Luke 14:28

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For which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?

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  • Prov 24:27 : 27 Prepare your work outside and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.
  • Matt 8:20 : 20 Jesus replied, 'Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.'
  • Matt 10:22 : 22 You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
  • Luke 14:33 : 33 In the same way, any one of you who does not give up all his possessions cannot be my disciple.
  • 1 Thess 3:4-5 : 4 For indeed, when we were with you, we kept telling you in advance that we would suffer tribulation, just as it happened, and as you know. 5 For this reason, when I could no longer endure it, I sent to know about your faith, lest somehow the tempter had tempted you and our labor might have been in vain.
  • 2 Pet 1:13-14 : 13 I think it is right, as long as I am in this earthly tent, to stir you up by way of reminder, 14 knowing that the laying aside of my tent is imminent, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
  • Gen 11:4-9 : 4 Then they said, "Come, let us build a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth." 5 But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the people were building. 6 The LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do. Now nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them." 7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so that they will not understand one another’s speech. 8 So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of the whole earth, and they stopped building the city. 9 That is why it was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of the whole earth. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth.
  • Josh 24:19-24 : 19 Joshua said to the people, "You are not able to serve the LORD. He is a holy God; He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your transgressions or your sins. 20 If you abandon the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring harm to you and destroy you, after He has been good to you. 21 But the people said to Joshua, "No! We will serve the LORD. 22 Joshua said to the people, "You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD." And they said, "We are witnesses." 23 Now then," Joshua said, "put away the foreign gods that are among you, and direct your hearts toward the LORD, the God of Israel. 24 The people said to Joshua, "We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.
  • Matt 20:22-23 : 22 Jesus answered, 'You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?' They said to him, 'We are able.' 23 He said to them, 'You will indeed drink my cup and be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with, but to sit at my right or left hand is not mine to give. It is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.'

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  • Luke 14:29-33
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    29Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,

    30saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’

    31Or what king, going to war against another king, will not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to face the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

    32If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still far away and ask for terms of peace.

    33In the same way, any one of you who does not give up all his possessions cannot be my disciple.

  • Luke 14:25-27
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    25Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them, he said,

    26If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple.

    27And whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

  • Luke 12:17-18
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    17And he thought to himself, saying, 'What shall I do, for I have no place to store my crops?'

    18Then he said, 'This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and I will store all my grain and my goods there.

  • Luke 6:46-49
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    46Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' but do not do what I say?

    47Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice, I will show you what they are like.

    48They are like a person building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.

    49But the one who hears and does not act is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against it, the house immediately fell, and its destruction was great.

  • Matt 16:24-26
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    24Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.

    25For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

    26For what will it profit a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?

  • Matt 7:24-27
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    24Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

    25The rain came down, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.

    26And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

    27The rain came down, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and struck against that house, and it collapsed with a great crash.

  • Matt 10:38
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    38And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

  • Luke 12:25-26
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    25Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

    26If then you cannot do even a very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?

  • Matt 6:27
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    27Who among you, by worrying, can add a single cubit to their lifespan?

  • Luke 12:20-21
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    20But God said to him, 'Fool! This very night your soul will be required of you, and the things you have prepared—who will they belong to?'

    21So it is with one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.

  • Mark 8:34-35
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    34Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: 'Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves, take up their cross, and follow me.'

    35For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.

  • Luke 9:23-25
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    23Then he said to them all, 'If anyone wants to follow me, they must deny themselves, take up their cross daily, and follow me.'

    24'For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for my sake will save it.'

    25'What good is it for someone to gain the whole world and yet lose or forfeit their very self?'

  • Mark 13:2
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    2Jesus replied, 'Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.'

  • Luke 9:62
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    62Jesus replied, 'No one who puts their hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.'

  • 1 Cor 3:10
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    10According to the grace God has given me, like a wise master builder, I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each one should be careful how they build.

  • Prov 24:27
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    27Prepare your work outside and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.

  • Luke 17:7
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    7Which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he comes in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

  • Mark 13:15
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    15Let the one who is on the rooftop not go down or enter the house to take anything out.

  • Luke 6:39
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    39He also told them a parable: "Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit?"

  • Deut 20:6
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    6If anyone has planted a vineyard but has not yet enjoyed its fruit, let him go back to his house, lest he die in battle and another enjoy its fruit.

  • 1 Cor 9:7
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    7Who serves as a soldier at their own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Or who tends a flock and does not drink the milk from the flock?

  • Luke 18:29
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    29Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, no one who has left house, parents, brothers, wife, or children for the sake of the kingdom of God,

  • 1 Cor 10:12
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    12So then, let the one who thinks he is standing be careful that he does not fall.

  • Matt 6:24-25
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    24No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

    25Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

  • Luke 12:15
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    15Then He said to them, "Watch out, and be on guard against every form of greed, because one’s life is not defined by the abundance of possessions."

  • Matt 12:29
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    29Or how can anyone enter a strong man's house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.

  • Luke 21:34
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    34Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with indulgence, drunkenness, and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap.

  • Gen 11:4
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    4Then they said, "Come, let us build a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth."

  • Jas 4:13
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    13Now listen, you who say, 'Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.'