Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Iron’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Iron’ occurs 89 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Iron’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 4:22 Zillah also conceived Tubalcain, who was a hammerer and artisan in every work of brass and iron. In fact, the sister of Tubalcain was Noema.Genesis 4:22
Number of the word / term Iron in Genesis: 1
Bible passages with ‘Iron’ in the book Leviticus
Leviticus 26:19 And I will crush the pride in your hardness, and I will give to you heaven above like iron, and the earth below like brass.Leviticus 26:19
Number of the word / term Iron in Leviticus: 1
Bible passages with ‘Iron’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 31:22 Gold, and silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin,Numbers 31:22
Numbers 35:16 If anyone will have struck someone with iron, and he who was struck will have died, then he shall be guilty of homicide, and he himself shall die.Numbers 35:16
Number of the word / term Iron in Numbers: 2
Bible passages with ‘Iron’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 3:11 For only Og, the king of Bashan, was left behind out of the race of the giants. His bed of iron is on display, (it is in Rabbah, among the sons of Ammon) being nine cubits in length, and four in width, according to the measure of the cubit of a man’s hand.Deuteronomy 3:11
Deuteronomy 4:20 But the Lord has taken you up, and led you away from the iron furnaces of Egypt, in order to have a people of inheritance, just as it is to the present day.Deuteronomy 4:20
Deuteronomy 8:9 In that place, without any need, you shall eat your bread and enjoy an abundance of all things: where the stones are like iron, and where ore for brass is dug out of its mountains.Deuteronomy 8:9
Deuteronomy 19:5 such that he had gone with him into the forest simply to cut wood, and in cutting down the tree, the axe slipped from his hand, or the iron slipped from the handle, and it struck his friend and killed him: he shall flee to one of the cities stated above, and he shall live.Deuteronomy 19:5
Deuteronomy 27:5 and you shall build, in that place, an altar to the Lord your God out of stones which have not been touched by iron,Deuteronomy 27:5
Deuteronomy 28:23 May the heavens which are above you be of brass, and may the ground upon which you tread be of iron.Deuteronomy 28:23
Deuteronomy 28:48 You will serve your enemy, whom the Lord will send to you, in hunger and thirst and nakedness, and in destitution of all things. And he will place an iron yoke upon your neck, until he has crushed you.Deuteronomy 28:48
Deuteronomy 33:25 His shoe shall be of iron and of brass. As were the days of your youth, so also shall be your old age.Deuteronomy 33:25
Number of the word / term Iron in Deuteronomy: 8
Bible passages with ‘Iron’ in the book Joshua
Joshua 6:19 But whatever gold and silver there will be, and vessels of brass or of iron, let these be consecrated to the Lord and be stored in his treasuries.”Joshua 6:19
Joshua 6:24 Then they set fire to the city and all the things that were within it, except the gold and silver, and the vessels of brass or of iron, which they consecrated into the treasury of the Lord.Joshua 6:24
Joshua 8:31 just as Moses, the servant of the Lord, had instructed to the sons of Israel, and this was written in the book of the law of Moses: truly, an altar of uncut stones, which iron has not touched. And he offered holocausts upon it to the Lord, and he immolated victims as peace-offerings.Joshua 8:31
Joshua 17:16 And the sons of Joseph responded to him: “We are not able to ascend to the mountains, since the Canaanites, who live in the plains, in which are situated Bethshean, with its villages, and Jezreel, possessing the middle of the valley, use chariots of iron.”Joshua 17:16
Joshua 17:18 Instead, you shall cross to the mountain, and you shall cut down and clear out for yourselves space in which to live. And you shall be able to advance further, when you will have destroyed the Canaanite, who, as you say, has iron chariots and is very strong.”Joshua 17:18
Joshua 22:8 he said to them: “Return to your settlements with much substance and wealth, with silver and gold, brass and iron, and a multitude of garments. Divide the spoils of your enemies with your brothers.”Joshua 22:8
Number of the word / term Iron in Joshua: 6
Bible passages with ‘Iron’ in the book 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 13:19 Now there was no worker of iron to be found in all the land of Israel. For the Philistines had been cautious, lest perhaps the Hebrews might make swords or spears.1 Samuel 13:19
1 Samuel 17:7 Now the shaft of his spear was like the beam used by a weaver. And the iron of his spear held six hundred shekels of iron. And his armor bearer went before him.1 Samuel 17:7
Number of the word / term Iron in 1 Samuel: 2
Bible passages with ‘Iron’ in the book 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 12:31 Also, bringing forth its people, he sawed them, and he drove over them with iron wagons, and he divided them with knives, and he dragged them through brick kilns. So he did to all the citizens of the sons of Ammon. And David returned, with the entire army, to Jerusalem.2 Samuel 12:31
