Rocks
63 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
48 sections
- A Place of Safety
- Adullam
- Barren
- Bees often Made Their Honey Amongst
- Bozez
- Casting Down From, a Punishment
- Christ As a Stumbling Stone to the Wicked
- Christ As Foundation of his Church
- Christ As Refuge of his People
- Christ As Source of Spiritual Gifts
- Dreaded by Mariners
- Durable
- Engedi
- Etam
- God As Creator of his People
- God As Defence of his People
- God As Refuge of his People
- God As Salvation of his People
- God As the Strength of his People
- God's Power Exhibited in Removing
- Hammers Used for Breaking
- Hard
- Horeb in Rephidim
- Houses often Built On
- Important Events often Engraved Upon
- Inhabited by Conies
- Inhabited by Doves
- Inhabited by Eagles
- Inhabited by Wild Goats
- Man's Industry in Cutting Through
- Meribah in Kadesh
- Miracles Connected With: Broken in Pieces by the Wind
- Miracles Connected With: Fire Ascended out of
- Miracles Connected With: Rent at the Death of Christ
- Miracles Connected With: Water Brought From
- Often Composed of Flint
- Often had Holes and Clefts
- Often Sharp-Pointed and Craggy
- Oreb
- Rimmon
- Selah in the Valley of Salt
- Selahammahlekoth in the Wilderness of Maon
- Seneh
- The Ancestor of a Nation
- The Olive Tree Flourished Amongst
- The Shadow of, Grateful to Travellers During the Heat of The
- Tombs often Hewn out of
- Whatever we Trust In
A Place of Safety
- Psalm 27:5 For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.
- Psalm 40:2 He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
Adullam
- 1 Chronicles 11:15 Three of the thirty chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
Barren
- Ezekiel 26:4 They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and make her a bare rock.
- Ezekiel 26:14 I will make you a bare rock, and you will become a place to spread the fishing nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the LORD, have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.’
- Amos 6:12 “Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
- Luke 8:6 Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture.
Bees often Made Their Honey Amongst
- Deuteronomy 32:13 He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,
- Psalm 81:16 But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
Bozez
- 1 Samuel 14:4 Now there were cliffs on both sides of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost. One was named Bozez and the other Seneh.
Casting Down From, a Punishment
- 2 Chronicles 25:12 and the army of Judah also captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them down so that all were dashed to pieces.
Christ As a Stumbling Stone to the Wicked
- Isaiah 8:14 And He will be a sanctuary — but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.
- Romans 9:33 as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
- 1 Peter 2:8 and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word— and to this they were appointed.
Christ As Foundation of his Church
- Matthew 16:18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
- 1 Peter 2:6 For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
Christ As Refuge of his People
- Isaiah 32:2 Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.
Christ As Source of Spiritual Gifts
- 1 Corinthians 10:4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
Dreaded by Mariners
- Acts 27:20 When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the great storm continued to batter us, we abandoned all hope of being saved.
Durable
- Job 19:24 by an iron stylus on lead, or chiseled in stone forever.
Engedi
- 1 Samuel 24:1–2 After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.” …
Etam
- Judges 15:8 And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.
God As Creator of his People
- Deuteronomy 32:18 You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.
God As Defence of his People
- Psalm 31:2–3 Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance. …
God As Refuge of his People
- Psalm 94:22 But the LORD has been my stronghold, and my God is my rock of refuge.
God As Salvation of his People
- Deuteronomy 32:15 But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
- Psalm 89:26 He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
- Psalm 95:1 Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout to the Rock of our salvation!
God As the Strength of his People
- Psalm 18:1–2 I love You, O LORD, my strength. …
- Psalm 67:2 that Your ways may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.
- Isaiah 17:10 For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines —
God's Power Exhibited in Removing
Hammers Used for Breaking
- Jeremiah 23:29 “Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”
Hard
- Jeremiah 5:3 O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
Horeb in Rephidim
- Exodus 17:1–6 Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. …
Houses often Built On
- Matthew 7:24–25 Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. …
Important Events often Engraved Upon
- Job 19:24 by an iron stylus on lead, or chiseled in stone forever.
Inhabited by Conies
- Psalm 104:18 The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.
- Proverbs 30:26 the rock badgers are creatures of little power, yet they make their homes in the rocks;
Inhabited by Doves
- Song of Solomon 2:14 O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.
- Jeremiah 48:28 Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.
Inhabited by Eagles
- Job 39:28 He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.
- Jeremiah 49:16 The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” …
Inhabited by Wild Goats
- Job 39:1 “Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?
Man's Industry in Cutting Through
- Job 28:9–10 The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base. …
Meribah in Kadesh
- Numbers 20:1–11 In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried. …
Miracles Connected With: Broken in Pieces by the Wind
- 1 Kings 19:11 Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in …
Miracles Connected With: Fire Ascended out of
- Judges 6:21 Then the angel of the LORD extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. And fire flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD …
Miracles Connected With: Rent at the Death of Christ
- Matthew 27:51 At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked, and the rocks were split.
Miracles Connected With: Water Brought From
- Exodus 17:6 Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
- Numbers 20:11 Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
Often Composed of Flint
- Deuteronomy 8:15 He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.
- Deuteronomy 32:13 He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,
Often had Holes and Clefts
- Exodus 33:22 and when My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.
Often Sharp-Pointed and Craggy
- 1 Samuel 14:4 Now there were cliffs on both sides of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost. One was named Bozez and the other Seneh.
Oreb
- Judges 7:25 They also captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. So they pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other …
- Isaiah 10:26 And the LORD of Hosts will brandish a whip against them, as when He struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will raise His staff over the sea, as He did in Egypt.
Rimmon
- Judges 20:45 Then the Benjamites turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and Israel cut down 5,000 men on the roads. And they overtook them at Gidom and struck down 2,000 more.
Selah in the Valley of Salt
- 2 Kings 14:7 Amaziah struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this very day.
- 2 Chronicles 25:11–12 Amaziah, however, summoned his strength and led his troops to the Valley of Salt, where he struck down 10,000 men of Seir, …
Selahammahlekoth in the Wilderness of Maon
- 1 Samuel 23:25 and Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard of this, he pursued David there.
- 1 Samuel 23:28 So Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why that place is called Sela-hammahlekoth.
Seneh
- 1 Samuel 14:4 Now there were cliffs on both sides of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost. One was named Bozez and the other Seneh.
The Ancestor of a Nation
- Isaiah 51:1 “Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.
The Olive Tree Flourished Amongst
- Deuteronomy 32:13 He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,
- Job 29:6 when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
The Shadow of, Grateful to Travellers During the Heat of The
- Isaiah 32:2 Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.
Tombs often Hewn out of
- Isaiah 22:16 What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here — to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?
- Matthew 27:60 and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.
Whatever we Trust In
- Deuteronomy 32:31 For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.
- Deuteronomy 32:37 He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.