Psalms 127:1

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Excepte the LORDE buylde the house, their labour is but lost that buylde it.

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  • Prov 16:9 : 9 A ma deuyseth a waye in his herte, but it is ye LORDE yt ordreth his goinges.
  • 1 Cor 3:7 : 7 So then nether is he that planteth, eny thinge, nether he that watreth, but God which geueth the increase.
  • 1 Cor 3:9-9 : 9 For we are Gods labourers, ye are Gods hussbandry, ye are Gods buyldinge. 10 Acordinge to the grace of God which is geuen vnto me, as a wyse buylder haue I layed the foundacion, but another buyldeth theron. Yet let euery man take hede how he buyldeth theron. 11 For other foudacion can noman laye, then that which is layed, the which is Iesus Christ. 12 But yf eny man buylde vpon this foundacion, golde, syluer, precious stones, tymber, haye, stobble, 13 euerymas worke shal be shewed. For the daye of the LORDE shal declare it, which shal be shewed with fyre: and the fyre shal trye euery mas worke what it is. 14 Yf eny mans worke that he hath buylde theron, abyde, he shal receaue a rewarde: 15 Yf eny mans worke burne, he shal suffre losse: but he shal be saued himselfe, neuertheles as thorow fyre.
  • Prov 21:30-31 : 30 There is no wy?dome, there is no vnderstondinge, there is no councell agaynst the LORDE. 31 The horse is prepared agaynst ye daye of battayll, but the LORDE geueth the victory.
  • Ps 33:16-18 : 16 A kynge is not helped by his owne greate hoost, nether is a giaunte saued thorow the might of his owne stregth. 17 A horse is but a vayne thynge to saue a man, it is not the power of his stregth that can delyuer him. 18 Beholde, the eye of the LORDE loketh vnto them that feare him, & put their trust in his mercy.
  • Ps 122:1 : 1 I was glad, when they sayde vnto me: we wil go in to the house of the LORDE.
  • Zech 2:4-5 : 4 & sayde vnto him: Runne, speake to this yonge man, & saye: Ierusalem shal be inhabited without eny wal, for ye very multitude of people & catell, yt shal be therin. 5 Yee I myself (saieth the LORDE) wil be vnto her a wall of fyre rounde aboute, & wilbe honoured in her.
  • Isa 62:6 : 6 I wil set watchme vpo thy walles (o Ierusalem) which shall nether ceasse daye nor night, to preach ye LORDE. And ye also shall not kepe him close,
  • Jer 51:12 : 12 Set vp tokens vpon the walles of Babilon, make youre watch stronge, set yor watch men in araye, yee holde preuye watches: & yet for all that shall the LORDE go forth with the deuyce, which he hath taken vpon them that dwell in Babilon.
  • Ps 126:1 : 1 When the LORDE turneth agayne ye captiuyte of Sion, then shal we be like vnto them that dreame.
  • Ps 123:1 : 1 Unto the lift I vp myne eyes, thou yt dwellest in the heauens.
  • Ps 124:1 : 1 If the LORDE had not bene of oure syde (now maye Israel saye) Yf the LORDE had not bene of oure syde, whe me rose vp agaynst vs:
  • Ps 121:1 : 1 I lift vp myne eyes vnto the hilles, fro whence commeth my helpe?
  • Ps 121:3-5 : 3 He will not suffre thy fote to be moued, and he yt kepeth the, slepeth not. 4 Beholde, he that kepeth Israel, doth nether slombre ner slepe. 5 The LORDE himself is thy keper, the LORDE is thy defence vpon yi right honde.
  • Song 3:3 : 3 The watchmen that go aboute ye cite, founde me. Sawe ye not him, whom my soule loueth?
  • 1 Cor 15:14 : 14 Yf Christ be not rysen, then is oure preachinge in vayne,and youre faith is also in vayne:
  • Eccl 9:11 : 11 So I turned me vnto other thinges vnder ye Sonne, and I sawe, that in runnynge, it helpeth not to be swift: in batayll, it helpeth not to be stronge: to fedynge, it helpeth not to be wyse: to riches, it helpeth not to be sutyll: to be had in fauoure, it helpeth not to be connynge: but that all lyeth in tyme & fortune.
  • Ps 78:69 : 69 Neuerthelesse, he chose ye trybe of Iuda, eue the hill of Sion which he loued.
  • Ps 120:1 : 1 When I am in trouble, I call vpon ye LORDE, & he answereth me.
  • 1 Chr 22:10-11 : 10 He shal buylde an house vnto my name. He shal be my sonne, and I wyll be his father. And I wyl stablyshe ye seate of his kyngdome vpo Israel for euer. 11 Now my sonne, the LORDE shal be wyth the, and thou shalt prospere, that thou mayest buylde an house vnto the LORDE thy God, acordynge as he hath spoken of the.
