Verse 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.
Referenced Verses
- Isa 28:16 : 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.
- 1 Cor 3:10-15 : 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; 12 and if any one doth build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw -- 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.
- Jude 1:24 : 24 And to Him who is able to guard you not stumbling, and to set `you' in the presence of His glory unblemished, in gladness,
- Ps 62:2 : 2 Only -- He `is' my rock, and my salvation, My tower, I am not much moved.
- Ps 93:3-4 : 3 Floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, Floods have lifted up their voice, Floods lift up their breakers. 4 Than the voices of many mighty waters, Breakers of a sea, mighty on high `is' Jehovah,
- Ps 95:1 : 1 Come, we sing to Jehovah, We shout to the rock of our salvation.
- Ps 125:1-2 : 1 A Song of the Ascents. Those trusting in Jehovah `are' as Mount Zion, It is not moved -- to the age it abideth. 2 Jerusalem! mountains `are' round about her, And Jehovah `is' round about His people, From henceforth even unto the age.
- Prov 10:25 : 25 As the passing by of a hurricane, So the wicked is not, And the righteous is a foundation age-during.
- Isa 26:4 : 4 Trust ye in Jehovah for ever, For in Jah Jehovah `is' a rock of ages,
- Isa 59:19 : 19 And they fear from the west the name of Jehovah, And from the rising of the sun -- His honour, When come in as a flood doth an adversary, The Spirit of Jehovah hath raised an ensign against him.
- Nah 1:8 : 8 And with a flood passing over, An end He maketh of its place, And His enemies doth darkness pursue.
- Matt 7:25-26 : 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;
- John 16:33 : 33 these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage -- I have overcome the world.'
- Acts 14:22 : 22 confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting to remain in the faith, and that through many tribulations it behoveth us to enter into the reign of God,
- Rom 8:35-38 : 35 Who shall separate us from the love of the Christ? tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 (according as it hath been written -- `For Thy sake we are put to death all the day long, we were reckoned as sheep of slaughter,') 37 but in all these we more than conquer, through him who loved us; 38 for I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor messengers, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present,
- Deut 32:15 : 15 And Jeshurun waxeth fat, and doth kick: Thou hast been fat -- thou hast been thick, Thou hast been covered. And he leaveth God who made him, And dishonoureth the Rock of his salvation.
- Deut 32:18 : 18 The Rock that begat thee thou forgettest, And neglectest God who formeth thee.
- Deut 32:31 : 31 For not as our Rock `is' their rock, (And our enemies `are' judges!)
- 1 Sam 2:2 : 2 There is none holy like Jehovah, For there is none save Thee, And there is no rock like our God.
- 2 Sam 22:2 : 2 and he saith: `Jehovah `is' my rock, And my bulwark, and a deliverer to me,
- 2 Sam 22:5 : 5 When the breakers of death compassed me, The streams of the worthless terrify me,
- 2 Sam 22:32 : 32 For who is God save Jehovah? And who a Rock save our God?
- 2 Sam 22:47 : 47 Jehovah liveth, and blessed `is' my Rock, And exalted is my God -- The Rock of my salvation.
- Rev 6:14-17 : 14 and heaven departed as a scroll rolled up, and every mountain and island -- out of their places they were moved; 15 and the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich, and the chiefs of thousands, and the mighty, and every servant, and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens, and in the rocks of the mountains, 16 and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, `Fall upon us, and hide us from the face of Him who is sitting upon the throne, and from the anger of the Lamb,' 17 because come did the great day of His anger, and who is able to stand?
- Ps 32:6 : 6 For this doth every saintly one pray to Thee, As the time to find. Surely at an overflowing of many waters, Unto him they come not.
- Ps 46:1-3 : 1 To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. `For the Virgins.' -- A song. God `is' to us a refuge and strength, A help in adversities found most surely. 2 Therefore we fear not in the changing of earth, And in the slipping of mountains Into the heart of the seas. 3 Roar -- troubled are its waters, Mountains they shake in its pride. Selah.
- 1 Cor 15:55-58 : 55 where, O Death, thy sting? where, O Hades, thy victory?' 56 and the sting of the death `is' the sin, and the power of the sin the law; 57 and to God -- thanks, to Him who is giving us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ; 58 so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.
- Eph 2:20 : 20 being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being chief corner-`stone',
- 2 Tim 2:19 : 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.'
- 1 Pet 2:4-6 : 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;'
- 2 Pet 1:10 : 10 wherefore, the rather, brethren, be diligent to make stedfast your calling and choice, for these things doing, ye may never stumble,
- 2 Pet 3:10-14 : 10 and it will come -- the day of the Lord -- as a thief in the night, in which the heavens with a rushing noise will pass away, and the elements with burning heat be dissolved, and earth and the works in it shall be burnt up. 11 All these, then, being dissolved, what kind of persons doth it behove you to be in holy behaviours and pious acts? 12 waiting for and hasting to the presence of the day of God, by which the heavens, being on fire, shall be dissolved, and the elements with burning heat shall melt; 13 and for new heavens and a new earth according to His promise we do wait, in which righteousness doth dwell; 14 wherefore, beloved, these things waiting for, be diligent, spotless and unblameable, by Him to be found in peace,
- 1 John 2:28 : 28 And now, little children, remain in him, that when he may be manifested, we may have boldness, and may not be ashamed before him, in his presence;
- Rev 20:11-15 : 11 And I saw a great white throne, and Him who is sitting upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven did flee away, and place was not found for them; 12 and I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and scrolls were opened, and another scroll was opened, which is that of the life, and the dead were judged out of the things written in the scrolls -- according to their works; 13 and the sea did give up those dead in it, and the death and the hades did give up the dead in them, and they were judged, each one according to their works; 14 and the death and the hades were cast to the lake of the fire -- this `is' the second death; 15 and if any one was not found written in the scroll of the life, he was cast to the lake of the fire.
- 2 Sam 23:3 : 3 He said -- the God of Israel -- to me, He spake -- the Rock of Israel: He who is ruling over man `is' righteous, He is ruling in the fear of God.