58 Bible Verses about Mountains

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Psalm 125:2

[As] mountains [are] round about Jerusalem, so Yahweh [is] round about his people, from now until forever.

Psalm 11:1

In Yahweh I have taken refuge; how can you say to my soul, "Flee to your mountain [like] a bird"?

Isaiah 54:10

For the mountains may depart, and the hills may sway, but my faithfulness shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not sway," says Yahweh, who has compassion on you,

Judges 5:5

The mountains trembled before Yahweh, this Sinai, at the presence of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

Exodus 19:16-19

{And} on the third day, when it was morning, there was thunder and lightning, and a heavy cloud over the mountain and a very loud ram's horn sound, and all the people who [were] in the camp trembled. And Moses brought the people out from the camp to meet God, and they took their stand at the foot of the mountain. And Mount Sinai was all wrapped in smoke because Yahweh went down on it in the fire, and its smoke went up like the smoke of a smelting furnace, and the whole mountain trembled greatly.read more.
And the sound of the ram's horn became {louder and louder}, and Moses would speak, and God would answer him with a voice.

Psalm 97:5

[The] mountains melt like wax at the presence of Yahweh, at the presence of the Lord of all the earth.

Isaiah 64:1

Would that you would tear [the] heavens [and] come down; [the] mountains would quake before you,

Micah 1:3-4

For behold, Yahweh is coming out from his place, and he will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth. The mountains will melt under him and the valleys will burst open, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.

Habakkuk 3:3-6

God came from Teman; the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His splendor covers the heavens, and his praise fills the earth. And his brightness was like [the] light; flashing rays [came] from his hand for him; And there [is] the covering of his strength. Before him went Disease, and Pestilence went out at his feet.read more.
He stood and measured the earth; he looked and made the nations tremble. Then the mountains of old were shattered; the hills of old collapsed. The ways of old belong to him.

Psalm 18:7

Then the earth shook and quaked, and [the] foundations of [the] mountains trembled, and they staggered because he was angry.

Jeremiah 4:23-26

I looked at the earth, and behold, it was wasteland and emptiness, and to the heavens, and [they were] without their light. I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking, and all of the hills were jolted to and fro. I looked and behold, there was no person, and all of the birds of the sky had fled.read more.
I looked and behold, the fruitful land [was] a desert, and all of its cities were ruined before Yahweh, before the face of {his burning anger}.

Nahum 1:5-6

Mountains quake before him; the hills shake apart. The earth heaves before him-- the world and all her inhabitants. His indignation--who can stand before it? Who can endure {his fierce anger}? His wrath is poured out like fire; rocks are shattered before him.

Revelation 6:12-14

And I watched when he opened the sixth seal, and a great earthquake took place, and the sun became black like sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood, and the stars of heaven fell to the earth like a fig tree throws down its unripe figs [when] shaken by a great wind. And the sky was split apart like a scroll that is rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved from their place.

Revelation 16:19-20

And the great city was [split] into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of his furious wrath. And every island fled, and mountains were not found.

Exodus 34:1-3

And Yahweh said to Moses, "Cut for yourself two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. And be ready for the morning, and go up in the morning to Mount Sinai and present yourself to me there on the top of the mountain. And no one will go up with you, and neither let anyone be seen on all the mountain, nor let the sheep and goats and the cattle graze {opposite} that mountain."

1 Kings 19:11-13

He said, "Go out and stand on the mountain before Yahweh." Suddenly Yahweh was passing by, with a great and strong wind ripping the mountains and crushing rocks before Yahweh; [but] Yahweh [was] not in the wind. After the wind, [there was] an earthquake; [but] Yahweh was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake [was] a fire, [but] Yahweh was not in the fire. After the fire [there was] the sound of a gentle whisper. It happened at the moment Elijah heard, he covered his face with his cloak and went out and stood [at] the entrance of the cave. Suddenly a voice [came] to him and said, "{Elijah, why are you here}?"

2 Peter 1:16-18

For we did not make known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ [by] following ingeniously concocted myths, but [by] being eyewitnesses of that one's majesty. For [he] received honor and glory from God the Father [when] a voice such as this was brought to him by the Majestic Glory, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." And [we] ourselves heard this voice brought from heaven [when we] were with him on the holy mountain,

Numbers 33:47-48

They set out from Almon-Diblatayim and camped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. They set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped on the desert-plateau of Moab by the Jordan [across] Jericho.

Genesis 8:1-5

And God remembered Noah and all the wild animals, and all the domesticated animals that [were] with him in the ark. And God caused a wind to blow over the earth, and the waters subsided. And the fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the heavens was restrained. And the waters receded from the earth {gradually}, and the waters abated at the end of one hundred and fifty days.read more.
And the ark came to rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat. And the waters {continued to recede} to the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared.

Deuteronomy 11:29

"And it will happen [that] when Yahweh your God has brought you to {the land that you are going to}, to take possession of it, then you shall pronounce the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

Deuteronomy 27:12-13

"These [tribes] shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people {when you cross} the Jordan: Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Joseph and Benjamin. And these shall stand on Mount Ebal for [delivering] the curse: Reuben, Gad and Asher and Zebulun, Dan and Naphtali.

Joshua 8:30-35

Then Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal for Yahweh the God of Israel, as Moses Yahweh's servant commanded the {Israelites}, as [it is] written in the scroll of the law of Moses: "an altar of unhewn stones [on] which no one has {wielded} an iron implement." And they offered burnt offerings on it and sacrificed fellowship offerings. And there Joshua wrote on the stones copy of the law of Moses, which he had written, in the presence of the {Israelites}.read more.
Then all Israel, {foreigner as well as native}, with the elders, officials, and judges stood {on either side} of the ark before the priests and the Levites, who carried the ark of the covenant of Yahweh. Half of them [stood] in front of Mount Gerizim, and the other half in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses Yahweh's servant had commanded before to bless the people of Israel. And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and the curses, according to all that was written in the scroll of the law. There was not a word from all that Moses commanded that Joshua did not read before the assembly of all Israel, and the women, the little children, and the traveling foreigners among them.

1 Chronicles 10:1-12

Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and every Israelite fled away from before the Philistines. And they fell slain upon Mount Gilboa. And the Philistines {overtook} Saul and his sons. And the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua, the sons of Saul. And the battle was heavy against Saul, and the {archers} found him, and he was wounded by the {archers}.read more.
And Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and deal harshly with me." But he was very afraid. Then Saul took the sword and fell upon it. When his armor-bearer saw that Saul [was] dead, he also fell upon the sword, and he died. So Saul died. And his three sons and all his house died together. And when all the men of Israel who [were] in the valley saw that they had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. Then the Philistines came and dwelled in them. And it happened [that] on the next day when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. And they stripped him and took his head and his weapons, and they sent [them] throughout the land of the Philistines to bring news to their idols and the nation. And they put his weapons in the temple of their gods, and they fastened his skull to the temple of Dagon. When all Jabesh-Gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, every strong man arose and took the dead body of Saul and the dead bodies of his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.

