Thematic Bible: Fort


Thematic Bible



Be a rock of refuge for me,
where I can always go.
Give the command to save me,
for You are my rock and fortress.
Verse ConceptsFortificationsdefence, divineGod, The RockRefugeRocksGod Being Our RefugeProtection And Safety




He is my faithful love and my fortress,
my stronghold and my deliverer.
He is my shield, and I take refuge in Him;
He subdues my people under me.
Verse ConceptsFortressesGod, The RockShieldsStrongholdsGod Being Our FortressGod My SalvationGod Shows His Lovingkindness


The Lord lives—may my rock be praised!
God, the rock of my salvation, is exalted.
Verse ConceptsGod, The RockRefugeRocksSpiritual FoundationsBlessed Be God!

He said: The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my mountain where I seek refuge. My shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence.

For You are my rock and my fortress;
You lead and guide me
because of Your name.
Verse ConceptsGuidance, Receiving God'sFor The Sake Of His NameGuidance And Strength

“Listen to another parable: There was a man, a landowner, who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower. He leased it to tenant farmers and went away. Verse ConceptsJourneyOccupationsTowersVineyardWallsFortsExcavationTreading GrapesLeasinglent

Since he had many cattle both in the Judean foothills and the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many wells. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hills and in the fertile lands. Verse ConceptsFortificationsCisternsVineyardWatchmanAgricultureFarming

He broke up the soil, cleared it of stones,
and planted it with the finest vines.
He built a tower in the middle of it
and even dug out a winepress there.
He expected it to yield good grapes,
but it yielded worthless grapes.
Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsFortsExcavationWineskins And Vats

Then He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug out a pit for a winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went away. Verse ConceptsJourneyOccupationsPitsTowersVineyardWinepressFortsDigging PitsTreading GrapesBeginning To TeachJesus Using ParablesLeasingHoles In The Ground

Then He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went away for a long time. Verse ConceptsOccupationsFortsAfter A Long TimeLeasingFarming

In the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon advanced against Jerusalem with his entire army. They laid siege to the city and built a siege wall against it all around. Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahAttackingInvasionsKingsSiegesTravelWarfare, Examples OfArmies, Against IsraelFortsMonth 10Years Of Zedekiah

He will slaughter your villages on the mainland with the sword. He will set up siege works against you, and will build a ramp and raise a wall of shields against you. Verse ConceptsFortsKilled With The SwordSiege MoundsThe Nations Attacked

Then lay siege against it: construct a siege wall, build a ramp, pitch military camps, and place battering rams against it on all sides. Verse ConceptsBuild, LiterallyBattering ramsFortsAttacks On Jerusalem Foretold

"When you lay siege to a city for a long time, fighting against it in order to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an ax to them, because you can get food from them. You must not cut them down. Are trees of the field human, to come under siege by you? But you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce food. You may cut them down to build siege works against the city that is waging war with you, until it falls.

Pharaoh will not help him with his great army and vast horde in battle, when ramps are built and siege walls constructed to destroy many lives. Verse ConceptsFortsAttempting To KillSiege MoundsEarthly Armies

and they oppressed Israel. Because of Midian, the Israelites made hiding places for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds. Verse ConceptsCavesPower, HumanSelf DefenceStrength, HumanStrongholdsFortsDensEscaping To MountainsPeople In CavesCaves As Places Of Refuge

he will dwell on the heights;
his refuge will be the rocky fortresses,
his food provided, his water assured.
Verse ConceptsBread, As FoodWaterFortsStones For ProtectionPeople Providing Food

From there David went up and stayed in the strongholds of En-gedi. Verse ConceptsForts

He made skillfully designed devices in Jerusalem to shoot arrows and catapult large stones for use on the towers and on the corners. So his fame spread even to distant places, for he was marvelously helped until he became strong. Verse ConceptsFameIntelligenceStonesInventionsArrowsSports

The high-walled fortress will be brought down,
thrown to the ground, to the dust.
Verse ConceptsStrongholdsFortsPutting Things Downdust

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