Here you will find all Bible passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Zion’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to really find all the verses and occurrences.
The term ‘Zion’ comes from 148 times in the Bible. In the following you will find all relevant Bible passages divided according to the corresponding book. Here are the Bible verses about ‘Zion’:
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Bible passages with ‘Zion’ in Amos
He said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and make his voice heard from Jerusalem; then the pastures of the shepherds will dry up, and the peak of Mount Carmel will wither.
Amos 1:2
Woe to the carefree in Zion, and to those who are secure in Mount Samaria, to the foremost of the first of the peoples, to whom the house of Israel will come!
Amos 6:1
Scriptures related to Zion in the biblical book Amos: 2
Bible passages with ‘Zion’ in Hebrews
but you came to mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and ten thousands of angels,
Hebrews 12:22
Scriptures related to Zion in the biblical book Hebrews: 1
Bible passages with ‘Zion’ in Hohelied
Come forth, you daughters of Zion, and behold King Solomon in the wreath with which his mother crowned him on his wedding day, the day of the joy of his heart.
Hohelied 3:11
Scriptures related to Zion in the biblical book Hohelied: 1
Bible passages with ‘Zion’ in 1. Chronicle
And the citizens of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come in. But David conquered the castle of Zion, which is David’s city.
1. Chronicle 11:5
Scriptures related to Zion in the biblical book 1. Chronicle: 1
Bible passages with ‘Zion’ in 1. Kings
After this Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the chiefs of the tribes, the princes of the families of Israel, in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.
1. Kings 8:1
Scriptures related to Zion in the biblical book 1. Kings: 1
Bible passages with ‘Zion’ in 1. Peter
Therefore it is written: ‘Behold, I lay in Zion a choice cornerstone, precious; and whoever believes in him shall not be put to shame.”
1. Peter 2:6
Scriptures related to Zion in the biblical book 1. Peter: 1
Bible passages with ‘Zion’ in 2. Chronicle
Then Solomon assembled in Jerusalem the elders of Israel, and all the chiefs of the tribes, the princes of the father houses of the children of Israel, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David; this is Zion.
2. Chronicle 5:2
Scriptures related to Zion in the biblical book 2. Chronicle: 1
Bible passages with ‘Zion’ in 2. Kings
This is the word which the LORD spake against him: The virgin daughter of Zion despises thee, and mocks thee. The daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head at you!
2. Kings 19:21
for a remnant will go out of Jerusalem, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this!
2. Kings 19:31
Scriptures related to Zion in the biblical book 2. Kings: 2
Bible passages with ‘Zion’ in 2. Samuel
But David took the castle of Zion; this is the city of David.
2. Samuel 5:7
Scriptures related to Zion in the biblical book 2. Samuel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Zion’ in Jeremiah
Return, you backsliding children, says the LORD; for I am your Lord! And I will take you, one from each city, and two from each family, and bring you to Zion;
Jeremiah 3:14
Set up a standard towards Zion, flee and do not stand still! For I bring calamity and great destruction from the north:
Jeremiah 4:6
For I hear a cry as of one in labor pains, a cry of distress as of a woman about to give birth for the first time: the voice of the daughter of Zion, groaning and stretching out her hands: Woe is me, for my soul succumbs to them murderers!
Jeremiah 4:31
I will destroy the daughter of Zion, sweet and tender.
Jeremiah 6:2
They are armed with bows and javelins; they are cruel and pitiless. Their noise is like the roar of the sea, and they ride on horses, armed as one man to fight against you, O daughter of Zion!
Jeremiah 6:23
Listen! the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion, is not her king with her? Why have they angered Me with their idols, with strange idols?
Jeremiah 8:19
(H9-18) For a pitiful cry is heard from Zion: ‘How desolate are we! How miserably we are desecrated! Because we had to leave our country; for they have torn down our dwellings!”
Jeremiah 8:23
Did you then completely reject Judah? Is Zion such an abomination to your soul? Why did you strike us so that there is no longer any hope of healing for us? We wait for peace, but nothing good comes; for a time of healing, but lo and behold, terror!
Jeremiah 14:19
Micah the Morashite prophesied of Judah in the days of Hezekiah the king, and said to all the Jewish people, Thus says the LORD of hosts: Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become a heap, and the mountain of the house of the LORD to a wooded hill!
Jeremiah 26:18
For I will bring you healing and heal you from your wounds, says the LORD, because they call you outcast and say, This is Zion, of which no one seeks!
