Quotes about City
The wealth of the rich man is his fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
- Proverbs 10:15
When the righteous thrive, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.
- Proverbs 11:10
By the blessing of the upright a city is built up, but by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.
- Proverbs 11:11
Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
- Proverbs 25:28
Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.
- Proverbs 29:8
Her husband is known at the city gate, where he sits among the elders of the land.
- Proverbs 31:23
Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.
- Ecclesiastes 7:19
Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.
- Ecclesiastes 8:10
There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.
- Ecclesiastes 9:14
Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
- Ecclesiastes 9:15
The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.
- Ecclesiastes 10:15
I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.
- Song of Solomon 3:2