Bible Verses About Palaces

May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.

He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever.

Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.

and the lizard can be caught in one’s hands, yet it is found in the palaces of kings.

If she is a wall, we will build a tower of silver upon her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.

Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.

For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever— the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—

Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches.

For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.

But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in its gates to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.’”

He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it shuddered at the sound of his roaring.

Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his court officials, to bring in some Israelites from the royal family and the nobility—

young men without blemish, handsome, gifted in all wisdom, knowledgeable, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king’s palace—and to teach them the language and literature of the Chaldeans.

The king assigned them daily provisions of the royal food and wine. They were to be trained for three years, after which they were to enter the king’s service.

I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and flourishing in my palace.

Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him.

Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.”

“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “An enemy will surround the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your citadels.”

And He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land and tramples our citadels. We will raise against it seven shepherds, even eight leaders of men.

But Peter followed Him at a distance, right up to the courtyard of the high priest. And he went in and sat down with the guards to see the outcome.

Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear elegant clothing and live in luxury are found in palaces.

When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure.