51 Bible Verses about Rocks
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At the same time will I make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all people, so that all such as lift it up, shall be torn and rent, and all the people of the earth shall be gathered together against it.
Why destroyest thou thyself with anger? Shall the earth be forsaken, or the stones removed out of their place because of thee?
O that my words were written, O that they were put in a book: would God they were graven with an iron pen in lead or in stone.
His heart is as hard as stone, and as fast as the stythie that the hammer man smiteth upon.
Who may endure before his wrath? Or who is able to abide his grim displeasure? His anger taketh on like fire, and the hard rocks burst in sunder before him.
And when the men of Israel saw themselves in a strait, and that the people were encumbered, they hid themselves in caves, in privy holes, in rocks, dens and pits.
For when Saul was gone with his men to seek, it was told David. And therefore he went unto a rock and dwelt in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he followed after David into the wilderness of Maon.
So that when the showers in the mountains have rained upon them, and they be all wet, they have none other succour, but to embrace the rock for want of a covering.
Their dwelling was beside foul brooks, yea in the caves and dens of the earth.
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his tabernacle; yea in the secret place of his dwelling shall he hide me, and set me up upon a rock of stone.
He brought me out of the horrible pit, out of the mire and clay; he set my feet upon the rock, and ordered my goings.
And therefore get thee soon into some rock, and hide thee in the ground for the fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty:
He shall be unto men, as a defense for the wind, and as a refuge for the tempest, like as a river of water in a thirsty place, and the shadow of a great rock in a dry land.
The whole land shall flee, for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen: they shall run into dens, into woods, and climb up the stony rocks. All the cities shall be void, and no man dwelling therein.
Ye Moabites shall leave the cities, and dwell in rocks of stone, and become like doves that make their nests in holes.
Thy high stomach and the pride of thy heart have deceived thee; Because thou wilt dwell in the holes of stony rocks, and have the high mountains in possession. Nevertheless, though thy nest were as high as the Eagles, yet will I cast thee down, sayeth the LORD.
And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in dens, and in rocks of the hills, and said to the hills, and rocks, "Fall on us, and hide us from the presence of him that sitteth on the seat, and from the wrath of the lamb,
Hope still in the LORD, for in the LORD God is everlasting strength.
The shooters have envied him and chide with him and hated him, and yet his bow bode fast, and his arms and his hands were strong, by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob: out of him shall come a herdsman, a stone in Israel. Thy father's God shall help thee, and the almighty shall bless thee with blessings from heaven above, and with blessings of the water that lieth under, and with blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
For I will call on the name of the LORD: Magnify the might of our God! He is a Rock, and perfect are his deeds, for all his ways are with discretion. God is faithful and without wickedness, both righteous and just is he.
There is none so holy as the LORD: no, there is none save thou. Neither is there any strength like unto our God.
"The spirit of the LORD spake in me, and his words were on my tongue. The God of Israel spake unto me, and the strength of Israel said, 'He that beareth rule over men, he that ruleth justly in the fear of God, shall be as the morning light, when the sun shineth in a morning in which are no clouds to let the brightness; and as the grass of the earth is by the virtue of the rain.'
{A Psalm of David} Unto thee will I cry, O LORD, my strength; think no scorn of me, lest, if thou make as though thou hearest not, I become like them that go down into the pit.
I will say unto God my strength, "Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I thus heavily, while the enemy oppresseth me?"
He only is my strength, my salvation, my defense: so that I shall not fall.
They shall also bring forth more fruit in their age, and shall be fat and well liking, that they may show how true the LORD my strength is, and that there is no unrighteousness in him.
yea, and that without any fear or stop. For have not I ever told you hitherto, and warned you? Ye can bear me record yourselves. Is there any God except me? Or any maker, that I should not know him?
But thou, O LORD my God, my holy one: thou art from the beginning, therefore shall we not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for punishment, and set them to reprove the mighty.
Be thou my stronghold, whereunto I may always resort; thou hast promised to help me, for thou art my house of defense and my castle.
How cometh it that one shall chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand of them to flight - except their rock had sold them, and because the LORD had delivered them.
