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