Mountains
1. The elevated parts of the earth. Ge 7:19,20.
2. God
a. Formed. Am 4:13.
b. Set fast. Ps 65:6.
c. Gives strength to. Ps 95:4.
d. Weighs, in a balance. Isa 40:12.
e. Waters, from his chambers. Ps 104:13.
f. Parches, with draught. Hag 1:11.
g. Causes, to smoke. Ps 104:32; 144:5.
h. Sets the foundations of, on fire. De 32:22.
i. Makes waste. Isa 42:15.
j. Causes, to tremble. Na 1:5; Hab 3:10.
k. Causes, to skip. Ps 114:4,6.
l. Causes, to melt. Jdj 5:5; Ps 97:5; Isa 64:1,3.
m. Removes. Job 9:5.
n. Overturns. Job 9:5; 28:9.
o. Scatters. Hab 3:6.
3. Made to glorify God. Ps 148:9.
4. Called
a. God’s mountains. Isa 49:11.
b. The ancient mountains. De 33:15.
c. The everlasting mountains. Hab 3:6.
d. Perpetual hills. Heb 3:6.
e. Everlasting hills. Ge 49:26.
f. Pillars of heaven. Job 26:11.
5. Many exceedingly high. Ps 104:18; Isa 2:14.
6. Collect the vapours which ascend from the earth. Ps 104:6,8.
7. Are the sources of springs and rivers. De 8:7; Ps 104:8-10.
8. Canaan abounded in. De 11:11.
9. Volcanic fires of, alluded to. Isa 64:1,2; Jer 51:25; Na 1:5,6.
10. Mentioned in scripture
a. Ararat. Ge 8:4.
b. Abarim. Nu 33:47,48.
c. Amalek. Jdj 12:15.
d. Bashan. Ps 68:15.
e. Bethel. 1Sa 13:2.
f. Carmel. Jos 15:55; 19:26; 2Ki 19:23.
g. Ebal. De 11:29; 27:13.
h. Ephraim. Jos 17:15; Jdj 2:9.
i. Gerizim. De 11:29; Jdj 9:7.
j. Gilboa. 1Sa 31:1; 2Sa 1:6,21.
k. Gilead. Ge 31:21,25; Song 4:1.
l. Hachilah. 1Sa 23:19.
m. Hermon. Jos 13:11.
n. Hor. Nu 20:22; 34:7,8.
o. Horeb. Ex 3:1.
p. Lebanon. De 3:25.
q. Mizar. Ps 42:6.
r. Moreh. Jdj 7:1.
s. Moriah. Ge 22:2; 2Ch 3:1.
t. Nebo (part of Abarim). Nu 32:3; De 34:1.
u. Olives or mount of corruption. 1Ki 11:7; 2Ki 23:13; Lu 21:37.
v. Pisgah (part of Abarim). Nu 21:20; De 34:1.
w. Seir. Ge 14:6; 36:8.
x. Sinai. Ex 19:2; 18:20,23; 31:18.
y. Sion. 2Sa 5:7.
z. Tabor. Jdj 4:6,12,14.
11. A defence to a country. Ps 125:2.
12. Afford refuge in time of danger. Ge 14:10; Jdj 6:2; Mt 24:16; Heb 11:38.
13. Afforded pasturage. Ex 3:1; 1Sa 25:7; 1Ki 22:17; Ps 147:8; Am 4:1.
14. Abounded with
a. Herbs. Pr 27:25.
b. Minerals. De 8:9.
c. Precious things. De 33:15.
d. Stone for building. 1Ki 5:14,17; Da 2:45.
e. Forests. 2Ki 19:23; 2Ch 2:2,8-10.
f. Vineyards. 2Ch 26:10; Jer 31:5.
g. Spices. Song 4:6; 8:14.
h. Deer. 1Ch 12:8; Song 2:8.
i. Game. 1Sa 26:20.
j. Wild beasts. Song 4:8; Hab 2:17.
15. Often inhabited. Ge 36:8; Jos 11:21.
16. Sometimes selected as places for divine worship. Ge 22:2,5; Ex 3:12; Isa 2:2.
17. Often selected as places for idolatrous worship. De 12:2; 2Ch 21:11.
18. Proclamations often made from. Isa 40:9.
19. Beacons or ensigns often raised upon. Isa 13:2; 30:17.
20. Illustrative
a. Of difficulties. Isa 40:4; Zec 4:7; Mt 17:20.
b. Of persons in authority. Ps 72:3; Isa 44:23.
c. Of the church of God. Isa 2:2; Da 2:35,44,45.
d. Of God’s righteousness. Ps 36:6.
e. Of proud and haughty persons. Isa 2:14.
f. (Burning,) of destructive enemies. Jer 51:25; Re 8:8.
g. (Breaking forth into singing,) of exceeding joy. Isa 44:23; 55:12.
h. (Threshing of,) of heavy judgments. Isa 41:15.
i. (Made waste,) of desolation. Isa 42:15; Mal 1:3.
j. (Dropping new wine,) of abundance. Am 9:13.