1 Samuel 31:1-13

Now [the] Philistines [were] fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before [the] Philistines, and they fell slain on Mount Gilboa. And [the] Philistines overtook Saul and his sons, and [the] Philistines killed Jonathan and Abinadab and Malki-Shua, the sons of Saul. {Saul was in the thick of the battle}, and {the archers} spotted him, and he [was] badly wounded by the archers.read more.
Then Saul said to {his armor bearer}, "Draw your sword and thrust me through with it, so that these uncircumcised do not come and thrust me through and make a fool of me!" But {his armor bearer} [was] not willing [to do so] because he [was] very afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it. And when {his armor bearer} saw that Saul [was] dead, he also fell on his sword and died with him. So Saul died, and his three sons, {his armor bearer}, [and] all his men together that [same] day. And when the men of Israel who [were] on the other side of the valley and [those] who were beyond the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the towns and fled. Thus [the] Philistines came and lived in them. {And then} the next day, [the] Philistines came to strip the dead and they found Saul and his three sons lying [dead] on Mount Gilboa. So they cut off his head and stripped off his armor. Then they sent [messengers] around in the land of [the] Philistines to proclaim [victory in] the temples of their idols and [to] the people. And they put his armor [in] the temple of the Ashtoreth, and they fastened his corpse to the wall of Beth Shan. When the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard about it, what [the] Philistines had done to Saul, all of {the valiant men} set out and went all night and took the corpse of Saul and the corpses of his sons from the wall of Beth Shan, and they came to Jabesh and burned them there. Then they took their bones and buried [them] under the tamarisk in Jabesh, and they fasted [for] seven days.

2 Samuel 1:4-12

Then David said to him, "{How did things go}? Please tell me." He answered, "{When} the army fled from the battle, and many of the people fell; also, Saul and Jonathan his son died." Then David asked the young man who [was] reporting to him, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan died?" The young man who [was] reporting to him said, "I merely happened to be on Mount Gilboa. Here Saul [was] leaning on his spear, and look, the chariots and the horsemen [were] getting close to him.read more.
When he turned around and saw me, he called to me, and I said, 'Here I [am].' Then he said to me, 'Who [are] you?' And I said to him, 'I [am] an Amalekite.' He said to me, 'Please stand over me and kill me, for convulsions have seized me, even though my life [is still] in me.' So I stood over him and killed him, for I knew that he could not live after his falling; I took the crown that [was] on his head and [the] bracelet which [was] on his arm; and here, I have brought them to my lord. David grabbed [at] his clothes and tore them, [as did] all of the men who [were] with him. Then they mourned and wept and fasted over Saul and Jonathan his son until the evening, [as well] as over the people of Yahweh and over the house of Israel because they had fallen by the sword.

Deuteronomy 3:8

"And so we took at that time the land from {the control of} [the] two kings of the Amorites who [were] {on the other side of the Jordan}, from the wadi of Arnon up to {Mount Hermon}.

Joshua 11:16-17

So Joshua took all this land: the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the Shephelah, the Arabah, and the hill country of Israel and its Shephelah, from Mount Halak [that] rises to Seir and to Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon {at the foot of} Mount Hermon; he captured all their kings, struck them, and killed them.

Psalm 42:6-7

O my God, within me my soul is {in despair}; therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan and the heights of Hermon, from the mountain of Mizar. Deep [is] calling to deep at the thunder of your waterfalls. All your breakers and your waves have passed over me.

Psalm 89:12

North and south, you created them; Tabor and Hermon shout joyfully over your name.

Numbers 33:37-39

They set out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, at the edge of the land of Edom. Aaron the priest went up to Mount Hor at the {command} of Yahweh, and he died there in the fortieth year after the {Israelites} had gone out from the land of Egypt, in the fifth month on the first [day] of the month. Aaron was one hundred and twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor.

Numbers 20:22-29

And they set out from Kadesh. The {Israelites}, the whole community, came [to] Mount Hor. Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron on Mount Hor, on the boundary of the land of Edom, saying, "Let Aaron be gathered to his people; he will not come into the land that I have given to the {Israelites} because you rebelled against {my word} at the waters of Meribah.read more.
Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and take them up Mount Hor. Strip off Aaron's garments, and put them on Eleazar his son; Aaron will be gathered [to his people], and he will die there." So Moses did just as Yahweh commanded, and they went up to Mount Hor before the eyes of all the community. And Moses stripped off Aaron's garments and put them on Eleazar his son. Aaron died there on the top of the mountain; and Moses and Eleazar went down from the mountain. All the community saw that Aaron died; so all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days.

Genesis 22:1-3

And it happened [that] after these things, God tested Abraham. And he said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I [am]." And he said, "Take your son, your only child, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains where I will tell you." And Abraham rose up early in the morning and saddled his donkey. And he took two of his servants with him, and Isaac his son. And he chopped wood for a burnt offering. And he got up and went to the place which God had told him.

2 Chronicles 3:1

Then Solomon began to build the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem, on Mount Moriah, where Yahweh had appeared to David his father, at the place that David had established, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Deuteronomy 32:48-52

And Yahweh said to Moses on exactly this day, {saying}, "Go up to this mountain of the Abarim [range], Mount Nebo, which [is] {opposite Jericho}, and see the land of Canaan that I [am] giving to the {Israelites} as possession. You shall die on that mountain that you [are] about to go up there, and [you will] be gathered to your people, [just] as your brother Aaron died on {Mount Hor} and he was gathered to his people,read more.
because [of the fact] that you broke faith with me in the midst of Israel at the waters of Meribah Kadesh, [in] the desert of Zin, because {you did not treat me as holy} in the midst of the {Israelites}. Yes, from afar you may view the land, but there you shall not enter there, [that is], into the land that I [am] giving to the {Israelites}."

Deuteronomy 34:1-5

Then Moses went up from the desert plateau of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, {which is opposite} Jericho, and Yahweh showed him all of the land, Gilead [all the way] up to Dan, and all of Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh and all of the land of Judah, up to the western sea, and the Negev and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palms, [on] up to Zoar.read more.
And Yahweh said to him, "This [is] the land that I swore to Abraham to Isaac and to Jacob, {saying}, 'To your offspring I will give it.' I have let you see [it] with your eyes, but you shall not cross {into it}." Then Moses, the servant of Yahweh, died there in the land of Moab {according to the command of Yahweh}.

Exodus 24:12

And Yahweh said to Moses, "Come up to me [on] the mountain, and be there, and I will give you the tablets of stone and the law and the commandments that I have written to instruct them."

Nehemiah 9:13-14

Then you came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven and gave them right judgments and true teachings, good regulations and commandments. You made known your holy Sabbath to them and gave them commandments, regulations, and law by the hand of your servant Moses.

