51 Bible Verses about Rocks

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And in that day I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all peoples. All who lift it shall be slashed, and all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it.

He tears himself in his anger; shall the earth be forsaken for you? And shall the rock be moved out of its place?

Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were engraved in a book! Oh that they were cut with an iron pen and lead in the rock forever!

His heart is cast hard as a stone, even cast hard as a piece of a riding millstone.

Who can stand before His fury? And who can stand up in the heat of His anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken down because of Him.

And the men of Israel saw that they were in a tight place (for the people were distressed). And the people hid themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.

Saul and his men also went to look for him. And they told David. And he came down from the rock and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard, he followed after David in the wilderness of Maon.

They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for lack of shelter.

They dwell in the chasms of the valleys, in holes of the earth and in rocks.

And a man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a shelter from the tempest, like streams of water in a dry place, like the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

Every city shall flee from the sound of the horsemen and bowmen. They shall go into thickets and climb up among the rocks. All the city is abandoned, and not a man shall live in them.

Behold, I will send for many fishermen, says Jehovah, and they will fish them. And afterwards I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

O you who dwell in Moab, leave the cities and live in the rock, and be like the dove making her nest in the sides of the mouth of the pit.

Your dreadfulness has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there, says Jehovah.

And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains. And they said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him sitting on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb;

The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and an archer lurks for him. But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob (from the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel); by the God of your father, who shall help you. And may the Almighty bless you with blessings of Heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

because I will proclaim the name of Jehovah, ascribe greatness to our God. He is the Rock; His work is perfect. For all His ways are just, a God of faithfulness, and without evil; just and upright is He.

The Spirit of Jehovah spoke by me, and His Word was in my tongue. The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me: he who rules over men justly, ruling in the fear of God, is as the light of the morning, as the sun rises, a morning without clouds. The tender grass springs out of the earth through shining after rain.

A Psalm of David. I will cry to You, O Jehovah; my Rock, do not be deaf to me, lest, if You be silent to me, I become like those who go down into the pit.

I will say to God my rock, Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the cruelty of the enemy?

He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my strong tower; I shall not be shaken.

They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flowering; to show that Jehovah is upright; He is my rock, and no unrighteousness is in Him.

Fear not, nor be afraid; have I not told you and made you hear since then? So you are My witnesses. Is there a God besides Me? Yea, there is none. I have not known a Rock.

Are You not from everlasting, O Jehovah my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O Jehovah, You have ordained them for judgment; and, my Rock, You have established them for correction.

Be a rock of refuge for me, to which I may always go; You have commanded to save me; for You are my Rock and my Fortress.

How shall one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them and Jehovah had shut them up?

As for God, His way is perfect. The Word of Jehovah is tried. He is a shield to all those who seek refuge in Him. For who is God, except Jehovah? And who is a rock except our God?

As for God, His way is perfect; the Word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield to all those who trust in Him. For who is God besides Jehovah? Or, who is a Rock except our God?

Bow down Your ear to me; deliver me quickly; be my strong rock, a fortress to save me. For You are my rock and my fortress; and for Your name's sake lead me and guide me.

To the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer. From the end of the earth I cry to You when my heart is faint; Lead me to the Rock higher than I. For You have been a shelter for me, a strong tower before the enemy.

A Psalm of David. Blessed is Jehovah my Rock, who teaches My hands for war, my fingers for battle. He is my goodness and my fortress; my high tower and my deliverer; my shield and He in whom I trust; who humbles my people under me.

Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not been mindful of the Rock of your strength, therefore you shall plant pleasant plants and shall sow it a fresh shoot.

But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked. You grew fat, thick, and satisfied. Then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. They provoked Him to jealousy with strange gods; with abominations they provoked Him to anger. They sacrificed to devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new ones newly come up, whom your fathers did not fear.read more.
You forgot the Rock who brought you forth, and ceased to care for God who formed you.

Jehovah lives! And blessed be my Rock, and exalted be the God, the Rock of my salvation.

Jehovah lives; and blessed be my rock, and let the God of my salvation be praised.

And they remembered that God was their rock, and the Most High God was their redeemer.

He shall cry to Me, My Father, You are my God, and the rock of my salvation.

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Caves » Found in the » Rocks

Isaiah 2:19

And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth for fear of Jehovah and for the glory of His majesty, when He arises to shake the earth terribly.

Honey » Found in » Rocks

Psalm 81:16

And He would have fed them also with the finest of the wheat; and with honey out of the rock I would have satisfied you.

