Thematic Bible: Fort
Thematic Bible
Fort » Figurative » Of God's care
Be for me a rock of refuge to resort to always; you have ordained to save me, because you [are] my rock and my fortress.
A tower of strength is the name of Yahweh; into him the righteous will run and be safe.
Yahweh [is] my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock in whom I have taken refuge, my shield and the horn of my deliverance, my stronghold.
Verse Concepts
God, As SaviorFortressesFortificationsComfortingenemies, of believersDeliverance, Source OfGod, The RockHornsKnowledge, Of GodProtectionRefugeReliabilityShieldsSongsSymbolsSalvation, Illustrations OfRelying Upon GodGod Being Our RefugeGod Being Our DefenceGod Being Our Fortress
God Being Our ShieldBrokenheartedYou Are Our GodStrengthfaith and strengthStaying StrongHope And StrengthStrength, God Is OurLove And StrengthGod's ProtectionStrength And FaithProtection From EnemiesProtection And SafetyStrength And LoveProtection From DangersheltercrusadesstrenghDivine ProtectionTrusting God's Will
I will say to Yahweh, "[You are] my refuge and my fortress, my God [in whom] I trust."
my loyal love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield, and [one] in whom I take refuge, the one who subdues peoples under me.
Yahweh is good--a refuge in [the] day of distress; [he knows] those who take refuge in him.
And he said: "Yahweh [is] my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. I take refuge in God, my rock, my shield, and the {strength} of my salvation. My stronghold and my refuge, O my savior, you will save me from violence!
For you [are] my rock and my fortress. So, for the sake of your name, lead me and guide me.
Fort » Erected in vineyards and herding grounds
"Listen to another parable: There was a man--a master of a house--who planted a vineyard, and put a fence [around] it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a watchtower, and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey.
And he built towers in the desert and hewed many cisterns, for he had much livestock, both in the Shephelah and on the plain, [along with] farmers and vinedressers in the hills and in the fertile lands, for he loved the soil.
And he dug it and cleared it of stones, and he planted it [with] choice vines, and he built a watchtower in the middle of it, and he even hewed out a wine vat in it, and he waited for [it] to yield grapes-- but it yielded wild grapes.
And he began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard, and put a fence [around it], and dug a trough for the winepress, and built a watchtower, and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey.
And he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time.
Fort » Field fortifications
It happened that in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came, he and his army, against Jerusalem. He encamped against it and built siege works against it all around.
Your daughters he will kill in the field with the sword, and he will place against you siege works, and he will build against you a siege ramp, and he will raise against you a shield,
And you must build against it siege works, and you must build against it bulwark, and you must heap against it a siege ramp, and you must set up against it camps and put against it a battering ram all around.
"If you besiege a town [for] many days to make war against it [in order to] seize it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an ax against them, for you may eat from them, and [so] you must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field humans that they should come in siege {against you}? Only the trees that you know {are not fruit trees} you may destroy and you may cut down, and you may build siege works against that city that is making war with you {until it falls}."
And not with a great army and with a great crowd will Pharaoh work with him in the war, at the pouring out of a siege ramp and the building of siege works to destroy many lives.
Fort » Caves used for
The hand of the Midianites prevailed over Israel; because of the presence of the Midianites, the {Israelites} made for themselves hiding places that [were] in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.
That one will live [on the] heights; [the] fortresses of rocks [will be] his refuge. His food [will] be given; his waters [will] endure.
Fort » Defenses of cities
And he made siege machines in Jerusalem designed [by] skillful men to be [set] upon the towers and upon the corners to shoot arrows and large slingstones. And his fame went out far, for he helped marvelously, for he was strong.
And he will throw down the fortification of the high point of your walls; he will bring [it] low; he will {send it} to the ground, to [the] dust.
Related Topics
- Attacks On Jerusalem Foretold
- Comforting
- Excavation
- Farming
- Fortifications
- Fortresses
- Forts
- God Being Our Fortress
- God Being Our Refuge
- God's Protection
- God, As Savior
- God, The Rock
- Guidance And Strength
- Hope And Strength