Bible Concordances
Watchmen

Torrey's Topical Textbook

• Soldiers generally acted as
  Matthew 27:65,66

• Citizens sometimes acted as
  Nehemiah 7:3

• WERE STATIONED
  • On watch towers
    2 Kings 9:17; Isaiah 21:5
  • On the walls of cities
    Isaiah 62:6
  • In the streets of cities
    Psalm 127:1
  • Around the temple in Jerusalem on special occasions
    2 Kings 11:6

• Paraded the streets at night to preserve order
  Song of Solomon 3:3; 5:7

• IN TIME OF DANGER
  • Increase in number
    Jeremiah 51:12
  • Vigilant night and day
    Nehemiah 4:9; Isaiah 21:8
  • Reported the approach of all strangers
    2 Samuel 18:24-27; 2 Kings 9:18-20; Isaiah 21:6,7,9
  • Sounded an alarm at the approach of enemies
    Ezekiel 33:2,3

• Vigilance of, vain without God's protection
  Psalm 127:1

• Were relieved by turns
  Nehemiah 7:3

• Danger of sleeping on their posts, referred to
  Matthew 28:13,14

• Neglecting to give warning punished with death
  Ezekiel 33:6

• Often interrogated by passengers
  Isaiah 21:11

• ILLUSTRATIVE
  • Of ministers
    Isaiah 5:28; 62:6; Ezekiel 3:17; Hebrews 13:17
  • (Blind,) of careless ministers
    Isaiah 56:10
  • (Looking for the morning,) of anxious waiting for God
    Psalm 130:5,6