Bible Verses About Mountains: 11 Great Scriptures

Isaiah 54:10

ESVFor the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
KJVFor the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
NASB“For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake, But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you, And My covenant of peace will not be shaken,” Says the LORD who has compassion on you.
NIVThough the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
NLTFor the mountains may move and the hills disappear, but even then my faithful love for you will remain. My covenant of blessing will never be broken,” says the LORD, who has mercy on you.

Matthew 17:20

ESVHe said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”
KJVAnd Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
NASBAnd He said to them, “Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.
NIVHe replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
NLT“You don’t have enough faith,” Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.”

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Mark 11:23

ESVTruly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.
KJVFor verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
NASB“Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it will be granted him.
NIV“Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them.
NLTI tell you the truth, you can say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen. But you must really believe it will happen and have no doubt in your heart.

Psalm 97:5

ESVThe mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.
KJVThe hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
NASBThe mountains melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
NIVThe mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.
NLTThe mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.

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Isaiah 52:7

ESVHow beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”
KJVHow beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
NASBHow lovely on the mountains Are the feet of him who brings good news, Who announces peace And brings good news of happiness, Who announces salvation, And says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
NIVHow beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
NLTHow beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger who brings good news, the good news of peace and salvation, the news that the God of Israel reigns!

Psalm 121:1

ESVA Song of Ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?
KJVA Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
NASBA Song of Ascents. I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; From where shall my help come?
NIVA song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from?
NLTI look up to the mountains— does my help come from there?

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Matthew 14:23

ESVAnd after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone,
KJVAnd when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
NASBAfter He had sent the crowds away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray; and when it was evening, He was there alone.
NIVAfter he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone,
NLTAfter sending them home, he went up into the hills by himself to pray. Night fell while he was there alone.

Revelation 16:20

ESVAnd every island fled away, and no mountains were to be found.
KJVAnd every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
NASBAnd every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
NIVEvery island fled away and the mountains could not be found.
NLTAnd every island disappeared, and all the mountains were leveled.

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1 Corinthians 13:2

ESVAnd if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
KJVAnd though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
NASBIf I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
NIVIf I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
NLTIf I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing.

Zechariah 4:7

ESVWho are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward the top stone amid shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”
KJVWho art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.
NASBWhat are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain; and he will bring forth the top stone with shouts of “Grace, grace to it!”’”
NIV“What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground. Then he will bring out the capstone to shouts of ‘God bless it! God bless it!’”
NLTNothing, not even a mighty mountain, will stand in Zerubbabel’s way; it will become a level plain before him! And when Zerubbabel sets the final stone of the Temple in place, the people will shout: ‘May God bless it! May God bless it!’”

Isaiah 2:2

ESVIt shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it,
KJVAnd it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
NASBNow it will come about that In the last days The mountain of the house of the LORD Will be established as the chief of the mountains, And will be raised above the hills; And all the nations will stream to it.
NIVIn the last days the mountain of the LORD’s temple will be established as the highest of the mountains; it will be exalted above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
NLTIn the last days, the mountain of the LORD’s house will be the highest of all— the most important place on earth. It will be raised above the other hills, and people from all over the world will stream there to worship.

Psalm 90:2

ESVBefore the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
KJVBefore the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
NASBBefore the mountains were born Or You gave birth to the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
NIVBefore the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
NLTBefore the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the world, from beginning to end, you are God.

Daniel Isaiah Joseph

Daniel's seminary degree is in Exegetical Theology. He was a pastor for 10 years. As a professor, he has taught Bible and theology courses at two Christian universities. Please see his About page for details.

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