Bible Verses About Ziggurats
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for ziggurats, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 458 votes, led by Genesis 11:1-9. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Ziggurats
Genesis 11:1-9112 votes
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
Isaiah 13:1947 votes
And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
Acts 17:2441 votes
God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
Deuteronomy 12:240 votes
Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
Jeremiah 51:5337 votes
Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the Lord.
Genesis 11:1-3236 votes
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
Deuteronomy 12:2-330 votes
Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
2 Kings 17:29-3124 votes
Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.
Leviticus 26:113 votes
Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God.
Isaiah 14:13-1413 votes
For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
Genesis 28:1212 votes
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
Jeremiah 51:3712 votes
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
Genesis 11:411 votes
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Genesis 11:710 votes
Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
Genesis 11:910 votes
Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
2 Kings 17:2910 votes
Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.
What does the Bible say about ziggurats?
Readers most often cite Genesis 11:1-9 on the subject of ziggurats. Across 458 votes, 16 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Isaiah 13:19, Acts 17:24, Deuteronomy 12:2. This page lists all 16 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.