Luke 14:30

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They will say,‘This man began to build and was not able to finish!’

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  • Matt 7:27 : 27 The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed– it was utterly destroyed!”
  • Matt 27:3-8 : 3 Judas’ Suicide Now when Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders, 4 saying,“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!” But they said,“What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!” 5 So Judas threw the silver coins into the temple and left. Then he went out and hanged himself. 6 The chief priests took the silver and said,“It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.” 7 After consulting together they bought the Potter’s Field with it, as a burial place for foreigners. 8 For this reason that field has been called the“Field of Blood” to this day.
  • Acts 1:18-19 : 18 (Now this man Judas acquired a field with the reward of his unjust deed, and falling headfirst he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out. 19 This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so that in their own language they called that field Hakeldama, that is,“Field of Blood.”)
  • 1 Cor 3:11-14 : 11 For no one can lay any foundation other than what is being laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 If anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, 13 each builder’s work will be plainly seen, for the Day will make it clear, because it will be revealed by fire. And the fire will test what kind of work each has done. 14 If what someone has built survives, he will receive a reward.
  • Heb 6:4-8 : 4 For it is impossible in the case of those who have once been enlightened, tasted the heavenly gift, become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 tasted the good word of God and the miracles of the coming age, 6 and then have committed apostasy, to renew them again to repentance, since they are crucifying the Son of God for themselves all over again and holding him up to contempt. 7 For the ground that has soaked up the rain that frequently falls on it and yields useful vegetation for those who tend it receives a blessing from God. 8 But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is useless and about to be cursed; its fate is to be burned.
  • Heb 6:11 : 11 But we passionately want each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of your hope until the end,
  • Heb 10:38 : 38 But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.
  • 2 Pet 2:19-22 : 19 Although these false teachers promise such people freedom, they themselves are enslaved to immorality. For whatever a person succumbs to, to that he is enslaved. 20 For if after they have escaped the filthy things of the world through the rich knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again get entangled in them and succumb to them, their last state has become worse for them than their first. 21 For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment that had been delivered to them. 22 They are illustrations of this true proverb:“A dog returns to its own vomit,” and“A sow, after washing herself, wallows in the mire.”
  • 2 John 1:8 : 8 Watch out, so that you do not lose the things we have worked for, but receive a full reward.

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  • Luke 14:27-29
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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?

    29Otherwise, 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.

  • Luke 14:31-33
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    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?

    32If he cannot succeed, he will send a representative while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace.

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

  • 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!”

  • 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!”

  • 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!”

  • 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.

  • Luke 12:16-18
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    16He then told them a parable:“The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,

    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.

  • 1 Cor 3:10-11
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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.

  • Mark 14:58
    69%

    58“We heard him say,‘I will destroy this temple made with hands and in three days build another not made with hands.’”

  • 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,

  • 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.”

  • 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.’

  • 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’?

  • Neh 4:10-11
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    10Then those in Judah said,“The strength of the laborers has failed! The debris is so great that we are unable to rebuild the wall.”

    11Our adversaries also boasted,“Before they are aware or anticipate anything, we will come in among them and kill them, and we will bring this work to a halt!”

  • 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 12:14
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    14If he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; if he imprisons a person, there is no escape.

  • 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.

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

  • Dan 4:30
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    30The king uttered these words:“Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence by my own mighty strength and for my majestic honor?”

  • Job 3:14
    67%

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

  • 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 12:20-21
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    20But God said to him,‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

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

  • 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.

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

  • Matt 26:61
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    61and declared,“This man said,‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”

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

  • Ezek 13:15
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    15I will vent my rage against the wall, and against those who coated it with whitewash. Then I will say to you,“The wall is no more and those who whitewashed it are no more–

  • 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.

  • Neh 4:6
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    6So we rebuilt the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height. The people were enthusiastic in their work.

  • Eccl 10:14
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    14yet a fool keeps on babbling. No one knows what will happen; who can tell him what will happen in the future?

  • Prov 14:1
    66%

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

  • Prov 24:31
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    31I saw that thorns had grown up all over it, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down.

  • 1 Kgs 6:14
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    14So Solomon finished building the temple.

  • Mark 3:25
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    25If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

  • Luke 14:16
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    16But Jesus said to him,“A man once gave a great banquet and invited many guests.