50 Bible Verses about Rocks

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Zechariah 12:3

And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all the peoples. All who burden themselves with it shall be severely wounded. And all the nations of the earth shall be gathered together agai

Job 18:4

Thou who tear thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?

Job 19:23-24

O that my words were now written! O that they were inscribed in a book, that they were engraved in the rock forever with an iron pen and lead!

Job 41:24

His heart is as firm as a stone, Yea, firm as the nether millstone.

Nahum 1:6

Who can stand before his indignation? And who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.

1 Samuel 13:6

When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in coverts, and in pits.

1 Samuel 23:25

And Saul and his men went to seek him. And they told David. Therefore he came down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard [that], he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

Job 24:8

They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

Job 30:6

so that they dwell in frightful valleys, in holes of the earth and of the rocks.

Isaiah 2:10

Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, from before the terror of LORD, and from the glory of his majesty.

Isaiah 32:2

And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.

Jeremiah 16:16

Behold, I will send for many fishermen, says LORD, and they shall fish them up. And afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.

Jeremiah 48:28

O ye inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that makes her nest over the mouth of the abyss.

Jeremiah 49:16

As for thy formidableness, the pride of thy heart has deceived thee, O thou who dwells in the clefts of the rock, who holds the height of the hill. Though thou should make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from

Revelation 6:15-16

And the kings of the earth, and the rulers, and the chief captains, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains. And they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.

Genesis 49:23-25

The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and persecute him, but his bow abode in strength. And the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (From there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel), even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee, and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that couches beneath, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.

Deuteronomy 32:3-4

For I will proclaim the name of LORD. Ascribe ye greatness to our God. The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice, a God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is he.

2 Samuel 23:2-4

The Spirit of LORD spoke by me, and his word was upon my tongue. The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me. He who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God, [he shall be] as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, [when] the tender grass [springs] out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.

Psalm 28:1

To thee, O LORD, I will call. My rock, be not thou deaf to me, lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like those who go down into the pit.

Psalm 42:9

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

Psalm 62:6

He only is my rock and my salvation, my high tower. I shall not be moved.

Psalm 92:14-15

They shall still bring forth fruit in old age. They shall be full of sap and green to show that LORD is upright. He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

Isaiah 44:8

Fear ye not, nor be afraid. Have I not declared to thee of old, and shown it? And ye are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Yea, there is no Rock. I know not any.

Habakkuk 1:12

Are not thou from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O LORD, thou have ordained him for judgment, and thou, O Rock, have established him for correction.

Psalm 71:3

Be thou to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually resort. Thou have given commandment to save me, for thou are my rock and my fortress.

Deuteronomy 32:30

How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight unless their Rock had sold them, and LORD had delivered them up?

2 Samuel 22:31-32

As for God, his way is perfect. The word of LORD is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him. For who is God, except LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?

Psalm 18:30-31

As for God, his way is perfect. The word of LORD is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him. For who is God, except LORD? And who is a rock, besides our God,

Psalm 31:2-3

Bow down thine ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be thou to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me. For thou are my rock and my fortress. Therefore for thy name's sake lead me and guide me.

Psalm 61:1-3

Hear my cry, O God. Attend to my prayer. From the end of the earth I will call to thee when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For thou have been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy.

Psalm 144:1-2

Blessed be LORD, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, [and] my fingers to fight, my loving kindness, and my fortress, my high tower, and my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me.

Isaiah 17:10

For thou have forgotten the God of thy salvation, and have not been mindful of the rock of thy strength. Therefore thou plant pleasant plants, and set it with foreign slips.

Deuteronomy 32:15-18

But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. Thou have grown fat. Thou have grown thick. Thou have become sleek. Then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. They moved him to jealousy with strange [gods]. With abominations they provoked him to anger. They sacrificed to demons, not God, to gods that they knew not, to new [gods] that came up of late, which your fathers did not dread.read more.
Thou are unmindful of the Rock that begot thee, and have forgotten God who gave thee birth.

