156 occurrences

'Mountains' in the Bible

And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered.

Verse ConceptsCovering The Earth

Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

Verse ConceptsdepthCovering The EarthWeights And Measures, LinearDepthingFloods

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

Verse ConceptsNoah's ArkSabbath, In OtCalendarsMonth 7MotionlessnessComing To RestMonthsFloods

And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

Verse ConceptsMonth 10VisibilityWaters SubsidingMonths

And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah. And offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

Verse ConceptsCalvaryAbrahamAtonement, Types OfLove, And The WorldSuffering, Of Jesus ChristWorship, Acceptable AttitudesWorship, Places OfThe Only ChildSacrificing The FirstbornOnly Child Of PeopleThose Who Loved

Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil did he bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

Verse ConceptsGod Changing His MindGod Might Kill His PeopleGod Turned Back From Harming ThemLet Not God Be AngryGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.

Verse ConceptsInvitationsJacob, The PatriarchCrude LanguageCursing IsraelWise Proverbs

And they journeyed from Almon-diblathaim, and encamped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.

And they journeyed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.

Verse ConceptsThe Region Of Jordan

Ye shall surely destroy all the places wherein the nations that ye shall dispossess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:

Verse ConceptsColors, GreenHigh PlacesHillsDestruction Of Satan's WorksWorship At Trees

For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And burneth unto the lowest Sheol, And devoureth the earth with its increase, And setteth on fire the foundations of the mountains.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsHell, Punishment OfAfterlifeHell, As An ExperienceEarth, Judgment OfMountains RemovedEarth's FoundationFire Emanating From GodGod Has AngerState Of The Dead

And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, And for the precious things of the everlasting hills,

Verse ConceptsHillsEternal World

The mountains quaked at the presence of Jehovah, Even yon Sinai at the presence of Jehovah, the God of Israel.

Verse ConceptsearthquakesMountainsMountains Quaking

And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.

Verse ConceptsCavesPower, HumanSelf DefenceStrength, HumanStrongholdsFortsDensEscaping To MountainsPeople In CavesCaves As Places Of Refuge

And the men of Shechem set liers-in-wait for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.

Verse ConceptsAmbushRobbing PeopleTelling Of Happenings

And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the tops of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.

Verse ConceptsShadowsThings Like PeopleLike Men

And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.

Verse ConceptsSympathyWeepingLeave Us Alonevirginity

And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

Verse Conceptsvirginity

Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of Jehovah: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.

Verse ConceptsHuntingInsectsBirds, Types Of BirdsRestraints From KillingFleasPartridges

Ye mountains of Gilboa, Let there be no dew nor rain upon you, neither fields of offerings: For there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.

Verse Conceptsdrought, physicaldewLack Of RainAnointing Things

And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains;

Verse ConceptsStonesFifty To Ninety Thousand

And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before Jehovah. And, behold, Jehovah passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before Jehovah; but Jehovah was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but Jehovah was not in the earthquake:

Verse ConceptsPassing ByWindHoly Spirit, Types OfStormsNo Winds

And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and Jehovah said, These have no master; let them return every man to his house in peace.

Verse ConceptsHillsProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtProphecy, Methods Of OtSheepShepherds, As Kings And LeadersWatchfulness, DivineInadequate ShepherdingScattered Like SheepEscaping To MountainsLet Them Go HomeNo King

By thy messengers thou hast defied the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir-trees thereof; and I will enter into his farthest lodging-place, the forest of his fruitful field.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of ConfidenceClimbingChariotsCedarWorldly Ambition ExamplesFalse Confidence, Examples OfFelling Trees

And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David to the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, that could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;

Verse ConceptsCommandereagernessWarriorsFast RunnersDeer

And Solomon counted out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand men that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.

Verse ConceptsConscriptionMasonsOverseersSkillStonesThree Thousand And UpFifty To Ninety Thousand

And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people at work.

Verse ConceptsMasonsStonesThree Thousand And UpFifty To Ninety Thousand

And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and Jehovah said, These have no master; let them return every man to his house in peace.

Verse ConceptsWatchfulness, DivineScattered Like Sheep

Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and made the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the harlot, and led Judah astray.

