures, and barley, twenty thousand measures, and wine, twenty thousand baths, and oil, twenty thousand baths.

Mountains » God » Causes, to melt

Psalm 97:5

The mountains, like wax, have melted, At the presence of Yahweh, At the presence, of the Lord of all the earth.

Judges 5:5

From, mountains, came down streams In presence of Yahweh, - From this Sinai, In presence of Yahweh, God of Israel.

Isaiah 64:1

Would that thou hadst rent the heavens, hadst come down,

Isaiah 64:3

When thou didst fearful things we could not expect, Thou earnest down at thy presence, mountains, quaked.

Mountains » Names of » Abarim, east of jordan

Deuteronomy 32:49

Get thee up into this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, which is over against Jericho - and behold the land of Canaan which I am giving unto the sons of Israel, for a possession;

Numbers 27:12

And Yahweh said unto Moses, Go up into this mount of Abarim, - and see, the and which I have given unto the son of Israel;

Numbers 33:48

And they brake up from the mountains of Abarim, - and encamped in the waste plains of Moab, by Jordan neat Jericho.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Gilboa

2 Samuel 1:6

And the young man who was telling him said, It, so happened, that I was on Mount Gilboa, when lo! Saul, leaning upon his spear, and lo! the chariots and horsemen, hotly pursued him;

2 Samuel 1:21

Ye mountains in Gilboa! Be there neither dew nor rain upon you, nor fields of offerings, - for, there, were cast away, the shields of the mighty, The shield of Saul, unanointed with oil.

1 Samuel 31:1

Now, as, the Philistines, were fighting against Israel, the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell slain, in Mount Gilboa.

Mountains » Names of » Hor, aaron's burial place

Numbers 20:22

Then set they forward from Kadesh, - and the sons of Israel. all the assembly, came in to Mount Hor.

Numbers 33:37

And they brake, up from Kadesh, - and encamped in Mount Hor, on the outskirts of the land of Edom;

Numbers 21:4

Then brake they up from Mount Hor, by way of the Red Sea, to go round the land of Edom, - and the soul of the people became impatient because of the way,

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Carmel

Joshua 19:26

and Allam-melech and Amad, and Mishal, - and it toucheth Carmel to the west, and Shihor-libnath;

2 Kings 19:23

Through thy messengers, thou hast reproached My Lord, and hast said - With my multitude of chariots, have I ascended the height of the mountains, the recesses of Lebanon, - and have cut down its tallest cedars, its choicest firs, and have entered the shelter of its summit, its thick garden forests.

Joshua 15:55

Maon, Carmel, and Ziph and Jutah,

Mountains » Illustrative » Of difficulties

Zechariah 4:7

Who, art, thou, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel, brought down to a plain! So shall he bring forth the headstone, with thundering shouts Beautiful! Beautiful! thereunto.

Isaiah 40:4

Let, every valley, be exalted, And every mountain and hill, be made low, - And, the steep ground become, level, And, the chain of hills - a plain:

Mountains » Abounded with » Spices

Song of Songs 8:14

SHECome quickly, my beloved, and resemble thou a gazelle, or a young stag, upon the mountains of balsam-trees.

Song of Songs 4:6

Until the day, breathe, and the shadows, be lengthened, I will get me unto the mountain of myrrh, and unto the hill of frankincense.

Mountains » Scenes of great events » Ebal and gerizim, were read the blessings and curses

Deuteronomy 27:11-13

And Moses commanded the people on that day, saying: These, shall stand to bless the people upon Mount Gerizim, when ye have passed over the Jordan, - Simeon and Levi and Judah, and Issachar and Joseph and Benjamin; and, these, shall stand by the curse in Mount Ebal, - Reuben Gad and Asher, and Zebulun Dan and Naphtali.

Deuteronomy 11:29

And it shall come to pass when Yahweh thy God shall bring thee into the land which thou art entering to possess, then shalt thou put the blessing, upon Mount Gerizim, and the curse, upon Mount Ebal.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Olives or mount of corruption

2 Kings 23:13

and, the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of destruction, which Solomon king of Israel had built unto Ashtoreth - the abomination of the Zidonians, and unto Chemosh - the abomination of the Moabites, and unto Milcom - the disgusting thing of the sons of Ammon, did the king defile;

1 Kings 11:7

Then, did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, - and for Molech, the abomination of the sons of Ammon;

Luke 21:37

And he was, by day, in the temple, teaching; but, by night, going forth, he was lodging in the mount which is called the Mount of Olives.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Sinai

Exodus 18:20

and shalt cause to shine upon them, the statutes and the laws, - and make known to them the way wherein they should go, and the work they should do.

