58 Bible Verses about Mountains

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Psalm 125:2

As the mountains are all around Jerusalem, so Jehovah is all around His people from this time and forever.

Psalm 11:1

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. I put my trust in Jehovah; how can you say to me, Flee like a bird to the mountains;

Isaiah 54:10

For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but My kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall the covenant of My peace be removed, says Jehovah who has mercy on you.

Judges 5:5

The mountains quaked from before Jehovah, even that Sinai from before Jehovah, the God of Israel.

Exodus 19:16-19

And it happened on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mountain. And the voice of the trumpet was exceedingly loud, so that all the people in the camp trembled. And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God. And they stood at the lower part of the mountain. And Mount Sinai was smoking, all of it, because Jehovah came down upon it in fire. And the smoke of it went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.read more.
And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and became very strong, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice.

Psalm 97:5

The hills melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, at the presence of Jehovah of the whole earth.

Isaiah 64:1

Oh that You would tear the heavens and come down, that mountains would quake before You,

Micah 1:3-4

For behold, Jehovah is coming out of His place, and will come down and walk on the high places of the earth. And the mountains shall melt under Him, and the valleys shall tear themselves, as wax before the fire, and as waters poured down a steep place.

Habakkuk 3:3-6

God comes from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His glory covers the heavens, and His praise fills the earth. And His brightness is as the light; rays from His hand are His, and there was a hiding of His strength. A plague went before Him, and lightning went forth at His feet.read more.
He stood and measured the earth; He looked and shook nations, and the everlasting mountains were shattered; the eternal hills bowed down. His ways are everlasting.

Psalm 18:7

Then the earth shook and trembled; and the foundations of the hills moved and were shaken, because He was angry.

Jeremiah 4:23-26

I looked on the earth, and, lo, it was without form and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. I looked on the mountains, and, lo, they quaked; and all the hills were shaken. I looked, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens had fled.read more.
I looked, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down before the face of Jehovah, before His fierce anger.

Nahum 1:5-6

The mountains quake from Him, and the hills melt, and the earth is lifted up from before Him; even the world and all who dwell in it. Who can stand before His fury? And who can stand up in the heat of His anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken down because of Him.

Revelation 6:12-14

And when He had opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake. And the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood. And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, even as a fig tree casts her untimely figs when she is shaken by a mighty wind. And the heaven departed like a scroll when it is rolled together. And every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

Revelation 16:19-20

And the great city came to be into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And great Babylon was remembered before God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the anger of His wrath. And every island fled away, and mountains were not found.

Exodus 34:1-3

And Jehovah said to Moses, Cut out two tablets of stone like the first. And I will write upon the tablets the words that were in the first tablets which you broke. And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to Me in the top of the mountain. And no man shall come up with you, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mountain. Also do not let the flocks nor herds feed before that mountain.

1 Kings 19:11-13

And He said, Go forth and stand on the mountain before Jehovah. And, behold, Jehovah passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains, and broke the rocks in pieces before Jehovah. But Jehovah was not in the wind. And after the wind was an earthquake, but Jehovah was not in the earthquake. And after the earthquake was a fire, but Jehovah was not in the fire. And after the fire was a still, small voice. And it happened when Elijah heard, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out, and stood at the cave entrance. And behold, a voice came to him and said, What are you doing here, Elijah?

2 Peter 1:16-18

For not having followed fables having been cunningly devised, but becoming eyewitnesses of the majesty of Jesus Christ, we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord. For He received honor and glory from God the Father, when was borne to Him a voice from the excellent glory, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." And we heard this voice being borne from Heaven, being with Him in the holy mountain.

Numbers 33:47-48

And they pulled up stakes from Almon-diblathaim and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. And they pulled up stakes from the mountains of Abarim and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan at Jericho.

Genesis 8:1-5

And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle which were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided. Also the fountains of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and rain from heaven was restrained. And the waters returned from off the earth continually. And after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters had gone down.read more.
And in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat. And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month. And the tops of the mountains were seen in the tenth month on the first day of the month.

Deuteronomy 11:29

And it will be, when Jehovah your God has brought you into the land where you go to possess it, you shall set the blessing upon Mount Gerizim, and the curse upon Mount Ebal.

Deuteronomy 27:12-13

These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people when you have come over Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin. And these shall stand on Mount Ebal to curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

Joshua 8:30-35

Then Joshua built an altar to Jehovah, the God of Israel in Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the book of the Law of Moses, an altar of whole stones over which no man has lifted any iron. And they offered on it burnt offerings to Jehovah, and sacrificed peace offerings. And he wrote there on 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, stood on this side of the ark, and on that side, before the priests the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, the stranger as well as the homeborn among them, half of them over against Mount Gerizim, and half of them over against Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded before that they should bless all the people of Israel. And afterward he read all the words of the Law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the Law. There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua did not read before all the congregation of Israel, with the women and the little ones, and the strangers that walked among them.

