232 verses contain “Mountains” (in the KJV: 205, in the BSB: 156) — showing 1–100
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And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Finally, the waters completely
inundated the earth, so that all the high
mountains under all the heavens were covered.
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
The waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of fifteen cubits.
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the
seventeenth day of the month, upon the
mountains of
Ararat.
On the
seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the
mountains of
Ararat.
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
And the waters continued to
recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the
mountains became visible.
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop
anywhere on the plain!
Flee to the
mountains, or you will be swept away!”
Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast
magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by
sparing my life. But I cannot run to the
mountains; the
disaster will overtake me, and I will die.
And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains—for he was afraid to stay in Zoar—where they lived in a cave.
And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of
Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the
mountains which I will tell thee of.
“Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of
Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the
mountains, which I will show you.”
The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the
everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient
mountains and the
bounty of the
everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the
brow of the prince of his brothers.
Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to
slay them in the
mountains, and to
consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and
repent of this evil against thy people.
Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the
mountains and
wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing
harm to Your people.
The
Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the
Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the
Amorites, dwell in the
mountains: and the
Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from
Aram, out of the
mountains of the east, saying, Come,
curse me Jacob, and come,
defy Israel.
And
Balaam lifted up an
oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from
Aram, the king of Moab from the
mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a
curse on Jacob for me; come and
denounce Israel!’
And they removed from
Almon-diblathaim, and pitched in the
mountains of Abarim, before
Nebo.
They set out from
Almon-diblathaim and camped in the
mountains of Abarim facing
Nebo.
And they departed from the
mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near
Jericho.
They set out from the
mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from
Jericho.
Only unto the land of the children of
Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river
Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the
mountains, nor unto
whatsoever the LORD our God
forbad us.
But you did not go near the land of the
Ammonites, or the land along the banks of the
Jabbok River, or the cities of the hill country, or any place that the LORD our God had forbidden.
But the land,
whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:
But the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in the rain from heaven.
Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the
Canaanites, which dwell in the
champaign over against
Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?
Are not these
mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the
sunset, in the land of the
Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite
Gilgal near the Oak of Moreh?
Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—
atop the high
mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.
For a fire is
kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest
hell, and shall
consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the
mountains.
For a fire has been
kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of
Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the
mountains.
And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,
And the men of
Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to
Gilgal, saying,
Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the
Amorites that dwell in the
mountains are gathered together against us.
Then the men of
Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at
Gilgal: “Do not
abandon your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, because all the kings of the
Amorites from the hill country have joined forces against us.”
And to the kings that were on the north of the
mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of
Dor on the west,
to the kings of the north in the
mountains, in the Arabah south of Chinnereth, in the foothills, and in Naphoth-
dor to the west;
And to the
Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the
mountains, and to the Hivite under
Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.
So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of
Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;
So Joshua took this entire region: the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of
Goshen, the western foothills, the Arabah, and the
mountains of Israel and their foothills,
And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the
mountains, from
Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the
mountains of Judah, and from all the
mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.
At that time Joshua proceeded to
eliminate the
Anakim from the hill country of
Hebron, Debir, and Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah and of Israel. Joshua devoted them to destruction, along with their cities.
In the
mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the
Hittites, the
Amorites, and the
Canaanites, the
Perizzites, the
Hivites, and the Jebusites:
the hill country, the foothills, the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev—the lands of the
Hittites,
Amorites,
Canaanites,
Perizzites,
Hivites, and Jebusites):
And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
These were in the hill country:
And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of
Jericho on the north side, and went up through the
mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-
aven.
On the north side their border began at the Jordan, went up past the northern slope of
Jericho, headed west through the hill country, and came out at the wilderness of Beth-
aven.
The
mountains melted from before the LORD, even that
Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel.
The
mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of
Sinai, before the LORD, the God of Israel.
And the hand of
Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the
mountains, and caves, and strong holds.
and the hand of
Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the
mountains, caves, and strongholds.
And the men of
Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the
mountains, and they
robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told
Abimelech.
And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.
When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the mountains!” But Zebul replied, “The shadows of the mountains look like men to you.”
And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the
mountains, and
bewail my
virginity, I and my fellows.
She also said to her father, “Let me do this one thing: Let me
wander for two months through the
mountains with my friends and
mourn my
virginity.”
And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and
bewailed her
virginity upon the
mountains.
“Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends and
mourned her
virginity upon the
mountains.
Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a
flea, as when one
doth hunt a
partridge in the
mountains.
So do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a
flea, like one who hunts a
partridge in the
mountains.”
Ye
mountains of
Gilboa, let there be no
dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is
vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been
anointed with oil.
O
mountains of
Gilboa, may you have no
dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was
defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer
anointed with oil.
And Solomon had
threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and
fourscore thousand hewers in the
mountains;
Solomon had 70,000
porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the
mountains,
And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the
mountains, and
brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an
earthquake; but the LORD was not in the
earthquake:
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 the wind. After the wind there was an
earthquake, but the LORD was not in the
earthquake.
And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest
peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
“Look now,” they said to
Elisha, “we your servants have fifty
valiant men. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and put him on one of the
mountains or in one of the valleys.” “Do not send them,”
Elisha replied.
By the messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my
chariots I am come up to the height of the
mountains, to the sides of
Lebanon, and will cut down the tall
cedar trees thereof, and the choice
fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his
Carmel.
Through your servants you have
taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many
chariots I have ascended to the heights of the
mountains, to the remote peaks of
Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its
cypresses. I have reached its
farthest outposts, the densest of its forests.
