19 Bible Verses about Cities

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Acts 9:24

but their plot was made known to Saul. And they were keeping the gates both day and night in order that they might kill him:

Matthew 11:23

And thou, Capernaum, art thou not exalted up to heaven? thou shall be cast down to Hades: because if the mighty works which were wrought in thee had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

Acts 17:16

But Paul waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, seeing the city devoted to idolatry.

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Cities » General references to

Cities » Of refuge

Cities » Fortified

Cities » Often great and goodly

Cities » Designated as » Treasure

More verses: 2 Chronicles 8:4

Cities » Protected at night by watchmen

Cities » Numerous

Cities » Entered through gates

Cities » Different kinds of » Royal

Cities » Built » On hills

Luke 4:29

And rising up, they cast Him out of the city, and were leading Him to the brink of the mountain on which their city was built, to hurl Him down;

Revelation 17:9

Here is a mind having wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, where the woman sits upon them,

Cities » Arranged in streets and lanes

Luke 14:21

And the servant coming, announced these things to his lord. Then the land-lord being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and lead in hither the poor and maimed and blind and lame.

Cities » Often fortified by art

Cities » Designated as » Royal

Cities » Under governors

2 Corinthians 11:32

In Damascus Areta the governor of the king, guarded the city of the Damascenes, to arrest me:

Cities » Infested by dogs

Cities » Garrisoned in war

Cities » Different kinds of » Chariot

Cities » Provided with judges

Cities » Were frequently » Besieged

Cities » Prosperity of, increased by commerce

Cities » Different kinds of » Store

Cities » Illustrative of » The apostacy

Revelation 16:10

And the fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom was filled with darkness; and they gnawed their tongues from the pain,

Revelation 17:18

And the woman whom you saw is the great city, the one having dominion over the kings of the earth.

Cities » Illustrative of » Church triumphant

Revelation 22:19

and if any one may take from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take his part from the tree of life, and from the holy city, from the things which are written in this book.

Cities » Built » In desert places

Cities » Surrounded with walls

Cities » Difficulty of taking, alluded to

Cities » Often insignificant

Cities » Often deserted on the approach of an enemy

Cities » Artificial mode of supplying water to

Cities » Were frequently » Pillaged

Cities » Built » Of stone and wood

Cities » Built » In plains

Cities » Different kinds of » Commercial

Cities » Were called after » The family of the founder

Cities » Were frequently » Depopulated

Cities » Were frequently » Burned

Cities » Built » On solid foundations

Revelation 21:14

And the wall of the city having twelve foundations, and on them the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Cities » Figurative

Cities » Different kinds of » Fenced

Cities » Were frequently » Stormed

Cities » Designated as » Merchant

Cities » Often founded and enlarged by blood and rapine

Cities » Often fortified by nature

Cities » Designed for habitations

Cities » Sometimes had suburbs

Cities » Built » In pleasant situations

Cities » Built » Of brick and mortar

Cities » Were frequently » Wasted by famine

Cities » Built » Beside rivers

Cities » Illustrative of » Visible church

Cities » Furnished with stores

Cities » Densely inhabited

Cities » Government of, by rulers

Cities » Designated as » Chariot

Cities » Suburbs of

Cities » Different kinds of » Levitical

Cities » Ancient

Cities » A great defence to a country

Cities » Built » Often of a square form

Revelation 21:16

And the city lies foursquare, and its length is as great as the breadth. And he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs; and the length, and the breadth, and the height of it are equal.

Cities » Afforded refuge in times of danger

Cities » Often of great antiquity

Cities » Were called after » The country in which built

Cities » Illustrative of » Riches

Cities » Were called after » The proprietor of the land

Cities » Were frequently » Wasted by pestilence

Cities » Illustrative of » Heavenly inheritance

Cities » Perishable nature of

Cities » Different kinds of » Refuge

Cities » Illustrative of » Saints

Cities » Built » Of brick and slime

Cities » Often built to perpetuate a name

Cities » First mention of

Cities » Different kinds of » Treasure

Cities » Were frequently » Razed and sown with salt

Cities » Were frequently » Made heaps of ruins

Cities » Built » With compactness

Cities » Often had citadels

Cities » Inhabitants of, called citizens

Cities » Town clerk of

Acts 19:35

And the city clerk having dismissed the multitudes, said, Ephesian men, for what one of men is there that does not know that the city of the Ephesians is a worshiper of the great goddess Diana, and of the statue having fallen down from Jupiter?

Fortresses » Places used as » Cities

Foundation » Laid for » Cities

Gates » Made to » Cities

Topics on Cities

Burning Cities

Matthew 22:7

And the king was angry; and sending his armies, he destroyed those murderers, and burnt up their cities.

Cities In Israel

Matthew 10:23

And when they may persecute you in this city, fly to another: for truly I say unto you, You may not complete the cities of Israel, until the Son of man may come.

Cities of the plain

Luke 17:28-29

Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building;

Cities Under Attack

Revelation 16:19

And the great city was divided into three parts, and cities of the Gentiles fell. And great Babylon came into remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the wrath of his indignation.

Destruction Of Cities

2 Peter 2:6

and having destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, with a catastrophe he condemned them, having put them forth as an example to those about to be ungodly:

Entering Cities

Matthew 21:10

And He having come into Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred, saying; Who is He?

Two Cities

Jude 1:7

as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities about them, in a manner like unto them committing fornication, and going after other flesh, present an example receiving the vengeance of eternal fire.

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