Judges 4:12-16

When they reported to Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor, Sisera summoned all his chariots--all nine hundred chariots of iron--and the entire army that [was] with him from Harosheth Haggoyim to the wadi of Kishon. And Deborah said to Barak, "Get up! This [is] the day that Yahweh has given Sisera into your hand. Has Yahweh not gone out before you?" So Barak went out from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.read more.
And Yahweh threw Sisera and all his chariots and army into confusion before {the edge of Barak's sword}; and Sisera dismounted from [his] chariot and fled on foot. But Barak pursued after the chariots and army as far as Harosheth Haggoyim, and all of Sisera's army fell to {the edge of the sword}; no one was left.

Matthew 4:8-9

Again the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory, and he said to him, "I will give to you all these things, if you will fall down [and] worship me."

Luke 4:5-7

And he led him up [and] showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said to him, "I will give you all this domain and their glory, because it has been handed over to me, and I can give it to whomever I want. So if you will worship before me, all [this] will be yours."

Matthew 5:1-2

Now [when he] saw the crowds, he went up the mountain and [after he] sat down, his disciples approached him. And opening his mouth he began to teach them, saying,

Matthew 17:1-8

And after six days Jesus took along Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothing became bright as the light. And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with him.read more.
So Peter answered [and] said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good [that] we are here! If you want, I will make here three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah." [While] he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice from the cloud said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. Listen to him!" And [when] the disciples heard [this], they fell down on their faces and were extremely frightened. And Jesus came and touched them [and] said, "Get up and do not be afraid." And [when they] lifted up their eyes they saw no one except him--Jesus alone.

Mark 9:2-8

And after six days, Jesus took along Peter and James and John, and led them to a high mountain by themselves alone. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothing became radiant--extremely white, like no cloth refiner on earth can {make so white}. And Elijah appeared to them together with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.read more.
And Peter answered [and] said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good [that] we are here! And let us make three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah." (For he did not know what he should answer, because they were terrified.) And a cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came from the cloud, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!" And suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them but Jesus alone.

Luke 9:28-36

Now it happened that about eight days after these words, he took along Peter and John and James [and] went up on the mountain to pray. And as he was praying, the appearance of his face became different, and his clothing [became] white, gleaming like lightning. And behold, two men were talking with him, who were Moses and Elijah,read more.
who appeared in glory [and] were speaking [about] his departure which he was about to fulfill in Jerusalem. Now Peter and those with him were {very sleepy}, but [when they] became fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men who were standing with him. And it happened that as they were going away from him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good [for] us to be here. And let us make three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah," not knowing what he was saying. And [while] he was saying these [things], a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered into the cloud. And a voice came from the cloud, saying, "This is my Son, [my] Chosen One. Listen to him!" And after the voice had occurred, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and told no one in those days anything of what they had seen.

Matthew 24:3

And [as] he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came up to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these [things] happen, and what [will be] the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"

Mark 13:3-4

And [as] he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, "Tell us, when will these [things] happen, and what [will be] the sign when all these [things] are about to be accomplished?"

Nahum 1:5

Mountains quake before him; the hills shake apart. The earth heaves before him-- the world and all her inhabitants.

Psalm 95:4

in whose hand [are the] unexplored places of [the] earth, and [the] heights of [the] mountains [are] his,

From Thematic Bible


Aphekah » A city » Mountains » Judah

Joshua 15:53

Janim, Beth-tappuah, Aphekah,

Beasts » Found in » Mountains

Song of Songs 4:8

Come with me from Lebanon, my bride! Come with me from Lebanon! Look from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the dwelling places of the lions, from the mountains of leopard.

Bether » Mountains

Song of Songs 2:17

Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved! {Be like} a gazelle or {young stag} on the cleft mountains.

Birds » Inhabit » Mountains

Psalm 50:11

I know every bird of [the] mountains, and [every] moving creature in [the] field [is] mine.

Dannah » A city » Mountains » Judah

Joshua 15:49

Dannah, Kiriath Sanna (that [is], Debir),

Gedor » A city » Mountains » Judah

Joshua 15:58

Halhul, Beth Zur, Gedor,

Lions » Inhabits » Mountains

Song of Songs 4:8

Come with me from Lebanon, my bride! Come with me from Lebanon! Look from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the dwelling places of the lions, from the mountains of leopard.

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

1 Kings 8:9

There was not [anything] in the ark {except} the two tablets of stone which Moses had placed there at Horeb, where Yahweh {made} [a covenant] with the {Israelites} after they went out from the land of Egypt.

2 Chronicles 5:10

There was nothing in the ark but the two stone tablets that Moses had put [inside] at Horeb [on] which Yahweh had {made} a covenant with the {Israelites} when they went out from Egypt.

Psalm 106:19

They made a calf at Horeb and bowed down to a cast image.

1 Kings 19:8

So he got up, ate, drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights up to Horeb, the mountain of God.

Exodus 3:1

And Moses was a shepherd with the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the west [of] the desert, and he came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.

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

Acts 7:38

This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and who [with] our fathers received living oracles to give to us,

Exodus 24:16

And the glory of Yahweh settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it [for] six days, and he called to Moses on the seventh day from the midst of the cloud.

Exodus 16:1

And they set out from Elim, and all the community of the {Israelites} came to the desert of Sin, which [is] between Elim {and Sinai}, in the fifteenth day of the second month of their going out from the land of Egypt.

Exodus 19:11

and they must be prepared for the third day, because on the third day, Yahweh will go down on Mount Sinai before the eyes of all the people.

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

2 Kings 19:23

By the hand of your messengers you have mocked the Lord, and you have said, 'With my many chariots I have gone up [to] the height of the mountains. [To] the remote areas of Lebanon, I have felled the tallest of its cedars, the choicest of its cypresses. I have entered the place of overnight lodging. Even [to] the edge of forest of its fertile land.

Jeremiah 50:19

And I will restore Israel to its pasture, and it will feed [on] Carmel, and [in] Bashan, and on the hills of Ephraim, and [in] Gilead its hunger will be satisfied.

Isaiah 33:9

[The] land mourns; it languishes. Lebanon feels abashed; it withers. Sharon is like the desert, and Bashan and Carmel {are losing their leaves}.

Jeremiah 46:18

{As I live}," {declares} the king, Yahweh of hosts [is] his name, "one will come like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.

Amos 1:2

And he said, "Yahweh roars from Zion and he utters his voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds wither and the top of Carmel dries up."

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

Numbers 23:14

So he took him to the field of Zophim to the top of Pisgah, and he built seven altars, and he offered a bull and a ram on [each] altar

Deuteronomy 4:49

and all [of] the Arabah beyond the Jordan, eastward, and as far as the Sea of the Arabah under the slopes of Pisgah.

Joshua 12:3

and the Arabah up to the Kinnereth Sea to the east, and as far as the sea of Arabah, the Salt Sea to the east, {in the direction of} Beth Jeshimoth, and to [the area] southward, {at the foot of} the slopes of Pisgah;

Deuteronomy 34:1

Then Moses went up from the desert plateau of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, {which is opposite} Jericho, and Yahweh showed him all of the land, Gilead [all the way] up to Dan,

Numbers 21:20

and from Bamoth to the valley that [is] in the territory of Moab, [by] the top of Pisgah, which overlooks the surface of the wasteland.

