16 Bible Verses about Figurative Walls

צ TsadeThe hearts of the people cry out to the Lord.
Wall of Daughter Zion,
let your tears run down like a river
day and night.
Give yourself no relief
and your eyes no rest.

The declaration of the Lord: “I will be a wall of fire around it, and I will be the glory within it.”

Violence will never again be heard of in your land;
devastation and destruction
will be gone from your borders.
But you will name your walls salvation
and your gates, praise.

On that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:

We have a strong city.
Salvation is established as walls and ramparts.

I searched for a man among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land so that I might not destroy it, but I found no one.

Joseph is a fruitful vine,
a fruitful vine beside a spring;
its branches climb over the wall.

With You I can attack a barrier,
and with my God I can leap over a wall.

With You I can attack a barrier,
and with my God I can leap over a wall.

and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with the waters like a wall to them on their right and their left.

But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with the waters like a wall to them on their right and their left.

Are you better than Thebes
that sat along the Nile
with water surrounding her,
whose rampart was the sea,
the river her wall?

They were a wall around us, both day and night, the entire time we were herding the sheep.

Today, I am the One who has made you a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the population.

Then I will make you a fortified wall of bronze
to this people.
They will fight against you
but will not overcome you,
for I am with you
to save you and deliver you.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! You are sitting there judging me according to the law, and in violation of the law are you ordering me to be struck?”

A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city;
in his imagination it is like a high wall.