50 Bible Verses about Rocks
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And it will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a stone of great weight for all the peoples; all those who take it up will be badly wounded; and all the nations of the earth will come together against it.
But come back, now, come: you who are wounding yourself in your passion, will the earth be given up because of you, or a rock be moved out of its place?
If only my words might be recorded! if they might be put in writing in a book! And with an iron pen and lead be cut into the rock for ever!
Who may keep his place before his wrath? and who may undergo the heat of his passion? his wrath is let loose like fire and the rocks are broken open by him.
When the men of Israel saw the danger they were in, (for the people were troubled,) they took cover in cracks in the hillsides and in the woods and in rocks and holes and hollows.
And Saul and his men went in search of him. And David had word of it, so he came down to the rock in the waste land of Maon. And Saul, hearing of this, went after David into the waste land of Maon.
They are wet with the rain of the mountains, and get into the cracks of the rock for cover.
They have to get a resting-place in the hollows of the valleys, in holes of the earth and rocks.
For in the time of trouble he will keep me safe in his tent: in the secret place of his tent he will keep me from men's eyes; high on a rock he will put me.
He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain.
Go into a hole in the rock, covering yourselves with dust, in fear of the Lord, before the glory of his power.
And a man will be as a safe place from the wind, and a cover from the storm; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a waste land.
All the land is in flight because of the noise of the horsemen and the bowmen; they have taken cover in the woodland and up on the rocks: every town has been given up, not a man is living in them.
See, I will send for great numbers of fishermen, says the Lord, and they will take them like fish in a net; and after that, I will send for numbers of bowmen, and they will go after them, driving them from every mountain and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
O people of Moab, go away from the towns and take cover in the rock; be like the dove of the Arabah, which makes her living-place in holes.
... the pride of your heart has been a false hope, O you who are living in the cracks of the rock, keeping your place on the top of the hill: even if you made your living-place as high as the eagle, I would make you come down, says the Lord.
And the kings of the earth, and the rulers, and the chief captains, and the men of wealth, and the strong, and every servant and free man, took cover in the holes and the rocks of the mountains; And they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Come down on us, covering us from the face of him who is seated on the high seat, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
Let your hope be in the Lord for ever: for the Lord Jah is an unchanging Rock.
He was troubled by the archers; they sent out their arrows against him, cruelly wounding him: But their bows were broken by a strong one, and the cords of their arms were cut by the Strength of Jacob, by the name of the Stone of Israel: Even by the God of your father, who will be your help, and by the Ruler of all, who will make you full with blessings from heaven on high, blessings of the deep stretched out under the earth, blessings of the breasts and of the fertile body:
For I will give honour to the name of the Lord: let our God be named great. He is the Rock, complete is his work; for all his ways are righteousness: a God without evil who keeps faith, true and upright is he.
No other is holy as the Lord, for there is no other God but you: there is no Rock like our God.
The spirit of the Lord had voice through me, his word was on my tongue. The God of Israel said, the word of the Rock of Israel came to me: When an upright king is ruling over men, when he is ruling in the fear of God, It is as the light of the morning, when the sun comes up, a morning without clouds; making young grass come to life from the earth
My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld.
I will say to God my Rock, Why have you let me go from your memory? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?
He only is my Rock and my salvation; he is my high tower; I will not be greatly moved.
Have no fear, be strong in heart; have I not made it clear to you in the past, and let you see it? and you are my witnesses. Is there any God but me, or a Rock of whom I have no knowledge?
Are you not eternal, O Lord my God, my Holy One? for you there is no death. O Lord, he has been ordered by you for our punishment; and by you, O Rock, he has been marked out to put us right.
Be my strong Rock, the strong place of my salvation; for you are my Rock, and my safe place.
How would it be possible for one to overcome a thousand, and two to send ten thousand in flight, if their rock had not let them go, if the Lord had not given them up?
As for God, his way is all good: the word of the Lord is tested; he is a safe cover for all those who put their faith in him. For who is God but the Lord? and who is a Rock but our God?
