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What does the Bible say about cities?

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  • Jeremiah 29:7

    Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to Yahweh for it; for in the peace of it shall you have peace.

  • Hebrews 11:10

    For he looked for the city which has the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

  • Hebrews 13:14

    For we don't have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come.

  • Hebrews 11:16

    But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

  • Psalms 127:1

    > Unless Yahweh builds the house, They labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, The watchman guards it in vain.

  • Psalms 55:9-11

    [9] Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, For I have seen violence and strife in the city. [10] Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her. [11] Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies don't depart from her streets.

  • Psalms 107:36

    There he makes the hungry live, That they may prepare a city to live in,

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