Roofs In Scripture

The roof of a house is its highest point and the part most exposed to the sun.

Roofs in scripture.

And by a mourning in the streets is signified the vastation of all truths. And he smashed them there and threw their dust into the brook kidron. Behold i will pour out my spirit unto you i will make known my words unto you. Isaiah 22 1 verse concepts.

ג ג h1511 the most frequently used word. And through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. Proverbs 1 25 view whole chapter see verse in context. And the watchman went up to the roof of the gate by the wall and raised his eyes and looked and behold a man running by himself.

Now david was sitting between the two gates. So the people went forth and brought them and made themselves booths every one upon the roof of his house and in their courts and in the courts of the house of god and in the street of the water gate and in the street of the gate of ephraim. And through idleness of the hands the house leaks. If i do not remember thee let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth.

The top of the house or building mostly flat accessible by outside stairs. See house flat roofs were usually formed of clay packed with stone rollers supported by mats of rushes or branches across wood beams or palm tree trunks. The altars which were on the roof the upper chamber of ahaz which the kings of judah had made and the altars which manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the lord the king broke down. On all the roofs of moab and in the streets thereof all is mourning jer.

New american standard bible when you build a new house you shall make a parapet for your roof so that you will not bring bloodguilt on your house if anyone falls from it. New king james version. If i prefer not jerusalem above my chief joy. So it makes sense that in the bible roof represents what is inmost in a person the part that is closest and most in contact with the lord.

Proverbs 1 23 view whole chapter see verse in context turn you at my rep roof. Webster s bible translation by much slothfulness the building decayeth. By slothfulness the roof sinketh in. By a mourning on all the roofs is signified the vastation of all goods with those who in the representative sense are meant by moab namely those who are in natural good who easily suffer themselves to be seduced ac 2468.

100 bible verses about roof matthew 8 5 10 esv 4 helpful votes helpful not helpful when he entered capernaum a centurion came forward to him appealing to him lord my servant is lying paralyzed at home suffering terribly. And through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.