Jeremiah 30:17
For the day is coming when the watchmen in mount Ephraim will cry out, Let us go to Zion, to the LORD our God.
Jeremiah 31:6
And they shall come and shout on the heights of Zion, and flock to the goodness of the LORD, to the corn, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the young flocks and herds; and their souls will be like a watery garden, and they will no longer languish.
Jeremiah 31:12
They will ask for Zion, set their face there: Come, let us cling to the LORD with an everlasting covenant, which shall not be forgotten!
Jeremiah 50:5
There is a cry of those who escaped from the land of Babylon and fled to proclaim in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple.
Jeremiah 50:28
The LORD has brought our righteousness to light; Come, let us tell in Zion the work of the LORD our God.”
Jeremiah 51:10
But now I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all the evil that they have done to Zion before your eyes, says the LORD.
Jeremiah 51:24
Let the evil done to me and my flesh come upon Babylon.” says the dweller of Zion, “and my blood be on the dwellers of Chaldea!” speaks Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 51:35
Scriptures related to Zion in the biblical book Jeremiah: 17
Bible passages with ‘Zion’ in Isaiah
And the daughter of Zion is left like a tabernacle in a vineyard, like a sentry box in a cucumber field, like a city under siege.
Isaiah 1:8
Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her returnees with righteousness;
Isaiah 1:27
and many peoples will go and say, Come, let us go to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways, and we shall walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall come the law, and the word of the LORD out of Jerusalem.
Isaiah 2:3
And the LORD said, Because the daughters of Zion have grown proud, and go about with necks lifted, casting defiant looks; because they go tripping and jingling their ankle bracelets,
Isaiah 3:16
the LORD will make the heads of the daughters of Zion bald, and the LORD will uncover their private parts.
Isaiah 3:17
And it will come to pass that everyone who is left in Zion and everyone who is left in Jerusalem will be called holy, everyone who is inscribed among the living in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 4:3
Yea, when the Lord has washed away the filthiness of the daughters of Zion, and has put away the bloody debts of Jerusalem from among her by the spirit of judgment and the spirit of extermination,
Isaiah 4:4
Then the LORD will create a cloud and smoke over all the tabernacle of Mount Zion, and over her assemblies by day, and a blaze of fire by night;
Isaiah 4:5
Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are signs and warnings to Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells in Mount Zion.
Isaiah 8:18
When the LORD has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, then, saith the LORD, will I take vengeance on the fruit of the pride of the Assyrian king and on the defiance of his lifted up eyes.
Isaiah 10:12
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD of hosts: O my people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, who shall strike you with a rod and lift up his staff against you after the manner of Egypt;
Isaiah 10:24
This very day he will station himself in Nob; he will stretch out his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the height of Jerusalem!
Isaiah 10:32
Shout and glorify, you who dwell in Zion; for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel!
Isaiah 12:6
How will they answer the messengers of the Gentiles? That the LORD founded Zion; and there shall the afflicted of his people find refuge.
Isaiah 14:32
Send a lamb to the ruler of the land from the stronghold of rock through the desert to the mountain of daughter Zion.
Isaiah 16:1
Then shall there be presented as a gift to the LORD of hosts the tall and smooth people, and of the people feared far and wide, the authoritarian and destructive, whose land rivers cut through, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, to the mountain Zion.
Isaiah 18:7
and the moon will blush and the sun will blush; for the LORD of hosts shall then reign in glory on mount Zion, and before his elders in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 24:23
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a proven stone, a precious cornerstone, well founded; who dares, does not flee!
Isaiah 28:16
It will be as if a hungry man dreams that he is eating, and when he wakes up his soul is empty; or as when a thirsty man dreams that he is drinking, and when he wakes up he is faint and his soul longs; so will it be with the multitude of nations that wage war against Mount Zion!
Isaiah 29:8
For thou people that shall dwell in Zion, in Jerusalem, thou shalt not weep; he will take pity on you as soon as you cry out; as soon as he hears it, he will answer you!
Isaiah 30:19
For thus said the LORD unto me: As the lion and the young lion growl over his prey, when the whole multitude of shepherds are called against him, and are not terrified at their cry, nor cower before their crowd, so also the LORD of hosts will come down for defense on Mount Zion and on its height.
Isaiah 31:4
Its rock shall be utterly frightened, and its princes shall tremble at the standard, says the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and in Jerusalem his hearth of fire.
Isaiah 31:9
The LORD is exalted; he dwells on high; he filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
Isaiah 33:5
The sinners in Zion are terrified, the hypocrites tremble: Who of us can dwell in a consuming fire, who of us can dwell in everlasting embers?
