36 Bible Verses about Towers

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Isaiah 32:14

The palaces also shall be broken, and the greatly occupied cities desolate. The towers and bulwarks shall be become dens forevermore, the pleasure of Mules shall be turned to pasture for sheep:

Judges 8:17

And he brake down the tower of Phanuel and slew the men of the city.

Judges 9:51-52

But there was a strong tower in the midst of the city, and thither ran all the men and women and all the citizens of the city and shut it to them, and got them up upon the top of the tower. Then came Abimelech unto the tower and fought against it, and went hard unto the entering of the gate, to set it on fire.

1 Chronicles 27:25

Over the king's treasure was Azmaveth the son of Adiel. And over the treasure of the fields, in the cities, villages and castles, was Jonathan, the son of Uzziah.

2 Chronicles 14:7

And therefore he said to Judah, "Let us build these cities and compass them with walls and towers, gates and bars, while we have the land quiet. For we have sought the LORD our God: and because we have sought him, he hath given us rest on every side." And so they built and prospered.

2 Chronicles 26:9-10

Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem over the corner gate, and over the valley gate, and over other corners, and made them strong. And he built towers in the wilderness and digged many wells. For he had much cattle, both in the valley and also in the plain; and plowmen and vinedressers in the mountains and in Carmel, for he loved husbandry.

2 Chronicles 32:5

And he went to lustily and built up the wall where it was broken, and made towers above upon, and yet another wall without, and repaired Millo the city of David, and made many darts and shields.

Nehemiah 3:25-27

After him builded Palal the son of Uzai over against the corner and the high tower, which lieth out over from the king's house, beside the court of the prison. After him, Pedaiah the son of Parosh. As for the Nethinims, they dwelt in Ophel, unto the Watergate, toward the east and to the tower that lieth out. After him builded they of Tekoa the other piece over against the great tower, that lieth outward, and unto the wall of Ophel.

Ezekiel 26:4

These shall break the walls of Tyre, and cast down her towers. I will scrape the ground from her, and make her a bare stone.

Isaiah 30:25

Goodly rivers shall flow out of all his mountains and hills. In the day of the great slaughter when the towers shall fall,

Jeremiah 50:15

Cry out: upon her, upon her, against her round about: she shall yield herself, her foundations shall fall, and her walls shall come down, for it shall be the vengeance of the LORD. Yea vengeance shall be taken of her, and as she hath done, so shall she be dealt withal.

Ezekiel 26:9

His slings and battle-rams shall he prepare for thy walls, and with his weapons break down thy towers.

2 Kings 9:17-20

And the watchmen that stood on the tower in Jezreel spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, "I see a company." And Jehoram said, "Take a horseman and send against them, and let him ask whether it be peace." And there went one on horseback against him and said, "Thus sayeth the king, 'Is it peace?'" And Jehu answered, "What hast thou to do with peace? Turn, and come after me." And the watchman told, saying, "The messenger came to them but he cometh not again." Then he sent out another on horseback, which came to them and said, "Thus sayeth the king, 'Is it peace?'" And Jehu answered, "What hast thou to do with peace? Turn, and come after me."read more.
And the watchman told, saying, "He came to them, but he cometh not again, and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he driveth as he were mad."

Isaiah 21:6-9

For thus the Lord hath charged me: "Go thy way, and set a watchman, that he may tell what he seeth." And when he had waited diligently, he saw two horsemen: the one riding upon an Ass, the other upon a camel. And the watchman cried, "LORD, I have stood waiting all the whole day, and am appointed to keep my watch every night.read more.
And behold, here cometh a chariot of men with two horsemen." And he answered and said, "Babylon is fallen, is fallen! She is turned upside down, and all the images of her gods are smitten to the ground!"

Lamentations 4:17

{Pe} Wherefore yet our eyes fail us, while we look for vain help: seeing we be ever waiting upon a people that can do us no good.

Matthew 21:33

"Hearken another similitude. There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and made a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a strange country:

Mark 12:1

And he began to speak unto them in similitudes. "A certain man planted a vineyard, and compassed it with a hedge, and ordained a winepress, and built a tower in it, and let it out to hire unto husbandmen, and went into a strange country.

