36 Bible Verses about Towers

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Isaiah 32:14

Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the noise of the city shall cease; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

Judges 8:17

Likewise he beat down the tower of Penuel and slew the men of the city.

Judges 9:51-52

But in the midst of the city there was a strong tower, and all the men and women fled there, and all those of the city, and shutting the doors behind them, they climbed up to the top of the tower. And Abimelech came to the tower, and fighting against it, he came to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.

1 Chronicles 27:25

And Azmaveth, the son of Adiel, had charge of the king's treasures and of the treasures of the fields, of the cities, and of the villages, and of the castles, was Jehonathan, the son of Uzziah;

2 Chronicles 14:7

Therefore, he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities and make about them walls and towers, gates, and bars, now that the land is ours; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side. So they built and were prospered.

2 Chronicles 26:9-10

Moreover, Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate and at the valley gate and at the corners and fortified them. He also built towers in the desert and dug many wells, for he had much livestock, both in the low country and in the plains, husbandmen also and vine dressers in the mountains and in Carmel, for he loved agriculture.

2 Chronicles 32:5

Also he strengthened himself and built up all the wall that was broken and caused the towers to be raised up, and another wall outside, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made swords and shields in abundance.

Nehemiah 3:25-27

Palal, the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lies out from the king's high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah, the son of Parosh. And the Nethinims were in Ophel, , unto the place over against the water gate toward the east and the tower that lies out. After them the Tekoites restored another piece, over against the great tower that lies out, unto the wall of Ophel.

Ezekiel 26:4

And they shall demolish the walls of Tyre and destroy her towers; I will also scrape her dust from her and make her like the top of a rock.

Isaiah 30:25

And there shall be upon every high mountain and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers shall fall.

Jeremiah 50:15

Shout against her round about; she has given her hand; her foundations are fallen; her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD; take vengeance upon her; as she has done, do unto her.

Ezekiel 26:9

And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his hammers he shall break down thy towers.

2 Kings 9:17-20

And the watchman, who stood in the tower of Jezreel, spied the company of Jehu as he came and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take a horseman and send to meet them and let him say unto them, Is there peace? So one on horseback went to meet him and said, Thus saith the king, Is there peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? Turn behind me. And the watchman gave notice, saying, The messenger came to them, but he does not return. Then he sent out another on horseback, who came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is there peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? Turn behind me.read more.
And the watchman gave notice again, saying, He also came unto them and does not return, and the pace of him who is coming is like the pace of Jehu, the son of Nimshi, for he comes impetuously.

Isaiah 21:6-9

For thus has the Lord said unto me, Go, set a watchman who shall declare what he sees. And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; then he looked with more diligence; and he cried, A lion upon the watchman. My lord, I stand continually all the day and all night long upon my watchtower.read more.
And, behold, this chariot of men comes with a couple of horsemen. Afterwards he spoke and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he has broken unto the ground.

Lamentations 4:17

Ain As for us, our eyes have failed in seeking our vain help; in our watching we have watched for people that cannot save us.

Matthew 21:33

Hear another parable: There was a certain husband of a house who planted a vineyard and hedged it round about and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and let it out to husbandmen and went into a far country,

Mark 12:1

And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard and set a hedge about it and dug a place for the winefat and built a tower and let it out to husbandmen and went far away.

Isaiah 5:1-2

Now will I sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My well-beloved had a vineyard in the horn of the sons of oil; and he had fenced it and gathered out the stones thereof and planted it with the choicest vine and built a tower in the midst of it and also made a winepress therein; and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

2 Chronicles 26:9

Moreover, Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate and at the valley gate and at the corners and fortified them.

Nehemiah 3:1

Then Eliashib, the high priest, rose up with his brethren, the priests, and they built the sheep gate; they sanctified it and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.

Nehemiah 12:38-39

And the second choir went over against them, and I after them with half of the people upon the wall, from the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall, and from the gate of Ephraim, to the old gate, and to the fish gate, to the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, unto the sheep gate; and they stood still in the gate of the guards.

