1 Corinthians 3:12

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and if any one doth build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw --

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  • Ps 19:10 : 10 They are more desirable than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; and sweeter than honey, Even liquid honey of the comb.
  • Ps 119:72 : 72 Better to me `is' the law of Thy mouth Than thousands of gold and silver!
  • Prov 8:10 : 10 Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.
  • Prov 16:16 : 16 To get wisdom -- how much better than gold, And to get understanding to be chosen than silver!
  • Prov 30:6 : 6 Add not to His words, lest He reason with thee, And thou hast been found false.
  • Isa 54:11-13 : 11 O afflicted, storm-tossed, not comforted, Lo, I am laying with cement thy stones, And have founded thee with sapphires, 12 And have made of agate thy pinnacles, And thy gates of carbuncle stones, And all thy border of stones of delight, 13 And all thy sons are taught of Jehovah, And abundant `is' the peace of thy sons.
  • Isa 60:17 : 17 Instead of the brass I bring in gold, And instead of the iron I bring in silver, And instead of the wood brass, And instead of the stone iron, And I have made thy inspection peace, And thy exactors righteousness.
  • Jer 23:28 : 28 The prophet with whom `is' a dream, Let him recount the dream, And he with whom `is' My word, Let him truly speak My word. What -- to the straw with the corn? An affirmation of Jehovah.
  • Matt 15:6-9 : 6 and he may not honour his father or his mother, and ye did set aside the command of God because of your tradition. 7 `Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, 8 This people doth draw nigh to Me with their mouth, and with the lips it doth honour Me, but their heart is far off from Me; 9 and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings -- commands of men.'
  • Acts 20:30 : 30 and of your own selves there shall arise men, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.
  • Rom 16:17 : 17 And I call upon you, brethren, to mark those who the divisions and the stumbling-blocks, contrary to the teaching that ye did learn, are causing, and turn ye away from them;
  • 2 Cor 2:17 : 17 for we are not as the many, adulterating the word of God, but as of sincerity -- but as of God; in the presence of God, in Christ we do speak.
  • 2 Cor 4:2 : 2 but did renounce for ourselves the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor deceitfully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves unto every conscience of men, before God;
  • Col 2:8 : 8 See that no one shall be carrying you away as spoil through the philosophy and vain deceit, according to the deliverance of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ,
  • Col 2:18-23 : 18 let no one beguile you of your prize, delighting in humble-mindedness and `in' worship of the messengers, intruding into the things he hath not seen, being vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh, 19 and not holding the head, from which all the body -- through the joints and bands gathering supply, and being knit together -- may increase with the increase of God. 20 If, then, ye did die with the Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances? 21 -- thou mayest not touch, nor taste, nor handle -- 22 which are all for destruction with the using, after the commands and teachings of men, 23 which are, indeed, having a matter of wisdom in will-worship, and humble-mindedness, and neglecting of body -- not in any honour, unto a satisfying of the flesh.
  • 1 Tim 4:1-3 : 1 And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons, 2 in hypocrisy speaking lies, being seared in their own conscience, 3 forbidding to marry -- to abstain from meats that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those believing and acknowledging the truth,
  • 1 Tim 4:6-7 : 6 These things placing before the brethren, thou shalt be a good ministrant of Jesus Christ, being nourished by the words of the faith, and of the good teaching, which thou didst follow after, 7 and the profane and old women's fables reject thou, and exercise thyself unto piety,
  • 1 Tim 6:3 : 3 if any one be teaching otherwise, and do not consent to sound words -- those of our Lord Jesus Christ -- and to the teaching according to piety,
  • 2 Tim 2:16-18 : 16 and the profane vain talkings stand aloof from, for to more impiety they will advance, 17 and their word as a gangrene will have pasture, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus, 18 who concerning the truth did swerve, saying the rising again to have already been, and do overthrow the faith of some;
  • 2 Tim 2:20 : 20 And in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth, and some to honour, and some to dishonour:
  • 2 Tim 3:7 : 7 always learning, and never to a knowledge of truth able to come,
  • 2 Tim 3:13 : 13 and evil men and impostors shall advance to the worse, leading astray and being led astray.
  • 2 Tim 4:3 : 3 for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers -- itching in the hearing,
  • Titus 1:9-9 : 9 holding -- according to the teaching -- to the stedfast word, that he may be able also to exhort in the sound teaching, and the gainsayers to convict; 10 for there are many both insubordinate, vain-talkers, and mind-deceivers -- especially they of the circumcision -- 11 whose mouth it behoveth to stop, who whole households do overturn, teaching what things it behoveth not, for filthy lucre's sake.
  • Titus 3:9-9 : 9 and foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about law, stand away from -- for they are unprofitable and vain. 10 A sectarian man, after a first and second admonition be rejecting, 11 having known that he hath been subverted who `is' such, and doth sin, being self-condemned.
  • Heb 13:9 : 9 with teachings manifold and strange be not carried about, for `it is' good that by grace the heart be confirmed, not with meats, in which they who were occupied were not profited;
  • 1 Pet 1:7 : 7 that the proof of your faith -- much more precious than of gold that is perishing, and through fire being approved -- may be found to praise, and honour, and glory, in the revelation of Jesus Christ,
  • Rev 2:14 : 14 `But I have against thee a few things: That thou hast there those holding the teaching of Balaam, who did teach Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the sons of Israel, to eat idol-sacrifices, and to commit whoredom;
  • Rev 3:18 : 18 I counsel thee to buy from me gold fired by fire, that thou mayest be rich, and white garments that thou mayest be arrayed, and the shame of thy nakedness may not be manifest, and with eye-salve anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.
  • Rev 21:18 : 18 and the building of its wall was jasper, and the city `is' pure gold -- like to pure glass;

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  • 1 Cor 3:9-11
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    9 for of God we are fellow-workmen; God's tillage, God's building ye are.