Verse ConceptsGuidance, Need For God'sSpiritual Harlotry

And he built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle; in the lowland also, and in the plain: and he had husbandmen and vinedressers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields; for he loved husbandry.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsCisternsVineyardWatchmanAgricultureFarming

Him that removeth the mountains, and they know it not, When he overturneth them in his anger;

Verse ConceptsMountains RemovedTurning Upside DownGod Has AngerMoving OnMoving To A New Place

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

Verse ConceptsProperty, HousesRocksThe HomelessMoist ThingsStones For ProtectionPurgatory

He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock; He overturneth the mountains by the roots.

Verse ConceptsFlintMineralsRootsMountains RemovedTurning Upside Down

The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing.

Surely the mountains bring him forth food, Where all the beasts of the field do play.

Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsearthquakesMountainsEarth's FoundationGod Has Anger

Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas;

Verse ConceptsHeart, HumanFearlessnessChangeFreed From FearUniverse ChangedThe OceanOvercoming Hard TimesThe Seafearless

Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains tremble with the swelling thereof. Selah

Verse ConceptsTroubleTremblingFoamsPsalm InterjectionsThe Sea Stirred UpThe OceanThe Sea

I know all the birds of the mountains; And the wild beasts of the field are mine.

Verse ConceptsCreatorBirds, Features OfBeastsAll Things Belong To GodBirdsbugs

Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, At the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? Yea, Jehovah will dwell in it for ever.

Verse ConceptsGod's DwellingAvoid Envy

The mountains shall bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness.

Verse ConceptsHillsMessianic AgePeace, Promised ToBlessings From The Mountains

There shall be abundance of grain in the earth upon the top of the mountains; The fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

Verse ConceptsCornGrainGrassLand ProducingBlessings From The Mountains

Glorious art thou and excellent, From the mountains of prey.

Verse ConceptsLight, SpiritualPrayer, And WorshipExcellence

The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like cedars of God.

Verse ConceptsCedarThe Mountains Of Israel

As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire,

Verse ConceptsBurning PlantsHarming Treesfirefighters

His foundation is in the holy mountains.

In his hand are the deep places of the earth; The heights of the mountains are his also.

Verse ConceptsdepthHand Of GodMountainsAll Things Belong To GodThe EarthThe World

The mountains melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

Verse ConceptsMountainsWaxThe Presence Of God

Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; The waters stood above the mountains.

Verse ConceptsClothing The EarthThe Ocean

(The mountains rose, the valleys sank down) Unto the place which thou hadst founded for them.

Verse ConceptsVapourGoing Up MountainsThings FallingThings Going UpRoses

He sendeth forth springs into the valleys; They run among the mountains;

Verse ConceptsWater IrrigationRivers And StreamsGod Providing Water

He watereth the mountains from his chambers: The earth is filled with the fruit of thy works.

Verse ConceptsSatisfactionStoring

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

Verse ConceptsBadgersWild GoatRock Badger

Who looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; He toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.

Verse ConceptsSmokeTouchGod Shaking The EarthTremblingsmoking

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

Verse ConceptsHillsLambsThe Presence Of Godjumping

Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; Ye little hills, like lambs?

Verse Conceptsjumping

I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come?

Verse ConceptsLooking HeavenwardHillsCrying For HelpLooking At God's WorksOptimism

As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, So Jehovah is round about his people From this time forth and for evermore.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahGuardiansMountainsShieldsEternally With GodGod SurroundingSurrenderwaterfallsjerusalem

Like the dew of Hermon, That cometh down upon the mountains of Zion: For there Jehovah commanded the blessing, Even life for evermore.

Verse ConceptsdewZion, As A SymbolHoly Spirit, Types Of

Bow thy heavens, O Jehovah, and come down: Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

Verse ConceptsSmokeTheophanyTouchGod Going DownGoing To Heavensmoking

Mountains and all hills; Fruitful trees and all cedars;

Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth;

Verse ConceptsHills

The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.

Verse ConceptsSpringChange And Growth

The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh, Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.

Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart Upon the mountains of Bether.

Verse ConceptsThe Cool Of The DayUntil DaybreakDeer Etc.

Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, With me from Lebanon: Look from the top of Amana, From the top of Senir and Hermon, From the lions dens, From the mountains of the leopards.

Verse ConceptsLeopard

Make haste, my beloved, And be thou like to a roe or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.