Deuteronomy 32:13

He made him ride on the high places of the earth, so that he might eat the increase of the fields. And He made him suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock,

Rocks » Used as » Places of safety in danger

1 Samuel 13:6

And the men of Israel saw that they were in a tight place (for the people were distressed). And the people hid themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.

Isaiah 2:19

And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth for fear of Jehovah and for the glory of His majesty, when He arises to shake the earth terribly.

Revelation 6:15

And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains.

Jeremiah 16:16

Behold, I will send for many fishermen, says Jehovah, and they will fish them. And afterwards I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

Rocks » Illustrative of » God as salvation of his people

Deuteronomy 32:15

But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked. You grew fat, thick, and satisfied. Then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

Psalm 89:26

He shall cry to Me, My Father, You are my God, and the rock of my salvation.

Rocks » Illustrative of » Christ as a stumbling-stone to the wicked

Romans 9:33

as it is written, "Behold, I lay in Zion a Stumbling-stone and a Rock-of-offense, and everyone believing on Him shall not be put to shame."

Isaiah 8:14

And He shall be a sanctuary for you, but for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of falling to both the houses of Israel, for a trap and for a snare to the people of Jerusalem.

1 Peter 2:8

and a Stone-of-stumbling and a Rock-of-offense to those disobeying, who stumble at the Word, to which they also were appointed.

Rocks » Illustrative of » God as the strength of his people

Isaiah 17:10

Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not been mindful of the Rock of your strength, therefore you shall plant pleasant plants and shall sow it a fresh shoot.

Psalm 18:1

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David, the servant of Jehovah, who spoke to Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul; and he said: I love You, O Jehovah, my strength.

Rocks » Illustrative of » Whatever we trust in

Deuteronomy 32:31

For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.

Deuteronomy 32:37

And He shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted?

Rocks » Inhabited by » Doves

Jeremiah 48:28

O you who dwell in Moab, leave the cities and live in the rock, and be like the dove making her nest in the sides of the mouth of the pit.

Song of Solomon 2:14

O My dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let Me see your face, let Me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is beautiful.

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Selah in the valley of salt

2 Chronicles 25:11-12

And Amaziah made himself strong, and led forth his people, and went to the Valley of Salt, and struck ten thousand of the sons of Seir. And the sons of Judah carried away captive ten thousand alive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and threw them down from the top of the rock so they were all broken in pieces.

2 Kings 14:7

He killed ten thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel until this day.

Rocks » Often composed of flint

Deuteronomy 8:15

He led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground, where there was no water, who brought you forth water out of the rock of flint,

Deuteronomy 32:13

He made him ride on the high places of the earth, so that he might eat the increase of the fields. And He made him suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock,

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Sela-hammahlekoth in the wilderness of maon

1 Samuel 23:25

Saul and his men also went to look for him. And they told David. And he came down from the rock and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard, he followed after David in the wilderness of Maon.

1 Samuel 23:28

And Saul returned from pursuing David, and went against the Philistines. Therefore they called that place, The Rock of the Division.

Rocks » Bees often made their honey amongst

Psalm 81:16

And He would have fed them also with the finest of the wheat; and with honey out of the rock I would have satisfied you.

Deuteronomy 32:13

He made him ride on the high places of the earth, so that he might eat the increase of the fields. And He made him suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock,

Rocks » Inhabited by » Conies

Psalm 104:18

The high hills are for the wild goats, and the rocks are a refuge for the badgers.

Proverbs 30:26

the rock-badgers are not a mighty people, yet they make their houses in the rock;

Rocks » Used as » Places for shelter by the poor in their distress

Job 24:8

They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for lack of shelter.

Job 30:3

They are dried up with want and famine; they who gnaw the dry ground, which was before waste and ruin,

Job 30:6

They dwell in the chasms of the valleys, in holes of the earth and in rocks.

Rocks » Used as » Altars

Judges 13:19

And Manoah took a kid with a food offering, and offered it upon a rock to Jehovah, and did wonderfully. And Manoah and his wife looked on.

Judges 6:20-21

And the Angel of God said to him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes and lay on this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so. Then the Angel of Jehovah put forth the end of the staff that was in His hand and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes. And there rose up fire out of the rock and burned up the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the Angel of Jehovah went away out of his sight.

Rocks » Described as » Barren

Ezekiel 26:14

And I will make you like a shining rock. You shall be a place to spread nets on; you shall be built no more; for I Jehovah have spoken, says the Lord Jehovah.