The way of God is undefiled, and the word of the LORD fined as gold, and he a shield to all that trust in him. Who is a God save the LORD, and who mighty save our God?
The way of God is an undefiled way; the word of the LORD also is tried in the fire. He is the defender of all them that put their trust in him. {TYNDALE: The way of God is undefiled, and the word of the LORD fined as gold, and he a shield to all that trust in him.} For who is God, but the LORD? Or, who hath any strength, but our God? {TYNDALE: Who is a God save the LORD, and who mighty save our God?}
Bow down thine ear to me; make haste to deliver me. And be thou my strong rock, and a house of defense, that thou mayest save me. For thou art my stronghold and my castle: be thou also my guide, and lead me for thy name's sake.
{To the Chanter, upon Neginoth, of David} Hear my crying, O God, give heed unto my prayer. From the ends of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is in heaviness. O set me up upon the rock that is higher than I; for thou art my hope, a strong tower for me against the enemy.
{A Psalm of David} Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight. My hope and my castle, my defense and my deliverer, my shield in whom I trust, which subdueth the people that is under me.
So shalt thou, O Damascus, be desolate: because thou hast forgotten God thy Saviour, and hast not called to remembrance the rock of thy strength. Wherefore thou hast also set a fair plant, and grafted a strange branch.
"And Israel waxed fat, and kicked. Thou wast fat, thick and smooth. And he let God go, that made him; and despised the rock that saved him. They angered him with strange gods, and with abominations provoked him. They offered unto field-devils and not to God; and to gods which they knew not; and to new gods that came newly up, which their fathers feared not.read more.
Of the rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgot God that made thee.
The LORD live, and blessed be he that is my strength: and exalted be God the strength that saveth me.
The LORD liveth: and blessed be my strong helper, and praised be the God of my salvation, {TYNDALE: The LORD live, and blessed be he that is my strength: and exalted be God the strength that saveth me.}
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD; my strength and my redeemer.
And they remembered that God was their strength, and that the high God was their redeemer.
He shall call me, "Thou art my father, my God, and the strength of my salvation.'
{An exhortation to the earnest praising of God} O come, let us sing unto the LORD; let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation.
From Thematic Bible
Caves » Found in the » Rocks
Men shall creep into holes of stone, and into caves of the earth, for the fear of the LORD, and from the glory of his majesty: what time as he shall arise to shake the earth.
Honey » Found in » Rocks
He should have fed them also with the finest wheat-flour; and with honey out of the stony rock should I have satisfied thee."
He set him up upon a high land, and he ate the increase of the fields. And he gave him honey to suck out of the rock, and oil out of the hard stone.
Rocks » Used as » Places of safety in danger
And when the men of Israel saw themselves in a strait, and that the people were encumbered, they hid themselves in caves, in privy holes, in rocks, dens and pits.
Men shall creep into holes of stone, and into caves of the earth, for the fear of the LORD, and from the glory of his majesty: what time as he shall arise to shake the earth.
And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in dens, and in rocks of the hills,
Rocks » Illustrative of » God as salvation of his people
"And Israel waxed fat, and kicked. Thou wast fat, thick and smooth. And he let God go, that made him; and despised the rock that saved him.
{An exhortation to the earnest praising of God} O come, let us sing unto the LORD; let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation.
He shall call me, "Thou art my father, my God, and the strength of my salvation.'
Rocks » Illustrative of » Christ as a stumbling-stone to the wicked
As it is written, "Behold I put in Zion a stumbling stone, and a rock which shall make men fall. And none that believe on him, shall be ashamed."
For he is the sanctifying, and stone to stumble at, the rock to fall upon, a snare and net to both the houses: to Israel, and the inhabiters of Jerusalem.
and a stone to stumble at, and a rock to offend them which stumble at the word, and believe not that whereon they were set.
Rocks » Illustrative of » God as the strength of his people
So shalt thou, O Damascus, be desolate: because thou hast forgotten God thy Saviour, and hast not called to remembrance the rock of thy strength. Wherefore thou hast also set a fair plant, and grafted a strange branch.
{To the Chanter, of David, servant of the Lord, which said unto the Lord the words of this song, on the day in which the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul, and said} I will love thee, O Lord, my strength.