1 Chronicles 10:1-12

And the Philistines fought with Israel. And the men of Israel fled from the face of the Philistines, and fell down dead in Mount Gilboa. And the Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons. And the Philistines killed Jonathan and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul. And the battle went sorely against Saul. And the archers hit him, and he was wounded by the archers.read more.
And Saul said to his armor-bearer, Draw your sword and pierce me with it, lest these uncircumcised ones come and abuse me. But his armor-bearer would not, for he was very much afraid. So Saul took a sword and fell on it. And his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, and he also fell on the sword and died. And Saul and his three sons died, and all his house died together. And all the men of Israel in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons had died. And they left their cities and fled. And the Philistines came and lived in them. And it happened on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, and they found Saul and his sons fallen in Mount Gilboa. And they stripped him, and carried his head and his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines all around, to carry news to their idols and to the people. And they put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his skull in the temple of Dagon. And all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul. And all the mighty men arose and took away the body of Saul, and the 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

And the Philistines fought against Israel. And the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down wounded in Mount Gilboa. And the Philistines followed Saul and his sons. And the Philistines killed Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchishua, Saul's sons. And the battle went hard against Saul. And the archers hit him, and he was sorely 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 ones come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armor-bearer would not, for he was very much afraid. So Saul took a 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. And Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor-bearer, and all his men, that same day together. And the men of Israel beyond the valley, and who were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled and that Saul and his sons had died. And they abandoned the cities and fled. And the Philistines came and lived in them. And it happened on the next day, the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa. And they cut off his head and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines all around, to publish it in the house of their idols and among the people. And they put his armor in the house of Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan. And when they heard about it, the people of Jabesh-gilead, what the Philistines had done to Saul, then all the brave men arose, and they traveled all night. And they 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 they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh. And they fasted seven days.

2 Samuel 1:4-12

And David said to him, How did the matter go? Please tell me. And he answered, The people have fled from the battle, and many of the people also have fallen and are dead. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead also. And David said to the young man who told him, How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead? And the young man who told him said, As I happened to be upon Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear. And, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.read more.
And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. And I answered, Here am I. And he said to me, Who are you? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite. He said to me again, Please stand over me and kill me, for anguish has come upon me, because all my life is still in me. And I stood over him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. And I took the crown on his head, and the bracelet on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord. And David took hold on his garments, and tore them. And likewise all the men with him did so. And they mourned and wept and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for his son Jonathan, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

Deuteronomy 3:8

And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon to Mount Hermon,

Joshua 11:16-17

So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountains of Israel, and its lowlands, from mount Halak that goes up to Seir, even to Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon. And he took all their kings, and struck them and killed them.

Psalm 42:6-7

O my God, my soul is cast down within me; therefore I will remember You from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermons, from mount Mizar. Deep calls to deep at the noise of Your waterfalls; all Your waves and Your billows have gone over me.

Psalm 89:12

The north and the south, You have created them; Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in Your name.

Numbers 33:37-39

And they pulled up stakes from Kadesh and pitched in Mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom. And Aaron the priest went up to Mount Hor at the command of Jehovah and died there, in the fortieth year after the sons of Israel had come up out of the land of Egypt, in the first of the fifth month. And Aaron was a hundred and twenty-three years old when he died in Mount Hor.

Numbers 20:22-29

And the sons of Israel, the whole congregation, pulled up stakes from Kadesh and came to Mount Hor. And Jehovah spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying, Aaron shall be gathered to his people. For he shall not enter into the land which I have given to the sons of Israel, because you rebelled against My word at the Waters of Strife.read more.
Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor. And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son. And Aaron shall be gathered to his people, and shall die there. And Moses did as Jehovah commanded. And they went up into Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. 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 from the mountain. And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, all the house of Israel.

Genesis 22:1-3

And it happened after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, Abraham! And he said, Behold me. And He said, Take now your son, your only one, Isaac, whom you love. And go into the land of Moriah, and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will name to you. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. And he split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up and went to the place of which God had told him.

2 Chronicles 3:1

And Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem in Mount Moriah, where He appeared to David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Deuteronomy 32:48-52

And Jehovah spoke to Moses that same day, saying, Go up into Mount Abarim, to Mount Nebo in the land of Moab, which is opposite Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan which I am giving to the sons of Israel for a possession. And die in the mountain where you go up, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died in Mount Hor and was gathered to his people,read more.
because you sinned against Me among the sons of Israel at the Waters of Strife in Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin, because you did not sanctify Me in the midst of the sons of Israel. Yet you shall see the land before you, but you shall not go there to the land which I am giving to the sons of Israel.

Deuteronomy 34:1-5

And Moses went up from the plains of Moab to the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah that is opposite Jericho. And Jehovah showed him all the land of Gilead, to Dan, and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, to the furthest sea, and the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, to Zoar.read more.
And Jehovah said to him, This is the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, I will give it to your seed. I have caused you to see it with your eyes, but you shall not go over there. And Moses the servant of Jehovah died there in the land of Moab, according to the Word of Jehovah.

Exodus 24:12

And Jehovah said to Moses, Come up to Me in the mountain, and be there. And I will give you tablets of stone, and the Law, and commandments which I have written, so that you may teach them.

Nehemiah 9:13-14

And You came down on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from Heaven, and gave them right judgments and true laws, good statutes and commandments. And You made known to them Your holy sabbath, and commanded them commandments, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses Your servant.

Judges 4:12-16

And they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor. And Sisera gathered all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people with him, from Harosheth of the nations to the river of Kishon. And Deborah said to Barak, Up! For this is the day in which Jehovah has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not Jehovah gone out before you? So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.read more.
And Jehovah struck Sisera, and all the chariots, and all the army, with the edge of the sword in front of Barak, so that Sisera got down from the chariot and fled on his feet. But Barak pursued the chariots and after the army, to Harosheth of the nations. And all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword. There was not a man left.

Matthew 4:8-9

Again, the Devil took Him up into a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to Him, All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.