Exodus 19:2

then was it that they brake up out of Rephidim and came into the desert of Sinai, and encamped in the desert, - yea Israel encamped there before the mountain.

Mountains » Illustrative » Of the church of God

Daniel 2:35

Then were broken in pieces at once, the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, and became like chaff out of the summer threshing-floors, and the wind, carried them away, and, no place, was found for them, - but, the stone that smote the image, became a mighty rock, and filled all the land.

Isaiah 2:2

But it shall come to pass, in the afterpart of the days, That the mountain of the house of Yahweh Shall be, set up, as the head of the mountains, And be exalted above the hills, - And all the nations, shall stream thereunto;

Daniel 2:44-45

And, in the days of those kings, shall the God of the heavens, set up, a kingdom which, to the ages, shall not be destroyed, and, the kingdom, to another people, shall not be left, - it shall break in pieces and make an end of all these kingdoms, but, itself, shall stand to the ages. Forasmuch as thou sawest that, out of the rock, a stone tare itself away, but not with hands, and brake in pieces the clay, the iron, the bronze, the silver and the gold, the mighty God, hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter. Exact then is the dream, and trusty its interpretation.

Mountains » Abounded with » Deer

1 Chronicles 12:8

And, of the Gadites, there separated themselves unto David, to the stronghold towards the desert, heroes of valour, men of war, for battle, men that could handle shield and spear, - and, faces of lions, were their faces, and, like gazelles upon the mountains, were they, for swiftness:

Song of Songs 2:8

SHEThe voice of my beloved! Lo! here he cometh, - leaping over the mountains, skipping over the hills.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Tabor

Judges 4:6

And she sent and called for Barak son of Abinoam, out of Kadesh-naphtali, - and said unto him - Hath not Yahweh God of Israel, commanded, - Come and draw towards Mount Tabor, and bring with thee - ten thousand men, of the sons of Naphtali, and of the sons of Zebulun;

Judges 4:14

Then said Deborah unto Barak - Up! for, this, is the day on which Yahweh hath delivered Sisera into thy hand, hath not, Yahweh, gone forth before thee? So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, with ten thousand men after him.

Judges 4:12

And they told Sisera that Barak, son of Abinoam, had gone up to Mount Tabor.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Ebal

Deuteronomy 27:13

and, these, shall stand by the curse in Mount Ebal, - Reuben Gad and Asher, and Zebulun Dan and Naphtali.

Deuteronomy 11:29

And it shall come to pass when Yahweh thy God shall bring thee into the land which thou art entering to possess, then shalt thou put the blessing, upon Mount Gerizim, and the curse, upon Mount Ebal.

Mountains » Often selected as places for idolatrous worship

Deuteronomy 12:2

Ye must utterly destroy, all the places where the nations whom ye are dispossessing have served their gods, - Upon the high mountains And upon the hills, And under every green tree;

2 Chronicles 21:11

He too, made high places among the mountains of Judah, - and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to be unchaste, and seduced Judah.

Mountains » Names of » Nebo

Deuteronomy 32:49

Get thee up into this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, which is over against Jericho - and behold the land of Canaan which I am giving unto the sons of Israel, for a possession;

Deuteronomy 34:1

So then Moses went up, from the waste plains of Moab into Mount Nebo, the head of Pisgah, which is over against Jericho, - and Yahweh showed him all the land - even Gilead as far as Dan;

Mountains » Abounded with » Wild beasts

Song of Songs 4:8

With me, from Lebanon, O bride, with me, from Lebanon, shalt thou enter, - Thou shalt look round from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir, and Hermon, from the dens of lions, from the mountains of leopards.

Habakkuk 2:17

For, the violence done to Lebanon, shall cover thee, and wasting by wild beasts shall cause them terror, - for shedding Human blood, and doing violence to the earth, to the city, and to all who dwell therein.

