Watchmen in Time of Danger
8 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
Increase in Number
- Jeremiah 51:12 Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.
Reported the Approach of all Strangers
- 2 Samuel 18:24–27 Now David was sitting between the two gates when the watchman went up to the roof of the gateway by the wall, looked out, and saw a man running alone. …
- 2 Kings 9:18–20 So a horseman rode off to meet Jehu and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.” And the watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but …
- Isaiah 21:6–7 For this is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees. …
- Isaiah 21:9 Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
Sounded an Alarm at the Approach of Enemies
- Ezekiel 33:2–3 “Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: ‘Suppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land choose a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman, …
Vigilant Night and Day
- Nehemiah 4:9 So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.
- Isaiah 21:8 Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.
Related topics
WatchmenWatchman of JerusalemWatchmanCushiThe Horse used for Conveying PostsTrumpet used for Giving Alarm in Cases of Danger
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.