Bible Concordances
Houses

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; 2 Corinthians 11:33

• THE FLAT ROOFS OF
  • Surrounded with battlements
    Deuteronomy 22:8
  • Had often booths on them
    2 Samuel 16:22; Nehemiah 8:16; Proverbs 2:19
  • Had often idolatrous altars on them
    2 Kings 23:12; Jeremiah 19:13; Zephaniah 1:5
  • Used for drying flax
    Joshua 2:6
  • Used for exercise
    2 Samuel 11:2; Daniel 4:29
  • Used for devotion
    Acts 10:9
  • Used for making proclamations
    Luke 12:3
  • Used for secret conference
    1 Samuel 9:25,26
  • Resorted to in grief
    Isaiah 15:3; Jeremiah 48:38
  • Often covered with week grass
    Psalm 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
  2 Samuel 13:18; Song of 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
    1 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; 2 Kings 4:10,11; 9:2,3

• Lighted by windows
  1 Kings 7:4

• Street windows of, high and dangerous
  2 Kings 1:2; 9:30,33; Acts 20:9

• OF THE RICH
  • Great
    Isaiah 5:9; Amos 6:11; 2 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; Psalm 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; 2 Corinthians 5:1
  • Of the grave
    Job 30:23
  • Of the church
    Hebrews 3:6; 1 Peter 2:5
  • Of saints' inheritance
    John 14:2; 2 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