PlaceCreation & NatureBoth Testaments
stones
stones in the Bible points to God's creative power and His ongoing sustenance of the world He made.
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Verse Refs
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Books
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Sub-Topics
Overview
Explore what the Bible says about stones. This collection of 17 key Scripture passages reveals God's wisdom and guidance on this important theme.
Topical Index
42 sub-topics from Nave's Topical Bible
Commandments engraved upon
Exodus 24:12Exodus 31:18Exodus 34:1-4Deuteronomy 4:13Deuteronomy 5:22Deuteronomy 9:9-11+1 more
The law of Moses written upon
Joshua 8:32
Houses built of
Isaiah 9:10Amos 5:11
Temple built
1 Kings 5:17,181 Kings 7:9-12Matthew 24:2Luke 19:44Luke 21:5,6
Prepared in the quarries
1 Kings 6:7
Hewn (cut)
Exodus 34:1Deuteronomy 10:11 Kings 5:171 Kings 6:361 Kings 7:92 Kings 12:12+4 more
Sawed
1 Kings 7:9
Hewers (stone-cutters)
1 Kings 5:182 Kings 12:121 Chronicles 22:15
City walls built of
Nehemiah 4:3
Memorial pillars of
Genesis 28:18-22Genesis 31:45-52Joshua 4:2-9,20-24Joshua 24:251 Samuel 7:12
Great, as landmarks (Some Hebrew mss. have "Abel")
1 Samuel 6:18
Ezel
1 Samuel 20:19
Zoheleth
1 Kings 1:9
Thrown upon accursed ground
2 Kings 3:19,25
Used
In building altars
Joshua 8:31
For weighing (margin)
Leviticus 19:36
For closing graves
Matthew 27:60Mark 15:46Mark 16:3
Tombs hewn in
Matthew 27:60Mark 15:46Mark 16:3
Idols made of
Deuteronomy 4:28Deuteronomy 28:36,64Deuteronomy 29:172 Kings 19:18Isaiah 37:19Ezekiel 20:32
Great, in Solomon' s temple
1 Kings 5:17,181 Kings 7:9-12
Magnificent, in Herod the Great' s temple
Mark 13:1
Skill in throwing
Judges 20:161 Chronicles 12:2
FIGURATIVE
Genesis 49:24Zechariah 3:9
Of temptation, "Stone of Stumbling,"
Isaiah 8:14Romans 9:331 Peter 2:8
... and 17 more sub-topics
Key Verses
1
Exodus 24:12
Commandments engraved upon
2
Joshua 8:32
The law of Moses written upon
3
Isaiah 9:10
Houses built of
4
1 Kings 5:17,18
Temple built
5
1 Kings 6:7
Prepared in the quarries
6
Exodus 34:1
Hewn (cut)
7
1 Kings 7:9
Sawed
8
1 Kings 5:18
Hewers (stone-cutters)
9
Nehemiah 4:3
City walls built of
10
Genesis 28:18-22
Memorial pillars of