2 Samuel 21:16 Ishbibenob, who was of the ancestry of Arapha, the iron of whose spear weighed three hundred ounces, who had been girded with a new sword, strove to strike down David.2 Samuel 21:16
2 Samuel 23:7 And if anyone wishes to touch them, he must be armed with iron and a wooden lance. And they shall be set ablaze and burned to nothing.”2 Samuel 23:7
Number of the word / term Iron in 2 Samuel: 3
Bible passages with ‘Iron’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 6:7 Now the house, while it was being built, was made from cut and finished stones. And so, neither mallet, nor chisel, nor any tool of iron was heard in the house while it was being built.1 Kings 6:7
1 Kings 8:51 For they are your people and your inheritance, whom you have led away from the land of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron.1 Kings 8:51
1 Kings 22:11 Also, Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, made for himself horns of iron, and he said, “Thus says the Lord: With these, you shall threaten Syria, until you destroy it.”1 Kings 22:11
Number of the word / term Iron in 1 Kings: 3
Bible passages with ‘Iron’ in the book 2 Kings
2 Kings 6:5 Then it happened that, while someone was cutting timber, the iron of the ax fell into the water. And he cried out and said: “Alas, alas, alas, my lord! For this thing was borrowed.”2 Kings 6:5
2 Kings 6:6 Then the man of God said, “Where did it fall?” And he indicated to him the place. Then he cut off a piece of wood, and he threw it in. And the iron floated up.2 Kings 6:6
Number of the word / term Iron in 2 Kings: 2
Bible passages with ‘Iron’ in the book 1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 20:3 Then he led away the people who were in it. And he caused plows, and sleds, and iron chariots to go over them, so much so that they were cut apart and crushed. So did David treat all the cities of the sons of Ammon. And he returned with all his people to Jerusalem.1 Chronicles 20:3
1 Chronicles 22:3 Also, David prepared very much iron to use for the nails of the gates, and for the seams and joints, as well as an immeasurable weight of brass.1 Chronicles 22:3
1 Chronicles 22:14 Behold, in my poverty I have prepared the expenses for the house of the Lord: one hundred thousand talents of gold, and one million of talents of silver. Yet truly, there is no measuring the brass and the iron. For their magnitude is beyond numbering. And I have prepared the timber and the stones for the entire project.1 Chronicles 22:14
1 Chronicles 22:16 with gold and silver, and with brass and iron, of which there is no number. Therefore, rise up and act. And the Lord will be with you.”1 Chronicles 22:16
1 Chronicles 29:2 Now with all my ability, I have prepared the expenses for the house of my God: gold for items of gold, and silver for those of silver, brass for those of brass, iron for those of iron, and wood for those of wood, and stones of onyx, and stones like alabaster, and stones of diverse colors, and every kind of precious stone, and marble from Paros in great abundance.1 Chronicles 29:2
1 Chronicles 29:7 and gave, for the works of the house of the Lord, five thousand talents and ten thousand pieces of gold, ten thousand talents of silver, and eighteen thousand talents of brass, and also one hundred thousand talents of iron.1 Chronicles 29:7
Number of the word / term Iron in 1 Chronicles: 6
Bible passages with ‘Iron’ in the book 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 2:7 Therefore, send to me a learned man, who knows how to work with gold and silver, with brass and iron, with purple, scarlet, and hyacinth, and who knows how to carve engravings, along with these artisans that I have with me in Judea and Jerusalem, whom my father David has prepared.2 Chronicles 2:7
2 Chronicles 2:14 the son of a woman from the daughters of Dan, whose father was a Tyrian, who knows how to work with gold and silver, with brass and iron, and with marble and timber, as well as with purple, and hyacinth, and fine linen, and scarlet. And he knows how to carve every kind of engraving, and how to devise prudently whatever may be necessary to the work, with your artisans and with the artisans of my lord David, your father.2 Chronicles 2:14
2 Chronicles 18:10 Truly, Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, made for himself horns of iron, and he said: “Thus says the Lord: With these, you shall threaten Syria, until you crush it.”2 Chronicles 18:10
2 Chronicles 24:12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who were in charge of the works of the house of the Lord. Then with it they hired hewers of stone, and artisans of every kind, so that they might repair the house of the Lord, and also so that the works of iron and of brass, which had begun to fall, would be reinforced.2 Chronicles 24:12
Number of the word / term Iron in 2 Chronicles: 4
Bible passages with ‘Iron’ in the book Job
Job 19:24 with an iron pen and a plate of lead, or else be carved in stone?Job 19:24
Job 20:24 He will flee from weapons of iron, and he will fall in an arc of brass,Job 20:24
Job 40:18 His bones are like pipes of brass; his cartilage is like plates of iron.Job 40:18
Job 41:27 For he will consider iron as if it were chaff, and brass as if it were rotten wood.Job 41:27
Number of the word / term Iron in Job: 4
Bible passages with ‘Iron’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 2:9 You will rule them with an iron rod, and you will shatter them like a potter’s vessel.Psalm 2:9
