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Bible Verses About City

This collection includes 50 passages about City. Copy a verse or open its chapter for context.

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And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this great city?

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For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

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Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.

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And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth–horon with her suburbs; four cities.

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These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities.

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And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof.

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And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,

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And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.

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How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

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For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.

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For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.

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In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.

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Thus saith the Lord God; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her.

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And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth–horon with her suburbs,

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Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.

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How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!

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And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

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Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the city shall be built to the Lord from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.

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And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,

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Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?

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For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.

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Thus saith the Lord God; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded.

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And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.

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Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.

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Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.

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By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

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It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord is there.

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The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in.

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Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.

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And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.

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And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

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And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.

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And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth–shemesh with her suburbs:

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For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.

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Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.

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Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.

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Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.

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And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs.

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And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.

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This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.

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