8 Bible Verses about Walls

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Acts 9:25

but his disciples took him by night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a basket.

Matthew 21:33

"Hear another parable: there was a landowner who planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a wine press in it and built a tower. And he leased it to vine dressers and went into a far country.

Acts 23:3

Then Paul said to him, "God shall strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and yet contrary to the law you order me to be struck?"

Revelation 21:12-19

It had a great, high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. There were three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.read more.
The one who talked with me had a gold measuring rod to measure the city, and its gates and its walls. The city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the rod, twelve thousand stadia; its length and width and height are equal. He also measured its wall, a hundred and forty-four cubits by a man's measure, which is also an angel's. The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as clear as glass. The foundations of the city wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,

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Revelation 21:14

And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Walls » Of cities » Had towers built on them

Walls » Of cities » Frequently laid in ruins

Walls » Of cities » Destruction of, a punishment and cause of grief

Walls » Of cities » Instances of persons let down from

Acts 9:24-25

but their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night, to kill him; but his disciples took him by night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a basket.

Walls » Of houses » Could be easily dug through

Walls » Of cities » Often very high

Walls » Of houses » Had nails or pegs fastened into them when built

Walls » Of cities » Kept by watchmen night and day

Walls » Small towns and villages were not surrounded by

Walls » Illustrative » Of ordinances as a protection to the church

Walls » Mentioned in scripture » Of temples

Walls » Mentioned in scripture » Of vineyards

Walls » Of cities » Were battered by besieging armies

Walls » Designed for separation

Walls » Illustrative » Of those who afford protection

Walls » Were probably often strengthened with plates of iron or brass

Walls » Miracles connected with » Handwriting on the wall of belshazzar's palace

Walls » Of cities » Were broad and places of public resort

Walls » Illustrative » Of salvation

Walls » Of houses » Usually plastered

Walls » Of cities » Strongly fortified

Walls » Illustrative » (bowing or tottering,) of the wicked under judgments

Walls » Of cities » Sometimes burned

Walls » Frequently made of stone and wood together

Walls » Illustrative » Of the church as a protection to the nation

Walls » Of cities » Danger of approaching too near to, in time of war

Walls » Illustrative » (daubed with untempered mortar,) of the teaching of false prophets

Walls » Of houses » Liable to leprosy

Walls » Mentioned in scripture » Of houses

Walls » Illustrative » (brazen,) of prophets in their testimony against the wicked

Walls » Illustrative » (of partition,) of separation of jews and gentiles

Walls » Illustrative » Of the wealth of the rich in his own conceit

Walls » Of cities » The bodies of enemies sometimes fastened on, as a disgrace

Walls » Of houses » The seat next, was the place of distinction

Walls » Of cities » Custom of dedicating

Walls » Designed for defence

Walls » Mentioned in scripture » Of cities

Walls » Illustrative » Of the protection of God

Walls » Of cities » The falling of, sometimes occasioned great destruction

Walls » Of cities » Were strongly manned in war

Walls » Of cities » Houses sometimes broken down to repair, and fortify

Walls » Of cities » Idolatrous rites performed on

Walls » Hyssop frequently grew on

Walls » Miracles connected with » Falling of the walls of jericho

Walls » Of cities » Houses often built on

Walls » Of cities » Adroitness of soldiers in scaling, alluded to

Walls » Illustrative » (whited,) of hypocrites

Acts 23:3

Then Paul said to him, "God shall strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and yet contrary to the law you order me to be struck?"

Walls » Of houses » Often infested with serpents

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Figurative Walls

Acts 23:3

Then Paul said to him, "God shall strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and yet contrary to the law you order me to be struck?"

Opening Walls

Mark 2:4

And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above him; and when they had broken through, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying.

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