19 Bible Verses about Cities

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Acts 9:24

but their plot became known to Saul. And they were watching the gates also, both day and night, that they might kill him;

Matthew 11:23

"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.

Acts 17:16

And, while Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was being provoked within him, observing that the city was full of idols.

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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 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;

Revelation 17:9

Here is the mind that has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits.

Cities » Arranged in streets and lanes

Luke 14:21

"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

2 Corinthians 11:32

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

Revelation 16:10

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;

Revelation 17:18

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

Revelation 22:19

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

Revelation 21:14

and the wall of the city, having twelve foundations; and on them, 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 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

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

Acts 21:39

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

Acts 19:35

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 17:28-29

Likewise, 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;

Destruction Of Cities

2 Peter 2:6

and, 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 21:10

And, when He entered into Jerusalem, all the city was startled, saying, "Who is this?"

Two Cities

Jude 1:7

Even 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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