21 occurrences in 8 translations

'Cliffs' in the Bible

I see them from the top of rocky cliffs,and I watch them from the hills.There is a people living alone;it does not consider itself among the nations.

Verse ConceptsExclusivenessSeparation From Evil PeopleA Solitary People

Next he saw the Kenites and proclaimed his poem:Your dwelling place is enduring;your nest is set in the cliffs.

Verse ConceptsNestsWise Proverbs

the Arabah also, with the Jordan as its boundary, from Chinnereth (the Sea of Galilee) as far as the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea (Dead Sea), at the foot of the slopes of Pisgah on the east.

Verse ConceptsDead Sea

He enabled him to travel over the high terrain of the land, and he ate of the produce of the fields. He provided honey for him from the cliffs, and olive oil from the hardest of rocks,

Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, NaturalFoodFlintHigh PlacesOilHoneyProvision From RocksProvision Of Oil

And the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed); and the people hid themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in cliffs, and in strongholds, and in pits.

Verse ConceptsCavesRocksPeople In CavesHiding From PeopleCaves As Places Of Refuge

Then He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the Lord’s presence.”At that moment, the Lord passed by. A great and mighty wind was tearing at the mountains and was shattering cliffs before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.

Verse ConceptsPassing ByWindHoly Spirit, Types OfStormsNo Winds

"I would feed Israel the best wheat, and would satisfy your appetite with honey from the rocky cliffs."

Verse ConceptsHoneyProvision From Rocks

The high mountains are for the wild goats;the cliffs are a refuge for hyraxes.

Verse ConceptsBadgersWild GoatRock Badger

My dove, in the hidden places of the rocks, in the secret places of the cliffs, show me your form, and let me hear your voice. For your voice is pleasant, and your shape is lovely.

Verse ConceptsdovesAttractionNames And Titles For The ChurchhidingBeautiful Women

Go up into the rocky cliffs, hide in the ground. Get away from the dreadful judgment of the Lord, from his royal splendor!

Verse ConceptsGlory, Revelation OfGod, Majesty OfGod, The LordRocksGlory Of GodCellarsStones For ProtectionHiding From GodTerror Of GodHoles In The Ground

They will go into caves in the rocky cliffs and into holes in the ground, trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the Lord and his royal splendor, when he rises up to terrify the earth.

Verse ConceptsCavesGuilty FearPeople In CavesTremblingPeoples Who FledTerror Of GodHoles In The GroundThe Earthhidingtrying

They will go into the caves of the rocksand the crevices in the cliffs,away from the terror of the Lordand from His majestic splendor,when He rises to terrify the earth.

Verse ConceptsEarth, Judgment OfPeople In CavesTremblingTerror Of God

They will all come and settle on the steep ravines, on the ledges of the cliffs, on all the thorn bushes and on all the watering places.

Verse ConceptsGathering Creatures

From the voice of the horseman, And of him shooting with the bow, all the city is fleeing, They have come into thickets, And on cliffs they have gone up, All the city is forsaken, And there is no one dwelling in them.

Verse ConceptsClimbingRocksArchers, In ArmiesCavalryEmpty CitiesRiding HorsesStones For ProtectionIsrael Fleeing

Look, I [am] sending for many fishermen,' {declares} Yahweh, 'and they will fish them out, and {afterward} I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and from the clefts of the cliffs.

Verse ConceptsFishesHuntingRocksFishermenFish

Abandon the towns! Live in the cliffs,residents of Moab!Be like a dovethat nests inside the mouth of a cave.

Verse ConceptsNestsdovesCavesRocksCaves As Places Of Refuge

Look, I am against you, devastating mountain—this is the Lord’s declaration—you devastate the whole earth.I will stretch out My hand against you,roll you down from the cliffs,and turn you into a charred mountain.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of The WorldGod OpposingSeven Mountains

The fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals of the field, every creature that crawls on the ground, and every human being on the face of the earth will tremble before Me. The mountains will be thrown down, the cliffs will collapse, and every wall will fall to the ground.

Verse ConceptsSeaMountains RemovedGod ShakingBoth Men And Animals AffectedPutting Things DownBirdsFish

Can horses run on rocky cliffs? Can one plow the sea with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into a poisonous plant, and the fruit of righteous actions into a bitter plant.

Verse ConceptsPloughingPoisonTilling The SoilBitter FoodNo Justice

The arrogance in your heart has deceived you, who inhabit hidden places on rocky cliffs, whose dwelling is in the heights, who say continuously to yourself, 'Who will bring me down to the ground?'

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