13 occurrences

'Watchmen' in the Bible

And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went hither and thither.

Verse ConceptsWatchman

And the children of Israel did secretly things that were not right against Jehovah their God: and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city;

Verse ConceptsSecrecySecret SinsConcealment, Of SinActing In Secret

He smote the Philistines unto Gaza and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.

Verse ConceptsMan Keeping Watch

My soul waiteth for the Lord More than watchmen wait for the morning; Yea, more than watchmen for the morning.

Verse ConceptsDawnMonotonyMorningWatchmanRelying Upon GodThose Who Wait For GodWaiting On The Lord

The watchmen that go about the city found me; To whom I said , Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?

The watchmen that go about the city found me, They smote me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls took away my mantle from me.

Verse ConceptsPeople Stripping People

The voice of thy watchmen! they lift up the voice, together do they sing; for they shall see eye to eye, when Jehovah returneth to Zion.

Verse ConceptsEyes, Figurative UseWatchman

His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

Verse ConceptsDumbnessDaydreamingOccupationsSleep, SpiritualSleep, PhysicalWatchmanSloth Examples OfSleep, Warnings AgainstBarking And HowlingDumbThose Who Were IgnorantPetsawakening

I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that are Jehovah's remembrancers, take ye no rest,

Verse ConceptsWorship Day And NightSleeplessnessWatchmanAnticipation

And I set watchmen over you,'saying , Hearken to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not hearken.

Verse ConceptsWatchmanTrumpets For SignallingPay Attention To God!

For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the hills of Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto Jehovah our God.

Verse Conceptsdrawing near to GodWatchmanGoing Up MountainsJerusalem In Millennial Kingdom

Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set the watchmen, prepare the ambushes; for Jehovah hath both purposed and done that which he spake concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.

Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerGuardsWatchmanBabylon DestroyedAmbushFlagsThe judgment of babylon

The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is worse than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen, even thy visitation, is come; now shall be their perplexity.

Verse ConceptsThornsWeedsVisitationThe Timing Of His Coming

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