Isaiah 33:14
Behold Zion, the city of our meeting! Your eyes will see Jerusalem as a safe dwelling place, as a tent that will no longer move, whose stakes will never be pulled out, and from whose ropes not a single rope will ever be torn.
Isaiah 33:20
For this is the day of vengeance of the LORD, the year of vengeance, for vengeance on Zion.
Isaiah 34:8
And the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with shouting. Eternal joy will be upon their heads, delight and joy they will attain; but sorrow and sighing shall flee!
Isaiah 35:10
The virgin daughter of Zion despises and mocks you; the daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head at you.
Isaiah 37:22
For a remnant will go out of Jerusalem, and a survivor from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.
Isaiah 37:32
Climb a high mountain, O Zion, you who bring good news! Lift up your voice with power, O Jerusalem, who bring good tidings; lift them up without fear; say to the cities of Judah: Behold your God!
Isaiah 40:9
I, the first, say to Zion: Behold, there they are! and give Jerusalem a messenger of joy.
Isaiah 41:27
I have brought my righteousness near; it is not far off, and my salvation will not delay. I will give salvation in Zion and my glory to Israel.
Isaiah 46:13
Zion said, The Lord has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.
Isaiah 49:14
For the LORD comforts Zion; he comforts all their ruins, and makes their deserts like Eden, and their wastelands a garden of the LORD. Joy and delight, thanksgiving and song of praise are found in it.
Isaiah 51:3
So shall the redeemed of the LORD return, and come to Zion with shouting, and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; Joy and bliss will seize them, but sorrow and sighing will flee.
Isaiah 51:11
I have put my words in your mouth and covered you with the shadow of my hand to stretch out the heavens and found the earth and to say to Zion, You are my people!
Isaiah 51:16
Wake up, wake up! Zion, put on your strength! Put on your robes of honor, Jerusalem, holy city! For henceforth no uncircumcised nor unclean shall come into you.
Isaiah 52:1
Shake off the dust from yourself, stand up and sit down, Jerusalem! Untie yourself from the bonds of your neck, O captive daughter of Zion!
Isaiah 52:2
How lovely on the mountains are the feet of the one who brings good news, who preaches peace, who brings good tidings, who preaches salvation, who says to Zion:
Isaiah 52:7
Your God is king! There is the voice of your guardians! They will raise their voices and rejoice together; for they will see it face to face when the LORD comes again to Zion.
Isaiah 52:8
And a redeemer will come for Zion, and for those in Jacob who turn from transgression, says the LORD.
Isaiah 59:20
The sons of your oppressors will also come to you bowing low, and all who have reviled you will fall on the soles of your feet and will call you City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 60:14
to heed the sorrowful in Zion, to give them adornment for ashes, the oil of joy for sorrow, and raiment for a sorrowful spirit, to be called “oaks of righteousness,” a “planting of the LORD” for his glory.
Isaiah 61:3
Behold, the Lord proclaims to the ends of the earth: Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation is coming! Behold, his reward is with him, and his reward before him!
Isaiah 62:11
(H64-9) Your holy cities have become deserts; Zion is devastated, Jerusalem destroyed!
Isaiah 63:20
Who has ever heard such a thing? Who has seen anything like this? Was ever a country born in a day? Has ever a people been born at once, as Zion was in labor and at the same time gave birth to her children?
Isaiah 66:8
Scriptures related to Zion in the biblical book Isaiah: 46
Bible passages with ‘Zion’ in John
«Do not fear, daughter of Zion! Behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey’s colt.”
John 12:15
Scriptures related to Zion in the biblical book John: 1
Bible passages with ‘Zion’ in Ecclesiastes
The streets of Zion mourn because no one comes to the feasts any more; all her gates are desolate, her priests groan, her virgins are sorrowful, and she herself is grieved.
Ecclesiastes 1:4
And all her ornaments were taken from the daughter of Zion. Their princes have become like deer that find no pasture; powerless they pull ahead of the pursuer.
Ecclesiastes 1:6
Zion stretches out her hands in supplication; she has no comforter. Yahweh has set his enemies against Jacob on every side; Jerusalem has become an abomination among them.
Ecclesiastes 1:17
Into what darkness did the Lord, in his anger, put the daughter of Zion! He hurled the glory of Israel from heaven to earth and did not remember his footstool in the day of his anger.