Psalm 105:18 They humbled his feet in shackles; the iron pierced his soul,Psalm 105:18
Psalm 107:10 those sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, shackled by extreme poverty and by iron.Psalm 107:10
Psalm 107:16 For he has crushed the gates of brass and broken the iron bars.Psalm 107:16
Psalm 149:8 to bind their kings with shackles and their nobles with manacles of iron,Psalm 149:8
Number of the word / term Iron in Psalm: 5
Bible passages with ‘Iron’ in the book Proverbs
Proverbs 27:17 Iron sharpens iron, and a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.Proverbs 27:17
Number of the word / term Iron in Proverbs: 1
Bible passages with ‘Iron’ in the book Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 10:10 If the iron is dull, and if it was not that way before, but has been made dull by much labor, then it will be sharpened. And wisdom will follow after diligence.Ecclesiastes 10:10
Number of the word / term Iron in Ecclesiastes: 1
Bible passages with ‘Iron’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 10:34 And the dense forest will be overturned with iron. And Lebanon, with its exalted ones, will fall.Isaiah 10:34
Isaiah 44:12 The maker of iron has wrought with his file. With coals and hammers, he has formed it, and he has wrought with the strength of his arm. He will hunger and grow faint. He will not drink water, and he will become weary.Isaiah 44:12
Isaiah 45:2 I will go before you. And I will humble the glorious ones of the earth. I will shatter the gates of brass, and I will break apart the bars of iron.Isaiah 45:2
Isaiah 48:4 For I knew that you are stubborn, and that your neck is like an iron sinew, and that your forehead is like brass.Isaiah 48:4
Isaiah 60:17 In exchange for brass, I will bring gold; and in exchange for iron, I will bring silver; and for wood, brass; and for stones, iron. And I will make your visitation into peace, and your leaders into justice.Isaiah 60:17
Number of the word / term Iron in Isaiah: 5
Bible passages with ‘Iron’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 1:18 For certainly, this day, I have made you like a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and a brass wall, over all the land, to the kings of Judah, to its leaders, and to the priests, and to the people of the land.Jeremiah 1:18
Jeremiah 6:28 All these leaders who are turning away and walking deceitfully, they are brass and iron; they have all been corrupted.Jeremiah 6:28
Jeremiah 11:4 which I commanded to your fathers in the day when I led them away from the land of Egypt, away from the iron furnace, saying: Listen to my voice, and do all that I command you, and then you will be my people and I will be your God.Jeremiah 11:4
Jeremiah 15:12 But how can iron be joined with the iron from the north or with brass?Jeremiah 15:12
Jeremiah 17:1 “The sin of Judah has been written with a pen of iron and a point of diamond. It has been engraved upon the breadth of their heart and upon the horns of their shrines.Jeremiah 17:1
Jeremiah 28:13 “Go, and you shall say to Hananiah: Thus says the Lord: You have broken chains of wood, and so you will make for them chains of iron.Jeremiah 28:13
Jeremiah 28:14 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I have placed a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations, so that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon. And they shall serve him. Moreover, I have given to him even the beasts of the earth.”Jeremiah 28:14
Number of the word / term Iron in Jeremiah: 7
Bible passages with ‘Iron’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 3:9 I have made your face like hardened iron and like flint. You should not fear them, and you should not have dread before their face. For they are a provoking house.”Ezekiel 3:9
Ezekiel 4:3 And you shall take up for yourself an iron frying pan, and place it as an iron wall between you and the city. And harden your face against it, and it shall be under a siege, and you shall surround it. This is a sign to the house of Israel.Ezekiel 4:3
Ezekiel 22:18 “Son of man, the house of Israel has become like dross to me. All these are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead in the midst of the furnace; they have become like the dross of silver.Ezekiel 22:18
Ezekiel 22:20 just as they gather silver, and brass, and tin, and iron, and lead in the midst of the furnace, so that I may kindle in it a fire to melt it. So will I gather you together in my fury and in my wrath, and I will be quieted, and I will melt you down.Ezekiel 22:20
Ezekiel 27:12 The Carthaginians, your merchants, supplied your festivals with a multitude of diverse riches, with silver, iron, tin, and lead.Ezekiel 27:12
Ezekiel 27:19 Dan, and Greece, and Mosel have offered works made of iron at your festivals. Storax ointment and sweet flag were in your marketplace.Ezekiel 27:19
Number of the word / term Iron in Ezekiel: 6
Bible passages with ‘Iron’ in the book Daniel
Daniel 2:33 but the shins were of iron, a certain part of the feet were of iron and another part were of clay.Daniel 2:33
Daniel 2:34 And so you looked until a stone was broken off without hands from a mountain, and it struck the statue on its feet, which were of iron and clay, and it shattered them.Daniel 2:34
