New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Houses

• Antiquity of Gen. 12:1, 19:3
• Deep and solid foundations required for Mt. 7:24; Lk. 6:48
• Sometimes built without foundation Mt. 7:26; Lk. 6:49
• Built of
  • Clay Job 4:19
  • Bricks Ex. 1:11-14; Isa. 9:10
  • Stone and wood Lev. 14:40, 42; Hab. 2:11
  • Hewn or cut stone Isa. 9:10; Amos 5:11
• In cities, built in streets Gen. 19:2; Josh. 2:19
• Often built on city walls Josh. 2:15; 2 Cor. 11:33
• The flat roofs of
  • Surrounded with battlements Dt. 22:8
  • Had often booths on them 2 Sam. 16:22; Neh. 8:16; Pr. 21:9
  • Had often idolatrous altars on them 2 Ki. 23:12; Jer. 19:13; Zeph. 1:5
  • Used for drying flax Josh. 2:6
  • Used for exercise 2 Sam. 11:2; Dan. 4:29
  • Used for devotion Acts 10:9
  • Used for making proclamations Lk. 12:3
  • Used for secret conference 1 Sam. 9:25, 26
  • Resorted to in grief Isa. 15:3; Jer. 48:38
  • Often covered with weak grass Ps. 129:6, 7
  • Accessible from the outside Mt. 24:17
• The courts of, large and used as apartments Esther 1:5; Lk. 5:19
• Entered by a gate or door Gen. 43:19; Ex. 12:22; Lk. 16:20; Acts 10:17
• Doors of, low and small for safety Pr. 17:19
• Doors of, how fastened 2 Sam. 13:18; Song 5:5; Lk. 11:7
• Admission to, gained by knocking at the door Acts 12:13; Rev. 3:20
• Walls of, plastered Lev. 14:42, 43
• Serpents often lodged in walls of Amos 5:19
• Custom of fastening nails, &c, in walls of, alluded to Eccl. 12:11; Isa. 22:23
• Had often several stories Ezek. 41:16; Acts 20:9
• Divided into apartments Gen. 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 1 Ki. 22:39; Amos 3:15
  • Hung with rich tapestries Esther 1:6
  • Warmed with fires Jer. 36:22; Jn. 18:18
• Upper apartments of, the best, and used for entertainments Mk. 14:15
• Had often detached apartments for secrecy and for strangers Judg. 3:20-23; 2 Ki. 4:10, 11, 9:2, 3
• Lighted by windows 1 Ki. 7:4
• Street windows of, high and dangerous 2 Ki. 1:2, 9:30, 33; Acts 20:9
• Of the rich
  • Great Isa. 5:9; Amos 6:11; 2 Tim. 2:20
  • Goodly Dt. 8:12
  • Pleasant Ezek. 26:12; Mic. 2:9
• Of brick or clay
  • Plastered Ezek. 13:10, 11
  • Easily broken through Job 24:16; Ezek. 12:5
  • Often swept away by torrents Ezek. 13:13, 14
• When finished were usually dedicated Dt. 20:5; Ps. 30:1-12
• For summer residence Amos 3:15
• Liable to leprosy Lev. 14:34-53
• Not to be coveted Ex. 20:17; Mic. 2:2
• Were hired Acts 28:30
• Were mortgaged Neh. 5:3
• Were sold Acts 4:34
• Law respecting the sale of Lev. 25:29-33
• Of criminals, desolated Dan. 2:5, 3:29
• Desolation of, threatened as a punishment Isa. 5:9, 13:16, 21, 22; Ezek. 16:41, 26:12
• Often broken down to repair city walls before sieges Isa. 22:10
• Illustrative
  • Of the body Job 4:19; 2 Cor. 5:1
  • Of the grave Job 30:23
  • Of the church Heb. 3:6; 1 Pet. 2:5
  • Of saints' inheritance Jn. 14:2; 2 Cor. 5:1
  • (On sand,) of the delusive hope of hypocrites Mt. 7:26, 27
  • (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; Ezek. 28:26
  • (Built and not inhabited,) of calamity Dt. 28:30; Amos 5:11; Zeph. 1:13
  • (To inhabit those, built by others,) of abundant blessings Dt. 6:10, 11