Rocks » Illustrative of » Whatever we trust in
"For our rock is not as their rock; no, though our enemies be judge.
And it shall be said, 'Where are their gods and their rock wherein they trusted -
Rocks » Inhabited by » Doves
Ye Moabites shall leave the cities, and dwell in rocks of stone, and become like doves that make their nests in holes.
Up, haste my love, my dove, in the holes of the rock and secret places of the walls. Show me thy face and let me hear thy voice: for thy voice is sweet and thy fashion beautiful.
Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Selah in the valley of salt
And Amaziah took heart and carried out his host and went to Saltdale, where he slew of the children of Seir ten thousand. And other ten thousand the children of Judah took alive, and carried them unto the top of a rock and cast them down from the top of the rock that they all to burst:
And he slew of the Edomites in the salt valley, ten thousand, and took the town Sela with strength of battle, and called the name of it Joktheel ever after.
Rocks » Often composed of flint
and which led thee in the wilderness both great and terrible with fiery serpents and scorpions and thirst where was no water, which brought the water out of the rock of flint:
He set him up upon a high land, and he ate the increase of the fields. And he gave him honey to suck out of the rock, and oil out of the hard stone.
Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Sela-hammahlekoth in the wilderness of maon
For when Saul was gone with his men to seek, it was told David. And therefore he went unto a rock and dwelt in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he followed after David into the wilderness of Maon.
Wherefore Saul returned from persecuting David, and went against the Philistines. And therefore the place is called Selahammahelekoth.
Rocks » Bees often made their honey amongst
He should have fed them also with the finest wheat-flour; and with honey out of the stony rock should I have satisfied thee."
He set him up upon a high land, and he ate the increase of the fields. And he gave him honey to suck out of the rock, and oil out of the hard stone.
Rocks » Inhabited by » Conies
The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats, and so are the stony rocks for the conies.
The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their couches among the rocks.
Rocks » Used as » Places for shelter by the poor in their distress
So that when the showers in the mountains have rained upon them, and they be all wet, they have none other succour, but to embrace the rock for want of a covering.
For very misery and hunger, they went about in the wilderness like wretches and beggars,
Their dwelling was beside foul brooks, yea in the caves and dens of the earth.
Rocks » Used as » Altars
And Manoah took a kid with a meat offering and offered it upon a rock unto the LORD. And the angel did wonderfully, Manoah and his wife looking upon.
And the angel of God said unto him, "Take the flesh and the sweet cakes and put them upon this rock, and pour out the broth." And he did so. Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand and touched the flesh and the cakes. And there arose up fire out of the rock and consumed the flesh and the cakes. And the angel of the LORD vanished out of his sight.
Rocks » Described as » Barren
I will make a bare stone of thee; yea, a drying place for nets, and shall never be builded again: For even I the LORD have spoken it, sayeth the LORD God.
These shall break the walls of Tyre, and cast down her towers. I will scrape the ground from her, and make her a bare stone.
Rocks » The olive tree flourished amongst
He set him up upon a high land, and he ate the increase of the fields. And he gave him honey to suck out of the rock, and oil out of the hard stone.
When my ways ran over with butter, and when the stony rocks gave me rivers of oil;
Rocks » Tombs often hewn out of
'What hast thou here to do? And whom hast thou here? That thou shouldest here hew thee out a sepulchre, as it were one that causeth a costly tomb of stone to be made for himself, or that graveth a habitation out of a rock?
and put it in his new tomb, which he had hewn out even in the rock, and rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre and departed.
Rocks » Miracles connected with » Water brought from
And Moses lift up his hand with his staff and smote the rock two times, and the water came out abundantly, and the multitude drank and their beasts also.
Behold, I will stand there before thee upon a rock in Horeb: and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out thereof, that the people may drink." And Moses did even so before the elders of Israel.
Rocks » Illustrative of » Christ as foundation of his church
Wherefore it is contained in the scripture, "Behold, I put in Zion a head cornerstone, elect and precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be ashamed."
And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter. And upon this rock, I will build my congregation: and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Rocks » Used as » Places of observation
From the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: Lo, the people shall dwell by himself and shall not be reckoned among other nations.
