Luke 14:29

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Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish the tower, all who see it will begin to make fun of him.

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  • Luke 14:30-31
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    30They will say,‘This man began to build and was not able to finish!’

    31Or what king, going out to confront another king in battle, will not sit down first and determine whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

  • Luke 14:27-28
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    27Whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

    28For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t sit down first and compute the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it?

  • Luke 6:48-49
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    48He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep, and laid the foundation on bedrock. When a flood came, the river burst against that house but could not shake it, because it had been well built.

    49But the person who hears and does not put my words into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against that house, it collapsed immediately, and was utterly destroyed!”

  • 1 Cor 3:10-12
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    10According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master-builder I laid a foundation, but someone else builds on it. And each one must be careful how he builds.

    11For no one can lay any foundation other than what is being laid, which is Jesus Christ.

    12If anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,

  • Matt 7:24-27
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    24Hearing and Doing“Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock.

    25The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because its foundation had been laid on rock.

    26Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

    27The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed– it was utterly destroyed!”

  • Gen 11:4
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    4Then they said,“Come, let’s build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens so that we may make a name for ourselves. Otherwise we will be scattered across the face of the entire earth.”

  • Mark 15:29
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    29Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads and saying,“Aha! You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

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

  • Mark 13:2
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    2Jesus said to him,“Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!”

  • Ps 127:1
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    1A song of ascents, by Solomon. If the LORD does not build a house, then those who build it work in vain. If the LORD does not guard a city, then the watchman stands guard in vain.

  • Luke 12:17-18
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    17so he thought to himself,‘What should I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’

    18Then he said,‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

  • Jer 22:13-14
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    13Judgment on Jehoiakim“‘Sure to be judged is the king who builds his palace using injustice and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms. He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor.

    14He says,“I will build myself a large palace with spacious upper rooms.” He cuts windows in its walls, panels it with cedar, and paints its rooms red.

  • 2 Cor 9:4
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    4For if any of the Macedonians should come with me and find that you are not ready to give, we would be humiliated(not to mention you) by this confidence we had in you.

  • Ezek 13:12
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    12When the wall has collapsed, people will ask you,“Where is the whitewash you coated it with?”

  • 1 Cor 3:14
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    14If what someone has built survives, he will receive a reward.

  • Neh 4:1
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    1Opposition to the Work Continues(3:33) Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall he became angry and was quite upset. He derided the Jews,

  • Eccl 10:18
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    18Because of laziness the roof caves in, and because of idle hands the house leaks.

  • Luke 20:17
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    17But Jesus looked straight at them and said,“Then what is the meaning of that which is written:‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?

  • Luke 6:39
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    39He also told them a parable:“Someone who is blind cannot lead another who is blind, can he? Won’t they both fall into a pit?

  • Acts 13:40
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    40Watch out, then, that what is spoken about by the prophets does not happen to you:

  • Prov 17:5
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    5The one who mocks the poor has insulted his Creator; whoever rejoices over disaster will not go unpunished.

  • Ezra 5:16
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    16Then this Sheshbazzar went and laid the foundations of the temple of God in Jerusalem. From that time to the present moment it has been in the process of being rebuilt, although it is not yet finished.’

  • Prov 14:1
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    1Every wise woman has built her household, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.

  • Luke 12:21
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    21So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God.”

  • Mark 13:36
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    36or else he might find you asleep when he returns suddenly.

  • Job 27:18
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    18The house he builds is as fragile as a moth’s cocoon, like a hut that a watchman has made.

  • Matt 24:2
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    2And he said to them,“Do you see all these things? I tell you the truth, not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!”

  • Luke 21:6
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    6“As for these things that you are gazing at, the days will come when not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!”

  • Job 3:14
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    14with kings and counselors of the earth who built for themselves places now desolate,

  • Gal 6:7
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    7Do not be deceived. God will not be made a fool. For a person will reap what he sows,

  • Luke 14:33
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    33In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.

  • Deut 8:12
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    12When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses,

  • Mark 13:15
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    15The one on the roof must not come down or go inside to take anything out of his house.

  • Heb 4:11
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    11Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.

  • Luke 14:7
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    7On Seeking Seats of Honor Then when Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. He said to them,

  • Lev 14:42
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    42They are then to take other stones and replace those stones, and he is to take other plaster and replaster the house.

  • Isa 28:22
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    22So now, do not mock, or your chains will become heavier! For I have heard a message about decreed destruction, from the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, against the entire land.

  • Eccl 9:14
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    14There was once a small city with a few men in it, and a mighty king attacked it, besieging it and building strong siege works against it.

  • Mark 12:10
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    10Have you not read this scripture:‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.