Mountains » Abounded with » Vineyards

2 Chronicles 26:10

And he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells, for, much cattle, had he, both in the lowland, and in the plain, - husbandmen and vinedressers, in the mountains and in the fruitful field, for, a lover of the soil, was he.

Jeremiah 31:5

Again, shalt thou plant vineyards in the mountains of Samaria, The planters have planted, and have laid open the vineyards,

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Pisgah, (part of abarim)

Deuteronomy 34:1

So then Moses went up, from the waste plains of Moab into Mount Nebo, the head of Pisgah, which is over against Jericho, - and Yahweh showed him all the land - even Gilead as far as Dan;

Numbers 21:20

and, from Bamoth of the valley, which is in the field-country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, - which over-looketh Jeshimon.

Mountains » Are the sources of springs and rivers

Deuteronomy 8:7

For, Yahweh thy God, is bringing thee into a good land; a land of ravines of water, of fountains and depths, coming forth in valley, and in mountain:

Psalm 104:8-10

Mountains rise, Valleys sink, Unto the place which thou hast fixed for them; Bounds, hast thou set, which they are not to pass over, They are not to return to cover the earth. Who hast sent forth springs, through the torrent-beds, Between the mountains, they flow along;

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Nebo, (part of abarim)

Numbers 32:3

As touching Atroth and Dibon, and Jazer and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, - and Sebam and Nebo, and Beon-

Deuteronomy 34:1

So then Moses went up, from the waste plains of Moab into Mount Nebo, the head of Pisgah, which is over against Jericho, - and Yahweh showed him all the land - even Gilead as far as Dan;

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Moriah

2 Chronicles 3:1

Then began Solomon, to build the house of Yahweh, in Jerusalem, in Mount Moriah, where he had appeared unto David his father, - -in the place which David had prepared, in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Genesis 22:2

And he said - Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou lovest, even, Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah and cause him to ascend there as an ascending-sacrifice, on one of the mountains which I shall name unto thee.

Mountains » Illustrative » (burning,) of destructive enemies

Jeremiah 51:25

Behold me! against thee, O destroying mountain Declareth Yahweh, That destroyest all the earth, - Therefore will I stretch out my hand over thee, And roll thee down from the crags, And make of thee a burning mountain:

Revelation 8:8

And, the second messenger, sounded; and, as it were a great mountain burning with fire, was cast into the sea; and the third of the sea became blood,

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Gerizim

Deuteronomy 11:29

And it shall come to pass when Yahweh thy God shall bring thee into the land which thou art entering to possess, then shalt thou put the blessing, upon Mount Gerizim, and the curse, upon Mount Ebal.

Judges 9:7

And, when it was told Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried aloud, - and said unto them - Hearken unto me, ye owners of Shechem, and may God, hearken unto you.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Hor

Numbers 20:22

Then set they forward from Kadesh, - and the sons of Israel. all the assembly, came in to Mount Hor.

Numbers 34:7-8

And, this, shall serve you as a north boundary, - From the great sea, ye shall draw a line for you to Mount Hor: From Mount Hor, ye shall draw a line to the entering in of Hamath, - and the extension of the boundary shall be towards Zedad:

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Gilead

Genesis 31:21

So he fled, the - and all that he had, and he arose, and passed over the River, - and set his face towards the mountain of Gilead.

Genesis 31:25

So then Laban came up with Jacob, - Jacob, having pitched his tent in the mountain, Laban, also, with his brethren pitched in the mountain of Gilead.

Mountains » Names of » Ararat, in armenia

Jeremiah 51:27

Set ye up an ensign in the earth Blow ye a horn among the nations Hallow against her - nations, Summon against her the kingdoms of Ararat Minni, and Ashkenaz, - Set in charge against her a marshal, Bring up cavalry like hairy locusts:

Genesis 8:4

And the ark rested, in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, - on the mountains of Ararat.

Mountains » Scenes of great events » Sinai, the law was given

Exodus 19:11

and shall be ready, by the third day, - for on the third day, will Yahweh come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai.

Exodus 19:20

Thus came Yahweh down upon Mount Sinai unto the top of the mount, - and Yahweh called Moses unto the top of the mount, and Moses went up.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Seir

Genesis 14:6

and the Horites in their Mount Seir, - as far as El-paran, which is by the desert.

