19 Bible Verses about Cities
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but their plot became known to Saul. And they were watching the gates also, both day and night, that they might kill him;
"And you, Capernaum, shall you be exalted to Heaven? You shall go down to Hades; because, if the mighty works which were done in you, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
And, while Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was being provoked within him, observing 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
and, rising up, they cast Him forth out of the city, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city had been built, to throw Him down headlong;
Here is the mind that has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits.
Cities » Arranged in streets and lanes
"And, coming near, the servant reported these things to his lord. Then the householder, being angry, said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city; and bring in here the poor, and maimed, and blind, and lame.'
Cities » Often fortified by art
Cities » Designated as » Royal
Cities » Under governors
In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes in order 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
And the fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom became darkened; and they were gnawing their tongues because of the pain;
And the woman whom you saw is the great city which has a kingdom over the kings of the earth.
Cities » Illustrative of » Church triumphant
And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.
and, if anyone shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, even from the things 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
and the wall of the city, having twelve foundations; and on them, twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
Cities » Figurative
But ye have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the Living God, the Heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels,
But now they long for a better country, that is, a heavenly one; wherefore, God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for He prepared for them a city.
for he was waiting for the city which has the foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
For we have not here an abiding city, but we are seeking for the one about 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
And the city lies four-square, 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
But now they long for a better country, that is, a heavenly one; wherefore, God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for He prepared for them a city.
Cities » Perishable nature of
For we have not here an abiding city, but we are seeking for the one about to come.
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
But Paul said, "I am a Jew, of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city; and I beseech you, permit me to speak to the people."
Cities » Town clerk of
But the town-clerk, having quieted the multitude, says, "Men of Ephesus, who, indeed, of men is there that does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great Diana, and of the image that fell 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 enraged; and, sending his armies, he destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
Cities In Israel
Matthew 10:23"And, when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next; for verily I say to you, ye will in no wise finish the cities of Israel, till the Son of Man come!
Cities of the plain
Luke 17:28-29Likewise, also, as it happened 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 16:19And the great city was divided into three parts; and the cities of the nations fell; and Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath.
Destruction Of Cities
2 Peter 2:6and, turning to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, condemned them by an overthrow, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly;
Entering Cities
Matthew 21:10And, when He entered into Jerusalem, all the city was startled, saying, "Who is this?"
Two Cities
Jude 1:7Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication, and going away after other flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
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