Strong Foundation

`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 →

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.

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

Every one who is coming unto me, and is hearing my words, and is doing them, I will shew you to whom he is like; — read the full passage →

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.

`And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it;

When the foundations are destroyed, The righteous--what hath he done?

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

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.'

of each the work shall become manifest, for the day shall declare <FI>it<Fi> , because in fire it is revealed, and the work of each, what kind it is, the fire shall prove; — read the full passage →

A stone the builders refused Hath become head of a corner.

And they respond in praising and in giving thanks to Jehovah, for good, for to the age His kindness <FI>is<Fi> over Israel, and all the people have shouted--a great shout--in giving praise to Jehovah, because the house of Jehovah hath been founded.

Then, therefore, ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens of the saints, and of the household of God, — read the full passage →

to whom coming--a living stone--by men, indeed, having been disapproved of, but with God choice, precious, — read the full passage →

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

`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;

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

in this shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye may have love one to another.'

Thus said Jehovah: The heavens <FI>are<Fi> My throne, And the earth My footstool, Where <FI>is<Fi> this--the house that ye build for Me? And where <FI>is<Fi> this--the place--My rest? — read the full passage →

being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being chief corner-<FI> stone<Fi> ,

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 <FI>it<Fi> ,

as also in all the epistles, speaking in them concerning these things, among which things are certain hard to be understood, which the untaught and unstable do wrest, as also the other Writings, unto their own destruction.

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;'

And the king commandeth, and they bring great stones, precious stone, to lay the foundation of the house, hewn stones;

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

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.

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 <FI>it<Fi> , — read the full passage →

and above all these things, <FI>have<Fi> love, which is a bond of the perfection,

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;

Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my rock, and my bulwark, And my deliverer, My God <FI>is<Fi> my rock, I trust in Him: My shield, and a horn of my salvation, My high tower.

And Joshua adjureth <FI>them<Fi> at that time, saying, `Cursed <FI>is<Fi> the man before Jehovah who raiseth up and hath built this city, <FI>even<Fi> Jericho; in his first-born he doth lay its foundation, and in his youngest he doth set up its doors;'

and the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

<FI> Nun.<Fi> A lamp to my foot <FI>is<Fi> Thy word, And a light to my path.

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.'

`Blessed <FI>art<Fi> thou in thy coming in, and blessed <FI>art<Fi> thou in thy going out.

Jesus saith to them, `Did ye never read in the Writings, A stone that the builders disallowed, it became head of a corner; from the Lord hath this come to pass, and it is wonderful in our eyes.

`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah thy God in every <FI>place<Fi> whither thou goest.'

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

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

and so counting it honour to proclaim good news, not where Christ was named--that upon another's foundation I might not build--

Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Let your hands be strong, Ye who are hearing in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets, That in the day the house of Jehovah of Hosts Hath been founded, the temple <FI>is<Fi> to be built.

as, then, ye did receive Christ Jesus the Lord, in him walk ye, — read the full passage →

As the passing by of a hurricane, So the wicked is not, And the righteous is a foundation age-during.

whose adorning--let it not be that which is outward, of plaiting of hair, and of putting around of things of gold, or of putting on of garments, — read the full passage →

to whom coming--a living stone--by men, indeed, having been disapproved of, but with God choice, precious,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

And thou, Beth-Lehem Ephratah, Little to be among the chiefs of Judah! From thee to Me he cometh forth--to be ruler in Israel, And his comings forth <FI>are<Fi> of old, From the days of antiquity.

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

For a fire hath been kindled in Mine anger, And it burneth unto Sheol--the lowest, And consumeth earth and its increase, And setteth on fire foundations of mountains.

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

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

The Visions of Isaiah son of Amoz, that he hath seen concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

In the fourth year hath the house of Jehovah been founded, in the month Zif,

Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering,

with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love,

O afflicted, storm-tossed, not comforted, Lo, I am laying with cement thy stones, And have founded thee with sapphires,

For better <FI>is<Fi> her merchandise Than the merchandise of silver, And than gold--her increase.

There is none holy like Jehovah, For there is none save Thee, And there is no rock like our God.

Jehovah liveth, and blessed <FI>is<Fi> my Rock, And exalted is my God--The Rock of my salvation.

Hands of Zerubbabel did found this house, And his hands do finish it, And thou hast known that Jehovah of Hosts Hath sent me unto you.

`And he who heard and did not, is like to a man having builded a house upon the earth, without a foundation, against which the stream brake forth, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house became great.'

And I have broken down the wall that ye daubed with chalk, And have caused it to come unto the earth, And revealed hath been its foundation, And it hath fallen, And ye have been consumed in its midst, And ye have known that I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

and suddenly a great earthquake came, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken, opened also presently were all the doors, and of all--the bands were loosed;

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

For not as our Rock <FI>is<Fi> their rock, (And our enemies <FI>are<Fi> judges!)

And seen are the streams of the sea, Revealed are foundations of the world, By the rebuke of Jehovah, From the breath of the spirit of His anger.

Paul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother, — read the full passage →

And the fathers! provoke not your children, but nourish them in the instruction and admonition of the Lord.

Set <FI>it<Fi> , I pray you, to your heart, from this day and onwards, from the twenty and fourth day of the ninth <FI>month<Fi> , even from the day that the temple of Jehovah hath been founded, set <FI>it<Fi> to your heart.

And Jehovah God formeth the man--dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

Who is saying of Cyrus, My shepherd, And all my delight He doth perfect, So as to say of Jerusalem, Thou art built, And of the temple, Thou art founded.

`In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king hath made a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: the house let be builded in the place where they are sacrificing sacrifices, and its foundations strongly laid; its height sixty cubits, its breadth sixty cubits;

For who <FI>is<Fi> God besides Jehovah? And who <FI>is<Fi> a rock save our God?

let no one despise thy youth, but a pattern become thou of those believing in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity;

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.'

and, `Thou, at the beginning, Lord, the earth didst found, and a work of thy hands are the heavens;

giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men.

Every one who is coming unto me, and is hearing my words, and is doing them, I will shew you to whom he is like;

he who hath believed, and hath been baptized, shall be saved; and he who hath not believed, shall be condemned.

The heart of man deviseth his way, And Jehovah establisheth his step.

Only--He <FI>is<Fi> my rock, and my salvation, My tower, I am not much moved.

Every one who is coming unto me, and is hearing my words, and is doing them, I will shew you to whom he is like; — read the full passage →

A tower of strength <FI>is<Fi> the name of Jehovah, Into it the righteous runneth, and is set on high.

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

Beforetime the earth Thou didst found, And the work of Thy hands <FI>are<Fi> the heavens.

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

Jesus said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham's coming--I am;'

Wherefore, having left the word of the beginning of the Christ, unto the perfection we may advance, not again a foundation laying of reformation from dead works, and of faith on God, — read the full passage →

And in the house again his disciples of the same thing questioned him,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.

Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion, — read the full passage →

And they have built out of thee the wastes of old, The foundations of many generations thou raisest up, And one calleth thee, `Repairer of the breach, Restorer of paths to rest in.'

Ye, then, beloved, knowing before, take heed, lest, together with the error of the impious being led away, ye may fall from your own stedfastness,

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth did pass away, and the sea is not any more; — read the full passage →

`And why do ye call me, Lord, Lord, and do not what I say? — read the full passage →

Jesus saith to them, `Did ye never read in the Writings, A stone that the builders disallowed, it became head of a corner; from the Lord hath this come to pass, and it is wonderful in our eyes. — read the full passage →