Genesis 36:8

So Esau dwelt in Mount Seir, Esau, is Edom.

Mountains » Illustrative » (breaking forth into singing,) of exceeding joy

Isaiah 44:23

Shout in triumph ye heavens for Yahweh, hath effectually wrought. Shout, O ye underparts of the earth, Ring out, Ye mountains, into cries of triumph, Thou forest, and every tree therein, - For, Yahweh, hath redeemed, Jacob, And in Israel, will he get himself glory.

Isaiah 55:12

For with gladness shall ye come forth, And in peace, shall ye be led, - the mountains and the hills shall break out, before you, into shouts of triumph, And all the wild trees shall clap their hands:

Mountains » Abounded with » Stone for building

1 Kings 5:14

And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month, by courses, a month, were they in Lebanon, two months, at home, - and, Adoniram, was over the levy.

1 Kings 5:17

And the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, costly stones, to found the house with hewn stones.

Mountains » Sometimes selected as places for divine worship

Genesis 22:2

And he said - Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou lovest, even, Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah and cause him to ascend there as an ascending-sacrifice, on one of the mountains which I shall name unto thee.

Genesis 22:5

And Abraham said unto his young men - Tarry by yourselves here with the ass, but I and the young man must go yonder, - that we may bow ourselves down and return unto you.

Mountains » Often inhabited

Joshua 11:21

And Joshua came in, at that time, and cut off the Anakim from the hill country - from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel, - with their cities, did Joshua devote them to destruction.

Genesis 36:8

So Esau dwelt in Mount Seir, Esau, is Edom.

Mountains » Illustrative » (made waste,) of desolation

Malachi 1:3

And, Esau, have I hated, - and made his mountains a desolation, and his inheritance a dwelling for the jackals of the wilderness.

Isaiah 42:15

I will lay waste mountains, and hills, And all their vegetation, will I wither, - And I will make rivers to be shores, And lakes, will I dry up:

Mountains » God » Causes, to smoke

Psalm 104:32

Who looketh at the earth, and it trembleth, He toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.

Psalm 144:5

O Yahweh! bow thy heavens and come down, Touch the mountains, that they smoke:

Mountains » Beacons or ensigns often raised upon

Isaiah 30:17

One thousand, before the war-cry of one - before the war-cry of five, shall ye flee, - Until ye have been left, As a pole on the top of a mountain, And as an ensign upon a hill.

Isaiah 13:2

Upon a bare mountain, lift ye up a standard, Raise high the voice to them, Wave the hand, That they may enter the doors of nobles.

Mountains » Many exceeding high

Psalm 104:18

The high mountains, are for the chamois, The crags, are a refuge for the conies.

Isaiah 2:14

And upon all the lofty mountains, - And upon all the uplifted hills;

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Ephraim

Judges 2:9

And they buried him within the bounds of his inheritance, in Timnath-heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, - on the north of Mount Gaash.

Joshua 17:15

And Joshua said unto them: If, a numerous people, thou art, get thee up to the forest, and cut down for thyself there, in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim, - seeing that, too narrow for thee, is the hill country of Ephraim.

Mountains » Illustrative » Of persons in authority

Isaiah 44:23

Shout in triumph ye heavens for Yahweh, hath effectually wrought. Shout, O ye underparts of the earth, Ring out, Ye mountains, into cries of triumph, Thou forest, and every tree therein, - For, Yahweh, hath redeemed, Jacob, And in Israel, will he get himself glory.

Psalm 72:3

May the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills be laden with righteousness;

Mountains » God » Causes, to tremble

Nahum 1:5

Mountains, have trembled because of him, and, the hills, have melted, - and the earth, hath lifted itself up, at his presence, the world also, and all who dwell therein.

Habakkuk 3:10

The mountains, have seen thee - they tremble, a downpour of waters, hath passed along, - the roaring deep, hath given forth, his voice, on high - his hand, hath he uplifted.

Mountains » God » Causes, to skip

Psalm 114:4

The mountains, started like rams, The hills like the young of the flock?

Psalm 114:6

Ye mountains, that ye start like rams? Ye hills, like the young of the flock?