Luke 4:5-7

And the Devil, leading Him up into a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the Devil said to Him, All this power I will give you, and the glory of them; for it has been delivered to me. And I give it to whomever I will. Therefore if you will worship me, all shall be yours.

Matthew 5:1-2

And seeing the multitudes, He went up into a mountain. And when He had sat down, His disciples came to Him. And He opened His mouth and taught them, saying,

Matthew 17:1-8

And after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain apart. And He was transfigured before them. And His face shone as the sun, and His clothing was white as the light. And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah talking with Him.read more.
And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here. If You will, let us make here three tabernacles; one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah. While he yet spoke, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. And behold a voice out of the cloud which said, This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased, hear Him. And when the disciples heard, they fell on their face and were greatly terrified. And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise and do not be terrified. And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one except Jesus alone.

Mark 9:2-8

And after six days Jesus took Peter and James and John and led them up into a high mountain, apart by themselves. And He was transfigured before them. And His clothing became shining, exceedingly white as snow such as no fuller on earth could whiten them. And Elijah with Moses was seen by them, and they were talking with Jesus.read more.
And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. And let us make three tabernacles, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah. For he did not know what to say, for they were very much afraid. And there was a cloud that overshadowed them. And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is My beloved Son. Hear Him. And suddenly, looking around, they did not see anyone any more, except Jesus alone with themselves.

Luke 9:28-36

And about eight days after these sayings, He took Peter and John and James and went up into a mountain to pray. And as He prayed, the appearance of His countenance was altered, and His clothing was dazzling white. And behold, two men talked with Him, who were Moses and Elijah,read more.
who appeared in glory and spoke of His exodus, which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. But Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep. But fully awakening, they saw His glory, and the two men who stood with Him. And in their parting from Him, it happened that Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here. And let us make three tabernacles, one for You and one for Moses and one for Elijah; not knowing what he said. And as he was saying these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them. And they feared as they entered into the cloud. And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is My Son, the Beloved, hear Him. And when the voice occurred, Jesus was found alone. And they were silent, and told no one in those days anything which they had seen.

Matthew 24:3

And as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? And what shall be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the world?

Mark 13:3-4

And as He sat on the Mount of Olives, across from the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked Him privately, Tell us, When shall all these things be? And what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?

Nahum 1:5

The mountains quake from Him, and the hills melt, and the earth is lifted up from before Him; even the world and all who dwell in it.

Psalm 95:4

In His hand are the deep places of the earth; the strength of the hills is also His.

From Thematic Bible


Aphekah » A city » Mountains » Judah

Joshua 15:53

and Janum, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah,

Beasts » Found in » Mountains

Song of Songs 4:8

Come with Me from Lebanon, My spouse; with Me from Lebanon. Look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.

Bether » Mountains

Song of Songs 2:17

Until when does the day blow, and the shadows flee away? Turn, my Beloved, and be like a gazelle, or a young deer, the stag, on the mountains of Bether.

Birds » Inhabit » Mountains

Psalm 50:11

I know all the birds of the mountains; and the wild beasts of the field are Mine.

Dannah » A city » Mountains » Judah

Joshua 15:49

and Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah (which is Debir);

Gedor » A city » Mountains » Judah

Joshua 15:58

Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,

Lions » Inhabits » Mountains

Song of Songs 4:8

Come with Me from Lebanon, My spouse; with Me from Lebanon. Look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.

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

1 Kings 8:9

There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when Jehovah made a covenant with the sons of Israel when they came out of the land of Egypt.

2 Chronicles 5:10

Nothing was in the ark except the two tables which Moses put in it at Horeb, when Jehovah made a covenant with the sons of Israel when they came out of Egypt.

Psalm 106:19

They made a calf in Horeb, and worshiped the melted image.

1 Kings 19:8

And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.

Exodus 3:1

And Moses kept the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back side 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 he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the Angel who spoke to him in Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received the living words to give to us,

Exodus 24:16

And the glory of Jehovah abode upon Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And the seventh day He called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

Exodus 16:1

And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel came into the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.

Exodus 19:11

And be ready for the third day. For the third day Jehovah will 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

You have mocked Jehovah by your messengers, and have said, With the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down its tall cedar trees, its choice fir trees. And I will enter into the lodgings of its borders, its densest forest;

Jeremiah 50:19

And I will again bring Israel to his home, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied on Mount Ephraim and Gilead.

Isaiah 33:9

The earth mourns and droops. Lebanon is ashamed; Sharon withers like a wilderness; Bashan and Carmel are shaken out.

Jeremiah 46:18

As I live, says the King whose name is Jehovah of Hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so he shall come.

Amos 1:2

And he said, Jehovah will roar from Zion and utter His voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall dry up.

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

Numbers 23:14

And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on every altar.

Deuteronomy 4:49

and all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even to the sea of the plain, under the Slopes of Pisgah.

Joshua 12:3

and from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and to the sea of the plain, the Salt Sea on the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth, and from the south, under The Slopes of Pisgah.

Deuteronomy 34:1

And Moses went up from the plains of Moab to the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah that is opposite Jericho. And Jehovah showed him all the land of Gilead, to Dan,

Numbers 21:20

and from Bamoth in the valley, in the country of Moab, they worked to the top of Pisgah, which looks toward the wilderness.

More verses: Deuteronomy 3:27

Mountains » Names of » Ephraim, in central palestine

Judges 7:24

And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take the waters to Beth-barah and Jordan before them. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves. And they captured the waters to Beth-barah and Jordan.

Judges 4:5

And she lived under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim. And the sons of Israel came up to her for judgment.