Jeremiah 31:38

Behold, the days come, said the LORD, and the city shall be built unto the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.

Zechariah 14:10

All the land shall become a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she shall be lifted up and inhabited in her place from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate unto the gate of the corners, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.

Luke 13:4

Or those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and slew them, think ye that they were greater debtors than all the other men that dwelt in Jerusalem?

Genesis 11:4-5

And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of the man built.

Genesis 35:21

And Israel journeyed and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

Judges 9:46

And when those of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into the stronghold of the temple of the god Berith.

Luke 18:28-29

Then Peter said, Behold, we have left all and followed thee. And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no one that has left house or parents or brethren or wife or children for the kingdom of God's sake

Zephaniah 1:15-16

That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, A day of the shofar and alarm upon the strong cities, and upon the high towers.

Genesis 11:1-4

And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick instead of stone and slime instead of mortar.read more.
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

Genesis 11:5-9

And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of the man built. And the LORD said, Behold, the people are one, and they all have one language; and they begin to do this, and now nothing will be restrained from them which they have imagined to do. Now, let us go down and there confound their language that they may not understand one another's speech.read more.
So the LORD scattered them abroad from there upon the face of all the earth, and they left off to build the city. Therefore the name of it was called Babel because there the LORD confounded the language of all the earth, and from there the LORD scattered them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

Acts 2:5-11

(And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.) Now at this sound, the multitude came together and were confounded because each one heard them speak in his own tongue. And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these who speak Galilaeans?read more.
And how do we hear each one speak in our own tongue, with which we were brought up? Parthians and Medes and Elamites and the dwellers in Mesopotamia and in Judaea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, we hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.

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Foundation » Laid for » Towers

Luke 14:28-29

For which of you intending to build a tower does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has sufficient to finish it? Lest perhaps after he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

Towers » Illustrative of » The grace and dignity of the church

Song of Songs 4:4

Thy neck is like the tower of David built for teaching, upon which there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.

Song of Songs 7:4

Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon by the gate of Bathrabbim; thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.

Song of Songs 8:10

I am a wall, and my breasts like towers since I was in his eyes as the one that found peace.

Towers » Frequently thrown down in war

Judges 9:49

And all the people likewise cut down each one his bough and followed Abimelech and put them next to the stronghold and set the stronghold on fire upon them; so that all those of the tower of Shechem died, about a thousand men and women.

Judges 8:17

Likewise he beat down the tower of Penuel and slew the men of the city.

Ezekiel 26:4

And they shall demolish the walls of Tyre and destroy her towers; I will also scrape her dust from her and make her like the top of a rock.

Towers » Were built » Walls of cities

2 Chronicles 26:9

Moreover, Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate and at the valley gate and at the corners and fortified them.

2 Chronicles 14:7

Therefore, he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities and make about them walls and towers, gates, and bars, now that the land is ours; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side. So they built and were prospered.

Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Hananeel

Zechariah 14:10

All the land shall become a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; and she shall be lifted up and inhabited in her place from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate unto the gate of the corners, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.

Jeremiah 31:38

Behold, the days come, said the LORD, and the city shall be built unto the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.

Towers » Frequently strong and well fortified

Judges 9:51

But in the midst of the city there was a strong tower, and all the men and women fled there, and all those of the city, and shutting the doors behind them, they climbed up to the top of the tower.

2 Chronicles 26:9

Moreover, Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate and at the valley gate and at the corners and fortified them.

Towers » Illustrative of » God as the protector of his people

2 Samuel 22:3

God is my Strong One; in him will I trust: he is my shield and the horn of my saving health; my defence and my refuge; my saviour, who shall save me from violence.

2 Samuel 22:51

He who makes great the saving health of his king and shows mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for ever.

Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Syene

Ezekiel 30:6

Thus hath the LORD said: Those also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down; from the tower of Syene they shall fall in it by the sword, said the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 29:10

Behold, therefore I am against thee and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.

Towers » Frequently left desolate

Isaiah 32:14

Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the noise of the city shall cease; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;

Zephaniah 3:6

I have caused the Gentiles to be cut off: their castles are desolate; I made their streets waste until no one passes by; their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man left, there is no inhabitant.