2 Samuel 22:47

LORD lives. And blessed be my rock. And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,

Psalm 18:46

LORD lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation,

Psalm 78:35

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

Psalm 89:26

He shall cry to me, Thou are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

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Caves » Found in the » Rocks

Isaiah 2:19

And men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of LORD, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.

Honey » Found in » Rocks

Psalm 81:16

He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat. And I would satisfy thee with honey out of the rock.

Deuteronomy 32:13

He made him ride on the high places of the earth, and he ate the increase of the field, and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock,

Rocks » Used as » Places of safety in danger

1 Samuel 13:6

When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in coverts, and in pits.

Isaiah 2:19

And men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of LORD, and from the glory of his majesty, when he arises to shake the earth mightily.

Revelation 6:15

And the kings of the earth, and the rulers, and the chief captains, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.

Jeremiah 16:16

Behold, I will send for many fishermen, says LORD, and they shall fish them up. And afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.

Rocks » Illustrative of » God as salvation of his people

Deuteronomy 32:15

But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. Thou have grown fat. Thou have grown thick. Thou have become sleek. Then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

Psalm 89:26

He shall cry to me, Thou are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

Rocks » Illustrative of » Christ as a stumbling-stone to the wicked

Romans 9:33

just as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. And every man who believes in him will not be shamed.

Isaiah 8:14

And he shall be for a sanctuary, but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a net and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

1 Peter 2:8

and, A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, men who stumble at the word, being disobedient, for which also they were set.

Rocks » Illustrative of » God as the strength of his people

Isaiah 17:10

For thou have forgotten the God of thy salvation, and have not been mindful of the rock of thy strength. Therefore thou plant pleasant plants, and set it with foreign slips.

Rocks » Illustrative of » Whatever we trust in

Deuteronomy 32:31

For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.

Deuteronomy 32:37

And he will say, Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,

Rocks » Inhabited by » Doves

Jeremiah 48:28

O ye inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that makes her nest over the mouth of the abyss.

Song of Solomon 2:14

O my dove, who are in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the steep place, let me see thy countenance; let me hear thy voice. For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Selah in the valley of salt

2 Chronicles 25:11-12

And Amaziah took courage, and led forth his people, and went to the Valley of Salt, and smote ten thousand of the sons of Seir. And the sons of Judah carried away ten thousand alive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, so that they all were broken in pieces.

2 Kings 14:7

He killed ten thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela by war, and called the name of it Joktheel, to this day.

Rocks » Often composed of flint

Deuteronomy 8:15

who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness--fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where was no water--who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint,

Deuteronomy 32:13

He made him ride on the high places of the earth, and he ate the increase of the field, and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock,

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Sela-hammahlekoth in the wilderness of maon

1 Samuel 23:25

And Saul and his men went to seek him. And they told David. Therefore he came down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard [that], he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

1 Samuel 23:28

So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines. Therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.

Rocks » Bees often made their honey amongst

Psalm 81:16

He would feed them also with the finest of the wheat. And I would satisfy thee with honey out of the rock.

Deuteronomy 32:13

He made him ride on the high places of the earth, and he ate the increase of the field, and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock,

Rocks » Inhabited by » Conies

Psalm 104:18

The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the conies.

Proverbs 30:26

the conies are but a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks,

Rocks » Used as » Places for shelter by the poor in their distress

Job 24:8

They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

Job 30:3

They are gaunt with want and famine. They gnaw the dry ground in the gloom of waste and desolation.

Job 30:6

so that they dwell in frightful valleys, in holes of the earth and of the rocks.

Rocks » Used as » Altars

Judges 13:19

So Manoah took the kid with the meal-offering, and offered it upon the rock to LORD. And [the heavenly agent] did wondrously, and Manoah and his wife looked on,

Judges 6:20-21

And the agent of God said to him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so. Then the agent of LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes. And there went up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. And the agent of L

Rocks » Described as » Barren

Ezekiel 26:14

And I will make thee a bare rock; thou shall be a place for the spreading of nets. Thou shall be built no more, for I LORD have spoken it, says lord LORD.