2 Kings 5:22

And he said, All is well. My master has sent me, saying, Behold, this now, two young men from Mount Ephraim of the sons of the prophets have come to me. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothing.

1 Kings 12:25

And Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim and lived in it, and went out from there and built Penuel.

Judges 2:9

And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill 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

And Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem in Mount Moriah, where He appeared to David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Genesis 22:2

And He said, Take now your son, your only one, Isaac, whom you love. And go into the land of Moriah, and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will name to you.

2 Samuel 24:18

And Gad came that day to David, and said to him, Go up! Rear an altar to Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

1 Chronicles 21:18

And the angel of Jehovah commanded Gad to say to David that David should go up and set up an altar to Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

1 Chronicles 22:1

Then David said, This is the house of Jehovah God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

Mountains » Names of » Zion, or sion

2 Samuel 5:7

And David took the stronghold of Zion; it is the city of David.

1 Kings 8:1

And Solomon gathered the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the sons of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, so that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David, which is Zion.

More verses: Psalm 87:2

Mountains » Names of » Tabor

Judges 4:6

And she sent and called for Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh in Naphtali, and said to him, Has not Jehovah, the God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the sons of Naphtali and of the sons of Zebulun?

Jeremiah 46:18

As I live, says the King whose name is Jehovah of Hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so he shall come.

Judges 4:14

And Deborah said to Barak, Up! For this is the day in which Jehovah has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not Jehovah gone out before you? So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, O priests, and listen, house of Israel. And give ear, house of the king. For judgment is toward you, because you have been a snare on Mizpah and a net spread on Tabor.

Judges 8:18

And he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, How were the men whom you killed in Tabor? And they answered, As you are, so they. Each one resembled the sons of a king.

More verses: Psalm 89:12

Mountains » Names of » Olives, or olivet

Acts 1:12

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount Of Olive Grove, which is a sabbath day's journey from Jerusalem.

Matthew 21:1

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

Matthew 24:3

And as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? And what shall be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the world?

Matthew 26:30

And singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

Luke 21:37

And in the days He was teaching in the temple. And in the nights He went out, and lodged in the mount called the Mount of Olives.

Mountains » Afforded pasturage

Amos 4:1

Hear this Word, cows of Bashan who are in the mountain of Samaria; who press down the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their masters, Bring in, that we may drink.

Exodus 3:1

And Moses kept the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back side of the desert. And he came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.

1 Samuel 25:7

And now I have heard that you have shearers. And we did not hurt your shepherds who were with us; neither was there anything missing to them all the while they were in Carmel.

1 Kings 22:17

And he said, I saw all Israel scattered on the hills, like sheep that have no shepherd. And Jehovah said, These have no master. Let each man return to his house in peace.

Mountains » Names of » Gerizim, in samaria

Joshua 8:33

And all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side of the ark, and on that side, before the priests the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, the stranger as well as the homeborn among them, half of them over against Mount Gerizim, and half of them over against Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded before that they should bless all the people of Israel.

Deuteronomy 11:29

And it will be, when Jehovah your God has brought you into the land where you go to possess it, you shall set the blessing upon Mount Gerizim, and the curse upon Mount Ebal.

Deuteronomy 27:12

These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people when you have come over Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin.

Judges 9:7

And when they told Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim. And he lifted up his voice and cried, and said to them, Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you.

Mountains » Names of » Ebal, in samaria

Joshua 8:33

And all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side of the ark, and on that side, before the priests the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, the stranger as well as the homeborn among them, half of them over against Mount Gerizim, and half of them over against Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded before that they should bless all the people of Israel.

Deuteronomy 11:29

And it will be, when Jehovah your God has brought you into the land where you go to possess it, you shall set the blessing upon Mount Gerizim, and the curse upon Mount Ebal.

Deuteronomy 27:4

Therefore it shall be when you have gone over Jordan, you shall set up these stones which I command you today, in Mount Ebal. And you shall plaster them with plaster.

Joshua 8:30

Then Joshua built an altar to Jehovah, the God of Israel in Mount Ebal,

Mountains » Names of » Gilead

Judges 7:3

Now, therefore, speak in the ears of the people, saying, Whoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and go away early from Mount Gilead. And twenty-two thousand of the people returned. And there remained ten thousand.

Genesis 31:21

And he fled with all that was his. And he rose up and passed over the river, and set his face toward Mount Gilead.

Genesis 31:25

Then Laban overtook Jacob. And Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount. And Laban with his brothers pitched in Mount Gilead.

Song of Songs 4:1

Behold, you are beautiful, My love. Behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are like doves' from behind your veil; your hair is like a flock of goats that appear from Mount Gilead.

Mountains » Names of » Seir

Deuteronomy 2:5

Do not meddle with them, for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession.

Ezekiel 35:2

Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it.

Genesis 14:6

and the Horites in their Mount Seir, as far as the oak of Paran, which is by the wilderness.

Deuteronomy 1:2

eleven days from Horeb by way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.

Mountains » Names of » Gilboa, on which saul died

2 Samuel 1:6

And the young man who told him said, As I happened to be upon Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear. And, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.

1 Samuel 28:4

And the Philistines gathered themselves and came and pitched in Shunem. And Saul gathered all Israel and they pitched in Gilboa.

2 Samuel 1:21

Mountains of Gilboa, let not dew or rain be on you, nor fields of offerings. For there the shield of the mighty has been evilly cast away, the shield of Saul not being anointed with oil.

1 Samuel 31:1

And the Philistines fought against Israel. And the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down wounded in Mount Gilboa.

