21 occurrences

'Rocks' in the Bible

“For from the top of the rocks I see Israel,And from the hills I look at him.Behold, the people [of Israel] shall dwell aloneAnd will not be reckoned among the nations.

Verse ConceptsExclusivenessSeparation From Evil PeopleA Solitary People

When the men of Israel saw that they were in a tight situation (for their troops were hard-pressed), they hid in caves, in thickets, in cellars, and in [dry] cisterns (pits).

Verse ConceptsCavesRocksPeople In CavesHiding From PeopleCaves As Places Of Refuge

Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel and went to search for David and his men in front of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.

Verse ConceptsThree Thousand And UpWild Goat

So He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord was passing by, and a great and powerful wind was tearing out the mountains and breaking the rocks in pieces before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind, [there was] an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.

Verse ConceptsPassing ByWindHoly Spirit, Types OfStormsNo Winds

“His [godless] roots are wrapped around a pile of rocks,And he gazes at a house of stones.

Verse Conceptsculture

“He cuts out channels and passages among the rocks;And his eye sees every precious thing.

Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingExcavationMinesPrecioustechnology

“They must dwell on the slopes of wadisAnd in holes in the ground and in rocks.

Verse ConceptsRocksPeople In Caves

He split rocks in the wildernessAnd gave them abundant [water to] drink like the ocean depths.

Verse ConceptsGenerosity, God'sSplitting RocksProvision From Rocks

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

Verse ConceptsBadgersWild GoatRock Badger

They [the stricken, deprived of all in which they had trusted] will go into the caves of the rocksAnd into the holes of the ground [fleeing]From the terror and dread of the LordAnd from the splendor of His majesty,When He arises to terrify the earth.

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

To go into the caverns of the rocks and into the clefts of the [ragged] cliffs [as they flee]From the terror and dread of the Lord and the splendor of His majesty,When He arises to terrify the earth.

Verse ConceptsEarth, Judgment OfPeople In CavesTremblingTerror Of God

These [armies, like flies and bees] will all come and settle on the steep and rugged ravines and in the clefts of the rocks, and on all the thorn bushes and in all the watering places.

Verse ConceptsGathering Creatures

He will dwell on the heights,His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks,His bread will be given him;His water will be permanent.

Verse ConceptsBread, As FoodWaterFortsStones For ProtectionPeople Providing Food

Who inflame yourselves [with lust in pagan rites] among the oaks (terebinth trees),Under every green and leafy tree,Who slaughter the children [in sacrifice] in the ravinesUnder the clefts of the rocks?

Verse ConceptsChild sacrificeSanctity Of LifeOaksKilling Sons And Daughters

Every city runs away at the sound of the horsemen and archers.They go into the thickets and climb among the rocks;Every city is deserted,And no man lives in them.

Verse ConceptsClimbingRocksArchers, In ArmiesCavalryEmpty CitiesRiding HorsesStones For ProtectionIsrael Fleeing

“Behold (listen carefully), I will send for many fishermen,” says the Lord, “and they will fish for them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain and from every hill and out of the clefts of the rocks.

Verse ConceptsFishesHuntingRocksFishermenFish

‘Will the snow of [Mount] Lebanon melt and vanish from its rocks [which tower above Israel]?Will the cold, rushing waters of foreign lands [that flow down from the distant land] be dried up?

Verse ConceptsSnowCold, Figurative UseAbandoning Things

“You inhabitants of Moab,Leave the cities and live among the rocks,And be like the dove that makes her nestIn the walls of the yawning ravine.

Verse ConceptsNestsdovesCavesRocksCaves As Places Of Refuge

Do horses run on rocks?Do men plow rocks with oxen? [Of course not!]Yet you have turned justice into poisonAnd the fruit of righteousness into wormwood (bitterness),

Verse ConceptsPloughingPoisonTilling The SoilBitter FoodNo Justice

Who can stand before His indignation [His great wrath]?And who can stand up and endure the fierceness of His anger?His wrath is poured out like fireAnd the rocks are destroyed by Him.

Verse ConceptsAnger Of God, Nature OfGod's IndignationPunishment, By GodRocksSplitting RocksFire Of God's AngerStanding FirmGod Has AngerLake Of FirePassionwrathventing

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