'Stone' in the Bible

say to a tree, “You are my father,”and to a stone, “You gave birth to me.”For they have turned their back to Meand not their face,yet in their time of disaster they beg,“Rise up and save us!”

Indifferent to her prostitution, she defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.

No one will be able to retrieve a cornerstoneor a foundation stone from you,because you will become desolate forever.This is the Lord’s declaration.

When you have finished reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates River.

The shape of a throne with the appearance of sapphire stone was above the expanse. There was a form with the appearance of a human on the throne high above.

Then I looked, and there above the expanse over the heads of the cherubim was something like sapphire stone resembling the shape of a throne that appeared above them.

And I will give them one heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone from their bodies and give them a heart of flesh,

They will bring a mob against you to stone you and cut you to pieces with their swords.

“When you say, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the peoples of other countries, worshiping wood and stone,’ what you have in mind will never happen.

The assembly will stone them and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn their houses with fire.

You were in Eden, the garden of God.Every kind of precious stone covered you:carnelian, topaz, and diamond,beryl, onyx, and jasper,sapphire, turquoise and emerald.Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold;they were prepared on the day you were created.

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

There were also four tables of cut stone for the burnt offering, each 31½ inches long, 31½ inches wide, and 21 inches high. The utensils used to slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices were placed on them.

There was a stone wall around the inside of them, around the four of them, with ovens built at the base of the walls on all sides.

As you were watching, a stone broke off without a hand touching it, struck the statue on its feet of iron and fired clay, and crushed them.

Then the iron, the fired clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were shattered and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

You saw a stone break off from the mountain without a hand touching it, and it crushed the iron, bronze, fired clay, silver, and gold. The great God has told the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its interpretation certain.”

They drank the wine and praised their gods made of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you and your nobles, wives, and concubines drank wine from them, you praised the gods made of silver and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or understand. But you have not glorified the God who holds your life-breath in His hand and who controls the whole course of your life.

A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den. The king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signet rings of his nobles, so that nothing in regard to Daniel could be changed.

Therefore, because you trample on the poorand exact a grain tax from him,you will never live in the houses of cut stoneyou have built;you will never drink the winefrom the lush vineyardsyou have planted.

Woe to him who says to wood: Wake up!or to mute stone: Come alive!Can it teach?Look! It may be plated with gold and silver,yet there is no breath in it at all.

“Now, reflect back from this day: Before one stone was placed on another in the Lord’s temple,

Notice the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. I will engrave an inscription on it”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“and I will take away the guilt of this land in a single day.

On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who try to lift it will injure themselves severely when all the nations of the earth gather against her.

and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written:He will give His angels orders concerning you,and they will support you with their handsso that you will not strikeyour foot against a stone.”

What man among you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?

Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:The stone that the builders rejectedhas become the cornerstone.This came from the Lordand is wonderful in our eyes?

[Whoever falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whoever it falls, it will grind him to powder!]”

Then He replied to them, “Don’t you see all these things? I assure you: Not one stone will be left here on another that will not be thrown down!”

and placed it in his new tomb, which he had cut into the rock. He left after rolling a great stone against the entrance of the tomb.

Then they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting the guard.

Suddenly there was a violent earthquake, because an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and approached the tomb. He rolled back the stone and was sitting on it.

Haven’t you read this Scripture:The stone that the builders rejectedhas become the cornerstone.

Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left here on another that will not be thrown down!”

After he bought some fine linen, he took Him down and wrapped Him in the linen. Then he placed Him in a tomb cut out of the rock, and rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.

They were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance to the tomb for us?”

Looking up, they observed that the stone—which was very large—had been rolled away.

The Devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”

andthey will support you with their hands,so that you will not strikeyour foot against a stone.”

They will crush you and your children within you to the ground, and they will not leave one stone on another in you, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”

But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

But He looked at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of this Scripture:The stone that the builders rejected—this has become the cornerstone?

Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and if it falls on anyone, it will grind him to powder!”

“These things that you see—the days will come when not one stone will be left on another that will not be thrown down!”

They found the stone rolled away from the tomb.

Now six stone water jars had been set there for Jewish purification. Each contained 20 or 30 gallons.

In the law Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do You say?”

When they persisted in questioning Him, He stood up and said to them, “The one without sin among you should be the first to throw a stone at her.”

Again the Jews picked up rocks to stone Him.

“Rabbi,” the disciples told Him, “just now the Jews tried to stone You, and You’re going there again?”

Then Jesus, angry in Himself again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it.

“Remove the stone,” Jesus said.Martha, the dead man’s sister, told Him, “Lord, he’s already decaying. It’s been four days.”

So they removed the stone. Then Jesus raised His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You heard Me.

When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus outside. He sat down on the judge’s bench in a place called the Stone Pavement (but in Hebrew Gabbatha).

On the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark. She saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb.

This Jesus isthe stone rejected by you builders,which has become the cornerstone.

Then the commander went with the temple police and brought them in without force, because they were afraid the people might stone them.

They threw him out of the city and began to stone him. And the witnesses laid their robes at the feet of a young man named Saul.

When an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to assault and stone them,

Being God’s offspring then, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.

As it is written:Look! I am putting a stone in Zion to stumble overand a rock to trip over,yet the one who believes on Himwill not be put to shame.

It is clear that you are Christ’s letter, produced by us, not written with ink but with the Spirit of the living God—not on stone tablets but on tablets that are hearts of flesh.

Coming to Him, a living stone—rejected by men but chosen and valuable to God—

For it is contained in Scripture:Look! I lay a stone in Zion,a chosen and honored cornerstone,and the one who believes in Himwill never be put to shame!

So honor will come to you who believe, but for the unbelieving,The stone that the builders rejected—this One has become the cornerstone,

andA stone to stumble over,and a rock to trip over.They stumble because they disobey the message; they were destined for this.

“Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will give the victor some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name is inscribed that no one knows except the one who receives it.

and the One seated looked like jasper and carnelian stone. A rainbow that looked like an emerald surrounded the throne.

The rest of the people, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands to stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which are not able to see, hear, or walk.

Then a mighty angel picked up a stone like a large millstone and threw it into the sea, saying:In this way, Babylon the great citywill be thrown down violentlyand never be found again.

arrayed with God’s glory. Her radiance was like a very precious stone, like a jasper stone, bright as crystal.

The foundations of the city wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone:the first foundation jasper,the second sapphire,the third chalcedony,the fourth emerald,