Bible verses about Houses
(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)

Antiquity of Genesis 12:1; 19:3 Deep and solid foundations required for Matthew 7:24; Luke 6:48 Sometimes built without foundation Matthew 7:26; Luke 6:49 BUILT OF Clay Job 4:19 Bricks Exodus 1:11-14; Isaiah 9:10 Stone and wood Leviticus 14:40,42; Habakkuk 2:11 Hewn or cut stone Isaiah 9:10; Amos 5:11 In cities, built in streets Genesis 19:2; Joshua 2:19 Often built on city walls Joshua 2:15; II Corinthians 11:33 THE FLAT ROOFS OF Surrounded with battlements Deuteronomy 22:8 Had often booths on them II Samuel 16:22; Nehemiah 8:16; Proverbs 2:19 Had often idolatrous altars on them II Kings 23:12; Jeremiah 19:13; Zephaniah 1:5 Used for drying flax Joshua 2:6 Used for exercise II Samuel 11:2; Daniel 4:29 Used for devotion Acts 10:9 Used for making proclamations Luke 12:3 Used for secret conference I Samuel 9:25,26 Resorted to in grief Isaiah 15:3; Jeremiah 48:38 Often covered with week grass Psalms 129:6,7 Accessible from the outside Matthew 24:17 The courts of, large and used as apartments Esther 1:5; Luke 5:19 Entered by a gate or door Genesis 43:19; Exodus 12:22; Luke 16:20; Acts 10:17 Doors of, low and small for safety Proverbs 17:19 Doors of, how fastened II Samuel 13:18; Solomon 5:5; Luke 11:7 Admission to, gained by knocking at the door Acts 12:13; Revelation 3:20 Walls of, plastered Leviticus 14:42,43 Serpents often lodged in walls of Amos 5:19 Custom of fastening nails, &c, in walls of, alluded to Ecclesiastes 12:11; Isaiah 22:23 Had often several stories Ezekiel 41:16; Acts 20:9 Divided into apartments Genesis 43:30; Isaiah 26:20 APARTMENTS OF, WERE OFTEN Large and airy Jeremiah 22:14 Ceiled and painted Jeremiah 22:14; Haggai 1:4 Inlaid with ivory I Kings 22:39; Amos 3:15 Hung with rich tapestries Esther 1:6 Warmed with fires Jeremiah 36:22; John 18:18 Upper apartments of, the best, and used for entertainments Mark 14:15 Had often detached apartments for secrecy and for strangers Judges 3:20-23; II Kings 4:10,11; 9:2,3 Lighted by windows I Kings 7:4 Street windows of, high and dangerous II Kings 1:2; 9:30,33; Acts 20:9 OF THE RICH Great Isaiah 5:9; Amos 6:11; II Timothy 2:20 Goodly Deuteronomy 8:12 Pleasant Ezekiel 26:12; Micah 2:9 OF BRICK OR CLAY Plastered Ezekiel 13:10,11 Easily broken through Job 24:16; Ezekiel 12:5 Often swept away by torrents Ezekiel 13:13,14 When finished were usually dedicated Deuteronomy 20:5; Psalms 30:1 For summer residence Amos 3:15 Liable to leprosy Leviticus 14:34-53 Not to be coveted Exodus 20:17; Micah 2:2 Were hired Acts 28:30 Were mortgaged Nehemiah 5:3 Were sold Acts 4:34 Law respecting the sale of Leviticus 25:29-33 Of criminals, desolated Daniel 2:5; 3:29 Desolation of, threatened as a punishment Isaiah 5:9; 13:16,21,22; Ezekiel 16:41; 26:12 Often broken down to repair city walls before sieges Isaiah 22:10 ILLUSTRATIVE Of the body Job 4:19; II Corinthians 5:1 Of the grave Job 30:23 Of the church Hebrews 3:6; I Peter 2:5 Of saints' inheritance John 14:2; II Corinthians 5:1 (On sand,) of the delusive hope of hypocrites Matthew 7:24,25 (On a rock,) of the hope of saints Matthew 7:24,25 (Insecurity of,) of earthly trust Matthew 6:19,20 (Building of,) of great prosperity Isaiah 65:21; Ezekiel 28:26 (Built and not inhabited,) of calamity Deuteronomy 28:30; Amos 5:11; Zephaniah 1:13 (To inhabit those, built by others,) of abundant feelings Deuteronomy 6:10,11

 

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