More verses: Deuteronomy 3:27

Mountains » Names of » Ephraim, in central palestine

Judges 7:24

And Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, "Come down to oppose Midian, and capture from them the waters up to Beth Barah and the Jordan." He called out all the men of Ephraim, and they captured the waters up to Beth Barah and the Jordan.

Judges 4:5

And she used to sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the {Israelites} went up to her for judgment.

2 Kings 5:22

He said, "Peace. My master has sent me saying, 'Look, {just now} two servants from the hill country of Ephraim came to me, from the sons of the prophets. Please give them a talent of silver and two sets of clothing.'"

1 Kings 12:25

Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and he resided in it. Then he went out from there and built Penuel.

Judges 2:9

They buried him within the border of his inheritance in Timnah-heres, in the hill country of Ephraim 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 Solomon began to build the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem, on Mount Moriah, where Yahweh had appeared to David his father, at the place that David had established, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Genesis 22:2

And he said, "Take your son, your only child, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains where I will tell you."

2 Samuel 24:18

Then Gad came to David on that same day and said to him, "Go up and erect an altar to Yahweh at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite."

1 Chronicles 21:18

Now the angel of Yahweh had spoken to Gad to say to David that David should go up [and] erect an altar for Yahweh.

1 Chronicles 22:1

Then David said, "This will be the house of Yahweh God, and this altar of burnt offering for Israel."

Mountains » Names of » Zion, or sion

Hebrews 12:22

But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, and to tens of thousands of angels, to the festal gathering

2 Samuel 5:7

David captured the fortress of Zion, the city of David.

Revelation 14:1

And I looked, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him one hundred forty-four thousand who had his name and the name of his Father written on their foreheads.

1 Kings 8:1

At that time, Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes, and the leaders of the {families} of the {Israelites} before King Solomon, in order to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh from the city of David, that is, Zion.

More verses: Psalm 87:2

Mountains » Names of » Tabor

Judges 4:6

She sent and called for Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh Naphtali and said to him, "Has not Yahweh the God of Israel commanded you? 'Go, {march to} Mount Tabor, and take ten thousand men from the descendants of Naphtali and Zebulun.

Jeremiah 46:18

{As I live}," {declares} the king, Yahweh of hosts [is] his name, "one will come like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.

Judges 4:14

And Deborah said to Barak, "Get up! This [is] the day that Yahweh has given Sisera into your hand. Has Yahweh not gone out before you?" So Barak went out from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, priests! Give heed, house of Israel! Listen, house of the king! Because the judgment [applies] to you; because you have been a snare for Mizpah, and a net spread out on Tabor;

Judges 8:18

And he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, "What type [were] the men whom you killed at Tabor?" And they said, "{They were like you}; each [one of them] had the appearance of the sons of the king."

More verses: Psalm 89:12

Mountains » Names of » Olives, or olivet

Acts 1:12

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain that is called Olive Grove which is near Jerusalem, {a Sabbath day's journey away}.

Matthew 21:1

And when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

Matthew 24:3

And [as] he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came up to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these [things] happen, and what [will be] the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"

Matthew 26:30

And [after they] had sung the hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

Luke 21:37

So [throughout] the days he was teaching in the temple [courts], and [throughout] the nights he was going out [and] spending the night on the hill that is called [the Mount] of Olives.

Mountains » Afforded pasturage

Amos 4:1

Hear this word, [you] cows of Bashan who [live] on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the powerless, who crush the poor, who say to their husbands, "Bring [something] so that we may drink!"

Exodus 3:1

And Moses was a shepherd with the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the west [of] the desert, and he came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.

1 Samuel 25:7

Now I have heard that {you have shearers}. Now while your shepherds [were] with us, we did not mistreat them, and nothing of theirs [was] missing, all the days they were in Carmel.

1 Kings 22:17

So he said, "I saw all of Israel scattering to the mountains, like the sheep without a shepherd. Yahweh also said, 'There are no masters for these, let them return in peace, each to his house.'"

Mountains » Names of » Gerizim, in samaria

Joshua 8:33

Then all Israel, {foreigner as well as native}, with the elders, officials, and judges stood {on either side} of the ark before the priests and the Levites, who carried the ark of the covenant of Yahweh. Half of them [stood] in front of Mount Gerizim, and the other half in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses Yahweh's servant had commanded before to bless the people of Israel.

Deuteronomy 11:29

"And it will happen [that] when Yahweh your God has brought you to {the land that you are going to}, to take possession of it, then you shall pronounce the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

Deuteronomy 27:12

"These [tribes] shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people {when you cross} the Jordan: Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Joseph and Benjamin.

Judges 9:7

And they told Jotham, and he went up and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and {he cried out loud} and said to them, "Listen to me, lords of Shechem, so that God may listen to you.

Mountains » Names of » Ebal, in samaria

Joshua 8:33

Then all Israel, {foreigner as well as native}, with the elders, officials, and judges stood {on either side} of the ark before the priests and the Levites, who carried the ark of the covenant of Yahweh. Half of them [stood] in front of Mount Gerizim, and the other half in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses Yahweh's servant had commanded before to bless the people of Israel.

Deuteronomy 11:29

"And it will happen [that] when Yahweh your God has brought you to {the land that you are going to}, to take possession of it, then you shall pronounce the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

Deuteronomy 27:4

And {when you cross the Jordan}, you shall set up these stones that I [am] commanding you [about] {today} on Mount Ebal, and you shall paint them with lime.

Joshua 8:30

Then Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal for Yahweh the God of Israel,

Mountains » Names of » Gilead

Judges 7:3

So then, please proclaim in the {hearing} of the troops, saying, 'Whoever [is] fearful and trembling, let him return and depart from the Mount of Gilead.'" About twenty-two thousand troops returned, and ten thousand remained.

Genesis 31:21

Then he fled with all that he had, and arose and crossed the Euphrates and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead.

Genesis 31:25

And Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban and his kinsmen pitched [their tents] in the hill country of Gilead.

Song of Songs 4:1

{Oh my}! You [are] beautiful, my beloved! {Oh my}! You [are] beautiful! Your eyes [are] doves from behind your veil. Your hair [is] like a flock of goats that move down from the mountains of Gilead.

Mountains » Names of » Seir

Deuteronomy 2:5

Do not get involved in battle with them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even {a foot's breadth} [of it]; since I have given Mount Seir [as] a possession for Esau.

Ezekiel 35:2

"Son of man, set your face against the mountain of Seir and prophesy against it,

Genesis 14:6

And the Horites in their hill country of Seir, as far as El-Paran, which is at the wilderness.

Deuteronomy 1:2

It is [a journey of] {eleven days} from Herob {by the way of Mount Seir} up to Kadesh Barnea.

Mountains » Names of » Gilboa, on which saul died

2 Samuel 1:6

The young man who [was] reporting to him said, "I merely happened to be on Mount Gilboa. Here Saul [was] leaning on his spear, and look, the chariots and the horsemen [were] getting close to him.

1 Samuel 28:4

Then [the] Philistines assembled and came and encamped at Shunem, so Saul assembled all Israel, and they encamped at Gilboa.

2 Samuel 1:21

O mountains of Gilboa, [let there be] no dew or rain upon you or on the fields of [grain for] offerings, for there the small shield of [the] mighty [was] defiled, the small shield of Saul [was] not anointed with oil.

1 Samuel 31:1

Now [the] Philistines [were] fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before [the] Philistines, and they fell slain on Mount Gilboa.

Mountains » Names of » Lebanon

1 Kings 5:14

He sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand {every month}; the work groups were a month in Lebanon and two months at home; now Adoniram was over the forced labor.

Judges 3:3

the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites living on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon up to Lebo-Hamath.

Ezekiel 17:3

and you must say, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "{The great eagle with great wings and long feathers} [and] {full of variegated plumage} came to Lebanon and he took the treetop of the cedar.

Deuteronomy 3:25

Let me cross over, please, and let me see the good land {that is beyond the Jordan}, this good hill country and Lebanon.'

Mountains » Names of » Hermon

Deuteronomy 3:8

"And so we took at that time the land from {the control of} [the] two kings of the Amorites who [were] {on the other side of the Jordan}, from the wadi of Arnon up to {Mount Hermon}.

Joshua 11:17

from Mount Halak [that] rises to Seir and to Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon {at the foot of} Mount Hermon; he captured all their kings, struck them, and killed them.

Psalm 133:3

[It is] like the dew of Hermon that runs down upon the mountains of Zion, because there Yahweh commanded the blessing-- life forever.

Joshua 13:11

and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurite and the Maacathites, all of {Mount Hermon}, and Bashan up to Salecah;

Mountains » Afford refuge in time of danger

Genesis 14:10

Now the Valley of Siddim {was full of tar pits}. And the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled and {fell into them}, but the rest fled to the mountains.

Judges 6:2

The hand of the Midianites prevailed over Israel; because of the presence of the Midianites, the {Israelites} made for themselves hiding places that [were] in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.

Matthew 24:16

"then those in Judea must flee to the mountains!

Mountains » Abounded with » Forests

2 Kings 19:23

By the hand of your messengers you have mocked the Lord, and you have said, 'With my many chariots I have gone up [to] the height of the mountains. [To] the remote areas of Lebanon, I have felled the tallest of its cedars, the choicest of its cypresses. I have entered the place of overnight lodging. Even [to] the edge of forest of its fertile land.

2 Chronicles 2:2

And Solomon assigned seventy thousand men {to bear burdens} and eighty thousand {quarriers} in the hill country, and three thousand six hundred [men] to supervise them.

2 Chronicles 2:8-10

Send me trees of cedar, cypress, and algum from Lebanon, for I myself know that your servants [are] knowledgeable in cutting the trees of Lebanon. Now see, my servants [will be] with your servants to prepare trees in abundance for me, for the house that I am building [will be] great and wonderful. Now see, I will provide twenty thousand dry measures of crushed wheat, twenty thousand dry measures of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil to the woodcarvers and those who cut timber."

Mountains » God » Causes, to melt

Psalm 97:5

[The] mountains melt like wax at the presence of Yahweh, at the presence of the Lord of all the earth.

Judges 5:5

The mountains trembled before Yahweh, this Sinai, at the presence of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

Isaiah 64:1

Would that you would tear [the] heavens [and] come down; [the] mountains would quake before you,

Isaiah 64:3

When you did terrible deeds [which] we did not {expect}, you came down; [the] mountains quaked because of your {presence}.

Mountains » Names of » Abarim, east of jordan

Deuteronomy 32:49

"Go up to this mountain of the Abarim [range], Mount Nebo, which [is] {opposite Jericho}, and see the land of Canaan that I [am] giving to the {Israelites} as possession.

Numbers 27:12

Yahweh said to Moses, "Go up to this mountain of Abarim, and see the land that I have given to the {Israelites}.

Numbers 33:48

They set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped on the desert-plateau of Moab by the Jordan [across] Jericho.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Gilboa

2 Samuel 1:6

The young man who [was] reporting to him said, "I merely happened to be on Mount Gilboa. Here Saul [was] leaning on his spear, and look, the chariots and the horsemen [were] getting close to him.

2 Samuel 1:21

O mountains of Gilboa, [let there be] no dew or rain upon you or on the fields of [grain for] offerings, for there the small shield of [the] mighty [was] defiled, the small shield of Saul [was] not anointed with oil.

1 Samuel 31:1

Now [the] Philistines [were] fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before [the] Philistines, and they fell slain on Mount Gilboa.

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

Numbers 20:22

And they set out from Kadesh. The {Israelites}, the whole community, came [to] Mount Hor.

Numbers 33:37

They set out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, at the edge of the land of Edom.

Numbers 21:4

They set out from Mount Hor [by] the way of the {Red Sea} to go around the land of Edom; but {the people became impatient} along the way.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Carmel

Joshua 19:26

Allamelech, Amad, and Mishal; it touches Carmel to the west, and Shihor-Libnat.

2 Kings 19:23

By the hand of your messengers you have mocked the Lord, and you have said, 'With my many chariots I have gone up [to] the height of the mountains. [To] the remote areas of Lebanon, I have felled the tallest of its cedars, the choicest of its cypresses. I have entered the place of overnight lodging. Even [to] the edge of forest of its fertile land.

Joshua 15:55

Moan, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,

Mountains » Illustrative » Of difficulties

Zechariah 4:7

'Who [are] you O great mountain? {Before} Zerubbabel [you will become] level ground, and he will bring out the top stone amid the shouts of "Grace, grace to it!" '"

Isaiah 40:4

Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill shall become low, And the rough ground shall be like a plain, and the rugged ground like a valley-plain.

Mountains » Abounded with » Spices

Song of Songs 8:14

Flee, my beloved! {Be like a gazelle} or {a young stag} upon {the perfumed mountains}!

Song of Songs 4:6

Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, I will go to the mountain of the myrrh, to the hill of the frankincense.

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

Deuteronomy 27:11-13

And Moses charged the people on that day, {saying}, "These [tribes] shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people {when you cross} the Jordan: Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Joseph and Benjamin. And these shall stand on Mount Ebal for [delivering] the curse: Reuben, Gad and Asher and Zebulun, Dan and Naphtali.

Deuteronomy 11:29

"And it will happen [that] when Yahweh your God has brought you to {the land that you are going to}, to take possession of it, then you shall pronounce the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Olives or mount of corruption

2 Kings 23:13

The high places which [were] east of Jerusalem, which [were] on the south of the Mountain of Destruction which Solomon king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the detestable thing of the {Ammonites}, the king defiled.

1 Kings 11:7

At that time, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, on the mountain which {faces} Jerusalem and for Molech, the abomination of the {Ammonites}.

Luke 21:37

So [throughout] the days he was teaching in the temple [courts], and [throughout] the nights he was going out [and] spending the night on the hill that is called [the Mount] of Olives.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Sinai

Exodus 18:20

And you warn them [of] the rules and the instructions, and you make known to them the way in which they must walk and the work that they must do.

Exodus 19:2

They set out from Rephidim, and they came to the desert of Sinai, and they camped in the desert, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain.

Mountains » Illustrative » Of the church of God

Daniel 2:35

Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold {all at once} broke into pieces and they became like chaff from the summer threshing floor, and the wind carried them away and any trace of them could not be found. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and it filled the whole earth.

Isaiah 2:2

And it shall happen in the future of the days the mountain of the house of Yahweh [shall] be established; it will be among the highest of the mountains, and it shall be raised from [the] hills. All [of] the nations shall travel to him;

Daniel 2:44-45

And {in the day of those kings}, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will {never} be destroyed, and the kingdom will not be left for another nation, and it will bring an end to all these kingdoms, but it will stand {forever}. {Inasmuch as} you saw that a stone from the mountain was chiseled out [but] not by hands, and [that] it crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold, [thereby] the great God made known to the king what will be {in the future}, and the dream is certain and its explanation trustworthy."

Mountains » Abounded with » Deer

1 Chronicles 12:8

And from the Gadites, valiant mighty warriors, {soldiers fit for war}, expert with shield and spear, defected to David at the fortress toward the wilderness. And {they had faces like lions} [and were] swift as gazelles upon the mountains.

Song of Songs 2:8

The voice of my beloved! Look! Here {he} comes leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills!

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Tabor

Judges 4:6

She sent and called for Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh Naphtali and said to him, "Has not Yahweh the God of Israel commanded you? 'Go, {march to} Mount Tabor, and take ten thousand men from the descendants of Naphtali and Zebulun.

Judges 4:14

And Deborah said to Barak, "Get up! This [is] the day that Yahweh has given Sisera into your hand. Has Yahweh not gone out before you?" So Barak went out from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.

Judges 4:12

When they reported to Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor,

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Ebal

Deuteronomy 27:13

And these shall stand on Mount Ebal for [delivering] the curse: Reuben, Gad and Asher and Zebulun, Dan and Naphtali.

Deuteronomy 11:29

"And it will happen [that] when Yahweh your God has brought you to {the land that you are going to}, to take possession of it, then you shall pronounce the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

Mountains » Often selected as places for idolatrous worship

Deuteronomy 12:2

You must completely demolish all [of] the places there where [they] served their gods, [that is], the nations whom you [are] about to dispossess, on the high mountains, and on the hills and under each leafy green tree.

2 Chronicles 21:11

Moreover, he made high places in the hill country of Judah, and he enticed the inhabitants of Jerusalem to be unfaithful, and he led Judah astray.

Mountains » Names of » Nebo

Deuteronomy 32:49

"Go up to this mountain of the Abarim [range], Mount Nebo, which [is] {opposite Jericho}, and see the land of Canaan that I [am] giving to the {Israelites} as possession.

Deuteronomy 34:1

Then Moses went up from the desert plateau of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, {which is opposite} Jericho, and Yahweh showed him all of the land, Gilead [all the way] up to Dan,

Mountains » Abounded with » Wild beasts

Song of Songs 4:8

Come with me from Lebanon, my bride! Come with me from Lebanon! Look from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the dwelling places of the lions, from the mountains of leopard.

Habakkuk 2:17

For [the] violence of Lebanon will cover you, and [the] destruction of wild animals will shatter them on account of the blood of humanity, and [the] violence [against the] land, [against] a city and all the inhabitants in it.

Mountains » Abounded with » Vineyards

2 Chronicles 26:10

And he built towers in the desert and hewed many cisterns, for he had much livestock, both in the Shephelah and on the plain, [along with] farmers and vinedressers in the hills and in the fertile lands, for he loved the soil.

Jeremiah 31:5

You will again plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria. [The] planters will plant, and they will enjoy [it].

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

Deuteronomy 34:1

Then Moses went up from the desert plateau of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, {which is opposite} Jericho, and Yahweh showed him all of the land, Gilead [all the way] up to Dan,

Numbers 21:20

and from Bamoth to the valley that [is] in the territory of Moab, [by] the top of Pisgah, which overlooks the surface of the wasteland.

Mountains » Are the sources of springs and rivers

Deuteronomy 8:7

For Yahweh your God [is] bringing you to a good land [with] streams of water, springs and underground water, welling up in the valleys and in the hills,

Psalm 104:8-10

They ascended [the] mountains [and] drained though the valleys to [the] place that you established for them. You set a boundary that they may not cross over, [so that] they would not return to cover the earth. [You are] the one who sends forth springs into the valleys; they flow between [the] mountains.

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

Numbers 32:3

"Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,

Deuteronomy 34:1

Then Moses went up from the desert plateau of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, {which is opposite} Jericho, and Yahweh showed him all of the land, Gilead [all the way] up to Dan,

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Moriah

2 Chronicles 3:1

Then Solomon began to build the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem, on Mount Moriah, where Yahweh had appeared to David his father, at the place that David had established, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Genesis 22:2

And he said, "Take your son, your only child, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains where I will tell you."

Mountains » Illustrative » (burning,) of destructive enemies

Jeremiah 51:25

"Look, I [am] against you, O mountain of the destruction," {declares} Yahweh, "the [one] that destroys the whole earth. And I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will roll you down from the cliffs, and I will make you as a mountain burned away.

Revelation 8:8

And the second angel blew the trumpet, and [something] like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood,

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Gerizim

Deuteronomy 11:29

"And it will happen [that] when Yahweh your God has brought you to {the land that you are going to}, to take possession of it, then you shall pronounce the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

Judges 9:7

And they told Jotham, and he went up and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and {he cried out loud} and said to them, "Listen to me, lords of Shechem, so that God may listen to you.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Hor

Numbers 20:22

And they set out from Kadesh. The {Israelites}, the whole community, came [to] Mount Hor.

Numbers 34:7-8

Your northern border will be from the Great Sea; you will make a boundary from the Great Sea to Mount Hor. From Mount Hor you will make a boundary to reach Hamath; the limits of the territory will be at Zedad.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Gilead

Genesis 31:21

Then he fled with all that he had, and arose and crossed the Euphrates and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead.

Genesis 31:25

And Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban and his kinsmen pitched [their tents] in the hill country of Gilead.

Mountains » Names of » Ararat, in armenia

Jeremiah 51:27

Raise a banner in the land; blow a horn among the nations; prepare for holy war against her; summon [the] nations against her, the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz; summon against her an official; bring up horses like bristling creeping locusts.

Genesis 8:4

And the ark came to rest 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 they must be prepared for the third day, because on the third day, Yahweh will go down on Mount Sinai before the eyes of all the people.

Exodus 19:20

And Yahweh went down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain, and Yahweh called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Seir

Genesis 14:6

And the Horites in their hill country of Seir, as far as El-Paran, which is at the wilderness.

