Deep and solid foundations required for Mt 7:24; Lu 6:48
Sometimes built without foundation Mt 7:26; Lu 6:49
BUILT OF
Clay Job 4:19
Bricks Ex 1:11-14; Isa 9:10
Stone and wood Le 14:40,42; Hab 2:11
Hewn or cut stone Isa 9:10; Am 5:11
In cities, built in streets Ge 19:2; Jos 2:19
Often built on city walls Jos 2:15; 2Co 11:33
THE FLAT ROOFS OF
Surrounded with battlements De 22:8
Had often booths on them 2Sa 16:22; Ne 8:16; Pr 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; Da 4:29
Used for devotion Ac 10:9
Used for making proclamations Lu 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 Ps 129:6,7
Accessible from the outside Mt 24:17
The courts of, large and used as apartments Es 1:5; Lu 5:19
Entered by a gate or door Ge 43:19; Ex 12:22; Lu 16:20; Ac 10:17
Doors of, low and small for safety Pr 17:19
Doors of, how fastened 2Sa 13:18; So 5:5; Lu 11:7
Admission to, gained by knocking at the door Ac 12:13; Re 3:20
Walls of, plastered Le 14:42,43
Serpents often lodged in walls of Am 5:19
Custom of fastening nails, &c, in walls of, alluded to Ec 12:11; Isa 22:23
Had often several stories Eze 41:16; Ac 20:9
Divided into apartments Ge 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; Am 3:15
Hung with rich tapestries Es 1:6
Warmed with fires Jer 36:22; Joh 18:18
Upper apartments of, the best, and used for entertainments Mr 14:15
Had often detached apartments for secrecy and for strangers Jud 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; Ac 20:9
OF THE RICH
Great Isa 5:9; Am 6:11; 2Ti 2:20
Goodly De 8:12
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 De 20:5; Ps 30:1
For summer residence Am 3:15
Liable to leprosy Le 14:34-53
Not to be coveted Ex 20:17; Mic 2:2
Were hired Ac 28:30
Were mortgaged Ne 5:3
Were sold Ac 4:34
Law respecting the sale of Le 25:29-33
Of criminals, desolated Da 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 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 Mt 7:24,25
(On a rock,) of the hope of saints Mt 7:24,25
(Insecurity of,) of earthly trust Mt 6:19,20
(Building of,) of great prosperity Isa 65:21; Eze 28:26
(Built and not inhabited,) of calamity De 28:30; Am 5:11; Zep 1:13
(To inhabit those, built by others,) of abundant feelings De 6:10,11