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 shall we go up? Our brothers have broken our heart, saying, We have seen there a people greater and taller than we are. The cities are great and walled up to the heavens, also the sons of the giants.
Deuteronomy 9:1
Hear, O, Israel! You are to pass over Jordan today, to go in to expel nations greater and mightier than you, cities great and fenced up to heaven,
Daniel 4:11
The tree grew and was strong, and its height reached to the heavens; and the sight of it reached to the end of all the earth.
And let
2 Samuel 8:13
And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, eighteen thousand men.
Psalm 49:11
Their inward thought is that their houses shall go on forever, and their dwelling-places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the just is blessed; but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Daniel 4:30
The king spoke and said, Is this not great Babylon that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty?
John 5:44
How can you believe, you who receive honor from one another and do not seek the honor that comes from God only?