Bible Verses About Stones
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for stones, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,501 votes, led by Joshua 4:20-24. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Stones
Joshua 4:20-2491 votes
And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
1 Peter 2:591 votes
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
Revelation 2:1786 votes
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
Matthew 16:1873 votes
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Psalms 118:2263 votes
The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
Joshua 4:2-961 votes
Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
Ezekiel 28:1358 votes
Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
Isaiah 28:1652 votes
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
1 Peter 2:448 votes
To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
Ezekiel 36:2643 votes
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
1 Peter 2:842 votes
And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
1 Kings 7:939 votes
All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.
Mark 13:139 votes
And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!
Luke 19:4039 votes
And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
Daniel 2:4538 votes
Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
Genesis 28:18-2237 votes
And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
Acts 4:1132 votes
This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
Mark 12:1031 votes
And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
Matthew 21:42-4428 votes
Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
Isaiah 54:1127 votes
O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
Romans 9:3326 votes
As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Exodus 34:125 votes
And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.
Job 5:2325 votes
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
1 Kings 10:1122 votes
And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.
Revelation 21:1120 votes
Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
What does the Bible say about stones?
Readers most often cite Joshua 4:20-24 on the subject of stones. Across 1,501 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Peter 2:5, Revelation 2:17, Matthew 16:18. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.