Mountains » Collect the vapors which ascend from the earth

Psalm 104:8

Mountains rise, Valleys sink, Unto the place which thou hast fixed for them;

Psalm 104:6

With the resounding deep - as a garment, hast thou covered it, Above the mountains, stand the waters;

Mountains » Abounded with » Precious things

Deuteronomy 33:15

And with the chief of the ancient mountains, - And with the precious things of the age-abiding hills;

Mountains » Called » The ancient mountains

Deuteronomy 33:15

And with the chief of the ancient mountains, - And with the precious things of the age-abiding hills;

Mountains » God » Sets the foundations of, on fire

Deuteronomy 32:22

For, a fire, is kindled in mine anger, And shall burn as far as hades beneath, - And consume the earth with her produce, And set ablaze the foundations of the mountains:

Mountains » God » Overturns

Job 9:5

Who removeth mountains, unawares, Who overturneth them in his anger;

Job 28:9

Upon the flint, hath he thrust forth his hand, He hath turned up mountains by the roots;

Mountains » Canaan abounded in

Deuteronomy 11:11

but the land whereinto ye are passing over to, possess it, is a land of hills, and valleys, - which of the rain of the heavens, cloth drink water:

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Abarim

Numbers 33:47-48

And they brake up from Almon-diblathaim, - and encamped among the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. And they brake up from the mountains of Abarim, - and encamped in the waste plains of Moab, by Jordan neat Jericho.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Lebanon

Deuteronomy 3:25

Let me pass over, I pray thee that I may see the good land that is over the Jordan, - this good mountain, and the Lebanon.

Mountains » Abounded with » Minerals

Deuteronomy 8:9

a land wherein not in scarcity, shalt thou eat food, thou shalt lack nothing therein, - a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest hew copper.

Mountains » The elevated parts of the earth

Genesis 7:19-20

Yea the waters, prevailed very greatly, on the earth, - so that all the high mountains became covered, that were under all the heavens: fifteen cubits upwards, prevailed the waters, so that the mountains became covered.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Hachilah

1 Samuel 23:19

Then came up the Ziphites unto Saul in Gibeah, saying, - Is not David hiding himself with us, in the strongholds in the thicket, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the right of Jeshimon?

Mountains » Abounded with » Game

1 Samuel 26:20

Now, therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth, away from the presence of Yahweh, - for the king of Israel hath come out to hunt for a single flea, as when one pursueth a partridge among the mountains.

Mountains » Abounded with » Herbs

Proverbs 27:25

The grass, is taken away, and the young shoot, showeth itself, and the herbage of the mountains, is gathered;

Mountains » Scenes of great events » Carmel, occurred elijah's sacrifice

1 Kings 18:19

Now, therefore, send, gather unto me all Israel, unto Mount Carmel, - and the prophets of Baal, four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the Sacred Stem, four hundred, who do eat at the table of Jezebel.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Beth-el

1 Samuel 13:2

Saul chose him three thousand men out of Israel, of whom there were with Saul, two thousand in Michmash and in the hill-country of Bethel, and, a thousand, were with Jonathan, in Gibeah of Benjamin, - but, the rest of the people, he let go, every man to his own home.

Mountains » Names of » Beth-el

1 Samuel 13:2

Saul chose him three thousand men out of Israel, of whom there were with Saul, two thousand in Michmash and in the hill-country of Bethel, and, a thousand, were with Jonathan, in Gibeah of Benjamin, - but, the rest of the people, he let go, every man to his own home.

Mountains » Called » Everlasting hills

Genesis 49:26

The blessings of thy father, have prevailed, Over the blessings of the perpetual mountains, The charm of the age-abiding hills, - They turn out to be, for the head of Joseph, And for the crown of the head of him who was set apart from his brethren.

Mountains » Volcanic fires of, alluded to

Isaiah 64:1-2

Would that thou hadst rent the heavens, hadst come down, At thy presence, had mountains, quaked: As fire kindleth brushwood, As fire causeth, water, to boil, So if thou wouldst make known thy Name to thine adversaries, At thy presence, nations, would tremble.

