House

Jesus answered and said to him, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;'

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

for every house is builded by some one, and He who the all things did build <FI>is<Fi> God,

Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down.

and they said, `Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved--thou and thy house;'

And by knowledge the inner parts are filled, <FI>With<Fi> all precious and pleasant wealth.

in the house of my Father are many mansions; and if not, I would have told you; I go on to prepare a place for you;

and if wrong in your eyes to serve Jehovah--choose for you to-day whom ye do serve; --whether the gods whom your fathers served, which <FI>are<Fi> beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorite in whose land ye are dwelling; and I and my house--we serve Jehovah.'

I have brought them unto My holy mountain, And caused them to rejoice in My house of prayer, Their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices <FI>Are<Fi> for a pleasing thing on Mine altar, For My house, `A house of prayer,' Is called for all the peoples.

`Jehovah commandeth with thee the blessing in thy storehouses, and in every putting forth of thy hand, and hath blessed thee in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

`And the authorities have spoken unto the people, saying, Who <FI>is<Fi> the man that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? --let him go and turn back to his house, lest he die in battle, and another man dedicate it.

And it cometh to pass after the death of Moses, servant of Jehovah, that Jehovah speaketh unto Joshua son of Nun, minister of Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them, `Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated, and no city or house having been divided against itself, doth stand,

`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; — read the full passage →

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the apostle and chief priest of our profession, Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

and if a house against itself be divided, that house cannot be made to stand;

for he was looking for the city having the foundations, whose artificer and constructor <FI>is<Fi> God.

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service;

Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →

A Song of the Ascents, by Solomon. If Jehovah doth not build the house, In vain have its builders laboured at it, If Jehovah doth not watch a city, In vain hath a watchman waked.

and he saith to them, `It hath been written, My house a house of prayer shall be called, but ye did make it a den of robbers.'

And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place, — read the full passage →