Mountains » Names of » Lebanon

1 Kings 5:14

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

Judges 3:3

five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that lived in Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal-hermon to the border of Hamath.

Ezekiel 17:3

And say, So says the Lord Jehovah: A great eagle with great wings, long of pinion, full of feathers, who had different colors, came to Lebanon and took the highest branch of the cedar.

Deuteronomy 3:25

I pray you, let me go over and see the good land beyond Jordan, this good hill-country and Lebanon.

Mountains » Names of » Hermon

Deuteronomy 3:8

And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon to Mount Hermon,

Joshua 11:17

from mount Halak that goes up to Seir, even to Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon. And he took all their kings, and struck them and killed them.

Psalm 133:3

like the dew of Hermon that came down on the mountains of Zion; for there Jehovah commanded the blessing, life forevermore.

Joshua 13:11

and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salcah,

Mountains » Afford refuge in time of danger

Genesis 14:10

And the valley of Siddim was full of asphalt pits. And the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.

Judges 6:2

And the hand of Midian was strong against Israel. Before the faces of Midian, the sons of Israel made themselves dens in the mountains, and caves and strongholds.

Matthew 24:16

Then let those in Judea flee into the mountains.

Mountains » Abounded with » Forests

2 Kings 19:23

You have mocked Jehovah by your messengers, and have said, With the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down its tall cedar trees, its choice fir trees. And I will enter into the lodgings of its borders, its densest forest;

2 Chronicles 2:2

And Solomon counted out seventy thousand men to bear burdens, and eighty thousand as cutters in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.

2 Chronicles 2:8-10

And send me cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees out of Lebanon. For I know that your servants are skillful to cut timber in Lebanon. And, behold, my servants shall be with your servants in order to prepare plenty of timber for me. For the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful. And behold, I will give to the hewers, those who cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.

Mountains » God » Causes, to melt

Psalm 97:5

The hills melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, at the presence of Jehovah of the whole earth.

Judges 5:5

The mountains quaked from before Jehovah, even that Sinai from before Jehovah, the God of Israel.

Isaiah 64:1

Oh that You would tear the heavens and come down, that mountains would quake before You,

Isaiah 64:3

When You did dreadful things which we did not look for, You came down, the mountains flowed down at Your presence.

Mountains » Names of » Abarim, east of jordan

Deuteronomy 32:49

Go up into Mount Abarim, to Mount Nebo in the land of Moab, which is opposite Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan which I am giving to the sons of Israel for a possession.

Numbers 27:12

And Jehovah said to Moses, Get up into this Mount Abarim and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel.

Numbers 33:48

And they pulled up stakes from the mountains of Abarim and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan at Jericho.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Gilboa

2 Samuel 1:6

And the young man who told him said, As I happened to be upon Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear. And, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.

2 Samuel 1:21

Mountains of Gilboa, let not dew or rain be on you, nor fields of offerings. For there the shield of the mighty has been evilly cast away, the shield of Saul not being anointed with oil.

1 Samuel 31:1

And the Philistines fought against Israel. And the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down wounded in Mount Gilboa.

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

Numbers 20:22

And the sons of Israel, the whole congregation, pulled up stakes from Kadesh and came to Mount Hor.

Numbers 33:37

And they pulled up stakes from Kadesh and pitched in Mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.

Numbers 21:4

And they pulled up stakes from Mount Hor by the way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. And the soul of the people was very discouraged because of the way.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Carmel

Joshua 19:26

and Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reaches to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath;

2 Kings 19:23

You have mocked Jehovah by your messengers, and have said, With the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down its tall cedar trees, its choice fir trees. And I will enter into the lodgings of its borders, its densest forest;

Joshua 15:55

Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,

Mountains » Illustrative » Of difficulties

Zechariah 4:7

Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain; and he shall bring forth the top stone with shoutings, Grace! Grace to it!

Isaiah 40:4

Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the crooked places shall be made level, and the rough places smooth;

Mountains » Abounded with » Spices

Song of Songs 8:14

Hurry, my Beloved, and be like a gazelle, or a young deer, the stag, on the mountains of spices.

Song of Songs 4:6

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

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

Deuteronomy 27:11-13

And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people when you have come over Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin. And these shall stand on Mount Ebal to curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

Deuteronomy 11:29

And it will be, when Jehovah your God has brought you into the land where you go to possess it, you shall set 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 which were before Jerusalem on the right hand of the Mount of Corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the sons of Ammon, the king defiled.

1 Kings 11:7

Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill which is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the sons of Ammon.

Luke 21:37

And in the days He was teaching in the temple. And in the nights He went out, and lodged in the mount called the Mount of Olives.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Sinai

Exodus 18:20

And you shall teach them ordinances and laws, and shall make them know the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do.

Exodus 19:2

And they journeyed from Rephidim, and came to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness. And Israel camped there in front of the mount.

Mountains » Illustrative » Of the church of God

Daniel 2:35

Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were broken to pieces together. And they became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors. And the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

Isaiah 2:2

And it shall be, in the last days the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow into it.

Daniel 2:44-45

And in the days of these kings, the God of Heaven shall set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed. And the kingdom shall not be left to other peoples, but it shall crush and destroy all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. Because you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it crushes the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold, the great God has made known to the king what shall occur after this. And the dream is certain, and its meaning is sure.

