Bible Concordances
Rocks

Torrey's Topical Textbook

• Often composed of Flint
  Deuteronomy 8:15; 32:13

• DESCRIBED AS
  • Hard
    Jeremiah 5:3
  • Durable
    Job 19:24
  • Barren
    Ezekiel 26:4,14; Amos 6:12; Luke 8:6

• Often sharp-pointed and craggy
  1 Samuel 14:4

• Often had holes and clefts
  Exodus 33:22

• Were a defence to a country
  Isaiah 33:16

• Dreaded by mariners
  Acts 27:20

• INHABITED BY
  • Wild goats
    Job 39:1
  • Conies
    Psalm 104:18; Proverbs 30:26
  • Doves
    Song of Solomon 2:14; Jeremiah 48:28
  • Eagles
    Job 39:28; Jeremiah 49:16

• The olive tree flourished amongst
  Deuteronomy 32:13; Job 29:6

• Bees often made their honey amongst
  Deuteronomy 32:13; Psalm 81:16

• USED AS
  • Altars
    Judges 6:20,21,26; 13:19
  • Places for idolatrous worship
    Isaiah 57:5
  • Places of Observation
    Exodus 33:21; Numbers 23:9
  • Places of safety in danger
    1 Samuel 13:6; Isaiah 2:19; Jeremiah 16:16; Revelation 6:15
  • Places for shelter by the poor in their distress
    Job 24:8; 30:3,6

• The shadow of, grateful to travellers during the heat of the Day
  Isaiah 32:2

• Houses often built on
  Matthew 7:24,25

• Tombs often hewn out of
  Isaiah 22:16; Matthew 27:60

• Important events often engraved upon
  Job 19:24

• MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
  • Adullam
    1 Chronicles 11:15
  • Bozez
    1 Samuel 14:4
  • Engedi
    1 Samuel 24:1,2
  • Etam
    Judges 15:8
  • Horeb in Rephidim
    Exodus 17:1-6
  • Meribah in Kadesh
    Numbers 20:1-11
  • Oreb
    Judges 7:25; Isaiah 10:26
  • Rimmon
    Judges 20:45
  • Seneh
    1 Samuel 14:4
  • Selahammahlekoth in the wilderness of Maon
    1 Samuel 23:25,28
  • Selah in the valley of salt
    2 Kings 14:7; 2 Chronicles 25:11,12

• Man's industry in cutting through
  Job 28:9,10

• Hammers used for breaking
  Jeremiah 23:29

• Casting down from, a punishment
  2 Chronicles 25:12

• MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH
  • Water brought from
    Exodus 17:6; Numbers 20:11
  • Fire ascended out of
    Judges 6:21
  • Broken in pieces by the wind
    1 Kings 19:11
  • Rent at the death of Christ
    Matthew 27:51

• God's power exhibited in removing
  Job 14:18; Nahum 1:6

• ILLUSTRATIVE OF
  • God as creator of his people
    Deuteronomy 32:18
  • God as the strength of his people
    Psalm 18:1,2; 67:2; Isaiah 17:10
  • God as defence of his people
    Psalm 31:2,3
  • God as refuge of his people
    Psalm 94:22
  • God as salvation of his people
    Deuteronomy 32:15; Psalm 89:26; 95:1
  • Christ as refuge of his people
    Isaiah 32:2
  • Christ as foundation of his church
    Matthew 16:18; 1 Peter 2:6
  • Christ as source of spiritual gifts
    1 Corinthians 10:4
  • Christ as a stumbling stone to the wicked
    Isaiah 8:14; Romans 9:33; 1 Peter 2:8
  • A place of safety
    Psalm 27:5; 40:2
  • Whatever we trust in
    Deuteronomy 32:31,37
  • The ancestor of a nation
    Isaiah 51:1