Prayer Tents Bible References - Prayer Tents

HOUSES

Antiquity of

Gen 12:1; 19:3

Deep and solid foundations required for

Mat 7:24; Luk 6:48

Sometimes built without foundation

Mat 7:26; Luk 6:49

BUILT OF

- Clay

Job 4:19

- Bricks

Exo 1:11-14; Isa 9:10

- Stone and wood

Lev 14:40,42; Hab 2:11

- Hewn or cut stone

Isa 9:10; Amo 5:11

In cities, built in streets

Gen 19:2; Jos 2:19

Often built on city walls

Jos 2:15; 2Co 11:33

THE FLAT ROOFS OF

- Surrounded with battlements

Deu 22:8

- Had often booths on them

2Sa 16:22; Neh 8:16; Pro 2:19

- Had often idolatrous altars on them

2Ki 23:12; Jer 19:13; Zep 1:5

- Used for drying flax

Jos 2:6

- Used for exercise

2Sa 11:2; Dan 4:29

- Used for devotion

Act 10:9

- Used for making proclamations

Luk 12:3

- Used for secret conference

1Sa 9:25,26

- Resorted to in grief

Isa 15:3; Jer 48:38

- Often covered with week grass

Psa 129:6,7

Accessible from the outside

Mat 24:17

The courts of, large and used as apartments

Est 1:5; Luk 5:19

Entered by a gate or door

Gen 43:19; Exo 12:22; Luk 16:20; Act 10:17

Doors of, low and small for safety

Pro 17:19

Doors of, how fastened

2Sa 13:18; Sol 5:5; Luk 11:7

Admission to, gained by knocking at the door

Act 12:13; Rev 3:20

Walls of, plastered

Lev 14:42,43

Serpents often lodged in walls of

Amo 5:19

Custom of fastening nails, &c, in walls of, alluded to

Ecc 12:11; Isa 22:23

Had often several stories

Eze 41:16; Act 20:9

Divided into apartments

Gen 43:30; Isa 26:20

APARTMENTS OF, WERE OFTEN

- Large and airy

Jer 22:14

- Ceiled and painted

Jer 22:14; Hag 1:4

- Inlaid with ivory

1Ki 22:39; Amo 3:15

- Hung with rich tapestries

Est 1:6

- Warmed with fires

Jer 36:22; Joh 18:18

Upper apartments of, the best, and used for entertainments

Mar 14:15

Had often detached apartments for secrecy and for strangers

Jdg 3:20-23; 2Ki 4:10,11; 9:2,3

Lighted by windows

1Ki 7:4

Street windows of, high and dangerous

2Ki 1:2; 9:30,33; Act 20:9

OF THE RICH

- Great

Isa 5:9; Amo 6:11; 2Ti 2:20

- Goodly

Deu 8:12

- Pleasant

Eze 26:12; Mic 2:9

OF BRICK OR CLAY

- Plastered

Eze 13:10,11

- Easily broken through

Job 24:16; Eze 12:5

- Often swept away by torrents

Eze 13:13,14

When finished were usually dedicated

For summer residence

Liable to leprosy

Not to be coveted

Were hired

Were mortgaged

Were sold

Law respecting the sale of

Lev 25:29-33

Of criminals, desolated

Dan 2:5; 3:29

Desolation of, threatened as a punishment

Isa 5:9; 13:16,21,22; Eze 16:41; 26:12

Often broken down to repair city walls before sieges

Isa 22:10

ILLUSTRATIVE

- Of the body

Job 4:19; 2Co 5:1

- Of the grave

Job 30:23

- Of the church

Heb 3:6; 1Pe 2:5

- Of saints' inheritance

Joh 14:2; 2Co 5:1

- (On sand,) of the delusive hope of hypocrites

Mat 7:24,25

- (On a rock,) of the hope of saints

Mat 7:24,25

- (Insecurity of,) of earthly trust

Mat 6:19,20

- (Building of,) of great prosperity

Isa 65:21; Eze 28:26

- (Built and not inhabited,) of calamity

Deu 28:30; Amo 5:11; Zep 1:13

- (To inhabit those, built by others,) of abundant feelings

Deu 6:10,11

Prayer Tents Bible References - Prayer Tents

The New Topical Text Book (1897 - R.A. Torrey)