8 Bible Verses about Walls
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Then the disciples, taking him by night, let him down by the wall in a basket.
Hear another parable. There was a certain housholder, who planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a wine-press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
Then said Paul to him, God is about to smite thee, thou whited wall. For sittest thou to judge me according to the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?
clear as crystal, Having a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and the names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: On the east three gates, and on the north three gates, and on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. And the walls of the city had twelve foundations, and upon them the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.read more.
And he that talked with me had a measure, a golden reed, to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the walls thereof. And the city lyeth four-square, and the length is as large as the breadth. And he measured the city with the reed twelve thousand furlongs: the length, and the breadth, and the height of it, are equal. And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred forty-four reeds, the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. And the building of the wall thereof was jasper, and the city was of pure gold, like clear glass. And the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was a jasper, the second a sapphire,
From Thematic Bible
Foundation » Laid for » Walls
And the walls of the city had twelve foundations, and upon them 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
But I was let down through a window in a basket by the wall, and escaped from his hands.
But their lying in wait was known by Saul: and they guarded the gates day and night to kill him. Then the disciples, taking him by night, let him down by the wall 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
Then said Paul to him, God is about to smite thee, thou whited wall. For sittest thou to judge me according to the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?
Walls » Of houses » Often infested with serpents
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Figurative Walls
Acts 23:3Then said Paul to him, God is about to smite thee, thou whited wall. For sittest thou to judge me according to the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?
Opening Walls
Mark 2:4And not being able to come nigh him for the croud, they uncovered the roof where he was, and having broken it up, they let down the couch whereon the paralytic lay.
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