19 Bible Verses about Cities
Most Relevant Verses
But their lying in wait was known by Saul: and they guarded the gates day and night to kill him.
And thou, Capernaum, who hast been exalted to heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained till this day.
Now, while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him, seeing the city wholly given to idolatry.
From Thematic Bible
Cities » General references to
Cities » Of refuge
Cities » Fortified
Cities » Often great and goodly
Cities » Designated as » Treasure
Cities » Protected at night by watchmen
Cities » Numerous
Cities » Entered through gates
Cities » Different kinds of » Royal
Cities » Built » On hills
And rising up, thrust him out of the city, and brought him to the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, to cast him down headlong.
Here is the mind that hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman sitteth,
Cities » Arranged in streets and lanes
So the servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the disabled, and the lame, and the blind.
Cities » Often fortified by art
Cities » Designated as » Royal
Cities » Under governors
In Damascus the governor under king Aretas, kept the city of the Damascenes with a guard, being determined to apprehend me.
Cities » Infested by dogs
Cities » Garrisoned in war
Cities » Different kinds of » Chariot
Cities » Provided with judges
Cities » Were frequently » Besieged
Cities » Prosperity of, increased by commerce
Cities » Different kinds of » Store
Cities » Illustrative of » The apostacy
And the fifth poured out his phial upon the throne of the wild beast; and his kingdom was darkened.
And the woman whom thou sawest is the great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
Cities » Illustrative of » Church triumphant
And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride, adorned for her husband.
And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part of the tree of life, and the holy city, which are written in this book.
Cities » Built » In desert places
Cities » Surrounded with walls
Cities » Difficulty of taking, alluded to
Cities » Often insignificant
Cities » Often deserted on the approach of an enemy
Cities » Artificial mode of supplying water to
Cities » Were frequently » Pillaged
Cities » Built » Of stone and wood
Cities » Built » In plains
Cities » Different kinds of » Commercial
Cities » Were called after » The family of the founder
Cities » Were frequently » Depopulated
Cities » Were frequently » Burned
Cities » Built » On solid foundations
And the walls of the city had twelve foundations, and upon them the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
Cities » Figurative
But ye are come to mount Sion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem,
But they now desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for he hath prepared a city for them.
Cities » Different kinds of » Fenced
Cities » Were frequently » Stormed
Cities » Designated as » Merchant
Cities » Often founded and enlarged by blood and rapine
Cities » Often fortified by nature
Cities » Designed for habitations
Cities » Sometimes had suburbs
Cities » Built » In pleasant situations
Cities » Built » Of brick and mortar
Cities » Were frequently » Wasted by famine
Cities » Built » Beside rivers
Cities » Illustrative of » Visible church
Cities » Furnished with stores
Cities » Densely inhabited
Cities » Government of, by rulers
Cities » Designated as » Chariot
Cities » Suburbs of
Cities » Different kinds of » Levitical
Cities » Ancient
Cities » A great defence to a country
Cities » Built » Often of a square form
And the city lyeth four-square, and the length is as large as the breadth. And he measured the city with the reed twelve thousand furlongs: the length, and the breadth, and the height of it, are equal.
Cities » Afforded refuge in times of danger
Cities » Often of great antiquity
Cities » Were called after » The country in which built
Cities » Illustrative of » Riches
Cities » Were called after » The proprietor of the land
Cities » Were frequently » Wasted by pestilence
Cities » Illustrative of » Heavenly inheritance
But they now desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for he hath prepared a city for them.
Cities » Perishable nature of
Cities » Different kinds of » Refuge
Cities » Illustrative of » Saints
Cities » Built » Of brick and slime
Cities » Often built to perpetuate a name
Cities » First mention of
Cities » Different kinds of » Treasure
Cities » Were frequently » Razed and sown with salt
Cities » Were frequently » Made heaps of ruins
Cities » Built » With compactness
Cities » Often had citadels
Cities » Inhabitants of, called citizens
But Paul said, I am a man who am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and I beseech thee, suffer me to speak to the people.
Cities » Town clerk of
But the register, having pacified the people, said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there who knoweth not, that the city of the Ephesians is a worshiper of the great Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?
Fortresses » Places used as » Cities
Foundation » Laid for » Cities
Gates » Made to » Cities
Topics on Cities
Burning Cities
Matthew 22:7And the king hearing it was wroth, and sending forth his troops, destroyed those murderers and burnt their city.
Cities In Israel
Matthew 10:23But when they persecute you in this city, flee to another; for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
Cities of the plain
Luke 17:28-29Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded:
Cities Under Attack
Revelation 16:19And the great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and Babylon the Great was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
Destruction Of Cities
2 Peter 2:6And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them with an overthrow, making them an example to them that should afterwards live ungodly:
Entering Cities
Matthew 21:10And as he came into Jerusalem, all the city was in a commotion, saying, Who is this?
Two Cities
Jude 1:7Even as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities about them, which in the same manner with these gave themselves over to fornication, and went after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