Isaiah 5:1-2

Now will I sing my beloved friend a song of his vineyard. My beloved friend hath a vineyard in a very fruitful plenteous ground. This he hedged, this he walled round about, and planted it with goodly grapes. In the midst of it builded he a tower, and made a wine press therein. And afterward when he looked that it should bring him grapes, it brought forth thorns.

2 Chronicles 26:9

Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem over the corner gate, and over the valley gate, and over other corners, and made them strong.

Nehemiah 3:1

And Eliashib the high priest gat him up with his brethren the priests, and builded the Sheep-gate. They hallowed it, and set up the doors of it: even unto the tower of Meah hallowed they it, namely unto the tower of Hananel.

Nehemiah 12:38-39

The other choir of thanksgiving went over against them, and I after them, and the half part of the people upon the wall, toward the Furnacegate upward, until the broad wall, and to the port of Ephraim, and to the Oldgate, and to the Fishgate, and to the tower of Hananel, and to the tower of Meah, until the Sheepgate. And in the prison gate they stood still,

Jeremiah 31:38

Behold, the days come, sayeth the LORD, that the city of the LORD shall be enlarged from the tower of Hananel, unto the gate of the corner wall.

Zechariah 14:10

Men shall go about the whole earth, as upon a field: from Geba to Rimmon, and from the south to Jerusalem. She shall be set up, and inhabited in her place: from Benjamin's port, unto the place of the first port, and unto the corner port: and from the tower of Hananel, unto the king's wine presses.

Luke 13:4

Or those eighteen upon which the tower in Siloam fell and slew them: think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwell in Jerusalem?

Genesis 11:4-5

And they said, "Come on, let us build us a city and a tower, that the top may reach unto heaven. And let us make us a name, for peradventure we shall be scattered abroad over all the earth." And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the children of Adam had built.

Genesis 35:21

And Israel went thence and pitched up his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

Judges 9:46

And when all the men of the town of Shechem heard that, they entered into a stronghold of the house of their god Baalberith.

Luke 18:28-29

Then Peter said, "Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee." And he said unto them, "Verily I say unto you, there is no man that leaveth house: other father and mother, other brethren, or wife, or children: for the kingdom of God's sake,

Psalm 48:3

God is well known in her palaces, that he is the defense of the same.

Zephaniah 1:15-16

For that day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and heaviness, a day of utter destruction and misery, a dark and gloomy day, a cloudy and stormy day, a day of the noise of trumpets and shawmes, against the strong cities and high towers.

Genesis 11:1-4

And all the world was of one tongue and one language. And as they came from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and there they dwelled. And they said, one to another, "Come on, let us make brick and burn it with fire." So brick was their stone and slime was their mortar.read more.
And they said, "Come on, let us build us a city and a tower, that the top may reach unto heaven. And let us make us a name, for peradventure we shall be scattered abroad over all the earth."

Genesis 11:5-9

And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the children of Adam had built. And the LORD said, "See, the people is one and have one tongue among them all: And this have they begun to do, and will not leave off from all that they have purposed to do. Come on, let us descend and mingle their tongue even there, that one understand not what another sayeth."read more.
Thus the LORD scattered them from thence upon all the earth. And they left off to build the city. Wherefore the name of it is called Babel, because that the LORD there confounded the tongue of all the world; and because that the LORD, from thence, scattered them abroad upon all the earth.

Acts 2:5-11

And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, which were of all nations under heaven. When this was noised about, the multitude came together and were astonished, because that every man heard them speak his own tongue. They wondered all, and marveled: saying among themselves, "Behold, are not all these which speak of Galilee?read more.
And how hear we every man his own tongue wherein we were born? Parthians, Medes, and Elamites and the inhabiters of Mesopotamia, of Jewry and of Cappadocia, of Pontus and of Asia; Phrigia, Pamphylia, and of Egypt, and of the parts of Libya, which is beside Cyrene; And strangers of Rome; Jews and converts, Greeks and Arabians: We have heard them speak with our own tongues the great works of God."