  • 1 Chr 28:10 : 10 Take hede now, for the LORDE hath chosen the, to buylde an house to be the Sactuary: be stronge, and make it.
  • 1 Chr 28:20 : 20 And Dauid sayde vnto Salomo his sonne: Be thou manly and stronge, and make it, feare not, and be not fayntharted, the LORDE God my God shal be with the, and shall not withdrawe his hande, ner fayle the, tyll thou haue fynished euery worke for the seruyce in the house of the LORDE.
  • 1 Chr 29:19 : 19 And graunte my sonne Salomon a perfecte hert, that he maye kepe thy comaundementes, thy testimonies, & thy statutes, that he maye do all, & buylde this palace, which I haue prepared.
  • Ps 72:1 : 1 Geue the kinge thy iudgmet (o God) and thy rightuousnesse vnto the kynges sonne.
  • Ps 125:1 : 1 They that put their trust in ye LORDE, are eue as the mount Sion, which maye not be remoued, but stodeth fast for euer.
  • Gal 4:11 : 11 I am in feare of you, lest I haue bestowed laboure on you in vayne.
  • Song 5:7 : 7 So the watchmen that wente aboute the cite, foude me, smote me, and wounded me: Yee they that kepte the walles, toke awaye my garmet fro me.
  • Isa 21:5-9 : 5 Yee soone make redy the table (sayde this voyce) kepe the watch, eate and drynke: Vp ye captaynes, take you to youre shylde, 6 for thus the LORDE hath charged me: go thy waye, and set a watchma, that he maye tell what he seyth. 7 And whe he had wayted diligetly, he sawe two horsmen: the one rydinge vpon an Asse, the other vpon a camel. 8 And the lyon cried: LORDE, I haue stonde waytinge all the whole daye, and haue kepte my watch all the night. 9 With yt came there one rydinge vpon a charet, which answered, and sayde Babilon is fallen, she is turned vpsyde downe, and all ye ymages of hir goddes are smytten to ye grounde. 10 This (o my felowe throsshers and fanners) haue I herde of the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel, to shewe it vnto you. 11 The heuy burthen of Duma. One of Seir cried vnto me: watchman, what hast thou espied by night? Watchman, what hast thou espied by night? 12 The watchman answered: The daye breaketh on, and the night is comynge: Yf youre request be earnest, then axe, and come agayne.
  • Isa 27:3 : 3 I the LORDE kepe it, and water it in due season. I watch daye & night, that no man breake in to it. I beare no euel wil in my mynde.
  • Isa 56:10 : 10 For his watchmen are all blinde, they haue alltogether no vnderstondinge, they are all domme dogges, not beinge able to barcke, they are slepery: slogish are they, & lie snortinge:
  • Ezek 33:2-9 : 2 Thou sonne off man, Speake to the childre of thy people, and tell them: When I sende a swearde vpon a londe, yf the people off the londe take a man off their countre, and set him to be their watchman: 3 ye same man (wha he seyth the swearde come vpon the londe) shall blowe the trompet, and warne the people. 4 Yff a man now heare the noyse off the trompet & will not be warned, and the swearde come ad take him awaye: his bloude shall be vpo his owne heade: 5 For he herde the soude of the trompet, and wolde not take hede, therfore his bloude be vpon him. But yff he will receaue warnynge, he shal saue his life. 6 Agayne, yf the watch man se the swerde come, and shewe it not with the trompet, so yt the people is not warned: yff the swearde come then, and take eny man from amoge the: the same shall be taken awaye in his owne synne, but his bloude will I requyre off the watchmans honde. 7 And now (O thou sonne of man) I haue made the a watchman vnto the house of Israel: that where as thou hearest eny thinge out of my mouth, thou mayest warne them on my behalfe. 8 Yff I saye vnto the wicked: thou wicked, thou shalt surely dye: and thou geuest him not warnynge, that he maye bewarre off his vngodly waye: then shall the wicked dye in his owne synne, but his bloude will I requyre of thy honde. 9 Neuertheles yf thou warne the wicked off his waye, to turne from it, where as he yet wil not be turned from it: then shal he dye because off his synne, but thou hast delyuered thy soule.
  • Jer 51:31 : 31 One purseuaunt shal mete another, yee one poste shal come by another, to bringe the kinge of Babilon tydinges: that his cite is taken in on euery syde,

