Houses

For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.

And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, — read the full passage →

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;

In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: — read the full passage →

Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. — read the full passage →

Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: — read the full passage →

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:

And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:

And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.

Then went king David in, and sat before the Lord, and he said, Who am I, O Lord God? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. — read the full passage →

Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;

And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the Lord, and that swear by Malcham;

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my wellbeloved Epenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ.

After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. — read the full passage →

Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.

And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.

The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? — read the full passage →

Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.

Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.

And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The Lord seeth us not; the Lord hath forsaken the earth.

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.

Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: — read the full passage →

There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.

And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.

Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; — read the full passage →

Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.

But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?

And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?

The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour. — read the full passage →

O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.

And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it. — read the full passage →

Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying.

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the Lord.

And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: — read the full passage →

And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.

Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;

So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.

And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house.

Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber.

If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

For with God nothing shall be impossible.