Thematic Bible: Of houses
Thematic Bible
Dedication » Of houses
And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
Walls » Of houses » Could be easily dug through
My soul, come not into their council; Mine honour, be not united with their assembly; For in their anger they slew men, And in their wantonness houghed oxen.
And he brought me to the entry of the court, and I looked, and behold, a hole in the wall.
Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.
Walls » Of houses » Had nails or pegs fastened into them when built
The words of the wise are as goads, and the collections of them as nails fastened in: they are given from one shepherd.
And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a throne of glory to his father's house:
Walls » Of houses » Usually plastered
In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
Because, yea because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace! and there is no peace; and one buildeth up a wall, and lo, they daub it with untempered mortar --
Walls » Of houses » Liable to leprosy
And when he looketh on the plague, and behold, the plague is in the walls of the house, greenish or reddish hollows, and their look is deeper than the surface of the wall,
Walls » Mentioned in scripture » Of houses
And Saul cast the spear, and thought, I will smite David and the wall. But David turned away from him twice.
Walls » Of houses » The seat next, was the place of distinction
And the king sat on his seat, as at other times, on the seat by the wall; and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty.
Walls » Of houses » Often infested with serpents
as if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.