Ezekiel 26:4

And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers. I will also scrape her dust from her and make her like a shining rock.

Rocks » The olive tree flourished amongst

Deuteronomy 32:13

He made him ride on the high places of the earth, so that he might eat the increase of the fields. And He made him suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock,

Job 29:6

when I washed my steps with curds, and the rock poured out rivers of oil for me;

Rocks » Tombs often hewn out of

Isaiah 22:16

What is to you here? And who is here to you, that you have carved out a tomb for yourself here, as one who cuts himself out a tomb on high, who cuts out a home for himself in a rock?

Matthew 27:60

and laid it in his new tomb, which he had cut out of the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb and departed.

Rocks » Miracles connected with » Water brought from

Numbers 20:11

And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he struck the rock twice. And the water came out plentifully, and the congregation and their animals drank.

Exodus 17:6

Behold, I will stand before you there upon the rock in Horeb. And you shall smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, so that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

Rocks » Illustrative of » Christ as foundation of his church

1 Peter 2:6

Therefore also it is contained in the Scripture: "Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner Stone, elect, precious, and he who believes on Him shall never be ashamed."

Rocks » Used as » Places of observation

Numbers 23:9

For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him. Lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be counted among the nations.

Exodus 33:21

And Jehovah said, Behold! There is a place by Me, and you shall stand upon a rock.

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Oreb

Judges 7:25

Then they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb. And they killed Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and they killed Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. And they pursued Midian and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.

Isaiah 10:26

And Jehovah of Hosts shall stir up a whip on him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and as His rod was on the sea, so shall He lift it up in the way of Egypt.

Rocks » Inhabited by » Eagles

Jeremiah 49:16

Your dreadfulness has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there, says Jehovah.

Job 39:28

He lives and stays on the rock, on the crag of the rock and the strong place.

Rocks » Illustrative of » A place of safety

Rocks » God's power exhibited in removing

Nahum 1:6

Who can stand before His fury? And who can stand up in the heat of His anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken down because of Him.

Job 14:18

And surely a falling mountain crumbles away, and the rock moves out of its place.

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Adullam

1 Chronicles 11:15

And three of the mighty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam. And the Philistine army camped in the Valley of the Giants.

Rocks » Illustrative of » Christ as source of spiritual gifts

1 Corinthians 10:4

and all drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank of the spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.

Rocks » Casting down from, a punishment

2 Chronicles 25:12

And the sons of Judah carried away captive ten thousand alive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and threw them down from the top of the rock so they were all broken in pieces.

Rocks » Illustrative of » God as creator of his people

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Meribah in kadesh

Numbers 20:1-11

Then the sons of Israel came, the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month. And the people stayed in Kadesh. And Miriam died there and was buried there. And there was no water for the congregation. And they gathered themselves against Moses and against Aaron. And the people contended with Moses and spoke, saying, Oh that we had died when our brothers died before Jehovah! read more.
And why have you brought up the congregation of Jehovah into this wilderness, so that we and our cattle should die there? And why have you made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us into this evil place? It is no place of seed or of figs or of vines or of pomegranates. And there is no water to drink. And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces. And the glory of Jehovah appeared to them. And Jehovah spoke to Moses saying, Take the rod, and gather the assembly, you and Aaron your brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes. And it shall give forth its water, and you shall bring forth to them water out of the rock. So you shall give the congregation and their animals drink. And Moses took the rod from before Jehovah as He commanded him. And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said to them, Hear now you rebels. Must we bring water for you out of this rock? And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he struck the rock twice. And the water came out plentifully, and the congregation and their animals drank.

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » En-gedi

1 Samuel 24:1-2

And it happened when Saul had returned from following the Philistines, they told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi. And Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men on the front of the rocks of the wild goats.

Rocks » Houses often built on

Matthew 7:24-25

Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on a rock. And the rain came down, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house. And it did not fall, for it was founded on a rock.

Rocks » Hammers used for breaking

Jeremiah 23:29

Is not My Word like a fire? says Jehovah; and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?

Rocks » Miracles connected with » Broken in pieces by the wind

1 Kings 19:11

And He said, Go forth and stand on the mountain before Jehovah. And, behold, Jehovah passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains, and broke the rocks in pieces before Jehovah. But Jehovah was not in the wind. And after the wind was an earthquake, but Jehovah was not in the earthquake.

