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30 Bible Verses About Walls

  1. Genesis 49:22:

    “Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine near a spring, whose branches climb over a wall.”

  2. Exodus 14:22:

    “And the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with a wall of water on their right and on their left.”

  3. Joshua 6:5:

    “When you hear them sound a long blast on the trumpets, have the whole army give a loud shout; then the wall of the city will collapse and the army will go up, everyone straight in.”

  4. Ezra 9:9:

    “Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage. He has shown us kindness in the sight of the kings of Persia: He has granted us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and he has given us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.”

  5. Nehemiah 1:3:

    “They said to me, ‘Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.’”

  6. Nehemiah 2:17:

    “Then I said to them, ‘You see the trouble we are in: Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned with fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, and we will no longer be in disgrace.’”

  7. Nehemiah 6:15-16:

    “So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days. When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and lost their self-confidence, because they realized that this work had been done with the help of our God.”

  8. Psalm 51:18:

    “May it please you to prosper Zion, to build up the walls of Jerusalem.”

  9. Psalm 122:7:

    “May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels.”

  10. Isaiah 26:1:

    “In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; God makes salvation its walls and ramparts.”

  11. Isaiah 60:18:

    “No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders, but you will call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.”

  12. Jeremiah 1:18:

    “Today I have made you a fortified city, an iron pillar and a bronze wall to stand against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests and the people of the land.”

  13. Jeremiah 15:20:

    “I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to rescue and save you,” declares the Lord.”

  14. Ezekiel 13:10:

    “Because they lead my people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and because, when a flimsy wall is built, they cover it with whitewash.”

  15. Ezekiel 22:30:

    “I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found no one.”

  16. Ezekiel 38:11:

    “You will say, ‘I will invade a land of unwalled villages; I will attack a peaceful and unsuspecting people—all of them living without walls and without gates and bars.”

  17. Micah 7:11:

    “The day for building your walls will come, the day for extending your boundaries.”

  18. Zechariah 2:5:

    “And I myself will be a wall of fire around it,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will be its glory within.’”

  19. Matthew 21:33:

    “Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.”

  20. Mark 12:1:

    “Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: ‘A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.”

  21. Luke 19:43:

    “The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side.”

  22. Acts 20:26:

    “Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of any of you.”

  23. Romans 15:20:

    “It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.”

  24. Ephesians 2:14:

    “For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility,”

  25. Revelation 21:12:

    “It had a great, high wall with twelve gates, and with twelve angels at the gates. On the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel.”

  26. Revelation 21:14:

    “The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.”

  27. Revelation 21:15:

    “The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city, its gates and its walls.”

  28. Revelation 21:17:

    “He measured its wall and it was 144 cubits thick, by human measurement, which the angel was using.”

  29. Revelation 21:18:

    “The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass.”

  30. Revelation 21:19:

    “The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald,”