And the LORD said, "Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock,
Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Oreb
And they took two captains of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb, and slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb at the press Zeeb and followed after Midian. And brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
Moreover, the LORD of Hosts shall prepare a scourge for him, like as was the punishment of Midian upon the mount of Oreb. And he shall lift up his rod over the sea, as he did sometimes over the Egyptians.
Rocks » Inhabited by » Eagles
Thy high stomach and the pride of thy heart have deceived thee; Because thou wilt dwell in the holes of stony rocks, and have the high mountains in possession. Nevertheless, though thy nest were as high as the Eagles, yet will I cast thee down, sayeth the LORD.
Rocks » Illustrative of » A place of safety
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his tabernacle; yea in the secret place of his dwelling shall he hide me, and set me up upon a rock of stone.
He brought me out of the horrible pit, out of the mire and clay; he set my feet upon the rock, and ordered my goings.
Rocks » God's power exhibited in removing
Who may endure before his wrath? Or who is able to abide his grim displeasure? His anger taketh on like fire, and the hard rocks burst in sunder before him.
The mountains fall away at the last, the rocks are removed out of their place;
Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Adullam
And the three of the thirty chiefs went to a rock to David at the cave Adullam. And the Host of the Philistines had pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
Rocks » Illustrative of » Christ as source of spiritual gifts
and did all drink of one manner of spiritual drink. And they drank of that spiritual rock that followed them, Which rock was Christ.
Rocks » Casting down from, a punishment
And other ten thousand the children of Judah took alive, and carried them unto the top of a rock and cast them down from the top of the rock that they all to burst:
Rocks » Illustrative of » God as creator of his people
Of the rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgot God that made thee.
Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Meribah in kadesh
And the whole multitude of the children of Israel, came into the desert of Zin in the first month, and the people dwelt at Kadesh. And there died Miriam, and was buried there. Moreover, there was no water for the multitude, wherefore they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. And the people chode with Moses and spake, saying, "Would God that we had perished when our brethren perished before the LORD. read more.
Why have ye brought the congregation of the LORD unto this wilderness, that both we and our cattle should die here? Wherefore brought ye us out of Egypt, to bring us into this ungracious place, which is no place of seed nor of figs nor vines nor of pomegranates, neither is there any water to drink?" And Moses and Aaron went from the congregation unto the door of the tabernacle of witness, and fell upon their faces. And the glory of the LORD appeared unto them. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, "Take the staff and gather, thou and thy brother Aaron, the congregation together; and say unto the rock, before their eyes, that he give forth his water. And thou shalt bring them water out of the rock and shalt give the company drink, and their beasts also." And Moses took the staff from before the LORD, as he commanded him. And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, "Hear, ye rebellious, must we fetch you water out of this rock?" And Moses lift up his hand with his staff and smote the rock two times, and the water came out abundantly, and the multitude drank and their beasts also.
Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » En-gedi
Then Saul was come again from the Philistines, it was told him, "Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi." Then Saul took three thousand men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men in the rocks, where nothing haunted but wild goats.
Rocks » Houses often built on
"Whosoever heareth of me these sayings, and doeth the same, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house on a rock: And abundance of rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that same house, and it fell not: because it was grounded on the rock.
Rocks » Hammers used for breaking
Is not my word like a fire, sayeth the LORD, and like a hammer that breaketh the hard stone?
Rocks » Miracles connected with » Broken in pieces by the wind
And he said, "Come out and stand before the LORD." And behold, the LORD went by: and a mighty strong wind that rent the mountains and brake the rocks, before him. But the LORD was not in the wind. And after the wind came an earthquake. But the LORD was not in the earthquake.
Rocks » Miracles connected with » Rent at the death of Christ
And behold, the veil of the temple did rent in twain from the top to the bottom, and the earth did quake,
Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Horeb in rephidim
And all the company of the children of Israel went on their journeys from the wilderness of Sin at the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: where was no water for the people to drink. And the people chode with Moses, and said, "Give us water to drink." And Moses said unto them, "Why chide ye with me, and wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?" There the people thirsted for water, and murmured against Moses and said, "Wherefore hast thou brought us out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?" read more.
