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Rocks

Rocks in Scripture represent both God's strength and protection as well as obstacles to faith and obedience. They appear throughout the Bible as symbols of God's unchanging nature and as tests of human trust.

Overview

Rocks serve multiple spiritual purposes in Scripture. They represent God's solid protection and strength for His people, His unchanging character, and sometimes obstacles that test faith. God frequently used rocks as altars and memorials to mark His covenant work.

Key Scriptures

"For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock" (Psalm 27:5, KJV).

"He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings" (Psalm 40:2, KJV).

"He made him suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock" (Deuteronomy 32:13, KJV).

Application

Trust in God's solid, unchanging character as your foundation, and remove any "rocky ground" of shallow faith through deeper commitment to Scripture and prayer.

Scripture References 40

Psalms 27:5 Psalms 40:2 1 Chronicles 11:15 Judges 6:20 Judges 6:21 Judges 6:26 Judges 13:19 Ezekiel 26:4 Ezekiel 26:14 Amos 6:12 Luke 8:6 Deuteronomy 32:13 Psalms 81:16 1 Samuel 14:4 1 Kings 19:11 2 Chronicles 25:12 Isaiah 8:14 Romans 9:33 1 Peter 2:8 Matthew 16:18 1 Peter 2:6 Isaiah 32:2 1 Corinthians 10:4 Psalms 104:18 Proverbs 30:26 Song of Solomon 2:14 Jeremiah 48:28 Acts 27:20 Job 19:24 Job 39:28 Jeremiah 49:16 1 Samuel 24:1 1 Samuel 24:2 Judges 15:8 Judges 6:21 Deuteronomy 32:18 Psalms 31:2 Psalms 31:3 Psalms 94:22 Deuteronomy 32:15

Full Topical Reference List 108 total — Nave's Topical Bible

A place of safety

Psalms 27:5 Psalms 40:2

Adullam

1 Chronicles 11:15

Altars

Judges 6:20 Judges 6:21 Judges 6:26 Judges 13:19

Barren

Amos 6:12 Ezekiel 26:4 Ezekiel 26:14 Luke 8:6

Bees often made their honey amongst

Deuteronomy 32:13 Psalms 81:16

Bozez

1 Samuel 14:4

Broken in pieces by the wind

1 Kings 19:11

Casting down from, a punishment

2 Chronicles 25:12

Christ as a stumbling stone to the wicked

1 Peter 2:8 Isaiah 8:14 Romans 9:33

Christ as foundation of his church

1 Peter 2:6 Matthew 16:18

Christ as refuge of his people

Isaiah 32:2

Christ as source of spiritual gifts

1 Corinthians 10:4

Conies

Proverbs 30:26 Psalms 104:18

Doves

Jeremiah 48:28 Song of Solomon 2:14

Dreaded by mariners

Acts 27:20

Durable

Job 19:24

Eagles

Jeremiah 49:16 Job 39:28

Engedi

1 Samuel 24:1 1 Samuel 24:2

Etam

Judges 15:8

Fire ascended out of

Judges 6:21

God as creator of his people

Deuteronomy 32:18

God as defence of his people

Psalms 31:2 Psalms 31:3

God as refuge of his people

Psalms 94:22

God as salvation of his people

Deuteronomy 32:15 Psalms 89:26 Psalms 95:1

God as the strength of his people

Isaiah 17:10 Psalms 18:1 Psalms 18:2 Psalms 67:2

God's power exhibited in removing

Job 14:18 Nahum 1:6

Hammers used for breaking

Hard

Jeremiah 5:3

Horeb in Rephidim

Exodus 17:1 Exodus 17:2 Exodus 17:3 Exodus 17:4 Exodus 17:5 Exodus 17:6

Houses often built on

Matthew 7:24 Matthew 7:25

Important events often engraved upon

Job 19:24

Man's industry in cutting through

Job 28:9 Job 28:10

Meribah in Kadesh

Numbers 20:1 Numbers 20:2 Numbers 20:3 Numbers 20:4 Numbers 20:5 Numbers 20:6 Numbers 20:7 Numbers 20:8 Numbers 20:9 Numbers 20:10 Numbers 20:11

Often composed of Flint

Deuteronomy 8:15 Deuteronomy 32:13

Often had holes and clefts

Exodus 33:22

Often sharp-pointed and craggy

1 Samuel 14:4

Oreb

Isaiah 10:26 Judges 7:25

Places for idolatrous worship

Isaiah 57:5

Places for shelter by the poor in their distress

Job 24:8 Job 30:3 Job 30:6

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

Rent at the death of Christ

Matthew 27:51

Rimmon

Judges 20:45

Selah in the valley of salt

2 Chronicles 25:11 2 Chronicles 25:12 2 Kings 14:7

Selahammahlekoth in the wilderness of Maon

1 Samuel 23:25 1 Samuel 23:28

Seneh

1 Samuel 14:4

The ancestor of a nation

Isaiah 51:1

The olive tree flourished amongst

Deuteronomy 32:13 Job 29:6

The shadow of, grateful to travellers during the heat of the day

Isaiah 32:2

Tombs often hewn out of

Isaiah 22:16 Matthew 27:60

Water brought from

Exodus 17:6 Numbers 20:11

Were a defence to a country

Isaiah 33:16

Whatever we trust in

Deuteronomy 32:31 Deuteronomy 32:37

Wild goats

Job 39:1

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