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

First mention of Genesis 4:17 Designed for habitations Psalms 107:7,36 Often built to perpetuate a name Genesis 11:4 Often founded and enlarged by blood and rapine Micah 3:10; Habakkuk 2:12 BUILT Of brick and slime Genesis 11:3 Of stone and wood Psalms 102:14; Ezekiel 26:12 Of brick and mortar Exodus 1:11,14 On solid foundations Ezra 6:3; Revelation 21:14 With compactness Psalms 122:3 Often of a square form Revelation 21:16 Beside rivers Psalms 46:4; 137:1 On hills Matthew 5:14; Luke 4:29; Revelation 17:9 In plains Genesis 11:2,4; 13:12 In desert places II Chronicles 8:4; Psalms 107:35,36 In pleasant situations II Kings 2:19; Psalms 48:2 Arranged in streets and lanes Numbers 22:39; Zechariah 8:5; Luke 14:21 Entered through gates Genesis 34:24; Nehemiah 13:19,22 Surrounded with walls Deuteronomy 1:28; 3:5 Often fortified by nature Psalms 125:2; Isaiah 33:16 Often fortified by art II Chronicles 11:5-10,23; Psalms 48:12,13; Jeremiah 4:5; Daniel 11:15 Sometimes had suburbs Numbers 35:2; Joshua 21:3 WERE CALLED FOR The family of the founder Genesis 4:17; Judges 18:29 The proprietor of the land I Kings 16:24 The country in which built Daniel 4:29,30 Numerous Joshua 15:21; I Chronicles 2:22; Jeremiah 2:28 Densely inhabited Jonah 4:11; Nahum 3:8 Often great and goodly Genesis 10:12; Deuteronomy 6:10; Daniel 4:30; Jonah 3:3 Often of great antiquity Genesis 10:11,12 Often insignificant Genesis 19:20; Ecclesiastes 9:14 DIFFERENT KINDS OF Royal Numbers 21:26; Joshua 10:2; II Samuel 12:26 Fenced Joshua 10:20; Isaiah 36:1 Treasure Exodus 1:11 Commercial Isaiah 23:11; Ezekiel 27:3 Chariot II Chronicles 1:14; 9:25 Store II Chronicles 8:4,6 Levitical Leviticus 25:32,33; Numbers 35:7,8 Refuge Numbers 35:6 Inhabitants of, called citizens Acts 21:39 Prosperity of, increased by commerce Genesis 49:13; Deuteronomy 33:18,19; Ezekiel 28:5 Artificial mode of supplying water to II Kings 18:17; 20:20 Infested by dogs I Kings 14:11; Psalms 59:6,14 Under governors II Chronicles 33:14; II Corinthians 11:32 Provided with judges Deuteronomy 16:18; II Chronicles 19:5 Protected at night by watchmen Psalms 127:1; Solomon 5:7; Isaiah 21:11 Furnished with stores II Chronicles 11:11,12 Garrisoned in war II Chronicles 17:2,19 Often had citadels Judges 9:51 A great defence to a country II Chronicles 11:5 Afforded refuge in times of danger Jeremiah 8:14-16 Often deserted on the approach of an enemy I Samuel 31:7; Jeremiah 4:20 WERE FREQUENTLY Stormed Joshua 8:3-7; Judges 9:44 Besieged Deuteronomy 28:52; II Kings 19:24,25 Pillaged Isaiah 13:16; Jeremiah 20:5 Wasted by pestilence I Samuel 5:11 Wasted by famine Jeremiah 52:6; Amos 4:6 Depopulated Isaiah 17:9; Ezekiel 26:19 Burned Judges 20:38,40; Isaiah 1:7 Made heaps of ruins Isaiah 25:2 Razed and sown with salt Judges 9:45 Difficulty of taking, alluded to Proverbs 18:19; Jeremiah 1:18,19 Perishable nature of Hebrews 13:14 ILLUSTRATIVE OF Saints Matthew 5:14 Visible church Solomon 3:2,3; Revelation 11:2 Church triumphant Revelation 21:2; 22:19 Heavenly inheritance Hebrews 11:16 The apostasy Revelation 16:10; 17:18 Riches Proverbs 10:15

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