Genesis 36:8

So Esau dwelled in the hill country of Seir (Esau, that [is] Edom).

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

Isaiah 44:23

Sing for joy, heavens, for Yahweh has done [it]! Shout, depths of [the] earth! Break forth, mountains, [in] rejoicing, forest and every tree in it, for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and he will show his glory in Israel!

Isaiah 55:12

For you shall go out in joy, and you shall be led in peace. The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you, rejoicing and all the trees of the field shall clap hands.

Mountains » Abounded with » Stone for building

1 Kings 5:14

He sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand {every month}; the work groups were a month in Lebanon and two months at home; now Adoniram was over the forced labor.

1 Kings 5:17

When the king commanded, they quarried great stones [and] precious stones to lay [the] foundation of the house [with] hewn stones.

Mountains » Sometimes selected as places for divine worship

Genesis 22:2

And he said, "Take your son, your only child, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains where I will tell you."

Genesis 22:5

And Abraham said to his servants, "You stay here with the donkey, and I and the boy will go up there. We will worship, then we will return to you."

Mountains » Often inhabited

Joshua 11:21

At that time Joshua came and exterminated the Anakites from the hill country, from Hebron, Debir, Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel; Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.

Genesis 36:8

So Esau dwelled in the hill country of Seir (Esau, that [is] Edom).

Mountains » Illustrative » (made waste,) of desolation

Malachi 1:3

but Esau I have hated. I have made his mountain ranges a desolation, and [given] his inheritance to the jackals of [the] desert."

Isaiah 42:15

I will cause mountains and hills to dry up, and I will cause all their herbage to wither; and I will make rivers like islands, and I will cause pools to dry up.

Mountains » God » Causes, to smoke

Psalm 104:32

the one who looks at the earth and it quakes, and touches the mountains and they smoke.

Psalm 144:5

O Yahweh, bow the heavens and come down; touch the mountains so that they smoke.

Mountains » Beacons or ensigns often raised upon

Isaiah 30:17

One thousand {because of} a threat of one, {because} of a threat of five you shall flee, until you are left like flagstaff on {top} of mountain, and like signal on hill.

Isaiah 13:2

Raise a signal on a bare hill, lift up [your] voice to them; wave [the] hand and may they enter [the] gateways of [the] noblemen.

Mountains » Many exceeding high

Psalm 104:18

The high mountains [are] for the wild goats; [the] cliffs [are] a refuge for the rock badgers.

Isaiah 2:14

and against all the high mountains, and against all the lofty hills,

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Ephraim

Judges 2:9

They buried him within the border of his inheritance in Timnah-heres, in the hill country of Ephraim north of Mount Gaash.

Joshua 17:15

And Joshua said to them, "If you [are] many people, go up to the forest and clear [a place] there for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is [too] narrow for you."

Mountains » Illustrative » Of persons in authority

Isaiah 44:23

Sing for joy, heavens, for Yahweh has done [it]! Shout, depths of [the] earth! Break forth, mountains, [in] rejoicing, forest and every tree in it, for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and he will show his glory in Israel!

Psalm 72:3

Let [the] mountains yield prosperity for the people, and [the] hills in righteousness.

Mountains » God » Causes, to tremble

Nahum 1:5

Mountains quake before him; the hills shake apart. The earth heaves before him-- the world and all her inhabitants.

Habakkuk 3:10

[When the] mountains saw you they writhed; a torrent of waters swept by; the deep gave its voice; it raised its hands on high.

Mountains » God » Causes, to skip

Psalm 114:4

The mountains skipped like rams, [the] hills like {lambs}.

Psalm 114:6

O mountains, [that] you skipped like rams? O hills, like lambs?

Mountains » Collect the vapors which ascend from the earth

Psalm 104:8

They ascended [the] mountains [and] drained though the valleys to [the] place that you established for them.

Psalm 104:6

You covered it with [the] deep as with a garment. [The] waters stood above [the] mountains.

Mountains » Abounded with » Precious things

Deuteronomy 33:15

and with the finest things of [the] ancient mountains, and with [the] choice things of [the] {eternal hills},

Mountains » Called » The ancient mountains

Deuteronomy 33:15

and with the finest things of [the] ancient mountains, and with [the] choice things of [the] {eternal hills},

Mountains » God » Sets the foundations of, on fire

Deuteronomy 32:22

For a fire was kindled by my anger, and it burned {up to the depths of Sheol}, and it devoured [the] earth and its produce, and it set afire the foundation of [the] mountains.

Mountains » God » Overturns

Job 9:5

"[He is the one] who moves mountains, and they do not know [how], who overturns them in his anger.

Job 28:9

He puts his hand on the hard rock; he overturns mountains by [the] roots.

Mountains » Canaan abounded in

Deuteronomy 11:11

But the land that you [are] about to cross into to take possession of it [is] a land of hills and valleys, [and] by the rain of the heaven it drinks water,

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Abarim

Numbers 33:47-48

They set out from Almon-Diblatayim and camped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. They set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped on the desert-plateau of Moab by the Jordan [across] Jericho.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Lebanon

Deuteronomy 3:25

Let me cross over, please, and let me see the good land {that is beyond the Jordan}, this good hill country and Lebanon.'

Mountains » Abounded with » Minerals

Deuteronomy 8:9

[to] a land where you may eat food in it {without scarcity}; you will not find anything lacking in it, a land where its stones [are] iron and from its mountains you can mine copper.

Mountains » The elevated parts of the earth

Genesis 7:19-20

And the waters prevailed {overwhelmingly} upon the earth, and they covered all the high mountains which were under the entire heaven. {The waters swelled fifteen cubits above the mountains, covering them}.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Hachilah

1 Samuel 23:19

Then [the] Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, "[Is] not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh on the hill of Hakilah, which [is] south of Jeshimon

Mountains » Abounded with » Game

1 Samuel 26:20

And so then, do not let my blood fall to the ground {away from} the presence of Yahweh, for the king of Israel has gone out to seek a single flea, as one hunts a partridge in the mountains."

Mountains » Abounded with » Herbs

Proverbs 27:25

When the grass is gone, then green growth will appear, and the herbs of the mountains will be gathered.

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

1 Kings 18:19

So then, send [word] and assemble all of Israel to me on Mount Carmel, with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at the table of Jezebel."

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Beth-el

1 Samuel 13:2

He chose for himself three thousand from Israel. Two thousand [of these] were with Saul at Micmash in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah in Benjamin. He sent away the rest of the people, each to his tent.

Mountains » Names of » Beth-el

1 Samuel 13:2

He chose for himself three thousand from Israel. Two thousand [of these] were with Saul at Micmash in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah in Benjamin. He sent away the rest of the people, each to his tent.

Mountains » Called » Everlasting hills

Genesis 49:26

The blessings of your father are superior to the blessings of my ancestors, to the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they be on the head of Joseph, and on the forehead of the prince of his brothers.

Mountains » Volcanic fires of, alluded to

Isaiah 64:1-2

Would that you would tear [the] heavens [and] come down; [the] mountains would quake before you, as fire kindles brushwood, [the] fire causes water to boil, to make your name known to your adversaries, [that the] nations might tremble from your {presence}.

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

Exodus 3:1-2

And Moses was a shepherd with the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the west [of] the desert, and he came to the mountain of God, to Horeb. And the angel of Yahweh appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush, and he looked, and there was the bush burning with fire, but the bush was not being consumed.

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

Genesis 22:2

And he said, "Take your son, your only child, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains where I will tell you."

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Hermon

Joshua 13:11

and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurite and the Maacathites, all of {Mount Hermon}, and Bashan up to Salecah;

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Amalek

Judges 12:15

Then Abdon the 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

David captured the fortress of Zion, the city of David.

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

Isaiah 41:15

Look! I will make you into a new sharp threshing sledge, {with} sharp edges. You shall thresh and crush [the] mountains, and you shall make [the] hills like chaff.

Mountains » Called » The everlasting mountains

Habakkuk 3:6

He stood and measured the earth; he looked and made the nations tremble. Then the mountains of old were shattered; the hills of old collapsed. The ways of old belong to him.

Mountains » Called » Perpetual hills

Habakkuk 3:6

He stood and measured the earth; he looked and made the nations tremble. Then the mountains of old were shattered; the hills of old collapsed. The ways of old belong to him.

Mountains » Called » God's mountains

Isaiah 49:11

And I will {make} all my mountains like a road, and my highways shall lead up.

Mountains » God » Waters, from his chambers

Psalm 104:13

[You are the one who] {waters} [the] mountains from his upper chambers. The earth is full with the fruit of your labors:

Mountains » God » Weighs, in a balance

Isaiah 40:12

Who has measured [the] waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off [the] heavens with span, comprehended the dust of the earth in third of a measure and weighed out [the] mountains in the scales, and [the] hills in a balance?

Mountains » God » Makes waste

Isaiah 42:15

I will cause mountains and hills to dry up, and I will cause all their herbage to wither; and I will make rivers like islands, and I will cause pools to dry up.

Mountains » God » Scatters

Habakkuk 3:6

He stood and measured the earth; he looked and made the nations tremble. Then the mountains of old were shattered; the hills of old collapsed. The ways of old belong to him.

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

Genesis 8:4

And the ark came to rest 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 came to rest 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 mountain of God [is] the mountain of Bashan; a mountain of [many] peaks [is] the mountain of Bashan.

Mountains » Illustrative » Of proud and haughty persons

Isaiah 2:14

and against all the high mountains, and against all the lofty hills,

Mountains » Names of » Bashan

Psalm 68:15

A mountain of God [is] the mountain of Bashan; a mountain of [many] peaks [is] the mountain of Bashan.

Mountains » God » Parches, with draught

Haggai 1:11

I have called for a drought on the land and the hills, on the grain, the new wine, the olive oil, on what the soil produces, on human beings and wild animals, and on {all their labor}.'"

Mountains » Proclamations often made from

Isaiah 40:9

{Get yourself} up to a high mountain, Zion, bringer of good news! Lift up your voice with strength, Jerusalem, bringer of good news! Lift [it] up; you must not fear! Say to the cities of Judah, "Here [is] your God!"

Mountains » A defence to a country

Psalm 125:2

[As] mountains [are] round about Jerusalem, so Yahweh [is] round about his people, from now until forever.

Mountains » Made to glorify God

Psalm 148:9

the mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Horeb

Exodus 3:1

And Moses was a shepherd with the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the west [of] the desert, and he came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Moreh

Judges 7:1

Then Jerub-Baal (that [is], Gideon) rose early, and all the army that [was] with him. They were camped beside the spring of Harod; the camp of Midian was north of the hill of Moreh, in the valley.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Mizar

Psalm 42:6

O my God, within me my soul is {in despair}; therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan and the heights of Hermon, from the mountain of Mizar.

Mountains » Illustrative » Of God's righteousness

Mountains » Names of » Mizar

Psalm 42:6

O my God, within me my soul is {in despair}; therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan and the heights of Hermon, from the mountain of Mizar.

Mountains » God » Gives strength to

Psalm 95:4

in whose hand [are the] unexplored places of [the] earth, and [the] heights of [the] mountains [are] his,

Mountains » God » Set fast

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

Acts 1:12

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain that is called Olive Grove which is near Jerusalem, {a Sabbath day's journey away}.

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

Amos 9:13

"Look, days are coming," {declares} Yahweh, "when [the one who] plows will overtake [the one who] reaps, the one who treads grapes [will catch up] with the one who sows the seed. And the mountains will drip sweet wine and all of the hills will flow [with it].

Mountains » Called » Pillars of heaven

Job 26:11

"[The] pillars of heaven tremble, and they are astounded at his rebuke.

Mountains » God » Formed

Amos 4:13

Yes, here is the one who forms [the] mountains, and the one who creates the wind, and the one who reveals to humans what his thoughts [are], and the one who treads on the heights of the earth; Yahweh, the 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 took along Peter and James and John, and led them to a high mountain by themselves alone. And he was transfigured before them,

Mountains » God » Removes

Job 9:5

"[He is the one] who moves mountains, and they do not know [how], who overturns them in his anger.

Paran » Mountains

Deuteronomy 33:2

Then he said, "Yahweh came from Sinai, and he dawned upon them from Seir; he shone forth from Mount Paran, and he came with myriads of holy ones, at his right hand a fiery law for them.

Shamir » A city » Mountains » Judah

Joshua 15:48

And in the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,

Socoh » A city » Mountains » Judah

Joshua 15:48

And in the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,

Timnah » A city » Mountains » Judah

Joshua 15:57

Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities and their villages.

Topics on Mountains

Blessings From The Mountains

Joel 3:18

And it will happen on that day; the mountains will drip new wine, and the hills will flow with milk, and all the channels of Judah will flow with water. A spring from the house of Yahweh will come forth, and it will water the valley of Acacia Trees.

Escaping To Mountains

Hosea 10:8

The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed. Thorn and thistle will grow on their altars. They will say to the mountains, "Cover us," and to the hills, "Fall on us."

Going Up Mountains

Haggai 1:8

Go up the mountain and bring wood and build the house so that I may be pleased with it and honored,' says Yahweh.

Mountains Quaking

Jeremiah 4:24

I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking, and all of the hills were jolted to and fro.

Mountains Removed

Zechariah 4:7

'Who [are] you O great mountain? {Before} Zerubbabel [you will become] level ground, and he will bring out the top stone amid the shouts of "Grace, grace to it!" '"

Seven Mountains

Revelation 17:9-10

Here [is] the mind that has wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains {on which the woman sits} and they are seven kings.

The Mountains Of Israel

Ezekiel 17:22

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: 'And I will take, [even] I, from the treetop of the high cedar, and I will plant [it], from the head of its new plant shoot I will pluck a tender one, and I will plant [it], [even] I, on a high and lofty mountain.

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