Ezekiel 26:4

And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers. I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock.

Rocks » The olive tree flourished amongst

Deuteronomy 32:13

He made him ride on the high places of the earth, and he ate the increase of the field, and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock,

Job 29:6

when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil to me,

Rocks » Tombs often hewn out of

Isaiah 22:16

What are thou doing here? And whom have thou here, that thou have hewed thee out here a sepulcher? Hewing him out a sepulcher on high, carving a habitation for himself in the rock!

Matthew 27:60

and laid it in his own new sepulcher, which he hewed out in the rock. And having rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher, he departed.

Rocks » Miracles connected with » Water brought from

Numbers 20:11

And Moses lifted up his hand, and smote the rock with his rod twice, and water came forth abundantly. And the congregation drank, and their cattle.

Exodus 17:6

Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb, and thou shall smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

Rocks » Illustrative of » Christ as foundation of his church

1 Peter 2:6

It is therefore contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, chosen, precious. And he who believes in him will, no, not be shamed.

Rocks » Used as » Places of observation

Numbers 23:9

For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him. Lo, it is a people that dwells alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

Exodus 33:21

And LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shall stand upon the rock.

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Oreb

Judges 7:25

And they took the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. And they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian. And they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the J

Isaiah 10:26

And LORD of hosts will stir up against him a scourge as in the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb. And his rod will be over the sea, and he will lift it up according to the manner of Egypt.

Rocks » Inhabited by » Eagles

Jeremiah 49:16

As for thy formidableness, the pride of thy heart has deceived thee, O thou who dwells in the clefts of the rock, who holds the height of the hill. Though thou should make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from

Job 39:28

She dwells on the cliff, and makes her home upon the point of the cliff and the stronghold.

Rocks » Illustrative of » A place of safety

Rocks » God's power exhibited in removing

Nahum 1:6

Who can stand before his indignation? And who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.

Job 14:18

But the falling mountain comes to nothing, and the rock is removed out of its place.

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Adullam

1 Chronicles 11:15

And three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David into the cave of Adullam. And the army of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

Rocks » Illustrative of » Christ as source of spiritual gifts

1 Corinthians 10:4

and they all drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank from a spiritual rock that followed them. And the rock was the Christ.

Rocks » Casting down from, a punishment

2 Chronicles 25:12

And the sons of Judah carried away ten thousand alive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, so that they all were broken in pieces.

Rocks » Illustrative of » God as creator of his people

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Meribah in kadesh

Numbers 20:1-11

And the sons of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people abode in Kadesh. And Miriam died there, and was buried there. And there was no water for the congregation, and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. And the people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we had died when our brothers died before LORD! read more.
And why have ye brought the assembly of LORD into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our beasts? And why have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in to this evil place? It is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates, neither is there any water to drink. And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the tent of meeting, and fell upon their faces. And the glory of LORD appeared to them. And LORD spoke to Moses, saying, Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye to the rock before their eyes, that it give forth its water, and thou shall bring forth water to them out of the rock. So thou shall give the co And Moses took the rod from before LORD, as he commanded him. And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, Hear now, ye rebels. Shall we bring forth water to you out of this rock? And Moses lifted up his hand, and smote the rock with his rod twice, and water came forth abundantly. And the congregation drank, and their cattle.

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » En-gedi

1 Samuel 24:1-2

And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi. Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

Rocks » Houses often built on

Matthew 7:24-25

Therefore every man, whoever hears these sayings of mine, and does them, I will compare him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock. And the rain descended, and the torrents came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it had been founded upon the rock.

