We are so aware of everything going on around us as humans. Everything around us can be sensed through smell, sight, and touch. Yet, if you take a moment to consider how little we actually understand about what occurs in space or beneath our feet, it might cause you to reconsider the universe in which we live.
There are some really odd verses in the Bible. These verses are said to be metaphors for concepts that we do not fully comprehend or possibly the product of translation errors. We’d like to take a moment to share some of these odd Bible verses with you and explain why we find them to be so odd.
Bible Verses About Rocks Crying Out
God watches and hears all we do and say, as the Bible repeatedly reminds us. God will always answer our prayers, just like rocks do. There are numerous passages in the Bible that refer to rocks calling out. God wants us to be aware of all the things in our environment that proclaim His name and serve as a reminder of His majesty.
God may not be speaking, but it doesn’t mean He isn’t listening. The Bible is replete with instances of people who put their faith in God’s faithfulness even when He is slow to respond. This site includes Bible passages about rocks crying out and other wonderful sayings that inspire us to trust in a merciful God.
Scripture passages about the cries of rocks. The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my strength, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold, according to Psalm 18:2. These Bible scriptures about rocks crying out are excellent for anyone who is experiencing sadness or personal attacks.
Luke 19:39-40 ESV / 26 helpful votes
And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.”
Luke 19:40 ESV / 22 helpful votes
He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.”
Habakkuk 2:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes
For the stone will cry out from the wall, and the beam from the woodwork respond.
They demanded that He rebuke His followers for behaving in this way, but Jesus explained that such praise was necessary and inevitable. He says in Luke 19:40, “And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.”
Isaiah 55:12 ESV / 247 helpful votes
“For you shall go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Luke 19:40 ESV / 246 helpful votes
He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.”
Luke 19:37-40 ESV / 232 helpful votes
As he was drawing near—already on the way down the Mount of Olives—the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen, saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.”
Habakkuk 2:11 ESV / 96 helpful votes
For the stone will cry out from the wall, and the beam from the woodwork respond.
Psalm 148:1-14 ESV / 87 helpful votes
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights! Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his hosts! Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all you shining stars! Praise him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens! Let them praise the name of the Lord! For he commanded and they were created. …
Psalm 150:6 ESV / 57 helpful votes
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!
Psalm 95:1 ESV / 54 helpful votes
Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
Psalm 47:6 ESV / 43 helpful votes
Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
Psalm 96:1 ESV / 40 helpful votes
Oh sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth!
Psalm 150:1-6 ESV / 39 helpful votes
Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens! Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness! Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe! Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals! …
Psalm 19:1 ESV / 39 helpful votes
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
Isaiah 43:21 ESV / 37 helpful votes
The people whom I formed for myself that they might declare my praise.
Psalm 145:3 ESV / 37 helpful votes
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.
Revelation 5:13 ESV / 33 helpful votes
And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!”
Psalm 69:30 ESV / 29 helpful votes
I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving.
Hebrews 13:15 ESV / 27 helpful votes
Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.
John 4:23 ESV / 27 helpful votes
But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.
Psalm 102:18 ESV / 27 helpful votes
Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord:
Psalm 98:1 ESV / 26 helpful votes
A Psalm. Oh sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.
Acts 16:25 ESV / 24 helpful votes
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,
Psalm 104:33 ESV / 24 helpful votes
I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
Colossians 3:16 ESV / 23 helpful votes
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
Psalm 149:3 ESV / 23 helpful votes
Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre!
Ephesians 5:19 ESV / 22 helpful votes
Addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart,
Psalm 92:1 ESV / 22 helpful votes
A Psalm. A Song for the Sabbath. It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High;
Philippians 4:8 ESV / 21 helpful votes
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
Matthew 3:9 ESV / 21 helpful votes
And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.
Psalm 104:1-35 ESV / 21 helpful votes
Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, you are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty, covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent. He lays the beams of his chambers on the waters; he makes the clouds his chariot; he rides on the wings of the wind; he makes his messengers winds, his ministers a flaming fire. He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved. …
Psalm 135:3 ESV / 20 helpful votes
Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; sing to his name, for it is pleasant!
Psalm 33:3 ESV / 20 helpful votes
Sing to him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.
Psalm 147:1 ESV / 19 helpful votes
Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.
Psalm 105:2 ESV / 18 helpful votes
Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works!
Psalm 59:16 ESV / 18 helpful votes
But I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress.
1 Chronicles 16:9 ESV / 18 helpful votes
Sing to him; sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works!
Psalm 145:21 ESV / 17 helpful votes
My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord, and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.
Exodus 15:2 ESV / 17 helpful votes
The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
Psalm 34:1 ESV / 16 helpful votes
Of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away. I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
James 5:13 ESV / 15 helpful votes
Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.
Hebrews 2:12 ESV / 15 helpful votes
Saying, “I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise.”
Romans 8:1-39 ESV / 15 helpful votes
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. …
Psalm 149:1 ESV / 15 helpful votes
Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise in the assembly of the godly!
Psalm 144:9 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
I will sing a new song to you, O God; upon a ten-stringed harp I will play to you,