Mountains » Scenes of great events » Horeb, moses saw the burning bush

Exodus 3:1-2

Now, Moses, was shepherding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law priest of Midian, - so he led forth the flock behind the desert, and came in unto the mountain of God to Horeb. Then appeared the messenger of Yahweh unto him, in a flame of fire from the midst of the thorn-bush, - so he looked and lo! the thorn-bush burning with fire and yet the thorn-bush, was not consumed.

Mountains » Scenes of great events » Moriah, abraham sacrificed isaac

Genesis 22:2

And he said - Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou lovest, even, Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah and cause him to ascend there as an ascending-sacrifice, on one of the mountains which I shall name unto thee.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Hermon

Joshua 13:11

and Gilead, and the boundary of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan, as far as Salecah;

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Amalek

Judges 12:15

And Abdon son of Hillel, the Pirathonite died, - and was buried in Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Sion

2 Samuel 5:7

So then David captured the citadel of Zion, - the same, is the city of David.

Mountains » Illustrative » (threshing of,) of heavy judgments

Isaiah 41:15

Lo! I have made of thee a new pointed threshing sledge, owning teeth, - Thou shalt thresh mountains and crush them, And, hills - like chaff, shalt thou make:

Mountains » Called » The everlasting mountains

Habakkuk 3:6

He hath stood and measured the earth, he hath looked, and caused nations to tremble, and, scattered as dust, are the perpetual mountains, and, sunk, are the age-abiding hills, - Forthgoings age-abiding, are his.

Mountains » Called » Perpetual hills

Habakkuk 3:6

He hath stood and measured the earth, he hath looked, and caused nations to tremble, and, scattered as dust, are the perpetual mountains, and, sunk, are the age-abiding hills, - Forthgoings age-abiding, are his.

Mountains » Called » God's mountains

Isaiah 49:11

Then will I make of all my mountains, a road, And my highways, shall be upraised.

Mountains » God » Waters, from his chambers

Psalm 104:13

Who watereth the mountains out of his upper chambers, Out of the fruit of thy works, thou satisfiest the earth.

Mountains » God » Weighs, in a balance

Isaiah 40:12

Who hath measured, with the hollow of his hand, the waters. Or the heavens with a span, hath meted out, Or hath comprehended, in a measure, the dust of the earth, Or weighed, in scales, the mountains, Or the hills, in a balance?

Mountains » God » Makes waste

Isaiah 42:15

I will lay waste mountains, and hills, And all their vegetation, will I wither, - And I will make rivers to be shores, And lakes, will I dry up:

Mountains » God » Scatters

Habakkuk 3:6

He hath stood and measured the earth, he hath looked, and caused nations to tremble, and, scattered as dust, are the perpetual mountains, and, sunk, are the age-abiding hills, - Forthgoings age-abiding, are his.

Mountains » Scenes of great events » On ararat, the ark rested

Genesis 8:4

And the ark rested, in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, - on the mountains of Ararat.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Ararat

Genesis 8:4

And the ark rested, in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, - on the mountains of Ararat.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Bashan

Psalm 68:15

A mighty mountain, is the mountain of Bashan, A mountain of peaks, is the mountain of Bashan! -

Mountains » Illustrative » Of proud and haughty persons

Isaiah 2:14

And upon all the lofty mountains, - And upon all the uplifted hills;

Mountains » Names of » Bashan

Psalm 68:15

A mighty mountain, is the mountain of Bashan, A mountain of peaks, is the mountain of Bashan! -

Mountains » God » Parches, with draught

Haggai 1:11

And I have called for drought, upon the land and upon the mountains, and upon the corn and upon the new wine and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground, bringeth forth, - and upon man, and upon beast, and upon all the labour of the hands.

Mountains » Proclamations often made from

Isaiah 40:9

To a high mountain, get ye up, O herald - band of Zion, Lift high with strength your voice, O herald - band of Jerusalem, - Lift it high, do not fear, Say to the cities of Judah - Lo! your God!

