Bible verses about Towers
Here are 2 Bible verses about towers, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.
- #1Proverbs 18:10
The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
BSBThe name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
- #2Luke 14:28-30
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
BSBWhich of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it? Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him, saying, ‘This man could not finish what he started to build.’
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Towers in Torrey's Topical Textbook
- Origin and antiquity of: Ge 11:4
- WERE BUILT
- In cities
- Jud 9:51
- On the walls of cities: 2Ch 14:7; 26:9
- In the forests: 2Ch 27:4
- In the deserts: 2Ch 26:10
- In vineyards: Isa 5:2; Mt 21:33
- Frequently very high: Isa 2:15
- Frequently strong and well fortified
- Jud 9:51: 2Ch 26:9
- Were used as armouries: So 4:4
- Were used as citadels in time of war
- Jud 9:51: Eze 27:11
- Watchmen posted on, in times of danger: 2Ki 9:17; Hab 2:1
- MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
- Babel: Ge 11:9
- Edar: Ge 35:21
- Penuel
- Jud 8:17
- Shechem
- Jud 9:46
- Thebez
- Jud 9:50,51
- David: So 4:4
- Lebanon: So 7:4
- Of the furnaces: Ne 3:11
- Meah: Ne 12:39
- Jezreel: 2Ki 9:17
- Hananeel: Jer 31:38; Zec 14:10
- Syene: Eze 29:10; 30:6
- Siloam: Lu 13:4
- Of Jerusalem remarkable for number, strength, and beauty: Ps 48:12
- Frequently thrown down in war
- Jud 8:17; 9:49: Eze 26:4
- Frequently left desolate: Isa 32:14; Zep 3:6
- ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- God as the protector of his people: 2Sa 22:3,51; Ps 18:2; 61:3
- The name of the Lord: Pr 18:10
- Ministers: Jer 6:27
- Mount Sion: Mic 4:8
- The grace and dignity of the church: So 4:4; 7:4; 8:10
- The proud and haughty: Isa 2:15; 30:25