Ecclesiastes 2:1
He bent his bow like an enemy, and stood with his right hand like an adversary, and cut down everything that was pleasant to behold in the tent of the daughter of Zion; he poured out his wrath like fire.
Ecclesiastes 2:4
He laid waste his enclosure like a garden, destroyed his meeting house; the LORD has forgotten the feast days and the sabbaths in Zion, and in his fierce anger has rejected king and priest.
Ecclesiastes 2:6
The LORD had purposed to destroy the walls of the daughter of Zion; he stretched out the measuring line, did not withdraw his hand until he devoured it; Wall and wall he caused to mourn; they all stand there miserably.
Ecclesiastes 2:8
The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence; they have strewn dust on their heads and girded themselves with sackcloth; the virgins of Jerusalem bow their heads to the ground.
Ecclesiastes 2:10
Let your heart cry out to the Lord! O wall of the daughter of Zion, let streams of tears flow day and night, give yourself no rest, the apple of your eye does not rest!
Ecclesiastes 2:18
How precious are the children of Zion, worth their weight in gold, like pottery vessels, the work of a potter’s hands!
Ecclesiastes 4:2
The LORD burned out his anger, poured out his fierce anger, and kindled in Zion a fire that consumed its foundations.
Ecclesiastes 4:11
Daughter Zion, your debt is paid; he will no longer let you be taken captive; but your guilt, daughter of Edom, he visits, your sins he reveals!
Ecclesiastes 4:22
Women were raped in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.
Ecclesiastes 5:11
because Mount Zion is desolate; Foxes frolic there.
Ecclesiastes 5:18
Scriptures related to Zion in the biblical book Ecclesiastes: 14
Bible passages with ‘Zion’ in Matthew
“Say to the daughter of Zion: Behold, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey and on a colt, the young of the beast of burden.”
Matthew 21:5
Scriptures related to Zion in the biblical book Matthew: 1
Bible passages with ‘Zion’ in Micah
Put your horses to the chariot, O people of Lachish! She caused the daughter of Zion to sin: yes, in you the transgressions of Israel were found.
Micah 1:13
you who build Zion in bloody crimes, and Jerusalem in iniquity!
Micah 3:10
Therefore for your sake Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become a heap of stones, and the Temple Mount a wooded hill.
Micah 3:12
And peoples will stream to him, and many nations will go and say, Come, let us go to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways, and that we may walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall come the law, and the word of the LORD out of Jerusalem.
Micah 4:2
and will make a remnant of the lame, and a strong people of the far off; and the LORD will rule over them in mount Zion from now on and forever.
Micah 4:7
And you, tower of flocks, hill of the daughter of Zion, shall reach to you, and to you shall return the former dominion, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.
Micah 4:8
Tremble and groan, O daughter of Zion, as a woman in labor; for now you must leave the city and live in the field and go to Babylon! There you shall be saved, there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies.
Micah 4:10
For now many nations have gathered against you, saying, She shall be profaned, that our eyes may see her delight in Zion.
Micah 4:11
Arise and thrash, O daughter of Zion! For I will make you horns of iron and hoofs of iron, to crush great nations, and to dedicate their spoils to the LORD, and their riches to the ruler of all the earth.
Micah 4:13
Scriptures related to Zion in the biblical book Micah: 9
Bible passages with ‘Zion’ in Revelation
And I looked, and behold, the Lamb stood on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000, having his name and his father’s name written on their foreheads.
Revelation 14:1
Scriptures related to Zion in the biblical book Revelation: 1
Bible passages with ‘Zion’ in Psalms
«I have installed my king in Zion, my holy mountain!»
Psalms 2:6
(H9-12) Sing to the LORD that dwells in Zion, declare his works among the nations.
Psalms 9:22
(H9-15) that I may declare all your glory in the gates of the daughter of Zion, that I may rejoice in your salvation!
Psalms 9:25
O that the salvation of Israel should come out of Zion! When the Lord turns the prison of his people, Jacob will rejoice and Israel will rejoice!
Psalms 14:7
(H20-3) He sends you help from the sanctuary and strengthens you from Zion;
Psalms 20:3
(H48-3) Beautiful rises Mount Zion, the joy of all the land; on the side towards midnight is the city of the great king.
Psalms 48:3
(H48-12) Mount Zion rejoices, the daughters of Judah rejoice because of thy judgments.
Psalms 48:22
(H48-13) Go round Zion, convert her, number her towers!
Psalms 48:23
From Zion, the perfection of beauty, the splendor of God breaks out.
