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 up? Our brethren have made our hearts melt, saying, “The people are bigger and taller than we; the cities are large and fortified to heaven. And besides, we saw the sons of the Anakim there.”’
Deuteronomy 9:1
“Hear, O Israel! You are crossing over the Jordan today to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than you, great cities fortified to heaven,
Daniel 4:11
‘The tree grew large and became strong
And its height reached to the sky,
And it was visible to the end of the whole earth.

And let

2 Samuel 8:13
So David made a name for himself when he returned from killing 18,000 Arameans in the Valley of Salt.
Psalm 49:11
Their inner thought is that their houses are forever
And their dwelling places to all generations;
They have called their lands after their own names.
Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the righteous is blessed,
But the name of the wicked will rot.
Daniel 4:30
The king reflected and said, ‘Is this not Babylon the great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?’
John 5:44
How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that is from the one and only God?

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