As for God, his way is completely good; the word of the Lord is tested; he is a breastplate for all those who put their faith in him. For who is God but the Lord? or who is a Rock but our God?
Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe. For you are my Rock and my strong tower; go in front of me and be my guide, because of your name.
Let my cry come to you, O God; let your ears be open to my prayer. From the end of the earth will I send up my cry to you, when my heart is overcome: take me to the rock which is over-high for me. For you have been my secret place, and my high tower from those who made war on me.
Praise be to the God of my strength, teaching my hands the use of the sword, and my fingers the art of fighting:
For you have not given honour to the God of your salvation, and have not kept in mind the Rock of your strength; for this cause you made a garden of Adonis, and put in it the vine-cuttings of a strange god;
But Jeshurun became fat and would not be controlled: you have become fat, you are thick and full of food: then he was untrue to the God who made him, giving no honour to the Rock of his salvation. The honour which was his they gave to strange gods; by their disgusting ways he was moved to wrath. They made offerings to evil spirits which were not God, to gods who were strange to them, which had newly come up, not feared by your fathers.read more.
You have no thought for the Rock, your father, you have no memory of the God who gave you birth.
The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured:
The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured.
Let the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart be pleasing in your eyes, O Lord, my strength and my salvation.
He will say to me, You are my father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.
O come, let us make songs to the Lord; sending up glad voices to the Rock of our salvation.
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Caves » Found in the » Rocks
And men will go into cracks of the rocks, and into holes of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.
Honey » Found in » Rocks
I would give them the best grain for food; you would be full of honey from the rock.
He put him on the high places of the earth, his food was the increase of the field; honey he gave him out of the rock and oil out of the hard rock;
Rocks » Used as » Places of safety in danger
When the men of Israel saw the danger they were in, (for the people were troubled,) they took cover in cracks in the hillsides and in the woods and in rocks and holes and hollows.
And men will go into cracks of the rocks, and into holes of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.
And the kings of the earth, and the rulers, and the chief captains, and the men of wealth, and the strong, and every servant and free man, took cover in the holes and the rocks of the mountains;
See, I will send for great numbers of fishermen, says the Lord, and they will take them like fish in a net; and after that, I will send for numbers of bowmen, and they will go after them, driving them from every mountain and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
Rocks » Illustrative of » God as salvation of his people
But Jeshurun became fat and would not be controlled: you have become fat, you are thick and full of food: then he was untrue to the God who made him, giving no honour to the Rock of his salvation.
O come, let us make songs to the Lord; sending up glad voices to the Rock of our salvation.
He will say to me, You are my father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.
Rocks » Illustrative of » Christ as a stumbling-stone to the wicked
As it is said, See, I am putting in Zion a stone causing a fall, and a rock in the way: but he who has faith in him will not be put to shame.
And he will be for a holy place: but for a stone of falling and a rock of trouble to the two houses of Israel, and to the men of Jerusalem, for a net in which they may be taken.
And, A stone of falling, a rock of trouble; the word is the cause of their fall, because they go against it, and this was the purpose of God.
Rocks » Illustrative of » God as the strength of his people
For you have not given honour to the God of your salvation, and have not kept in mind the Rock of your strength; for this cause you made a garden of Adonis, and put in it the vine-cuttings of a strange god;
Rocks » Illustrative of » Whatever we trust in
For their rock is not like our Rock, even our haters themselves being judges.
And he will say, Where are their gods, the rock in which they put their faith?
Rocks » Inhabited by » Doves
O people of Moab, go away from the towns and take cover in the rock; be like the dove of the Arabah, which makes her living-place in holes.
O my dove, you are in the holes of the mountain sides, in the cracks of the high hills; let me see your face, let your voice come to my ears; for sweet is your voice, and your face is fair.
Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Selah in the valley of salt
Then Amaziah took heart, and went out at the head of his people and came to the Valley of Salt, where he put to death ten thousand of the children of Seir; And ten thousand more the children of Israel took living, and made them go up to the top of the rock, pushing them down from the top of the rock so that their bodies were broken by the fall.
He put to the sword twelve thousand men of Edom in the Valley of Salt, and took Sela in war, naming it Joktheel, as it is to this day.
Rocks » Often composed of flint
Who was your guide through that great and cruel waste, where there were poison-snakes and scorpions and a dry land without water; who made water come out of the hard rock for you;
He put him on the high places of the earth, his food was the increase of the field; honey he gave him out of the rock and oil out of the hard rock;
Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Sela-hammahlekoth in the wilderness of maon
And Saul and his men went in search of him. And David had word of it, so he came down to the rock in the waste land of Maon. And Saul, hearing of this, went after David into the waste land of Maon.
So turning back from going after David, Saul went against the Philistines: so that place was named Sela-hammah-lekoth.
Rocks » Bees often made their honey amongst
I would give them the best grain for food; you would be full of honey from the rock.
He put him on the high places of the earth, his food was the increase of the field; honey he gave him out of the rock and oil out of the hard rock;
Rocks » Inhabited by » Conies
The high hills are a safe place for the mountain goats, and the rocks for the small beasts.
The conies are only a feeble people, but they make their houses in the rocks;
Rocks » Used as » Places for shelter by the poor in their distress
They are wet with the rain of the mountains, and get into the cracks of the rock for cover.
They are wasted for need of food, biting the dry earth; their only hope of life is in the waste land.
They have to get a resting-place in the hollows of the valleys, in holes of the earth and rocks.
Rocks » Used as » Altars
So Manoah took the young goat with its meal offering, offering it on the rock to the Lord, who did strange things.
And the angel of God said to him, Take the meat and the unleavened cakes and put them down on the rock over there, draining out the soup over them. And he did so. Then the angel of the Lord put out the stick which was in his hand, touching the meat and the cakes with the end of it; and a flame came up out of the rock, burning up the meat and the cakes: and the angel of the Lord was seen no longer.
Rocks » Described as » Barren
I will make you an uncovered rock: you will be a place for the stretching out of nets; there will be no building you up again: for I the Lord have said it, says the Lord.
And they will give the walls of Tyre to destruction and have its towers broken: and I will take even her dust away from her, and make her an uncovered rock
Rocks » The olive tree flourished amongst
He put him on the high places of the earth, his food was the increase of the field; honey he gave him out of the rock and oil out of the hard rock;
When my steps were washed with milk, and rivers of oil were flowing out of the rock for me.
Rocks » Tombs often hewn out of
Who are you, and by what right have you made for yourself a resting-place here?
And put it in the resting-place which had been cut out of the rock for himself; and after rolling a great stone to the door of it he went away.
Rocks » Miracles connected with » Water brought from
And lifting up his hand, Moses gave the rock two blows with his rod: and water came streaming out, and the people and their cattle had drink enough.
See, I will take my place before you on the rock in Horeb; and when you give the rock a blow, water will come out of it, and the people will have drink. And Moses did so before the eyes of the chiefs of Israel.
Rocks » Illustrative of » Christ as foundation of his church
Because it is said in the Writings, See, I am placing a keystone in Zion, of great and special value; and the man who has faith in him will not be put to shame.
And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock will my church be based, and the doors of hell will not overcome it.
Rocks » Used as » Places of observation
From the top of the rocks I see him, looking down on him from the hills: it is a people made separate, not to be numbered among the nations.
And the Lord said, See, there is a place near me, and you may take your place on the rock:
Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Oreb
And they took the two chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they put Oreb to death at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they put to death at the place of the grape-crushing in Zeeb, and they went after Midian; but the heads of Oreb and Zeeb they took across Jordan to Gideon.
And the Lord of armies will be shaking a whip against him, as when he overcame Midian at the rock of Oreb: and his rod will be lifted up against them as it was against the Egyptians.