Verse ConceptsYoung LoversDeer Etc.Deer

And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

Verse ConceptsDays, LastThe Final Days Of TimeNames And Titles For The ChurchRevelation Of The FutureThe Temple In HeavenJerusalem In Millennial Kingdomend times prophecyEnd Of DaysEnd Times

and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,

Therefore is the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them; and the mountains tremble, and their dead bodies are as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Verse ConceptsdirtRoadsGod's HandMountains QuakingNo BurialsGod's Hands Stretched Out

The noise of a multitude in the mountains, as of a great people! the noise of a tumult of the kingdoms of the nations gathered together! Jehovah of hosts is mustering the host for the battle.

Verse ConceptsNoiseAliancesCrowdsGathering Other NationsEarthly Armies

that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulder.

Verse ConceptsCivil LibertyYokesTrampling PeopleRemoving Burdens

The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but he shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.

Verse ConceptsChaffWindWhirlwindsLight As ChaffRoar Of NationsGod Requite Them!

All ye inhabitants of the world, and ye dwellers on the earth, when an ensign is lifted up on the mountains, see ye; and when the trumpet is blown, hear ye.

Verse ConceptsBanners, Literal UseTrumpetTrumpets For SignallingFlags

They shall be left together unto the ravenous birds of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth; and the ravenous birds shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.

Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsSummerBirds Of Prey

For it is a day of discomfiture, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, in the valley of vision; a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains.

Verse ConceptsBattering ramsValleysWallsVisions From God

Their slain also shall be cast out, and the stench of their dead bodies shall come up; and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.

Verse ConceptsCovered With BloodUnicorns

By thy servants hast thou defied the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir-trees thereof; and I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field;

Verse ConceptsChariotsCedarFelling TreesTrusting In Chariots

Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

Verse ConceptsBalance In LifeBreadthDivine BalancesHand Of GodHillsNatureBalances, Metaphorical UseStrength, DivineWeighingNumerous As DustHollowScienceThe OceanbalancedustweightmeasurementThe Vastness Of Nature

Behold, I have made thee to be a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth; thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.

Verse ConceptsTeethThreshingMountains Removed

Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice , the villages that Kedar doth inhabit; let the inhabitants of Sela sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.

Verse ConceptsBlessing In The Wilderness

I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.

Verse ConceptsdrynessGod Drying Things Up

Sing, O ye heavens, for Jehovah hath done it; shout, ye lower parts of the earth; break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.

Verse ConceptsGlory, Revelation OfForestsEarth, God's GloryGod's Glory In IsraelShoutingSingingSongs

And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.

Verse ConceptsHighwayMaking RoadsHighways

Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for Jehovah hath comforted his people, and will have compassion upon his afflicted.

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfAfflicted SaintsEarth, God's GloryJoy, And Human ExperienceSingingSongsAfflictions, Consolation DuringComfort, Of GodGod Has ComfortedMothers DeathFinding Comfort In God

For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed; but my lovingkindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed, saith Jehovah that hath mercy on thee.

Verse ConceptsCovenant breakersTrusting In God's LoveAssurance, nature ofGod, The EternalHeart, DivineLoyaltyLove, Nature OfMountainsReliabilityTendernessGod Will Show MercyGod Keeps CovenantMoving Onhealthcaresteadfast

For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands.

Verse ConceptsFigures Of SpeechClappingecstasyHillsJoy, Of IsraelSingingSongsThankfulnessPeace, Promised ToApplauseGoing In PeaceJoyjoyfuljoyfulness

Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence,

Verse ConceptsMountainsMountains QuakingGod Going Downepiphany

When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains quaked at thy presence.

Verse ConceptsMountains QuakingGod Going DownLack Of Expectation

your own iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith Jehovah, that have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills; therefore will I first measure their work into their bosom.

Verse ConceptsdefianceWagesSins Of The FathersBurning SacrificesSacrificing On The High PlacesMaking Mistakes

And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains; and my chosen shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.

Truly in vain is the help that is looked for from the hills, the tumult on the mountains: truly in Jehovah our God is the salvation of Israel.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorFalse ConfidenceGod My SalvationDeception

I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro.

Verse ConceptsMountains Quaking

For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passeth through; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds of the heavens and the beasts are fled, they are gone.

Verse ConceptsAnimals, religious role ofLamentingSongsWailingLand Becoming EmptyI Mourn Catastrophe

Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

Verse ConceptsHope, Nature OfProcrastinationStumblingThe Insecurity Of The WickedPeople Stumbling

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