Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

Bible References

Whose

Deuteronomy 1:28
Where can we go? Our brothers have discouraged us, saying: The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, fortified to the heavens. We also saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’
Deuteronomy 9:1
“Listen, Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go and drive out nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.
Daniel 4:11
The tree grew large and strong;
its top reached to the sky,
and it was visible to the ends of the earth.

And let

2 Samuel 8:13
David made a reputation for himself when he returned from striking down 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
Psalm 49:11
Their graves are their eternal homes,
their homes from generation to generation,
though they have named estates after themselves.
Proverbs 10:7
The remembrance of the righteous is a blessing,
but the name of the wicked will rot.
Daniel 4:30
the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great that I have built by my vast power to be a royal residence and to display my majestic glory?”
John 5:44
How can you believe? While accepting glory from one another, you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God.

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