Bible Verses about “stones”

“You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”

“coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.”

“I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.”

“and, "a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense." For they stumble at the word, being disobedient, to which also they were appointed.”

“I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.”

“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he who receives it.”

“The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner.”

“You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. Gold work of tambourines and of pipes was in you. In the day that you were created they were prepared.”

“then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God's house. Of all that you will give me I will surely give the tenth to you."”

“As he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, "Teacher, see what kind of stones and what kind of buildings!"”

“Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, "Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.”

“Jacob vowed a vow, saying, "If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and clothing to put on,”

“so that I come again to my father's house in peace, and Yahweh will be my God,”

“"Take twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,”

“and command them, saying, 'Take from out of the middle of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodging place, where you will lodge tonight.'"”

“He is 'the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.'”

“Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on its top.”

“Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man.”

“Joshua said to them, "Pass over before the ark of Yahweh your God into the middle of the Jordan, and each of you pick up a stone and put it on your shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel;”

“that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in time to come, saying, 'What do you mean by these stones?'”

“then you shall tell them, 'Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh. When it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones shall be for a memorial to the children of Israel forever.'"”

“He answered them, "I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out."”

“He spoke to the children of Israel, saying, "When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, 'What do these stones mean?'”

“Then you shall let your children know, saying, 'Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.”

“The children of Israel did as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the middle of the Jordan, as Yahweh spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel; and they carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.”

“Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there to this day.”

“He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.”

“Joshua set up those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, in Gilgal.”

“For Yahweh your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until you had passed over, as Yahweh your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we had passed over;”

“that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of Yahweh, that it is mighty; that you may fear Yahweh your God forever.'"”

“Because you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God has made known to the king what shall happen hereafter: and the dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.”

“All these were of costly stones, even of cut stone, according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside, even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside to the great court.”