Rocks » Hammers used for breaking

Jeremiah 23:29

Is not my word like fire? says LORD, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

Rocks » Miracles connected with » Broken in pieces by the wind

1 Kings 19:11

And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before LORD. And, behold, LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before LORD, but LORD was not in the wind. And after the wind a

Rocks » Miracles connected with » Rent at the death of Christ

Matthew 27:51

And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom, and the earth quaked, and the rocks split,

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Horeb in rephidim

Exodus 17:1-6

And all the congregation of the sons of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, by their journeys, according to the commandment of LORD, and encamped in Rephidim. And there was no water for the people to drink. Therefore the people contended with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why do ye contend with me? Why do ye challenge LORD? And the people thirsted there for water. And the people murmured against Moses, and said, Why have thou brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our sons and our cattle with thirst? read more.
And Moses cried to LORD, saying, What shall I do to this people? They are almost ready to stone me. And LORD said to Moses, Pass on before the people, and take with thee from the elders of Israel, and thy rod, with which thou smote the river, take in thy hand, and go. Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb, and thou shall smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Bozez

1 Samuel 14:4

And between the passes by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines' garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side, and a rocky crag on the other side. And the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Seneh

1 Samuel 14:4

And between the passes by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines' garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side, and a rocky crag on the other side. And the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh

Rocks » Often sharp-pointed and craggy

1 Samuel 14:4

And between the passes by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines' garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side, and a rocky crag on the other side. And the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Rimmon

Judges 20:45

And they turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon. And they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men, and followed hard after them to Gidom, and smote of them two thousand men.

Rocks » Illustrative of » God as defence of his people

Psalm 31:2-3

Bow down thine ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be thou to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me. For thou are my rock and my fortress. Therefore for thy name's sake lead me and guide me.

Rocks » Described as » Hard

Jeremiah 5:3

O LORD, do not thine eyes look upon truth? Thou have stricken them, but they were not grieved. Thou have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused t

Rocks » Were a defence to a country

Isaiah 33:16

He shall dwell on high. His place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks. His bread shall be given. His waters shall be sure.

Rocks » Often had holes and clefts

Exodus 33:22

And it shall come to pass, while my glory passes by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand until I have passed by.

Rocks » Miracles connected with » Fire ascended out of

Judges 6:21

Then the agent of LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes. And there went up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. And the agent of L

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Etam

Judges 15:8

And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter. And he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

Rocks » Illustrative of » Christ as refuge of his people

Isaiah 32:2

And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.

Rocks » Illustrative of » God as refuge of his people

Rocks » Illustrative of » The ancestor of a nation

Isaiah 51:1

Hearken to me, ye who follow after righteousness, ye who seek LORD. Look to the rock from where ye were hewn, and to the hold of the pit from where ye were dug.

Rocks » Used as » Places for idolatrous worship

Isaiah 57:5

ye who inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree, who kill the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

Rocks » The shadow of, grateful to travelers during the heat of the day

Isaiah 32:2

And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.

Rocks » Man's industry in cutting through

Job 28:9-10

He puts forth his hand upon the flinty rock. He overturns the mountains by the roots. He cuts out channels among the rocks, and his eye sees every precious thing.

Rocks » Dreaded by mariners

Acts 27:29

And fearing lest somehow we might falloff on rough places, having cast off four anchors from the stern, they prayed for day to develop.

Rocks » Described as » Durable

Job 19:24

that they were engraved in the rock forever with an iron pen and lead!

Rocks » Important events often engraved upon

Job 19:24

that they were engraved in the rock forever with an iron pen and lead!

Rocks » Inhabited by » Wild goats

Job 39:1

Do thou know the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? [Or] can thou mark when the hinds do calve?

Ships » Endangered by » Rocks

Acts 27:29

And fearing lest somehow we might falloff on rough places, having cast off four anchors from the stern, they prayed for day to develop.

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People As Rocks

Nehemiah 9:11

And thou divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land. And thou cast their pursuers into the depths as a stone into the mighty waters.

Provision From Rocks

Deuteronomy 8:15

who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness--fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where was no water--who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint,

Splitting Rocks

Psalm 78:15

He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.

Striking Rocks

Exodus 17:6

Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb, and thou shall smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

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