Bible Verses About Earthquake
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for earthquake, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,042 votes, led by Acts 16:26. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Earthquake
Acts 16:26161 votes
And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed.
Matthew 28:2153 votes
And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
Revelation 6:12153 votes
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
Revelation 16:18140 votes
And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
Revelation 11:13139 votes
And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
Isaiah 29:6136 votes
Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
Zechariah 14:5136 votes
And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
Matthew 27:51132 votes
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
Amos 1:1108 votes
The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
Hebrews 12:26103 votes
Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
Haggai 2:684 votes
For thus saith the Lord of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
Revelation 11:1972 votes
And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
Haggai 2:2168 votes
Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;
Revelation 8:560 votes
And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
Matthew 24:758 votes
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
1 Kings 19:11-1252 votes
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:
Psalms 18:744 votes
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
Psalms 60:244 votes
Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
Nahum 1:532 votes
The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
1 Kings 19:1128 votes
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:
Amos 8:828 votes
Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
Ezekiel 38:1924 votes
For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
Matthew 27:5421 votes
Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
Matthew 27:51-5418 votes
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
Exodus 19:1812 votes
And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
What does the Bible say about earthquake?
Readers most often cite Acts 16:26 on the subject of earthquake. Across 2,042 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 28:2, Revelation 6:12, Revelation 16:18. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.