    10 According to the grace of God that was given to me, as a wise master-builder, a foundation I have laid, and another doth build on `it',

    11 for other foundation no one is able to lay except that which is laid, which is Jesus the Christ;

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    13 of each the work shall become manifest, for the day shall declare `it', because in fire it is revealed, and the work of each, what kind it is, the fire shall prove;

    14 if of any one the work doth remain that he built on `it', a wage he shall receive;

    15 if of any the work is burned up, he shall suffer loss; and himself shall be saved, but so as through fire.

    16 have ye not known that ye are a sanctuary of God, and the Spirit of God doth dwell in you?

    17 if any one the sanctuary of God doth waste, him shall God waste; for the sanctuary of God is holy, the which ye are.

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    19 sure, nevertheless, hath the foundation of God stood, having this seal, `The Lord hath known those who are His,' and `Let him depart from unrighteousness -- every one who is naming the name of Christ.'

    20 And in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth, and some to honour, and some to dishonour:

    21 if, then, any one may cleanse himself from these, he shall be a vessel to honour, sanctified and profitable to the master -- to every good work having been prepared,

  • Eph 2:20-22
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    20 being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being chief corner-`stone',

    21 in whom all the building fitly framed together doth increase to an holy sanctuary in the Lord,

    22 in whom also ye are builded together, for a habitation of God in the Spirit.

  • 7 that the proof of your faith -- much more precious than of gold that is perishing, and through fire being approved -- may be found to praise, and honour, and glory, in the revelation of Jesus Christ,

  • 1 Pet 2:4-7
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    4 to whom coming -- a living stone -- by men, indeed, having been disapproved of, but with God choice, precious,

    5 and ye yourselves, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

    6 Wherefore, also, it is contained in the Writing: `Lo, I lay in Zion a chief corner-stone, choice, precious, and he who is believing on him may not be put to shame;'

    7 to you, then, who are believing `is' the preciousness; and to the unbelieving, a stone that the builders disapproved of, this one did become for the head of a corner,

  • 4 for every house is builded by some one, and He who the all things did build `is' God,

  • 48 he is like to a man building a house, who did dig, and deepen, and laid a foundation upon the rock, and a flood having come, the stream broke forth on that house, and was not able to shake it, for it had been founded upon the rock.

  • 19 treasuring up to themselves a right foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on the life age-during.

  • 16 Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: `Lo, I am laying a foundation in Zion, A stone -- a tried stone, a corner stone precious, a settled foundation, He who is believing doth not make haste.

  • 29 lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may begin to mock him,

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    10 And the foundation `is' of precious stone, great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits;

    11 and above `are' precious stone, according to the measures of hewn work, and cedar;

  • 9 and already also the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree, therefore, not making good fruit is cut down, and to fire it is cast.'

  • Ezek 15:3-4
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    3 Is wood taken from it to use for work? Do they take of it a pin to hang any vessel on it?

    4 Lo, to the fire it hath been given for fuel, Its two ends hath the fire eaten, And its midst hath been scorched! Is it profitable for work?

  • 3 By wisdom is a house builded, And by understanding it establisheth itself.

  • 11 All these, then, being dissolved, what kind of persons doth it behove you to be in holy behaviours and pious acts?

  • 10 and now also, the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree therefore not bearing good fruit is hewn down, and to fire is cast.

  • 11 `This is the stone that was set at nought by you -- the builders, that became head of a corner;

  • 1 For we have known that if our earthly house of the tabernacle may be thrown down, a building from God we have, an house not made with hands -- age-during -- in the heavens,

  • 21 A refining pot `is' for silver, and a furnace for gold, And a man according to his praise.

  • Matt 7:24-26
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    24 `Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock;

    25 and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell not, for it had been founded on the rock.

    26 `And every one who is hearing of me these words, and is not doing them, shall be likened to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand;

  • 3 your gold and silver have rotted, and the rust of them for a testimony shall be to you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye made treasure in the last days!

  • 3 A refining pot `is' for silver, and a furnace for gold, And the trier of hearts `is' Jehovah.

  • 2 and with all my power I have prepared for the house of my God, the gold for `things of' gold, and the silver for `those of' silver, and the brass for `those of' brass, the iron for `those of' iron, and the wood for `those of' wood, shoham stones, and settings, and stones of painting and of diverse colours, and all `kinds of' precious stone, and stones of white marble, in abundance.

  • 19 Every tree not yielding good fruit is cut down and is cast to fire:

  • 4 three rows of rolled stones, and a row of new wood, and the outlay let be given out of the king's house.

  • 6 if any one may not remain in me, he was cast forth without as the branch, and was withered, and they gather them, and cast to fire, and they are burned;

  • 15 `And with thee in abundance `are' workmen, hewers and artificers of stone and of wood, and every skilful man for every work.

  • 19 and the foundations of the wall of the city with every precious stone have been adorned; the first foundation jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;

  • 6 On what have its sockets been sunk? Or who hath cast its corner-stone?

  • 6 A place of the sapphire `are' its stones, And it hath dust of gold.

  • 19 The graven image poured out hath a artizan, And a refiner with gold spreadeth it over, And chains of silver he is refining.

  • 11 For a stone from the wall doth cry out, And a holdfast from the wood answereth it.