Mountains » Abounded with » Deer

1 Chronicles 12:8

And of the Gadites mighty men separated themselves to David into the stronghold in the wilderness, men of the army for battle, setting in order shield and buckler, and their faces were the faces of a lion, and as gazelles on the heights for swiftness:

Song of Songs 2:8

The voice of my Beloved! Behold, He comes leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Tabor

Judges 4:6

And she sent and called for Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh in Naphtali, and said to him, Has not Jehovah, the God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the sons of Naphtali and of the sons of Zebulun?

Judges 4:14

And Deborah said to Barak, Up! For this is the day in which Jehovah has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not Jehovah gone out before you? So Barak went down from Mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.

Judges 4:12

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

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Ebal

Deuteronomy 27:13

And these shall stand on Mount Ebal to curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

Deuteronomy 11:29

And it will be, when Jehovah your God has brought you into the land where you go to possess it, you shall set the blessing upon Mount Gerizim, and the curse upon Mount Ebal.

Mountains » Often selected as places for idolatrous worship

Deuteronomy 12:2

You shall completely destroy all the places in which the nations which you shall possess served their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree.

2 Chronicles 21:11

Besides he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the people of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and led astray Judah.

Mountains » Names of » Nebo

Deuteronomy 32:49

Go up into Mount Abarim, to Mount Nebo in the land of Moab, which is opposite Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan which I am giving to the sons of Israel for a possession.

Deuteronomy 34:1

And Moses went up from the plains of Moab to the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah that is opposite Jericho. And Jehovah showed him all the land of Gilead, to Dan,

Mountains » Abounded with » Wild beasts

Song of Songs 4:8

Come with Me from Lebanon, My spouse; with Me from Lebanon. Look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.

Habakkuk 2:17

For the violence of Lebanon shall cover you, and the ruin of beasts shall terrify them because of the blood of man, and the violence of the land, the city, and all those dwelling in it.

Mountains » Abounded with » Vineyards

2 Chronicles 26:10

And he built towers in the desert, and dug many wells. For he had many cattle, both in the low country and in the plains. He also had husbandmen and vinedressers in the mountains, and in Carmel. For he loved the earth.

Jeremiah 31:5

You shall yet plant vines on the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.

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

Deuteronomy 34:1

And Moses went up from the plains of Moab to the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah that is opposite Jericho. And Jehovah showed him all the land of Gilead, to Dan,

Numbers 21:20

and from Bamoth in the valley, in the country of Moab, they worked to the top of Pisgah, which looks toward the wilderness.

Mountains » Are the sources of springs and rivers

Deuteronomy 8:7

For Jehovah your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills,

Psalm 104:8-10

They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys to the place which You have founded for them. You have set a bound that they may not pass over, so that they do not turn again to cover the earth. He sends the springs into the valleys; they flow between the hills.

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

Numbers 32:3

Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

Deuteronomy 34:1

And Moses went up from the plains of Moab to the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah that is opposite Jericho. And Jehovah showed him all the land of Gilead, to Dan,

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Moriah

2 Chronicles 3:1

And Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem in Mount Moriah, where He appeared to David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Genesis 22:2

And He said, Take now your son, your only one, Isaac, whom you love. And go into the land of Moriah, and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will name to you.

Mountains » Illustrative » (burning,) of destructive enemies

Jeremiah 51:25

Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, says Jehovah, who destroys all the earth. And I will stretch out My hand on you and roll you down from the rocks, and will make you a burned mountain.

Revelation 8:8

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

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Gerizim

Deuteronomy 11:29

And it will be, when Jehovah your God has brought you into the land where you go to possess it, you shall set the blessing upon Mount Gerizim, and the curse upon Mount Ebal.

Judges 9:7

And when they told Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim. And he lifted up his voice and cried, and said to them, Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Hor

Numbers 20:22

And the sons of Israel, the whole congregation, pulled up stakes from Kadesh and came to Mount Hor.

Numbers 34:7-8

And this shall be your northern border. From the Great Sea you shall point out for you Mount Hor. From Mount Hor you shall point your border to the entrance of Hamath. And the end of the border shall be at Zedad.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Gilead

Genesis 31:21

And he fled with all that was his. And he rose up and passed over the river, and set his face toward Mount Gilead.

Genesis 31:25

Then Laban overtook Jacob. And Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount. And Laban with his brothers pitched in Mount Gilead.

Mountains » Names of » Ararat, in armenia

Jeremiah 51:27

Set up a banner in the land; blow a trumpet among the nations; prepare the nations against her. Call the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz together against her; set a commander against her. Cause the horses to come up as the rough locusts.

Genesis 8:4

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

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

Exodus 19:11

And be ready for the third day. For the third day Jehovah will come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai.

Exodus 19:20

And Jehovah came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain. And Jehovah 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 Mount Seir, as far as the oak of Paran, which is by the wilderness.

Genesis 36:8

And Esau lived in Mount Seir. Esau is Edom.

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

Isaiah 44:23

Sing, O heavens; for Jehovah has done it. Shout, lower parts of the earth. Break out into singing, O mountains, O forest, and every tree in it. For Jehovah has redeemed Jacob, and glorified Himself in Israel.

Isaiah 55:12

For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break out before you into singing, and all the trees of the field 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. They were a month in Lebanon, and two months at home. And Adoniram was over the labor force.

1 Kings 5:17

And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, cut stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

Mountains » Sometimes selected as places for divine worship

Genesis 22:2

And He said, Take now your son, your only one, Isaac, whom you love. And go into the land of Moriah, and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will name to you.

Genesis 22:5

And Abraham said to his young men, You stay here with the ass. And I and the boy will go on to this way and worship, and come again to you.