Mountains » A defence to a country

Mountains » Made to glorify God

Psalm 148:9

Ye mountains, and all hills, fruit trees, and all cedars;

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Horeb

Exodus 3:1

Now, Moses, was shepherding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law priest of Midian, - so he led forth the flock behind the desert, and came in unto the mountain of God to Horeb.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Moreh

Judges 7:1

Then Jerubbaal, the same, is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and encamped by the fountain of Harod, - and, the camp of Midian, was on the north of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the vale.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Mizar

Psalm 42:6

My God! over myself, my soul is cast down, - For this cause, will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

Mountains » Illustrative » Of God's righteousness

Psalm 36:6

Thy righteousness, is like mighty mountains, and, thy just decrees, are a great resounding deep, - Man and beast, thou savest, O Yahweh!

Mountains » Names of » Mizar

Psalm 42:6

My God! over myself, my soul is cast down, - For this cause, will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

Mountains » God » Gives strength to

Psalm 95:4

In whose hand, are the hidden recesses of the earth, And, the peaks of the mountains, are his;

Mountains » God » Set fast

Mountains » Scenes of great events » Olivet, occurred Christ's ascension

Acts 1:12

Then returned they into Jerusalem, from a mountain called Olivet, which is nigh unto Jerusalem a Sabbath day's journey.

Mountains » Illustrative » (dropping new wine,) of abundance

Amos 9:13

Lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh, that, the plowman, shall overtake, the reaper, and, he that treadeth out the grapes, him that traileth the seed, - so shall, the mountains, drip sweet wine, and, all the hills, shall melt;

Mountains » Called » Pillars of heaven

Job 26:11

The pillars of the heavens, are shaken, and are terrified at his rebuke:

Mountains » God » Formed

Amos 4:13

For lo! He that fashioned the mountains, and created the wind, and who telleth the son of earth what is his thought, who turneth dawn into darkness, and marcheth upon the high places of the earth, Yahweh, God of hosts, is his name!

Mountains » Scenes of great events » Hermon or tabor, Christ was transfigured

Mark 9:2

And, after six days, Jesus taketh with him Peter and James and John, and bringeth them up into a high mountain, apart, alone, - and he was transformed before them;

Mountains » God » Removes

Job 9:5

Who removeth mountains, unawares, Who overturneth them in his anger;

Paran » Mountains

Deuteronomy 33:2

And he said - Yahweh from Sinai, came near, - Yea he dawned, out of Seir, upon them, He shone forth out of Mount Paran, Yea he came out of holy myriads, - Out of his right hand proceeded fire to guide them.

Habakkuk 3:3

GOD, from Teman, cometh in, and, the Holy One, from Mount Paran. Selah. His splendour, hath covered the heavens, and, his praise, hath filled the earth:

Shamir » A city » Mountains » Judah

Joshua 15:48

And in the hill-country, - Shamir and Jattir, and Socoh,

Socoh » A city » Mountains » Judah

Joshua 15:48

And in the hill-country, - Shamir and Jattir, and Socoh,

Timnah » A city » Mountains » Judah

Joshua 15:57

Kain, Gibeah and Timnah, - ten cities, with their villages.

Topics on Mountains

Blessings From The Mountains

Joel 3:18

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drip sweet wine, and the hills shall flow down with milk, and, all the channels of Judah, shall flow down with waters, - and, a spring, out of the house of Yahweh, shall come forth, and shall water the torrent-valley of the acacias.

Escaping To Mountains

Hosea 10:8

So shall the high places of Aven, be destroyed, the sin of Israel, Thorn and prickle, shall come up on their altars, - Therefore shall they say to the mountains, Cover us, and to the hills, Fall on us.

Going Up Mountains

Haggai 1:8

Ascend the mountain - and bring in wood and build the house, - that I may be pleased therewith and get myself glory, saith Yahweh.

Mountains Quaking

Jeremiah 4:24

I beheld, The mountains, and lo! they were trembling, - And all the hills, had been violently moved:

Mountains Removed

Zechariah 4:7

Who, art, thou, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel, brought down to a plain! So shall he bring forth the headstone, with thundering shouts Beautiful! Beautiful! thereunto.

Seven Mountains

Revelation 17:9-10

Here, is the mind that hath wisdom. The seven heads, are, seven mountains, whereupon the woman sitteth;

The Mountains Of Israel

Ezekiel 17:22

Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh, Therefore will I, Myself, take of the highest branch of the lofty cedar and set it, - Of the crown of its young twigs, a tender one, will I pluck off, and I. myself will plant it upon a mountain high and terraced,

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