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Ps 127:2-3
    2 verses
    82%

    2 Excepte the LORDE kepe the cite, the watchman waketh but in vayne.

    3 It is but lost labour that ye ryse vp early, and take no rest, but eate the bred of carefulnesse: for loke to whom it pleaseth him, he geueth it in slepe.

  • Eccl 10:18
    74%

    18 Thorow slouthfulnesse the balkes fall downe, and thorow ydle hades it rayneth in at the house.

  • Jer 22:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13 Wo worth him, that buyldeth his house with vnrightuousnes, ad his perlers with the good, that he hath gotten by violence: which neuer recompenseth his neghburs laboure, ner payeth him his hyre.

    14 He thinketh in himself: I wil buylde me a wyde house, ad gorgeous perlers: He causeth wyndowes to be hewen there in, and the sylinges and geastes maketh he off Cedre, and paynteth them with Zenober.

  • Hab 2:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12 Wo vnto him, yt buyldeth the towne with bloude, and maynteneth ye cite with vnrightuousnes.

    13 Shal not the LORDE of hoostes bringe this to passe, that the laboures of the people shal be brent with a greate fyre, and that the thinge wher vpon the people haue weeried them selues, shall be lost?

  • Ps 28:5
    72%

    5 Recompense them after ye workes of their hodes, paye them that they haue deserued.

  • Prov 14:1
    71%

    1 A wyse woma vpholdeth hir house, but a foolish wife plucketh it downe.

  • Prov 24:3
    71%

    3 Thorow wy?dome an house shalbe buylded, & wt vnderstondinge it shalbe set vp.

  • Prov 24:27
    71%

    27 First make vp yi worke yt is wt out, & loke well vnto yt which thou hast in ye felde, & the buylde thine house.

  • Job 27:18
    71%

    18 His house shal endure as the moth, & as a bothe that the watch man maketh.

  • Job 3:14
    70%

    14 like as the kynges ad lordes of ye earth, which buylde them selues speciall places:

  • Heb 3:4
    69%

    4 For euery house is prepared of some ma: but he that ordeyned all thinges, is God.

  • 1 Chr 29:16
    69%

    16 O LORDE oure God, all this abundaunce that we haue prepared to buylde the an house vnto thy name, came of thy hande, and is thine alltogether.

  • Ps 39:6
    69%

    6 Beholde, thou hast made my dayes a spanne longe, and my life is as it were nothinge before the. O how vayne are all men lyuynge?

  • 2 Kgs 22:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5 maye be delyuered vnto them, that they maye geue it to the workmen which are appoynted in the house of the LORDE, & to geue it vnto the labourers in the house (yt they maye repayre the decaye of the house) namely,

    6 vnto the carpenters, and buylders, & masons, and to them yt bie timber & fre stone for the repairinge of the house:

  • Prov 1:17
    69%

    17 But in vayne is ye net layed forth before the byrdes eyes.

  • Luke 14:29
    69%

    29 lest after he hath layed the foundacio, and is not able to perfourme it, all they that se it, begynne to laugh him to scorne,

  • Hag 1:8-9
    2 verses
    69%

    8 get you vp to the mountayne, fetch wod, & buylde vp the house: that it maye be acceptable vnto me, and that I maye shewe myne honoure, saieth the LORDE.

