14 occurrences

'Roof' in the Bible

Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.

Verse ConceptsdaughtersRooftopVirginTwo WomenLeaving People AloneNever Giving UpFather And Daughter RelationshipsProtecting Your FamilyFathers And Daughters

When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.

Verse ConceptsRooftopArchitectureHousesSanctity Of LifeBattlementsPeople Falling From A HeightGuiltconstruction

But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

Verse ConceptsFlaxHousesStoringHousetopsRooftopPeople Hiding People

And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;

Verse ConceptsRoofRooftop

Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.

Verse ConceptsFilling HousesThree Thousand And UpRooftopSports

And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

Verse ConceptsBodyBathing, For RefreshmentRoofPornographyRooftopBedsWomen's Beauty

And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.

Verse ConceptsRoofWallsRooftopSitting In The GatewayRunning With NewsPeople Sitting Down

So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.

Verse ConceptsCourtyardHousesRoofHousetopsNamed Gates

The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

Verse ConceptsIndividuals Being Silent

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

Verse ConceptsTongueThings Stuck TogetherForgetting Things

And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.

Verse ConceptsLove And Wine

The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.

Verse ConceptsBeggarsTongueBeggingSeeking FoodNo FoodYoung People Suffering

And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.

Verse ConceptsMutenessTongueDumbnessJoining Flesh And BonesDumb

He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door.

Verse ConceptsDimensions Of Doorways

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