17 Bible Verses about City

When I was at Damascus, the governor under King Aretas had the city gates watched in order to catch me, but I was lowered in a basket from an opening in the wall, and got out of his clutches.

or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king.

For he was looking forward to that city with the sure foundations, designed and built by God.

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.

But you have come up to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to countless angels,

for we have no permanent city here on earth, but we are in search of the city that is to come.

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.

Then he showed me a river of living water, clear as crystal, which issued from the throne of God and of the Lamb, and ran through the middle of the principal street of the city. On both sides of the river grew the tree of life. It bore twelve kinds of fruit, yielding a different kind each month, and its leaves were a cure for the heathen. There will no longer be anything that is accursed. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his slaves will worship him;read more.
they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. There will no longer be any night and they will have no need of lamplight or sunlight, for the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.