Bible verses about Walls

(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)

Designed for separation
Ezekiel 43:8; Ephesians 2:14
Designed for defence
I Samuel 25:16
MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
- Of cities
  Numbers 13:28
- Of temples
  I Chronicles 29:4; Isaiah 56:5
- Of houses
  I Samuel 18:11
- Of vineyards
  Numbers 22:24; Proverbs 24:31
Frequently made of stone and wood together
Ezra 5:8; Habakkuk 2:11
Were probably often strengthened with plates of iron or brass
Jeremiah 15:20; Ezekiel 4:3
OF CITIES
- Often very high
  Deuteronomy 1:28; 3:5
- Strongly fortified
  Isaiah 2:15; 25:12
- Had towers built on them
  II Chronicles 26:9; 32:5; Psalms 48:12; Solomon 8:10
- Houses often built on
  Joshua 2:15
- Were broad and places of public resort
  II Kings 6:26,30; Psalms 55:10
- Were strongly manned in war
  II Kings 18:26
- Kept by watchmen night and day
  Solomon 5:7; Isaiah 62:6
- Houses sometimes broken down to repair, and fortify
  Isaiah 22:10
- Danger of approaching too near to, in time of war
  II Samuel 11:20,21
- Were battered by besieging armies
  II Samuel 20:15; Ezekiel 4:2,3
- Adroitness of soldiers in scaling alluded to
  Joel 2:7-9
- Sometimes burned
  Jeremiah 49:27; Amos 1:7
- Frequently laid in ruins
  II Chronicles 25:23; 36:19; Jeremiah 50:15
- Destruction of, a punishment and cause of grief
  Deuteronomy 28:52; Nehemiah 1:3; 2:12-17
- The falling of, sometimes occasioned great destruction
  I Kings 20:30
- The bodies of enemies sometimes fastened on, as a disgrace
  I Samuel 31:10
- Custom of dedicating
  Nehemiah 12:27
- idolatrous rites performed on
  II Kings 3:27
- Instances of persons let down from
  Joshua 2:15; Acts 9:24,25; II Corinthians 11:33
Small towns and villages were not surrounded by
Leviticus 25:31; Deuteronomy 3:5
OF HOUSES
- Usually plastered
  Ezekiel 13:10; Daniel 5:5
- Had nails or pegs fastened into them when built
  Ecclesiastes 12:11; Isaiah 22:23
- Liable to leprosy
  Leviticus 14:37
- Often infested with serpents
  Amos 5:19
- Could be easily dug through
  Genesis 49:6; Ezekiel 8:7,8; 12:5
- The seat next, was the place of distinction
  I Samuel 20:25
Hyssop frequently grew on
I Kings 4:33
MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH
- Falling of the walls of Jericho
  Joshua 6:20
- Handwriting on the wall of Belshazzar's palace
  Daniel 5:5,25-28
ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of salvation
  Isaiah 26:1; 60:18
- Of the protection of God
  Zechariah 2:5
- Of those who afford protection
  I Samuel 25:16; Isaiah 2:15
- Of the Church as a protection to the nation
  Solomon 8:9,10
- Of ordinances as a protection to the Church
  Solomon 2:9; Isaiah 5:5
- Of the wealth of the rich in his own conceit
  Proverbs 18:11
- (Brazen,) of prophets in their testimony against the wicked
  Jeremiah 15:20
- (Bowing or tottering,) of the wicked under judgments
  Psalms 62:3; Isaiah 30:13
- (Of partition,) of separation of Jews and Gentiles
  Ephesians 2:14
- (Daubed with untempered mortar,) of the teaching of false prophets
  Ezekiel 13:10-15
- (Whited,) of hypocrites
  Acts 23:3

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