Topic
Houses
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For every house is built by someone; but he who built all things is God.
It shall be, when Yahweh your God brings you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you, great and goodly cities, which you didn’t build, — read the full passage →
For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
My people will live in a peaceful habitation, in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?
I gave you a land whereon you had not labored, and cities which you didn’t build, and you live in them. You eat of vineyards and olive groves which you didn’t plant.’
Build houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat their fruit.
In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.
Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in Yahweh’s house forever.
Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established; — read the full passage →
Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.
They shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat their fruit. — read the full passage →
Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, “Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.
“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock. — read the full passage →
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.
The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.
Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.
If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”
yes, making it my aim to preach the Good News, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build on another’s foundation.
to the beloved Apphia, to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the assembly in your house:
being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;
For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Please let us make a little room on the wall. Let us set for him there a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp stand. It shall be, when he comes to us, that he shall turn in there.”
Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he said, “Who am I, Lord Yahweh, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?
Into whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house.’
Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool. — read the full passage →
lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built fine houses, and lived in them;
those who worship the army of the sky on the housetops, those who worship and swear by Yahweh and also swear by Malcam,
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,
When they had come in, they went up into the upper room, where they were staying; that is Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.
Greet the assembly that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first fruits of Achaia to Christ.
Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two ahead of him into every city and place, where he was about to come. — read the full passage →
Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars.
Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.
Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the assembly that is in his house.
And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,
For at the window of my house, I looked out through my lattice.
Yahweh’s curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.
You shall be blessed when you come in, and you shall be blessed when you go out.
As they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.
Now therefore let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you; for you, Lord Yahweh, have spoken it. Let the house of your servant be blessed forever with your blessing.”
You shall tell him, ‘Long life to you! Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.
The assemblies of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla greet you much in the Lord, together with the assembly that is in their house.
Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →
Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
He said to her, “Give me your son.” He took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the room where he stayed, and laid him on his own bed.
Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let us press on to perfection—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God,
Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.
A man’s heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.
They said one to another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.
My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
Now on the next day as they were on their journey, and got close to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray at about noon.
“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. — read the full passage →
Therefore they will be like the morning mist, and like the dew that passes away early, like the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor, and like the smoke out of the chimney.
Then he said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his rooms of imagery? for they say, Yahweh doesn’t see us; Yahweh has forsaken the land.
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than to share a house with a contentious woman.
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →
who was faithful to him who appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house.
Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house.
who says, I will build me a wide house and spacious rooms, and cuts him out windows; and it is ceiling with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you; — read the full passage →
There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.
Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →
So the people went out, and brought them, and made themselves booths, everyone on the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of God’s house, and in the broad place of the water gate, and in the broad place of the gate of Ephraim.
The king commanded, and they cut out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.
Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing; — read the full passage →
Because it is contained in Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen, and precious: He who believes in him will not be disappointed.”
but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up.
They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart,
Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.
and wherever he enters in, tell the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’
The second is like this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’There is no other commandment greater than these.”
The burden of the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?
The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor. — read the full passage →
Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
He made the porch of the throne where he was to judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.
“‘If a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it has been sold. For a full year he shall have the right of redemption. — read the full passage →
Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.
Thinking about that, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was called Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.
The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
They shall not take of you a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but you shall be desolate for ever, says Yahweh.
and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth, even all the houses on whose roofs they have burned incense to all the army of the sky, and have poured out drink offerings to other gods.
Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with the food that is needful for me; — read the full passage →
he led them also by a straight way, that they might go to a city to live in.
Whereupon were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,
In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning God’s house at Jerusalem, let the house be built, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let its foundations be strongly laid; its height sixty cubits, and its breadth sixty cubits;
So they spread Absalom a tent on the top of the house; and Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
When they had come down from the high place into the city, he talked with Saul on the housetop.
Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. They built storage cities for Pharaoh: Pithom and Raamses. — read the full passage →
In those days, she fell sick, and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in an upper room.
If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
For everything spoken by God is possible.”
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