From Thematic Bible


Foundation » Laid for » Towers

Luke 14:28-29

Which of you is he that is disposed to build a tower, and sitteth not down before and counteth the cost: Whether he have sufficient to perform it? Lest after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to perform it, all that behold it, begin to mock him,

Towers » Illustrative of » The grace and dignity of the church

Song of Songs 4:4

Thy neck is like the tower of David builded with bulwarks, whereupon there hang a thousand shields; yea, all the weapons of the giants.

Song of Songs 7:4

Thy neck is as it were a tower of ivory; thine eyes are like the water pools in Heshbon, by the port of Bathrabbim. Thy nose is like the tower of Lebanon, which looketh toward Damascus.

Song of Songs 8:10

I am a wall, and my breasts like towers, then was I as one that hath found favour in his sight.

Towers » Frequently thrown down in war

Judges 9:49

And all the people cut down also every man a bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them into the hold, and set the hold a fire upon them: so that all the men of the tower of Shechem were slain, upon a thousand persons what of men and women together.

Judges 8:17

And he brake down the tower of Phanuel and slew the men of the city.

Ezekiel 26:4

These shall break the walls of Tyre, and cast down her towers. I will scrape the ground from her, and make her a bare stone.

Towers » Were built » Walls of cities

2 Chronicles 26:9

Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem over the corner gate, and over the valley gate, and over other corners, and made them strong.

2 Chronicles 14:7

And therefore he said to Judah, "Let us build these cities and compass them with walls and towers, gates and bars, while we have the land quiet. For we have sought the LORD our God: and because we have sought him, he hath given us rest on every side." And so they built and prospered.

Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Hananeel

Zechariah 14:10

Men shall go about the whole earth, as upon a field: from Geba to Rimmon, and from the south to Jerusalem. She shall be set up, and inhabited in her place: from Benjamin's port, unto the place of the first port, and unto the corner port: and from the tower of Hananel, unto the king's wine presses.

Jeremiah 31:38

Behold, the days come, sayeth the LORD, that the city of the LORD shall be enlarged from the tower of Hananel, unto the gate of the corner wall.

Towers » Frequently strong and well fortified

Judges 9:51

But there was a strong tower in the midst of the city, and thither ran all the men and women and all the citizens of the city and shut it to them, and got them up upon the top of the tower.

2 Chronicles 26:9

Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem over the corner gate, and over the valley gate, and over other corners, and made them strong.

Towers » Illustrative of » God as the protector of his people

2 Samuel 22:3

God is my strength, and in him will I trust: my shield and the horn that defendeth me: mine high hold and refuge.

2 Samuel 22:51

For thy great and manifold saving of thy king, and showing mercy unto thine anointed, even to David, and his seed forever.

Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Syene

Ezekiel 30:6

Thus sayeth the LORD: The maintainers of the land of Egypt shall fall, the pride of her power shall come down: even unto the tower of Syene shall they be slain down with the sword, sayeth the LORD God.

Ezekiel 29:10

Behold therefore, I will upon thee, and upon thy waters: I will make the land of Egypt waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene unto the borders of the Ethiopians' land:

Towers » Frequently left desolate

Isaiah 32:14

The palaces also shall be broken, and the greatly occupied cities desolate. The towers and bulwarks shall be become dens forevermore, the pleasure of Mules shall be turned to pasture for sheep:

Zephaniah 3:6

Therefore will I root out this people, and destroy their towers: yea, and make their streets so void, that no man shall go therein. Their cities shall be broken down, so that no body shall be left, nor dwell there any more.

Towers » Watchmen posted on, in times of danger

2 Kings 9:17

And the watchmen that stood on the tower in Jezreel spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, "I see a company." And Jehoram said, "Take a horseman and send against them, and let him ask whether it be peace."

Habakkuk 2:1

I stood upon my watch, and set me upon my bulwark, to look and see what he would say unto me, and what answer I should give him that reproveth me.

Towers » Were used as citadels in times of war

Ezekiel 27:11

They of Arvad were with thine host round about thy walls, and were thy watchmen upon thy towers, these hanged up their shields round about thy walls, and made thee marvelous goodly.

Judges 9:51

But there was a strong tower in the midst of the city, and thither ran all the men and women and all the citizens of the city and shut it to them, and got them up upon the top of the tower.

Towers » Illustrative of » The proud and haughty

Isaiah 30:25

Goodly rivers shall flow out of all his mountains and hills. In the day of the great slaughter when the towers shall fall,

Isaiah 2:15

upon all costly towers, and upon all strong walls,

Towers » Were built » In vineyards

Matthew 21:33

"Hearken another similitude. There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and made a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a strange country:

Isaiah 5:2

This he hedged, this he walled round about, and planted it with goodly grapes. In the midst of it builded he a tower, and made a wine press therein. And afterward when he looked that it should bring him grapes, it brought forth thorns.

Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Lebanon

Song of Songs 7:4

Thy neck is as it were a tower of ivory; thine eyes are like the water pools in Heshbon, by the port of Bathrabbim. Thy nose is like the tower of Lebanon, which looketh toward Damascus.

Towers » Mentioned in scripture » David

Song of Songs 4:4

Thy neck is like the tower of David builded with bulwarks, whereupon there hang a thousand shields; yea, all the weapons of the giants.

Towers » Were used as armories

Song of Songs 4:4

Thy neck is like the tower of David builded with bulwarks, whereupon there hang a thousand shields; yea, all the weapons of the giants.

Towers » Were built » In the deserts

2 Chronicles 26:10

And he built towers in the wilderness and digged many wells. For he had much cattle, both in the valley and also in the plain; and plowmen and vinedressers in the mountains and in Carmel, for he loved husbandry.

Towers » Were built » In the forests

2 Chronicles 27:4

Moreover, he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the wood country he built castles and towers.

Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Meah

Nehemiah 12:39

and to the port of Ephraim, and to the Oldgate, and to the Fishgate, and to the tower of Hananel, and to the tower of Meah, until the Sheepgate. And in the prison gate they stood still,

Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Thebez

Judges 9:50-51

Then went Abimelech to Thebez and besieged it and took it. But there was a strong tower in the midst of the city, and thither ran all the men and women and all the citizens of the city and shut it to them, and got them up upon the top of the tower.

Towers » Illustrative of » The name of the lord

Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Of the furnaces

Nehemiah 3:11

But Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hasshub the son of Pahathmoab builded the other piece, and the tower beside the furnace.

Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Edar

Genesis 35:21

And Israel went thence and pitched up his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

Towers » Illustrative of » Ministers

Jeremiah 6:27

"Thee have I set for a prover of my hard people, to seek out and to try their ways.

Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Babel

Genesis 11:9

Wherefore the name of it is called Babel, because that the LORD there confounded the tongue of all the world; and because that the LORD, from thence, scattered them abroad upon all the earth.

Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Jezreel

2 Kings 9:17

And the watchmen that stood on the tower in Jezreel spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, "I see a company." And Jehoram said, "Take a horseman and send against them, and let him ask whether it be peace."

Towers » Origin and antiquity of

Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Penuel

Judges 8:17

And he brake down the tower of Phanuel and slew the men of the city.

Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Shechem

Judges 9:46

And when all the men of the town of Shechem heard that, they entered into a stronghold of the house of their god Baalberith.

Towers » Were built » In cities

Judges 9:51

But there was a strong tower in the midst of the city, and thither ran all the men and women and all the citizens of the city and shut it to them, and got them up upon the top of the tower.

Towers » Of jerusalem remarkable for number, strength and beauty

Psalm 48:12

Walk about Zion, go round about her, and tell the towers thereof.

Towers » Frequently very high

Isaiah 2:15

upon all costly towers, and upon all strong walls,

Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Siloam

Luke 13:4

Or those eighteen upon which the tower in Siloam fell and slew them: think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwell in Jerusalem?

Towers » Illustrative of » Mount sion

Micah 4:8

And unto thee, O thou tower of Eder, thou stronghold of the daughter Zion, unto thee shall it come: even the first lordship and kingdom of the daughter Jerusalem.

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