Quotes about Surrounded
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘This is Jerusalem, which I have set in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.
— Ezekiel 5:5
Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
— Psalm 22:12
The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD.
— 1 Kings 7:12
the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.
— 2 Kings 6:14
They have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground,
— Psalm 17:11
All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
— Psalm 118:10
Fear makes you feel surrounded by an enemy. Faith makes you realize you are surrounded by God.
— Joyce Meyer
Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.
— Genesis 19:4
You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.
— Psalm 139:5
Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
— 2 Kings 25:4
He whistled at the thought: all those little people down there, surrounded by all this beauty, could not see the horror all around them, the impending storm about to swallow them up, the cancerous darkness that first blinds.
— Frank Peretti
The highest knowledge is to know that we are surrounded by mystery. Neither knowledge nor hope for the future can be the pivot of our life or determine its direction. It is intended to be solely determined by our allowing ourselves to be gripped by the ethical God, who reveals Himself in us, and by our yielding our will to His.
— Albert Schweitzer