And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and
buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the
mountains;
Some Gadites defected to David at his
stronghold in the desert. They were mighty men of
valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and
spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as swift as gazelles on the
mountains:
And Solomon told out
threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and
fourscore thousand to
hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
So he conscripted 70,000
porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the
mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
And he set
threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and
fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
Solomon made 70,000 of them
porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the
mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the
mountains, as sheep that have no
shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace.
So Micaiah declared: “I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a
shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These people have no master; let each one return home in peace.’”
Moreover he made high places in the
mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit
fornication, and compelled Judah
thereto.
Jehoram had also built high places on the hills of Judah; he had caused the people of Jerusalem to
prostitute themselves and had led Judah
astray.
Also he built towers in the desert, and
digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains:
husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the
mountains, and in
Carmel: for he loved
husbandry.
Since he had much
livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and
dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.
Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
He also built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.
Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.
He moves mountains without their knowledge and overturns them in His anger.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
Drenched by mountain rains, they
huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.
He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
The miner strikes the flint; he overturns mountains at their base.
The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
The hills yield him their produce, while all the beasts of the field play nearby.
Then the earth
shook and
quaked, and the foundations of the
mountains trembled; they were
shaken because He burned with anger.
Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the
mountains are
toppled into the depths of the seas,
Though the waters thereof
roar and be troubled, though the
mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
Selah.
I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.
Which by his strength setteth fast the
mountains; being
girded with power:
You formed the
mountains by Your power, having
girded Yourself with might.
Why
leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in;
yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
Why do you
gaze in
envy, O
mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain God chose for His dwelling, where the LORD will surely dwell
forever.
The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.
May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness.
There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the
mountains; the fruit thereof shall
shake like
Lebanon: and they of the city shall
flourish like grass of the earth.
May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it
sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees
flourish like the forests of
Lebanon, and its people like the grass of the field.
Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches.
As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the
mountains ablaze,
His foundation is in the holy mountains.
He has founded His city on the holy mountains.
Before the
mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from
everlasting to
everlasting, thou art God.
Before the
mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from
everlasting to
everlasting You are God.
The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
The
mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.
Let the floods
clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
Let the rivers
clap their hands, let the
mountains sing together for joy
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
the
mountains rose and the valleys
sank to the place You assigned for them—
He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.
He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains.
He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works.
The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.
He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the
mountains, and they
smolder.
The
mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.
the
mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
Ye
mountains, that ye
skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?
O
mountains, that you
skipped like rams, O hills, like lambs?
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
As the
mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.
As the
dew of
Hermon, and as the
dew that descended upon the
mountains of
Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for
evermore.
It is like the
dew of
Hermon falling on the
mountains of
Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.
Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the hills.
Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:
mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars,
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth,
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
When hay is removed and new growth appears and the grain from the hills is gathered,
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh
leaping upon the
mountains,
skipping upon the hills.
Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes,
leaping across the
mountains, bounding over the hills.
Until the day break, and the shadows
flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a
roe or a young
hart upon the
mountains of Bether.
Before the day breaks and shadows
flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a
gazelle or a young
stag on the
mountains of Bether.
Come with me from
Lebanon, my
spouse, with me from
Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and
Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the
mountains of the leopards.
Come with me from
Lebanon, my
bride, come with me from
Lebanon! Descend from the
peak of Amana, from the summits of Senir and
Hermon, from the dens of the lions, from the
mountains of the leopards.
Make
haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a
roe or to a young
hart upon the
mountains of spices.
Come away, my beloved, and be like a
gazelle or a young
stag on the
mountains of spices.
And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’S house shall be established in the top of the
mountains, and shall be
exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,
against all the tall mountains, against all the high hills,
Therefore is the anger of the LORD
kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath
smitten them: and the hills did
tremble, and their carcases were
torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The
mountains quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets.
Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
The noise of a multitude in the
mountains, like as of a great people; a
tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.
Listen, a
tumult on the
mountains, like that of a great multitude!
Listen, an
uproar among the kingdoms, like nations gathered together! The LORD of Hosts is
mobilizing an army for war.
That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my
mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
I will break Assyria in My land; I will
trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”
The nations shall
rush like the
rushing of many waters: but God shall
rebuke them, and they shall
flee far off, and shall be
chased as the
chaff of the
mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the
whirlwind.
The nations
rage like the
rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they
flee far away, driven before the wind like
chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a
gale.
All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an
ensign on the
mountains; and when he bloweth a
trumpet, hear ye.
All you people of the world and dwellers of the earth, when a
banner is raised on the
mountains, you will see it; when a ram’s horn sounds, you will hear it.
They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.
They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey, and to the beasts of the land. The birds will feed on them in summer, and all the wild animals in winter.
For it is a day of trouble, and of
treading down, and of
perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the
mountains.
For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of
tumult and
trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision— of breaking down the walls and crying to the
mountains.
Their slain also shall be cast out, and their
stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the
mountains shall be melted with their blood.
Their slain will be left unburied, and the
stench of their corpses will rise; the
mountains will flow with their blood.
By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my
chariots am I come up to the height of the
mountains, to the sides of
Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice
fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his
Carmel.
Through your servants you have
taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many
chariots I have ascended to the heights of the
mountains, to the remote peaks of
Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its
cypresses. I have reached its
farthest heights, the densest of its forests.
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and
comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and
weighed the
mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a
basket, or
weighed the
mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?