Towers » Watchmen posted on, in times of danger

2 Kings 9:17

And the watchman, who stood in the tower of Jezreel, spied the company of Jehu as he came and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take a horseman and send to meet them and let him say unto them, Is there peace?

Habakkuk 2:1

I will stand upon my watch and affirm my foot upon the fortress and will watch to see what he will say in me and what I shall answer to my question.

Towers » Were used as citadels in times of war

Ezekiel 27:11

The sons of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hung their shields upon thy walls round about; they completed thy beauty.

Judges 9:51

But in the midst of the city there was a strong tower, and all the men and women fled there, and all those of the city, and shutting the doors behind them, they climbed up to the top of the tower.

Towers » Illustrative of » The proud and haughty

Isaiah 30:25

And there shall be upon every high mountain and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers shall fall.

Isaiah 2:15

and upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,

Towers » Were built » In vineyards

Matthew 21:33

Hear another parable: There was a certain husband of a house who planted a vineyard and hedged it round about and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and let it out to husbandmen and went into a far country,

Isaiah 5:2

and he had fenced it and gathered out the stones thereof and planted it with the choicest vine and built a tower in the midst of it and also made a winepress therein; and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Lebanon

Song of Songs 7:4

Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon by the gate of Bathrabbim; thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.

Towers » Mentioned in scripture » David

Song of Songs 4:4

Thy neck is like the tower of David built for teaching, upon which there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.

Towers » Were used as armories

Song of Songs 4:4

Thy neck is like the tower of David built for teaching, upon which there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.

Towers » Were built » In the deserts

2 Chronicles 26:10

He also built towers in the desert and dug many wells, for he had much livestock, both in the low country and in the plains, husbandmen also and vine dressers in the mountains and in Carmel, for he loved agriculture.

Towers » Were built » In the forests

2 Chronicles 27:4

Moreover, he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Meah

Nehemiah 12:39

and from the gate of Ephraim, to the old gate, and to the fish gate, to the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, unto the sheep gate; and they stood still in the gate of the guards.

Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Thebez

Judges 9:50-51

Then Abimelech went to Thebez and laid siege against Thebez and took it. But in the midst of the city there was a strong tower, and all the men and women fled there, and all those of the city, and shutting the doors behind them, they climbed up to the top of the tower.

Towers » Illustrative of » The name of the lord

Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Of the furnaces

Nehemiah 3:11

Malchijah, the son of Harim, and Hashub, the son of Pahathmoab, restored the other piece and the tower of the furnaces.

Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Edar

Genesis 35:21

And Israel journeyed and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

Towers » Illustrative of » Ministers

Jeremiah 6:27

I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people; thou shalt know and examine their way.

Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Babel

Genesis 11:9

Therefore the name of it was called Babel because there the LORD confounded the language of all the earth, and from there the LORD scattered them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Jezreel

2 Kings 9:17

And the watchman, who stood in the tower of Jezreel, spied the company of Jehu as he came and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take a horseman and send to meet them and let him say unto them, Is there peace?

Towers » Origin and antiquity of

Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Penuel

Judges 8:17

Likewise he beat down the tower of Penuel and slew the men of the city.

Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Shechem

Judges 9:46

And when those of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into the stronghold of the temple of the god Berith.

Towers » Were built » In cities

Judges 9:51

But in the midst of the city there was a strong tower, and all the men and women fled there, and all those of the city, and shutting the doors behind them, they climbed up to the top of the tower.

Towers » Of jerusalem remarkable for number, strength and beauty

Psalm 48:12

Walk about Zion and go round about her; tell the towers thereof.

Towers » Frequently very high

Isaiah 2:15

and upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,

Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Siloam

Luke 13:4

Or those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and slew them, think ye that they were greater debtors than all the other men that dwelt in Jerusalem?

Towers » Illustrative of » Mount sion

Micah 4:8

And thou, O tower of the flock, the stronghold of the daughter of Zion shall come unto thee; and the dominion shall come first, the kingdom, to the daughter of Jerusalem.

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