Daniel 2:35 Then the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold were crushed together and diminished like the ashes of a summer courtyard, and they were quickly taken away by the wind, and no place was found for them; but the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.Daniel 2:35
Daniel 2:40 And the fourth kingdom will be like iron. Just as iron shatters and conquers all things, so will it shatter and crush all these.Daniel 2:40
Daniel 2:41 Furthermore, because you saw the feet and the toes to be part of potter’s clay and part of iron, the kingdom will be divided, but still, from the slip of iron it will take its origin, since you saw the iron mingled with the earthenware from clay.Daniel 2:41
Daniel 2:42 And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, part of the kingdom will be strong and part will be crushed.Daniel 2:42
Daniel 2:43 Yet, because you saw the iron mingled with pottery from the earth, they will indeed be combined together with the offspring of man, but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron cannot be mixed with earthenware.Daniel 2:43
Daniel 2:45 In accordance with what you saw, because the stone was torn away from the mountain without hands, and it crushed the earthenware, and the iron, and the brass, and the silver, and the gold, the great God has shown the king what will happen after this. And the dream is true, and its interpretation is faithful.”Daniel 2:45
Daniel 4:15 Nevertheless, leave the stump of its roots in the earth, and let it be bound with a band of iron and brass among the plants, which are close by, and let it be touched by the dew of heaven, and let its place be with the wild animals among the plants of the earth.Daniel 4:15
Daniel 4:23 Yet the king also saw a watcher and a holy one descend from heaven and say: ‘Cut down the tree and scatter it; however, leave the stump of its roots in the earth, and let it be bound with iron and brass, among the surrounding plants, and let it be sprinkled with the dew of heaven, and let his feeding be with the wild beasts, until seven periods of time pass over him.’Daniel 4:23
Daniel 5:4 They drank wine, and they praised their gods of gold, and silver, brass, iron, and wood and stone.Daniel 5:4
Daniel 5:23 But you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. And the vessels of his house have been presented before you. And you, and your nobles, and your wives, and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. Likewise, you have praised the gods of silver, and gold, and brass, iron, and wood and stone, who neither see, nor hear, nor feel, yet you have not glorified the God who holds your breath and all your ways in his hand.Daniel 5:23
Daniel 7:7 After this, I watched in the vision of the night, and behold, a fourth beast, terrible yet wondrous, and exceedingly strong; it had great iron teeth, eating yet crushing, and trampling down the remainder with his feet, but it was unlike the other beasts, which I had seen before it, and it had ten horns.Daniel 7:7
Daniel 7:19 After this, I wanted to learn diligently about the fourth beast, which was very different from all, and exceedingly terrible; his teeth and claws were of iron; he devoured and crushed, and the remainder he trampled with his feet;Daniel 7:19
Number of the word / term Iron in Daniel: 14
Bible passages with ‘Iron’ in the book Amos
Amos 1:3 Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Damascus, and for four, I will not convert it, in so far as they have threshed Gilead into iron wagons.Amos 1:3
Number of the word / term Iron in Amos: 1
Bible passages with ‘Iron’ in the book Micah
Micah 4:13 Rise and thresh, daughter of Zion. For I will set your horn like iron, and I will set your hoofs like brass. And you will shatter many peoples, and you will immolate their spoils for the Lord, and their strength for the Lord of the whole earth.Micah 4:13
Number of the word / term Iron in Micah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Iron’ in the book Acts
Acts 12:10 And passing by the first and second guards, they came to the iron gate which leads into the city; and it opened for them by itself. And departing, they continued on along a certain side street. And suddenly the Angel withdrew from him.Acts 12:10
Number of the word / term Iron in Acts: 1
Bible passages with ‘Iron’ in the book Revelation
Revelation 2:27 And he shall rule them with an iron rod, and they shall be broken like the earthenware of a potter.Revelation 2:27
Revelation 9:9 And they had breastplates like iron breastplates. And the noise of their wings was like the noise of many running horses, rushing to battle.Revelation 9:9
Revelation 12:5 And she brought forth a male child, who was soon to rule all the nations with an iron rod. And her son was taken up to God and to his throne.Revelation 12:5
Revelation 18:12 merchandise of gold and silver and precious stones and pearls, and of fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and of every citrus tree wood, and of every tool of ivory, and of every tool from precious stone and brass and iron and marble,Revelation 18:12
Revelation 19:15 And from his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword, so that with it he may strike the nations. And he shall rule them with an iron rod. And he treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.Revelation 19:15
Number of the word / term ‘Iron’ in Revelation: 5
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 89
