Thematic Bible: Fort


Thematic Bible



Be my sheltering refuge where I may go continuously; command my deliverance for you are my rock and fortress. Verse ConceptsFortificationsdefence, divineGod, The RockRefugeRocksGod Being Our RefugeProtection And Safety




he is my gracious love and my fortress, my strong tower and my deliverer, my shield and the one in whom I find refuge, who subdues nations under me. Verse ConceptsFortressesGod, The RockShieldsStrongholdsGod Being Our FortressGod My SalvationGod Shows His Lovingkindness


The LORD lives! Blessed be my Rock, and may my God be exalted, the Rock who is my salvation! Verse ConceptsGod, The RockRefugeRocksSpiritual FoundationsBlessed Be God!

This is what he said: LORD, you are my stone stronghold and my fortified place; you are continuously delivering me. He is my God, my strong stone in him I will find my refuge my shield, the strength of my salvation, my high tower, my way of escape, and the one who is saving me. You will save me from violence.

For you are my rock and my fortress; for the sake of your name guide me and lead me. Verse ConceptsGuidance, Receiving God'sFor The Sake Of His NameGuidance And Strength

"Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a wall around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went abroad. Verse ConceptsJourneyOccupationsTowersVineyardWallsFortsExcavationTreading GrapesLeasinglent

He also built watchtowers in the wilderness and had many cisterns hewed out, since he also possessed large herds, both in the Shephelah and in the midland plains. He had many farmers and vinedressers throughout the hills and fertile lands because he loved farming. Verse ConceptsFortificationsCisternsVineyardWatchmanAgricultureFarming

He plowed its land and cleared it of stones. Then he planted it with the choicest vines, built a watchtower in the middle of it, and dug a wine vat in it; He expected it to produce good grapes, but it produced only wild ones." Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsFortsExcavationWineskins And Vats

Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the wine press, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went abroad. 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 abroad for a long time. Verse ConceptsOccupationsFortsAfter A Long TimeLeasingFarming

Zedekiah then rebelled against the king of Babylon, so on the tenth day of the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his entire army approached Jerusalem, attacked it, encamped against it, and built a siege wall that surrounded the city. Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahAttackingInvasionsKingsSiegesTravelWarfare, Examples OfArmies, Against IsraelFortsMonth 10Years Of Zedekiah

He'll execute your citizens who live on the mainland with swords. He'll build siege engines to attack you. Then he'll construct siege ramps against you and build huge shields to protect themselves against you. Verse ConceptsFortsKilled With The SwordSiege MoundsThe Nations Attacked

You are to lay siege against it, build a rampart around it, set a bulwark against it, encircle it with a berm, set up camps against it, and place battering rams around it. Verse ConceptsBuild, LiterallyBattering ramsFortsAttacks On Jerusalem Foretold

"When you attack a city and have to fight against it for many days, don't destroy its trees by cutting them down with an ax. You may eat from them, but you must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human beings, that you would come and attack them? However, you may cut down the trees whose fruit you know isn't edible, in order to build siege works against the city that waged war with you, until it falls."

Pharaoh, with his massive army and large battalions won't protect him when mounds and siege walls are built to destroy many people. Verse ConceptsFortsAttempting To KillSiege MoundsEarthly Armies

Midian's control predominated throughout Israel, and because of Midian the Israelis went out to find temporary hiding places for themselves in the mountains, caves, and fortified places. Verse ConceptsCavesPower, HumanSelf DefenceStrength, HumanStrongholdsFortsDensEscaping To MountainsPeople In CavesCaves As Places Of Refuge

this is the one who will live on the heights; his refuge will be a mountain fortress. His food will be supplied, and his water will be guaranteed. Verse ConceptsBread, As FoodWaterFortsStones For ProtectionPeople Providing Food

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

He also had various siege engines built by skilled designers and placed them on the towers and on the corner ramparts that could fire arrows and very large stones. His reputation spread far and wide, and he was marvelously assisted until he grew very strong. Verse ConceptsFameIntelligenceStonesInventionsArrowsSports

He brings down the high fortifications of your walls and lays them low; he will raze them to the ground, right down to the dust. Verse ConceptsStrongholdsFortsPutting Things Downdust

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