19 Bible Verses about Cities
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You are the light of the world! A city that is built upon a hill cannot be hidden.
but Saul found out about the plot. They watched the city gates day and night, in order to kill him,
And you, Capernaum! Are you to be exalted to the skies? You will go down among the dead! For if the wonders that have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have stood until today.
While Paul waited for them at Athens, he was exasperated to see how idolatrous the city was.
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Cities » General references to
Cities » Of refuge
Cities » Fortified
Cities » Often great and goodly
Cities » Designated as » Treasure
Cities » Protected at night by watchmen
Cities » Numerous
Cities » Entered through gates
Cities » Different kinds of » Royal
Cities » Built » On hills
You are the light of the world! A city that is built upon a hill cannot be hidden.
and they got up and drove him out of the town and took him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, intending to throw him down from it.
Here is a problem for a profound mind! The seven heads are seven hills, on which the woman is seated.
Cities » Arranged in streets and lanes
So the slave went back, and reported this to his master. Then the master of the house was angry and said to his slave, 'Hurry out into the streets and squares of the city, and bring the poor, the maimed, the blind, and the lame in here!'
Cities » Often fortified by art
Cities » Designated as » Royal
Cities » Under governors
When I was at Damascus, the governor under King Aretas had the city gates watched in order to catch 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
The fifth emptied his bowl upon the animal's throne, and its kingdom was plunged in darkness, and men gnawed their tongues in anguish
And the woman that you saw is the great city that has dominion over the kings of the earth."
Cities » Illustrative of » Church triumphant
And I saw the new Jerusalem, the holy city, come down out of heaven from God, like a bride dressed and ready to meet her husband.
and if anyone removes from this book any of the prophetic messages it contains, God will remove from him his share in the tree of life and the holy city which are described 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
The wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the Lamb's twelve apostles.
Cities » Figurative
But you have come up to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to countless angels,
But, as it is, their aspirations are for a better, a heavenly country! That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city to receive them.
For he was looking forward to that city with the sure foundations, designed and built by God.
for we have no permanent city here on earth, but we are in search of the city that is to come.
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
The city was a square, its length the same as its breadth. He measured the city with his rod, and it was 12,000 furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height were the same.
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
But, as it is, their aspirations are for a better, a heavenly country! That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city to receive them.
Cities » Perishable nature of
for we have no permanent city here on earth, but we are in search of the city that is to come.
Cities » Different kinds of » Refuge
Cities » Illustrative of » Saints
You are the light of the world! A city that is built upon a hill cannot be hidden.
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
"I am a Jew," Paul answered, "from Tarsus, in Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city. I beg you to let me speak to the people."
Cities » Town clerk of
At last the recorder quieted the mob and said, "Men of Ephesus, who in the world does not know that the city of Ephesus is the guardian of the temple of the great Artemis, and of the image that fell down from the sky?
Fortresses » Places used as » Cities
Foundation » Laid for » Cities
Gates » Made to » Cities
Topics on Cities
Burning Cities
Matthew 22:7This made the king angry, and he sent his troops and put those murderers to death and burned their city.
Cities In Israel
Matthew 10:23But when they persecute you in one town, make your escape to another, for I tell you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man arrives.
Cities of the plain
Luke 17:28-29Or as it was in Lot's time; they went on eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, and building,
Cities Under Attack
Revelation 16:19The great city broke into three pieces, the cities of the heathen fell, and God remembered to give mighty Babylon the cup of the wine of his fierce anger.
Destruction Of Cities
2 Peter 2:6and if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, and overwhelmed them with ashes, as a warning to ungodly men of what was to come,
Entering Cities
Matthew 21:10When he came into Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred, and everyone asked, "Who is he?"
Two Cities
Jude 1:7just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns which like them indulged in immorality and unnatural vice stand as a warning, in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.
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