What Does The Bible Say About?

Rocks

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Psalm 18:2

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The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Psalm 144:1

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Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.

1 Samuel 2:2

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There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.

Matthew 16:18

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And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

2 Samuel 22:32

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For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?

Matthew 7:24-27

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Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”

Deuteronomy 32:18

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You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.

Luke 8:13

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The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.

Isaiah 51:1

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“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.

Luke 19:40

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“I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”

Psalm 95:1

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Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout to the Rock of our salvation!

1 Corinthians 10:4

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and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.

Psalm 62:2

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He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.

Psalm 18:46

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The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may the God of my salvation be exalted—

Deuteronomy 32:4

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He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.

Psalm 62:6

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He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.

Exodus 17:6

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Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.

Isaiah 2:10

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Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty.

Psalm 18:31

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For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?

Psalm 89:26

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He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’

Revelation 21:11

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shining with the glory of God. Its radiance was like a most precious jewel, like a jasper, as clear as crystal.

Deuteronomy 32:31

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For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.

Isaiah 32:2

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Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.

Psalm 71:3

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Be my rock of refuge, where I can always go. Give the command to save me, for You are my rock and my fortress.

Revelation 6:16

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And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.

Leviticus 26:1-46

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“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God. You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the LORD. If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments, I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit. Your threshing will continue until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have your fill of food to eat and will dwell securely in your land. . . .

Matthew 4:1-25

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Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. . . .

Psalm 19:14

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May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.

1 Samuel 8:11

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He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to his own chariots and horses, to run in front of his chariots.

Deuteronomy 32:15

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But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

Genesis 4:1-26

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And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man,” she said. Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil. So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD, while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell. . . .

Isaiah 26:4

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Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.

Isaiah 33:16

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he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.

Nehemiah 4:17-18

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who were rebuilding the wall. The laborers who carried materials worked with one hand and held a weapon with the other. And each of the builders worked with his sword strapped at his side. But the trumpeter stayed beside me.

2 Timothy 3:16-17

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All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.

Hebrews 13:8

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Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Romans 13:4

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For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.

Deuteronomy 8:15

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He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.

Exodus 22:1-31

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“If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep. If a thief is caught breaking in and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of bloodshed. But if it happens after sunrise, there is guilt for his bloodshed. A thief must make full restitution; if he has nothing, he himself shall be sold for his theft. If what was stolen is actually found alive in his possession—whether ox or donkey or sheep—he must pay back double. If a man grazes his livestock in a field or vineyard and allows them to stray so that they graze in someone else’s field, he must make restitution from the best of his own field or vineyard. . . .

Genesis 9:5-6

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And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man: Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.

Matthew 27:51

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At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.

Proverbs 25:26

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Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.

1 Samuel 13:6

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Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.

Deuteronomy 28:1-68

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“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God: You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks. Your basket and kneading bowl will be blessed. . . .

Deuteronomy 32:13

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He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,

Genesis 1:1

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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Malachi 3:6

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“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.

Numbers 23:9

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For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.

Psalm 28:1

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Of David. To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.

Psalm 31:2-3

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Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance. For You are my rock and my fortress; lead me and guide me for the sake of Your name.

Psalm 62:7

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My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.

1 Peter 2:4

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As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,

1 Peter 2:8

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and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.

1 Timothy 5:8

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If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

2 Samuel 22:2

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He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.

Deuteronomy 32:37

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He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,

Isaiah 28:16

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So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.

Jeremiah 48:28

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Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.

Matthew 26:52-54

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“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “For all who draw the sword will die by the sword. Are you not aware that I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels? But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?”

Psalm 31:2

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Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.

Psalm 42:9

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I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”

Psalm 46:1

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For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.

Romans 12:19

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Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”

1 Kings 19:11

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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.

2 Chronicles 17:10

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And the dread of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that surrounded Judah, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat.

Exodus 33:21

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The LORD continued, “There is a place near Me where you are to stand upon a rock,

Isaiah 17:10

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For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—

Jeremiah 16:16

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But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks.

Jeremiah 49:16

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The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.

Job 30:6

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so that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.

Job 39:28

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He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.

Judges 5:8

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When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.

Nahum 1:6

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Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.

Numbers 1:3

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You and Aaron are to number those who are twenty years of age or older by their divisions—everyone who can serve in Israel’s army.

Numbers 31:3

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So Moses told the people, “Arm some of your men for war, that they may go against the Midianites and execute the LORD’s vengeance on them.

1 Samuel 13:19-20

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And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.” Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.

1 Samuel 23:25

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and Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard of this, he pursued David there.

Deuteronomy 28:47-48

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Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance, you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.

Job 24:8

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Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.

Matthew 7:24

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Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

Matthew 7:25

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The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.

Psalm 27:5

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For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.

Psalm 61:2

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From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Deuteronomy 32:30

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How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?

Ecclesiastes 3:5

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a time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,

Exodus 21:24-25

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eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe.

Exodus 22:2-3

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If a thief is caught breaking in and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of bloodshed. But if it happens after sunrise, there is guilt for his bloodshed. A thief must make full restitution; if he has nothing, he himself shall be sold for his theft.

Exodus 33:22

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and when My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.

Isaiah 8:14

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And He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.

Luke 6:48

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He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.

Psalm 40:2

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He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.

1 Samuel 13:22-23

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So on the day of battle not a sword or spear could be found in the hands of the troops with Saul and Jonathan; only Saul and his son Jonathan had weapons. And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.

Ephesians 2:19-22

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Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone. In Him the whole building is fitted together and grows into a holy temple in the Lord. And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.

Isaiah 22:16

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What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?

John 14:6

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Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Matthew 24:1-25:46

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As Jesus left the temple and was walking away, His disciples came up to Him to point out its buildings. “Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?” Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. . . .

Matthew 5:19

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So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 7:24-25

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Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.

Psalm 91:2

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I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”

Isaiah 10:26

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And the LORD of Hosts will brandish a whip against them, as when He struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will raise His staff over the sea, as He did in Egypt.

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