Verse 1
A song of high degrees (made) for Solomon. If GOD wyll not buylde the house, they labour in vayne that buylde it: if God kepe not the citie, the watchman waketh in vayne.
Referenced Verses
- Prov 16:9 : 9 A man deuiseth a way in his heart: but it is the Lorde that ordereth his goynges.
- 1 Cor 3:7 : 7 So then, neither is he that planteth any thyng, neither he that watreth: but God that geueth the encrease.
- 1 Cor 3:9-9 : 9 For we together are Gods labourers, ye are Gods husbandrie ye are Gods buyldyng. 10 Accordyng to the grace of God geuen vnto me, as a wise maister builder haue I layde the foundation, and another buyldeth theron. But let euery man take heede howe he buyldeth vpon. 11 For other foundation can no man lay, then that that is layde, which is Iesus Christe. 12 If any man buylde on this foundation, golde, syluer, precious stones, tymber, haye or stubble: 13 Euery mans worke shal appeare. The day shall declare it, because it shalbe reuealed by the fire: And the fire shall trie euery mans worke what it is. 14 If any mans worke that he hath built vpon abyde, he shall receaue a reward. 15 If any mans worke burne, he shall suffer losse, but he shalbe safe hym selfe: neuertheles, yet as it were through fire.
- Prov 21:30-31 : 30 There is no wysdome, there is no vnderstanding, there is no counsayle against the Lorde. 31 The horse is prepared against the day of battayle: but the Lorde geueth victorie.
- Ps 33:16-18 : 16 A king is not saued by the multitude of an hoast: a man of great myght escapeth not by much strength. 17 A horse for to saue is vanitie: and he can deliuer none by his great strength. 18 Beholde, the eye of God is vpon them that feare hym: and vpon them that wayteth after his mercy.
- Ps 122:1 : 1 A song of high degrees of Dauid. I was glad when they sayde vnto me: we wyll go into the house of God.
- Zech 2:4-5 : 4 And saide vnto him, Runne, speake to this young man, and say: Hierusalem shalbe inhabited without any wall for the very multitude of people and cattaile that shalbe therein. 5 For I my selfe, saith the Lorde, wyl be vnto her a wall of fire rounde about, & wyl be the glory in the middest of her.
- Isa 62:6 : 6 I haue set watchmen vpon thy walles O Hierusalem, which shall neither ceasse day nor night to preache the Lorde: and ye also that remember the Lorde, ye shall not kepe him close,
- Jer 51:12 : 12 Set vp tokens vpon the walles of Babylon, make your watch strong, set your watchmen in araye, yea holde priuie watches, and yet for all that shall the Lorde go foorth with his deuice which he hath taken vpon them that dwell in Babylon.
- Ps 126:1 : 1 A song of high degrees. When God shall cause them of Sion that were led into captiuitie for to returne: we shalbe as men that dreamed.
- Ps 123:1 : 1 A song of high degrees. I lyft vp myne eyes vnto thee: who dwellest in heauen.
- Ps 124:1 : 1 A song of high degrees, of Dauid. If God him selfe had not ben of our side Israel may now say:
- Ps 121:1 : 1 A song of high degrees. I will lift vp myne eyes vnto the hilles: from whence my helpe shall come.
- Ps 121:3-5 : 3 He wyll not suffer thy foote to moue: he wyll not sleepe that kepeth thee. 4 Beholde, he that kepeth Israel: wyll neither slumber nor sleepe. 5 God hym selfe is thy keper: God is thy defence vpon thy ryght hande.
- Song 3:3 : 3 The watchmen also that go about the citie, founde me to whom I sayde Sawe ye not hym whom my soule loueth?
- 1 Cor 15:14 : 14 If Christe be not rysen agayne, then is our preachyng vayne, and your fayth is also vayne.
- Eccl 9:11 : 11 So I turned me vnto other thinges vnder the sunne, & I sawe that in running it helpeth not to be swift, in battell it helpeth not to be strong, to feeding it helpeth not to be wyse, to riches it helpeth not to be a man of muche vnderstanding, to be had in fauour it helpeth not to be cunning: but that all lieth in tyme and fortune.
- Ps 78:69 : 69 And there he buylded his temple on high: and layde the foundation of it like a grounde euer to continue.
- Ps 120:1 : 1 A song of high degrees. When I was in trouble I called vpon God: and he hearde me.