Rocks » Inhabited by » Eagles
... the pride of your heart has been a false hope, O you who are living in the cracks of the rock, keeping your place on the top of the hill: even if you made your living-place as high as the eagle, I would make you come down, says the Lord.
Rocks » Illustrative of » A place of safety
For in the time of trouble he will keep me safe in his tent: in the secret place of his tent he will keep me from men's eyes; high on a rock he will put me.
He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain.
Rocks » God's power exhibited in removing
Who may keep his place before his wrath? and who may undergo the heat of his passion? his wrath is let loose like fire and the rocks are broken open by him.
But truly a mountain falling comes to dust, and a rock is moved from its place;
Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Adullam
And three of the thirty went down to David, to the rock, into the strong place of Adullam; and the army of the Philistines had taken up their position in the valley of Rephaim.
Rocks » Illustrative of » Christ as source of spiritual gifts
And the same holy drink: for they all took of the water from the holy rock which came after them: and the rock was Christ.
Rocks » Casting down from, a punishment
And ten thousand more the children of Israel took living, and made them go up to the top of the rock, pushing them down from the top of the rock so that their bodies were broken by the fall.
Rocks » Illustrative of » God as creator of his people
You have no thought for the Rock, your father, you have no memory of the God who gave you birth.
Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Meribah in kadesh
In the first month all the children of Israel came into the waste land of Zin, and put up their tents in Kadesh; there death came to Miriam, and they put her body to rest in the earth. And there was no water for the people: and they came together against Moses and against Aaron. And the people were angry with Moses and said, If only death had overtaken us when our brothers came to their death before the Lord! read more.
Why have you taken the Lord's people into this waste, for death to come to us and to our cattle there? Why have you made us come out of Egypt into this evil place? This is no place of seed or figs or vines or other fruits, and there is no water for drinking. Then Moses and Aaron went away from the people to the door of the Tent of meeting; and, falling on their faces there, they saw the glory of the Lord. And the Lord said to Moses, Take the rod, you and Aaron, your brother, and make all the people come together, and before their eyes give orders to the rock to give out its water; and so make water come out of the rock for them, and give the people and their cattle drink. And Moses took the rod from before the Lord as he gave him orders. Then Moses and Aaron made the people come together in front of the rock, and he said to them, Give ear now, you people whose hearts are turned from the Lord; are we to get water for you out of the rock? And lifting up his hand, Moses gave the rock two blows with his rod: and water came streaming out, and the people and their cattle had drink enough.
Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » En-gedi
Now when Saul came back from fighting the Philistines, news was given him that David was in the waste land of En-gedi. Then Saul took three thousand of the best men out of all Israel, and went in search of David and his men on the rocks of the mountain goats.
Rocks » Houses often built on
Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock; And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house, but it was not moved; because it was based on the rock.
Rocks » Hammers used for breaking
Is not my word like fire? says the Lord; and like a hammer, smashing the rock to bits?
Rocks » Miracles connected with » Broken in pieces by the wind
Then he said, Go out and take your place on the mountain before the Lord. Then the Lord went by, and mountains were parted by the force of a great wind, and rocks were broken before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind there was an earth-shock, but the Lord was not in the earth-shock.
Rocks » Miracles connected with » Rent at the death of Christ
And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end; and there was an earth-shock; and the rocks were broken;
Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Horeb in rephidim
And the children of Israel went on from the waste land of Sin, by stages as the Lord gave them orders, and put up their tents in Rephidim: and there was no drinking-water for the people. So the people were angry with Moses, and said, Give us water for drinking. And Moses said, Why are you angry with me? and why do you put God to the test? And the people were in great need of water; and they made an outcry against Moses, and said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to send death on us and our children and our cattle through need of water? read more.
And Moses, crying out to the Lord, said, What am I to do to this people? they are almost ready to put me to death by stoning. And the Lord said to Moses, Go on before the people, and take some of the chiefs of Israel with you, and take in your hand the rod which was stretched out over the Nile, and go. See, I will take my place before you on the rock in Horeb; and when you give the rock a blow, water will come out of it, and the people will have drink. And Moses did so before the eyes of the chiefs of Israel.
Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Bozez
Now between the narrow roads over the mountains by which Jonathan was making his way to the Philistines' forces, there was a sharp overhanging rock on one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: one was named Bozez and the other Seneh.
Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Seneh
Now between the narrow roads over the mountains by which Jonathan was making his way to the Philistines' forces, there was a sharp overhanging rock on one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: one was named Bozez and the other Seneh.
Rocks » Often sharp-pointed and craggy
Now between the narrow roads over the mountains by which Jonathan was making his way to the Philistines' forces, there was a sharp overhanging rock on one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: one was named Bozez and the other Seneh.
Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Rimmon
And turning, they went in flight to the rock of Rimmon in the waste land: and on the highways five thousand of them were cut off by the men of Israel, who, pushing on hard after them to Geba, put to death two thousand more.
Rocks » Illustrative of » God as defence of his people
Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe. For you are my Rock and my strong tower; go in front of me and be my guide, because of your name.
Rocks » Described as » Hard
O Lord, do not your eyes see good faith? you have given them punishment, but they were not troubled; you have sent destruction on them, but they did not take your teaching to heart: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they would not come back.
Rocks » Were a defence to a country
He will have a place on high: he will be safely shut in by the high rocks: his bread will be given to him; his waters will be certain.
Rocks » Often had holes and clefts
And when my glory goes by, I will put you in a hole in the rock, covering you with my hand till I have gone past:
Rocks » Miracles connected with » Fire ascended out of
Then the angel of the Lord put out the stick which was in his hand, touching the meat and the cakes with the end of it; and a flame came up out of the rock, burning up the meat and the cakes: and the angel of the Lord was seen no longer.
Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Etam
And he made an attack on them, driving them in uncontrolled flight, and causing great destruction; then he went away to his safe place in the crack of the rock at Etam.
Rocks » Illustrative of » Christ as refuge of his people
And a man will be as a safe place from the wind, and a cover from the storm; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a waste land.
Rocks » Illustrative of » God as refuge of his people
Rocks » Illustrative of » The ancestor of a nation
Give ear to me, you who are searching for righteousness, who are looking for the Lord: see the rock from which you were cut out, and the hole out of which you were taken.
Rocks » Used as » Places for idolatrous worship
You who are burning with evil desire among the oaks, under every green tree; putting children to death in the valleys, under the cracks of the rocks?
Rocks » The shadow of, grateful to travelers during the heat of the day
And a man will be as a safe place from the wind, and a cover from the storm; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a waste land.
Rocks » Man's industry in cutting through
Man puts out his hand on the hard rock, overturning mountains by the roots. He makes deep ways, cut through the rock, and his eye sees everything of value.
Rocks » Dreaded by mariners
Then, fearing that by chance we might come on to the rocks, they let down four hooks from the back of the ship, and made prayers for the coming of day.
Rocks » Described as » Durable
Rocks » Important events often engraved upon
Rocks » Inhabited by » Wild goats
Ships » Endangered by » Rocks
Then, fearing that by chance we might come on to the rocks, they let down four hooks from the back of the ship, and made prayers for the coming of day.
Topics on Rocks
People As Rocks
Nehemiah 9:11By you the sea was parted before them, so that they went through the sea on dry land; and those who went after them went down into the deep, like a stone into great waters.
Provision From Rocks
Deuteronomy 8:15Who was your guide through that great and cruel waste, where there were poison-snakes and scorpions and a dry land without water; who made water come out of the hard rock for you;
Splitting Rocks
Psalm 78:15The rocks of the waste land were broken by his power, and he gave them drink as out of the deep waters.
Striking Rocks
Exodus 17:6See, I will take my place before you on the rock in Horeb; and when you give the rock a blow, water will come out of it, and the people will have drink. And Moses did so before the eyes of the chiefs of Israel.