Mountains » Often inhabited

Joshua 11:21

At that time Joshua came and cut off the giants from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel. Joshua destroyed them with their cities.

Genesis 36:8

And Esau lived in Mount Seir. Esau is Edom.

Mountains » Illustrative » (made waste,) of desolation

Malachi 1:3

and I hated Esau and made his mountains a desolation, and his inheritance to be for the jackals of the wilderness.

Isaiah 42:15

I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their plants. And I will make the rivers coastlands, and I will dry up the pools.

Mountains » God » Causes, to smoke

Psalm 104:32

He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the hills, and they smoke.

Psalm 144:5

Bow down Your heavens, O Jehovah, and come down; touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

Mountains » Beacons or ensigns often raised upon

Isaiah 30:17

One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five you shall flee, until you are left as a pole on the top of a mountain, and as a sign on a hill.

Isaiah 13:2

Lift up a banner on a bare mountain, exalt the voice to them, shake the hand, so that they may go into the gates of the nobles.

Mountains » Many exceeding high

Psalm 104:18

The high hills are for the wild goats, and the rocks are a refuge for the badgers.

Isaiah 2:14

and on all the high mountains, and on all the lifted up hills;

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Ephraim

Judges 2:9

And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.

Joshua 17:15

And Joshua answered them, If you are a great people, and if mount Ephraim is too narrow for you, get up to the forest and cut down more for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants.

Mountains » Illustrative » Of persons in authority

Isaiah 44:23

Sing, O heavens; for Jehovah has done it. Shout, lower parts of the earth. Break out into singing, O mountains, O forest, and every tree in it. For Jehovah has redeemed Jacob, and glorified Himself in Israel.

Psalm 72:3

The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills by righteousness.

Mountains » God » Causes, to tremble

Nahum 1:5

The mountains quake from Him, and the hills melt, and the earth is lifted up from before Him; even the world and all who dwell in it.

Habakkuk 3:10

They saw You; mountains trembled. The storm of water passed over; the deep uttered its voice and lifted up its hands on high.

Mountains » God » Causes, to skip

Psalm 114:4

The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.

Psalm 114:6

O mountains that skipped like rams, O little hills like lambs?

Mountains » Collect the vapors which ascend from the earth

Psalm 104:8

They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys to the place which You have founded for them.

Psalm 104:6

You covered the deep as with a robe; the waters stand above the mountains.

Mountains » Abounded with » Precious things

Deuteronomy 33:15

And with the first of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the everlasting hills,

Mountains » Called » The ancient mountains

Deuteronomy 33:15

And with the first of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the everlasting hills,

Mountains » God » Sets the foundations of, on fire

Deuteronomy 32:22

For a fire is kindled in My anger, and shall burn to the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with its increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

Mountains » God » Overturns

Job 9:5

He who removes the mountains, and they know it not, when He overturns them in His anger;

Job 28:9

He puts forth His hand on the flinty places; He overturns the mountains by the roots.

Mountains » Canaan abounded in

Deuteronomy 11:11

But the land which you are entering to possess it is a land of hills and valleys, drinking water from the rain of the heavens.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Abarim

Numbers 33:47-48

And they pulled up stakes from Almon-diblathaim and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. And they pulled up stakes from the mountains of Abarim and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan at Jericho.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Lebanon

Deuteronomy 3:25

I pray you, let me go over and see the good land beyond Jordan, this good hill-country and Lebanon.

Mountains » Abounded with » Minerals

Deuteronomy 8:9

a land in which you shall eat bread without want. You shall not lack any thing in it. It is a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.

Mountains » The elevated parts of the earth

Genesis 7:19-20

And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth. And all the high hills that were under the whole heaven were covered. The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Hachilah

1 Samuel 23:19

And the men of Ziph came up to Saul, to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in strongholds in the forest, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the wilderness?

Mountains » Abounded with » Game

1 Samuel 26:20

And now, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of Jehovah. For the king of Israel has come out to seek a flea, as when one hunts a partridge in the mountains.

Mountains » Abounded with » Herbs

Proverbs 27:25

When the hay is removed, and the tender grass is seen, and mountain-plants are gathered,

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

1 Kings 18:19

And now send and gather to me all Israel to mount Carmel, and four hundred and fifty of the prophets of Baal, and four hundred of the prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel's table.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Beth-el

1 Samuel 13:2

then Saul chose for himself three thousand from Israel. Two thousand of these were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And of the rest of the people he sent each man to his tent.

Mountains » Names of » Beth-el

1 Samuel 13:2

then Saul chose for himself three thousand from Israel. Two thousand of these were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And of the rest of the people he sent each man to his tent.

Mountains » Called » Everlasting hills

Genesis 49:26

The blessings of your father are above the blessings of my ancestors, to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills. They shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him, the ruler, the leader of his brothers.

Mountains » Volcanic fires of, alluded to

Isaiah 64:1-2

Oh that You would tear the heavens and come down, that mountains would quake before You, as the brushwood fire burns, the fire causes water to boil, to make Your name known to Your foes, that the nations may tremble at Your presence!

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

Exodus 3:1-2

And Moses kept the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back side of the desert. And he came to the mountain of God, to Horeb. And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him in a flame of fire, out of the midst of a thorn bush. And he looked. And behold! The thorn bush burned with fire! And the thorn bush was not burned up.

