Bible Concordances
Rocks
Torrey's Topical Textbook
- Often composed of Flint
Deuteronomy 8:15; 32:13
- DESCRIBED AS
- 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
- 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
- Horeb in Rephidim
Exodus 17:1-6
- Meribah in Kadesh
Numbers 20:1-11
- Oreb
Judges 7:25; Isaiah 10:26
- 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
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Bibliography Information
Torrey, Reuben Archer. Entry for 'Rocks'. Torrey's Topical Textbook. https://www.studylight.org/​concordances/​eng/​ttt/​r/rocks.html. 1897.