19 Bible Verses about Cities
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but information of their intention was given to him. They even watched the gates, day and night, in order to murder him;
And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted even to Heaven? Even to Hades shalt thou descend. For had the mighty works been done in Sodom which have been done in thee, it would have remained until now.
While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred within him when he noticed that the city was full of idols.
From Thematic Bible
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
They rose, hurried Him outside the town, and brought Him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, to throw Him down the cliff;
Here is scope for the exercise of a mind that has wisdom! The seven heads are the seven hills on which the woman sits.
Cities » Arranged in streets and lanes
"So the servant came and brought these answers to his master, and they stirred his anger. "'Go out quickly,' he said, 'into the streets of the city--the wide ones and the narrow. You will see poor men, and crippled, blind, lame: fetch them all in here.'
Cities » Often fortified by art
Cities » Designated as » Royal
Cities » Under governors
In Damascus the governor under King Aretas kept guards at the gates of the city in order to apprehend 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 angel poured his bowl on to the throne of the Wild Beast; and his kingdom became darkened. People gnawed their tongues because of the pain,
And the woman whom you have seen is the great city which has kingly power over the kings of the earth."
Cities » Illustrative of » Church triumphant
And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of Heaven from God and made ready like a bride attired to meet her husband.
and that if any one takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take from him his share in the Tree of Life and in the holy city--the things 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 engraved upon them were twelve names--the names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.
Cities » Figurative
On the contrary you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the ever-living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to countless hosts of angels,
but, as it is, we see them eager for a better land, that is to say, a heavenly one. For this reason God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has now prepared a city for them.
for he continually looked forward to the city which has the foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
For we have no permanent city here, but we are longing for the city which is soon to be ours.
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 plan of the city is a square, the length being the same as the breadth; and he measured the city furlong by furlong, with his measuring rod--it is twelve hundred miles long, 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
but, as it is, we see them eager for a better land, that is to say, a heavenly one. For this reason God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has now prepared a city for them.
Cities » Perishable nature of
For we have no permanent city here, but we are longing for the city which is soon to be ours.
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
"I am a Jew," replied Paul, "belonging to Tarsus in Cilicia, and am a citizen of no unimportant city. Give me leave, I pray you, to speak to the people."
Cities » Town clerk of
At length the Recorder quieted them down. "Men of Ephesus," he said, "who is there of all mankind that needs to be told that the city of Ephesus is the guardian of the temple of the great Diana and of the image which fell down from Zeus?
Fortresses » Places used as » Cities
Foundation » Laid for » Cities
Gates » Made to » Cities
Topics on Cities
Burning Cities
Matthew 22:7So the king's anger was stirred, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burnt their city.
Cities In Israel
Matthew 10:23Whenever they persecute you in one town, escape to the next; for I solemnly tell you that you will not have gone the round of all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
Cities of the plain
Luke 17:28-29The same was true in the time of Lot: they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building;
Cities Under Attack
Revelation 16:19The great city was split into three parts; the cities of the nations fell; and great Babylon came into remembrance before God, for Him to make her drink from the wine-cup of His fierce anger.
Destruction Of Cities
2 Peter 2:6He reduced to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, and condemned them to overthrow, making them an example to people who might in future be living godless lives.
Entering Cities
Matthew 21:10When He thus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was thrown into commotion, every one inquiring, "Who is this?"
Two Cities
Jude 1:7So also Sodom and Gomorrah--and the neighboring towns in the same manner--having been guilty of gross fornication and having gone astray in pursuit of unnatural vice, are now before us as a specimen of the fire of the Ages in the punishment which they are undergoing.