And Moses cried unto the LORD saying, "What shall I do unto this people? They be almost ready to stone me!" And the LORD said unto Moses, "Go before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel: and thy rod wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand and go. Behold, I will stand there before thee upon a rock in Horeb: and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out thereof, that the people may drink." And Moses did even so before the elders of Israel.
Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Bozez
And in the way over by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the garrison of the Philistines, were there two sharp rocks, even one on the one side, and the other one the other side: the one called Bozez, and the other Seneh.
Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Seneh
And in the way over by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the garrison of the Philistines, were there two sharp rocks, even one on the one side, and the other one the other side: the one called Bozez, and the other Seneh.
Rocks » Often sharp-pointed and craggy
And in the way over by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the garrison of the Philistines, were there two sharp rocks, even one on the one side, and the other one the other side: the one called Bozez, and the other Seneh.
Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Rimmon
And they turned and fled to the wilderness ward and unto the rock of pomegranates. And the other slew by the way of the rest of them, five thousand men, and sticked unto them until they came to Gidom, and slew two thousand more of them.
Rocks » Illustrative of » God as defence of his people
Bow down thine ear to me; make haste to deliver me. And be thou my strong rock, and a house of defense, that thou mayest save me. For thou art my stronghold and my castle: be thou also my guide, and lead me for thy name's sake.
Rocks » Described as » Hard
Where as thou, O LORD, lookest only upon faith and truth. Thou hast scourged them, but they took no repentance: thou hast corrected them for amendment, but they refused thy correction. They made their faces harder than stone, and would not amend.
Rocks » Were a defence to a country
He it is, that shall dwell on high; whose safeguard shall be in the true rock, to him shall be given the right true meat and drink.
Rocks » Often had holes and clefts
and while my glory goeth forth I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will put mine hand upon thee while I pass by.
Rocks » Miracles connected with » Fire ascended out of
Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand and touched the flesh and the cakes. And there arose up fire out of the rock and consumed the flesh and the cakes. And the angel of the LORD vanished out of his sight.
Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Etam
And he smote them leg and thigh with a mighty plague. And then he went and dwelt in the cave of the rock Etam.
Rocks » Illustrative of » Christ as refuge of his people
He shall be unto men, as a defense for the wind, and as a refuge for the tempest, like as a river of water in a thirsty place, and the shadow of a great rock in a dry land.
Rocks » Illustrative of » God as refuge of his people
Rocks » Illustrative of » The ancestor of a nation
Hearken unto me, ye that follow righteousness and seek the LORD. Look unto the rock ye were cut out, and to the cave and pit ye were digged out.
Rocks » Used as » Places for idolatrous worship
Ye take your pleasure under the oaks, and under all green trees. And ye offer children in the valleys, and dens of stone.
Rocks » The shadow of, grateful to travelers during the heat of the day
He shall be unto men, as a defense for the wind, and as a refuge for the tempest, like as a river of water in a thirsty place, and the shadow of a great rock in a dry land.
Rocks » Man's industry in cutting through
There putteth he his hand upon the stony rocks, and overthroweth the mountains. Rivers flow out of the rocks, and look: what is pleasant, his eye seeth it.
Rocks » Dreaded by mariners
Then fearing, lest they should have fallen on some rock, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
Rocks » Described as » Durable
Rocks » Important events often engraved upon
Rocks » Inhabited by » Wild goats
Ships » Endangered by » Rocks
Then fearing, lest they should have fallen on some rock, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
Topics on Rocks
People As Rocks
Nehemiah 9:11And the reed sea didst thou divide in sunder before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea dry-shoed: and their persecutors threwest thou into the deep as a stone, in the mighty waters;
Provision From Rocks
Deuteronomy 8:15and which led thee in the wilderness both great and terrible with fiery serpents and scorpions and thirst where was no water, which brought the water out of the rock of flint:
Splitting Rocks
Psalm 78:15He clove the hard rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink thereof, as it had been out of the great depth.
Striking Rocks
Exodus 17:6Behold, I will stand there before thee upon a rock in Horeb: and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out thereof, that the people may drink." And Moses did even so before the elders of Israel.