Rocks » Miracles connected with » Rent at the death of Christ

Matthew 27:51

And, behold! The veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. And the earth quaked, and the rocks were sheared,

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Horeb in rephidim

Exodus 17:1-6

And all the congregation of the sons of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the command of the Lord, and pitched in Rephidim. And there was no water for the people to drink. And the people wrangled with Moses and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why do you wrangle with me? Why do you tempt Jehovah? And the people thirsted there for water. And the people murmured against Moses and said, Why is this, that You brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our sons and our cattle with thirst? read more.
And Moses cried to Jehovah, saying, What shall I do to this people? They are almost ready to stone me. And Jehovah said to Moses, Go on in front of the people, and take with you the elders of Israel. And take your rod with which you struck the river, in your hand, and go. Behold, I will stand before you there upon the rock in Horeb. And you shall smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, so that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Bozez

1 Samuel 14:4

And between the passages by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines' garrison there was a rocky crag on the one side and a rocky crag on the other side. And the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Seneh

1 Samuel 14:4

And between the passages by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines' garrison there was a rocky crag on the one side and a rocky crag on the other side. And the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

Rocks » Often sharp-pointed and craggy

1 Samuel 14:4

And between the passages by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines' garrison there was a rocky crag on the one side and a rocky crag on the other side. And the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Rimmon

Judges 20:45

And they turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon. And they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men, and pursued hard after them to Gidom and killed two thousand men of them.

Rocks » Illustrative of » God as defence of his people

Psalm 31:2-3

Bow down Your ear to me; deliver me quickly; be my strong rock, a fortress to save me. For You are my rock and my fortress; and for Your name's sake lead me and guide me.

Rocks » Described as » Hard

Jeremiah 5:3

O Jehovah, are not Your eyes on the truth? You have stricken them, but they have not grieved; You have destroyed them, but they have refused to receive correction; they have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to return.

Rocks » Were a defence to a country

Isaiah 33:16

He shall dwell on high; his refuge shall be the strongholds of rocks; bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

Rocks » Often had holes and clefts

Exodus 33:22

And it will be, while My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and will cover you with My hand while I pass by.

Rocks » Miracles connected with » Fire ascended out of

Judges 6:21

Then the Angel of Jehovah put forth the end of the staff that was in His hand and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes. And there rose up fire out of the rock and burned up the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the Angel of Jehovah went away out of his sight.

Rocks » Mentioned in scripture » Etam

Judges 15:8

And he struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter. And he went down and lived in the top of the rock Etam.

Rocks » Illustrative of » Christ as refuge of his people

Isaiah 32:2

And a man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a shelter from the tempest, like streams of water in a dry place, like the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

Rocks » Illustrative of » God as refuge of his people

Rocks » Illustrative of » The ancestor of a nation

Isaiah 51:1

Listen to me, pursuers of righteousness; seekers of Jehovah: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the hole of the pit from which you were dug.

Rocks » Used as » Places for idolatrous worship

Isaiah 57:5

being inflamed with idols under every green tree, killing the little sons in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks?

Rocks » The shadow of, grateful to travelers during the heat of the day

Isaiah 32:2

And a man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a shelter from the tempest, like streams of water in a dry place, like the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

Rocks » Man's industry in cutting through

Job 28:9-10

He puts forth His hand on the flinty places; He overturns the mountains by the roots. He cuts out rivers among the rocks; and His eye sees every precious thing.

Rocks » Dreaded by mariners

Acts 27:29

And fearing that we would fall on rocks, and casting four anchors out of the stern, they wished day to come.

Rocks » Described as » Durable

Job 19:24

Oh that they were cut with an iron pen and lead in the rock forever!

Rocks » Important events often engraved upon

Job 19:24

Oh that they were cut with an iron pen and lead in the rock forever!

Rocks » Inhabited by » Wild goats

Job 39:1

Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? Can you observe the calving of deer?

Ships » Endangered by » Rocks

Acts 27:29

And fearing that we would fall on rocks, and casting four anchors out of the stern, they wished day to come.

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People As Rocks

Nehemiah 9:11

And You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land. And their pursuers You threw into the deep, like a stone into the mighty waters.

Provision From Rocks

Deuteronomy 8:15

He led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground, where there was no water, who brought you forth water out of the rock of flint,

Splitting Rocks

Psalm 78:15

He split the rocks in the wilderness, and let them drink, as from the great depths.

Striking Rocks

Exodus 17:6

Behold, I will stand before you there upon the rock in Horeb. And you shall smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, so that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

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