    9 Ye loked for moch, and lo it is come to litle: & though ye brynge it home, yet do I blowe it awaye. And why so, saieth the LORDE of hoostes? Eue because that my house lyeth so waist, and ye renne euery man vnto his owne house.

  • Ps 121:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3 He will not suffre thy fote to be moued, and he yt kepeth the, slepeth not.

    4 Beholde, he that kepeth Israel, doth nether slombre ner slepe.

  • Prov 13:11
    68%

    11 Hastely gotte goodes are soone spent, but they that be gathered together with the hande, shal increase.

  • Ps 11:3
    68%

    3 The very foundacion haue they cast downe, what ca the rightuous the do withall?

  • Ps 124:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1 If the LORDE had not bene of oure syde (now maye Israel saye) Yf the LORDE had not bene of oure syde, whe me rose vp agaynst vs:

    2 They had swalowed vs vp quycke, when they were so wrothfully displeased at vs.

  • Eccl 1:2
    68%

    2 All is but vanite (saieth ye preacher) all is but playne vanite.

  • Prov 19:15
    68%

    15 Slouthfulnes bryngeth slepe, & an ydell soule shal suffer hoger.

  • Ps 132:4
    68%

    4 I wil not suffre myne eyes to slepe, ner myne eye lyddes to slober.

  • Ps 135:2
    68%

    2 Ye yt stode iu ye house of ye LORDE, in the courtes of the house of oure God.

  • Prov 5:10
    67%

    10 That other men be not fylled with thy goodes, & that thy labours come not in a straunge house.

  • Isa 62:6-7
    2 verses
    67%

    6 I wil set watchme vpo thy walles (o Ierusalem) which shall nether ceasse daye nor night, to preach ye LORDE. And ye also shall not kepe him close,

    7 nor leaue to speake of hi, vntill Ierusale be set vp, & made the prayse of the worlde.

  • Jer 29:5
    67%

    5 Buylde you houses to dwell therein: plate you gardes, yt ye maye enioye the frutes thereof:

  • Deut 22:8
    67%

    8 Whan thou buyldest a new house, make a battelment aboute thy rofe, that thou lade not bloude vpon thine house, yf eny man fall therof.

  • Eccl 2:11
    67%

    11 But whan I considered all the workes yt my handes had wrought, and all the labours that I had taken therin: lo, all was but vanite and vexacion of mynde, & nothinge of eny value vnder ye Sonne.

  • Prov 12:11
    67%

    11 He that tilleth his lode, shal haue plenteousnesse of bred: but he yt foloweth ydylnes, is a very foole.

  • Ps 118:22-23
    2 verses
    67%

    22 The same stone which the buylders refused, is become the heade stone in the corner.

    23 This was the LORDES doinge, & it is maruelous in or eyes.

  • Eccl 10:15
    67%

    15 The laboure of ye foolish is greuous vnto the, while they knowe not how to go in to the cite.

  • Prov 4:16
    67%

    16 For they can not slepe, excepte they haue first done some myschefe: nether take they eny rest, excepte they haue first done some harme.

  • Isa 25:2
    67%

    2 Thou makest of townes, heapes of stone: and of head cities, broken walles: The palaces of the wicked destroyest thou out of the citie, that they shal neuer be buylded againe.

  • Ps 129:7
    67%

    7 Wherof the mower fylleth not his hande, nether he that byndeth vp the sheaues, his bosome.

  • Prov 16:3
    67%

    3 Commytte thy workes vnto ye LORDE, and loke what thou deuysest, it shal prospere.

  • Ps 94:17
    67%

    17 Yf the LORDE had not helped me, my soule had allmost bene put to sylence.

  • Ps 147:2
    67%

    2 The LORDE shal buylde vp Ierusale, & gather together ye outcastes of Israel.

  • Prov 9:1
    67%

    1 Wysdome hath buylded herself an house, and hewen out seuen pilers:

  • Hag 1:4
    67%

    4 Ye yor selues can fynde tyme to dwell in syled houses, and shal this house lye waist?