19 Bible Verses about Cities
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You are the light of the world. A town on the top of a hill cannot be hidden.
But their plot came to the ears of Saul, and, although they kept watch on the gates day and night in order to make away with him,
And you, O Capharnahum! Exalted to heaven? No, you will sink to Hades! ??for if the miracles performed in you had been performed in Sodom, Sodom would have lasted to this day.
While Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his soul was irritated at the sight of the idols that filled the city.
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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 town on the top of a hill cannot be hidden.
they rose up, put him out of the town, and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, in order to hurl him down.
Now for the interpretation of the discerning mind! The seven heads are seven hills, on which the woman is seated:
Cities » Arranged in streets and lanes
The servant went and reported this to his master. Then the master of the house was enraged, and said to his servant, 'Quick, go out to the streets and lanes of the town and bring in the poor, the maimed, the blind, and the lame.'
Cities » Often fortified by art
Cities » Designated as » Royal
Cities » Under governors
(At Damascus the ethnarch of king Aretas had patrols out in 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
The fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the Beast; his realm was darkened, and men gnawed their tongues in anguish,
As for the woman you have seen, she is the great City which reigns over the kings of the earth."
Cities » Illustrative of » Church triumphant
And I saw the holy City, the new Jerusalem, descending from God out of heaven, all ready like a bride arrayed for her husband.
and if anyone removes any words written in this book, God will remove his share in the tree of Life and in the holy City 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
And the wall of the City has twelve foundation-stones, bearing the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
Cities » Figurative
You have come to mount Sion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to myriads of angels in festal gathering,
but they really aspire to the better land in heaven. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God; he has prepared a City for them.)
he was waiting for the City with its fixed foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
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 lies foursquare, the length the same as the breadth, and he measured fifteen hundred miles with his rod for the City, for its breadth and length and height alike;
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 they really aspire to the better land in heaven. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God; he has prepared a City for them.)
Cities » Perishable nature of
Cities » Different kinds of » Refuge
Cities » Illustrative of » Saints
You are the light of the world. A town on the top of 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
Paul said, "I am a Jew, a native of Tarsus in Cilicia, the citizen of a famous town. Pray let me speak to the people."
Cities » Town clerk of
The secretary of state then got the mob calmed down, and said to them, "Men of Ephesus, who on earth does not know that the city of Ephesus is Warden of the temple of the great Artemis and of the statue that fell from heaven?
Fortresses » Places used as » Cities
Foundation » Laid for » Cities
Gates » Made to » Cities
Topics on Cities
Burning Cities
Matthew 22:7The king was enraged; he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned up their city.
Cities In Israel
Matthew 10:23When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next; truly I tell you, you will not have covered the towns of Israel before the Son of man arrives.
Cities of the plain
Luke 17:28-29Or just as it was in the days of Lot; they were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting and building,
Cities Under Attack
Revelation 16:19the great City was shattered in three parts, the cities of the nations fell, and God remembered to give Babylon the great the cup of the wine of the passion of his anger.
Destruction Of Cities
2 Peter 2:6if he reduced the cities of Sodom and Gomorra to ashes when he sentenced them to devastation, and thus gave the impious an example of what was in store for them,
Entering Cities
Matthew 21:10When he entered Jerusalem the whole city was in excitement over him. "Who is this?" they said,
Two Cities
2 Peter 2:6if he reduced the cities of Sodom and Gomorra to ashes when he sentenced them to devastation, and thus gave the impious an example of what was in store for them,
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