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

Genesis 22:2

And He said, Take now your son, your only one, Isaac, whom you love. And go into the land of Moriah, and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will name to you.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Hermon

Joshua 13:11

and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salcah,

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Amalek

Judges 12:15

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

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Sion

2 Samuel 5:7

And David took the stronghold of Zion; it is the city of David.

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

Isaiah 41:15

Behold, I make you a new sharp threshing instrument, a master of teeth; you shall thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shall make the hills like chaff.

Mountains » Called » The everlasting mountains

Habakkuk 3:6

He stood and measured the earth; He looked and shook nations, and the everlasting mountains were shattered; the eternal hills bowed down. His ways are everlasting.

Mountains » Called » Perpetual hills

Habakkuk 3:6

He stood and measured the earth; He looked and shook nations, and the everlasting mountains were shattered; the eternal hills bowed down. His ways are everlasting.

Mountains » Called » God's mountains

Isaiah 49:11

And I will make all My mountains a way, and My highways shall be set on high.

Mountains » God » Waters, from his chambers

Psalm 104:13

He waters the hills from His upper rooms; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works.

Mountains » God » Weighs, in a balance

Isaiah 40:12

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and measured out the heavens with a span? And who has shut up the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

Mountains » God » Makes waste

Isaiah 42:15

I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their plants. And I will make the rivers coastlands, and I will dry up the pools.

Mountains » God » Scatters

Habakkuk 3:6

He stood and measured the earth; He looked and shook nations, and the everlasting mountains were shattered; the eternal hills bowed down. His ways are everlasting.

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

Genesis 8:4

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

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Ararat

Genesis 8:4

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

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Bashan

Psalm 68:15

The mountain of Bashan is God's mountain; the Bashan range is a mountain of peaks.

Mountains » Illustrative » Of proud and haughty persons

Isaiah 2:14

and on all the high mountains, and on all the lifted up hills;

Mountains » Names of » Bashan

Psalm 68:15

The mountain of Bashan is God's mountain; the Bashan range is a mountain of peaks.

Mountains » God » Parches, with draught

Haggai 1:11

And I called for a drought in the land, and on the mountains, and on the grain, and on the new wine, and on the oil, and on that which the ground brings forth, and on men, and on cattle, and on all the labor of your hands.

Mountains » Proclamations often made from

Isaiah 40:9

Go up for yourself on the high mountain, bringer of good tidings to Zion. Lift up your voice with strength, O you who bring good tidings to Jerusalem; lift up, do not be afraid. Say to the cities of Judah, Behold your God!

Mountains » A defence to a country

Psalm 125:2

As the mountains are all around Jerusalem, so Jehovah is all around His people from this time and forever.

Mountains » Made to glorify God

Psalm 148:9

mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars,

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Horeb

Exodus 3:1

And Moses kept the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back side of the desert. And he came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Moreh

Judges 7:1

And Jerubbaal (he is Gideon) and all the people that were with him, rose up early and pitched beside the well of Harod, so that the army of the Midianites was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.

Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Mizar

Psalm 42:6

O my God, my soul is cast down within me; therefore I will remember You from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermons, from mount Mizar.

Mountains » Illustrative » Of God's righteousness

Mountains » Names of » Mizar

Psalm 42:6

O my God, my soul is cast down within me; therefore I will remember You from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermons, from mount Mizar.

Mountains » God » Gives strength to

Psalm 95:4

In His hand are the deep places of the earth; the strength of the hills is also 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 mount Of Olive Grove, which is a sabbath day's journey from Jerusalem.

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

Amos 9:13

Behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that the plowman and the reaper shall draw near, the treader of grapes, and he who draws along the seed. And the mountains will drip must, and all the hills will be dissolved.

Mountains » Called » Pillars of heaven

Job 26:11

The pillars of the heavens tremble and are astonished at His rebuke.

Mountains » God » Formed

Amos 4:13

For lo, He forms the mountains and creates the wind, and declares to man what his thought is. He who makes the morning darkness, and treads on the high places of the earth; Jehovah, 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 Peter and James and John and led them up into a high mountain, apart by themselves. And He was transfigured before them.

Mountains » God » Removes

Job 9:5

He who removes the mountains, and they know it not, when He overturns them in His anger;

Paran » Mountains

Deuteronomy 33:2

And he said: Jehovah came from Sinai and rose up from Seir to them. He shone forth from Mount Paran, and He came with ten thousands of saints. From His right went a fiery law for them.

Habakkuk 3:3

God comes from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His glory covers the heavens, and His praise fills the earth.

Shamir » A city » Mountains » Judah

Joshua 15:48

And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,

Socoh » A city » Mountains » Judah

Joshua 15:48

And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,

Timnah » A city » Mountains » Judah

Joshua 15:57

Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities and their villages;

Topics on Mountains

Blessings From The Mountains

Joel 3:18

And it shall be, in that day the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters; and a fountain shall come forth from the house of Jehovah, and shall water the valley of Shittim.

Escaping To Mountains

Hosea 10:8

Also the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed. The thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall 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 this House; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, says Jehovah.

Mountains Quaking

Jeremiah 4:24

I looked on the mountains, and, lo, they quaked; and all the hills were shaken.

Mountains Removed

Zechariah 4:7

Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain; and he shall bring forth the top stone with shoutings, Grace! Grace to it!

Seven Mountains

Revelation 17:9-10

And here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits.

The Mountains Of Israel

Ezekiel 17:22

So says the Lord Jehovah: I, even I, will also take of the top of the highest cedar and will set it; I will crop off from the first of its young twigs a tender one, and will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.

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