Psalms 50:2
(H51-20) Do good to Zion according to your grace, build up the walls of Jerusalem!
Psalms 51:40
(H53-7) Ah, that out of Zion came salvation to Israel! When God turns the captivity of his people, Jacob will rejoice and Israel will be glad.
Psalms 53:7
The cantor. A Psalm of David; a song. (H65-2) It is You, O God, to whom praise is due in Zion, and to whom vows should be sworn!
Psalms 65:2
(H69-36) For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah, and men will dwell there and possess them;
Psalms 69:46
Remember your church, which you acquired of old, the tribe of your inheritance, which you redeemed, on Mount Zion, where you dwelt.
Psalms 74:2
(H76-3) in Salem is his tabernacle and his tabernacle in Zion.
Psalms 76:3
but chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves.
Psalms 78:68
(H84-8) They advance in power, appearing before God in Zion.
Psalms 84:8
Yahweh loves the gates of Zion more than all the mansions of Jacob.
Psalms 87:2
But of Zion it will be said: “Man after man was born in her, and the Most High himself will establish her!”
Psalms 87:5
Zion hears and is glad; and the daughters of Judah shall rejoice, O LORD, because of thy judgments.
Psalms 97:8
The LORD is great in Zion and exalted above all nations.
Psalms 99:2
(H102-14) You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time that you be merciful to her, the hour has come!
Psalms 102:24
(H102-17) when the LORD built Zion and appeared in his glory,
Psalms 102:27
(H102-22) that they may praise the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem,
Psalms 102:32
The LORD will stretch out the scepter of your power from Zion: Rule in the midst of your enemies.
Psalms 110:2
A pilgrimage song. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which does not shake but endures forever.
Psalms 125:1
A pilgrimage song. When the LORD brought back the captives of Zion, we were as dreamers.
Psalms 126:1
The LORD bless you from Zion that you may see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life
Psalms 128:5
All who hate Zion must be put to shame and retreat;
Psalms 129:5
For the Lord hath chosen Zion, and desired her for his dwelling place:
Psalms 132:13
like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion; for there the LORD hath promised a blessing, life forevermore.
Psalms 133:3
The LORD bless you from Zion, who made heaven and earth!
Psalms 134:3
Blessed be the LORD from Zion, he that dwells in Jerusalem! Hallelujah!
Psalms 135:21
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
Psalms 137:1
For those who held us captive there demanded songs of us, and our tormentors that we should be glad: “Sing to us one of the songs of Zion.”
Psalms 137:3
The Lord your God, O Zion, will reign forever! Hallelujah!
Psalms 146:10
Praise, Jerusalem, the LORD; praise, O Zion, your God!
Psalms 147:12
Israel rejoice in their Maker, let the children of Zion rejoice in their king!
Psalms 149:2
Scriptures related to Zion in the biblical book Psalms: 38
Bible passages with ‘Zion’ in Romans
as it is written: ‘Behold, I put in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”
Romans 9:33
And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written, “Out of Zion will the Redeemer come, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob,”
Romans 11:26
Scriptures related to Zion in the biblical book Romans: 2
Bible passages with ‘Zion’ in Zechariah
And the angel that spoke with me said to me, Preach, and say, Thus saith the LORD of hosts: I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with great jealousy
Zechariah 1:14
Preach again, saying, Thus says the LORD of hosts: My cities shall again overflow with good things, and the LORD shall again comfort Zion, and shall again choose Jerusalem.
Zechariah 1:17
(H2-11) Arise, Zion, escape, you dwelling with the daughter of Babylon!
Zechariah 2:51
(H2-14) Rejoice and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! For behold, I come and will dwell in your midst, says the LORD.
Zechariah 2:54
Thus says the LORD of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and with great wrath I am jealous for her.
Zechariah 8:2
Thus says the LORD: I have returned to Zion, and will dwell in Jerusalem, and Jerusalem shall be called the city of truth, and the mountain of the LORD of hosts, the holy mountain.
Zechariah 8:3
Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion; rejoice, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you, righteous and savior, humble and riding on a donkey, on the foal of the donkey.
Zechariah 9:9
For I have drawn Judah for my bow, and Ephraim for my arrow, and I will raise up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece, and will make you like a mighty sword.
Zechariah 9:13
Number of the word / term ‘Zion’ in Zechariah: 8
These Bible verses are from a 1951 translation of the Royalty Free Schlachter Translation.
Number of Bible verses found on the topic: 148