- 1 Chr 22:10-11 : 10 He shall buylde an house for my name, and he shalbe my sonne, and I wilbe his father, and I wil establishe the seate of his kingdome vpon Israel for euer. 11 Nowe therfore my sonne, the Lorde be with thee, and prosper thee, and thou shalt buylde an house to the Lorde thy God, as he hath sayde of thee.
- 1 Chr 28:10 : 10 Take heede now, for the Lorde hath chosen thee to builde him an house of a sanctuarie: Be strong therefore & play the man.
- 1 Chr 28:20 : 20 And Dauid said to Solomon his sonne: be strong & of good courage, & do manfullye, feare not nor be faint hearted, for ye lord God, euen my God, is with thee, & he shall not faile thee, nor forsake thee, vntill thou hast finished al ye worke that must serue for the house of the Lorde.
- 1 Chr 29:19 : 19 And geue vnto Solomon my sonne a perfect heart, to keepe thy commaundementes, thy testimonies, & thy statutes, and to do all, and builde the house, for the which I haue made prouision.
- Ps 72:1 : 1 Of Solomon. O God geue vnto the kyng thy iudgementes: and thy ryghteousnesse vnto the kynges sonne.
- Ps 125:1 : 1 A song of high degrees. They that put their trust in God be as the mount Sion: whiche may not be remoued but must stande fast for euer.
- Gal 4:11 : 11 I am in feare of you, lest I haue bestowed on you labour in vayne.
- Song 5:7 : 7 So the watchmen that went about the citie, founde me, smote me, and wounded me: yea they that kept the walles toke away my kerchaffe from me.
- Isa 21:5-9 : 5 Whyle they garnished the table, the watchman loked: and whyle I was eatyng and drynkyng, it was sayde, vp ye captaynes, take you to your shielde. 6 For thus hath the Lorde sayde vnto me: Go and set a watchman to tel what he seeth. 7 And he sawe a charret which two horsemen sat vpon, with the cariage of an Asse, and the cariage of a Camel: So he loked, and toke diligent heede. 8 And he cryed, a lion, my Lorde I stande continually vpon the watche towre in the day tyme, and am appoynted to kepe my watch euery nyght. 9 And beholde here commeth a charret of men, with two horsemen, and he aunswered and sayd, Babylon is fallen, it is fallen, and all the images of her gods hath he smitten downe vnto the grounde. 10 Thou art he whom I must threshe, and thou belongest to my corne floure: This that I hearde of the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel, haue I shewed vnto you. 11 The burthen of Duma. He calleth to me out of Seir: watchman what hast thou espied by nyght? watchman what hast thou espied by nyght? 12 The watchman sayde, The mornyng commeth, and so doth the nyght: If ye wyll aske me any question, then aske it: returne and come agayne.
- Isa 27:3 : 3 Euen I the Lorde do kepe it, in due seasons shall I water it: and lest the enemie do it any harme, I wyll both night and day preserue it.
- Isa 56:10 : 10 For his watchmen are all blynde, they haue altogether no vnderstanding, they are all dumbe dogges not beyng able to barke, they are sleepy, sluggishe are they and lye snortyng.
- Ezek 33:2-9 : 2 Thou sonne of man, speake to the children of thy people, and tell them: When I sende a sworde vpon a lande, if the people of the lande take a man of their coastes, and set him to be their watchman: 3 If when he seeth the sworde come vpon the lande, he shall blow the trumpet and warne the people: 4 Then he that heareth the noyse of the trumpet and wyll not be warned, and the sworde come and take him away, his blood shalbe vpon his owne head. 5 For he heard the sounde of the trumpet, and would not be warned, therefore his blood be vpon him: but he that receaueth warning, he shall saue his lyfe. 6 Againe, if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, so that the people is not warned, if the sworde come then, and take any man from among them: the same shalbe taken away in his owne sinne, but his blood wyl I require at the watchmans hand. 7 And thou O sonne at man, I haue made thee a watchman vnto the house of Israel: therefore thou shalt here the worde at my mouth, and thou shalt warne them from me. 8 If I say vnto the wicked, thou wicked, thou shalt surely dye: & thou speakest not to admonish the wicked of his way: that wicked man shall dye in his owne sinne, but his blood wyl I require at thy hande. 9 Neuerthelesse, if thou warne the wicked of his way to tourne from it, and he yet wyll not be turned from his way: then shal he dye in his iniquitie, but thou hast deliuered thy soule.
- Jer 51:31 : 31 One purseuaunt shall meete another, yea one poste shall come by another, to bryng the kyng of Babylon tidinges that his citie is taken on euery syde,