Bible verses about "foundation" | Worsley

¹¹ For no one can lay any other foundation, but that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ: and if any build upon this foundation gold,

²⁰ being studious however so to preach the gospel, not where Christ had been named, least I should build upon another man's foundation;

¹⁰ For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose maker and founder is God.

¹⁶ and is profitable for doctrine, for conviction, for correction, for instruction in righteousness; ¹⁷ Do ye therefore, beloved, as ye know these things before, take heed least being seduced together with them by the error of the wicked, ye should fall from your own stedfastness.

¹⁶ for by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers; all were created by Him, and for Him. ¹⁷ He is before all, and by Him all things subsist.

¹⁹ However, the foundation of God standeth firm, having this inscription, The Lord knoweth them that are his; and, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

⁴⁶ But why do ye call me, Lord, Lord, and do not practise what I teach you? ⁴⁷ Whosoever cometh unto me, and heareth my instructions, and observeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: ⁴⁸ he is like a man who in building an house digged deep, and laid the foundation upon a rock; and when a flood came, the torrent beat violently against that house, but could not shake it, for it was founded upon a rock.

¹¹ For no one can lay any other foundation, but that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ: and if any build upon this foundation gold, ¹² silver, precious stones, or wood, hay, stubble; ¹³ every man's work shall be made manifest. For the great day will shew it; because it will be discovered by fire, and the fire will prove every man's work of what sort it is.

²⁴ Whoever therefore heareth these words of mine, and performeth them, I will compare him to a prudent man, who built his house on a rock: