Luke 6:48
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48 he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.[a]
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- Luke 6:48 Some manuscripts founded upon the rock
1 Corinthians 3:10-15
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10 (A)According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled[a] master builder I laid a (B)foundation, and (C)someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. 11 For no one can lay a (D)foundation other (E)than that which is laid, (F)which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— 13 (G)each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed (H)by fire, and (I)the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. 14 If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, (J)he will receive a reward. 15 If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, (K)but only as through fire.
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- 1 Corinthians 3:10 Or wise
Matthew 7:25-26
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25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like (A)a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
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Psalm 62:2
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Isaiah 28:16
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16 therefore thus says the Lord God,
(A)“Behold, I am the one who has laid[a] as a foundation (B)in Zion,
a stone, a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation:
‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’
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- Isaiah 28:16 Dead Sea Scroll I am laying
Jude 24
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Doxology
24 (A)Now to him who is able (B)to keep you from stumbling and (C)to present you (D)blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy,
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Isaiah 26:4
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4 Trust in the Lord forever,
for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.
1 Peter 2:4-6
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4 As you come to him, a living stone (A)rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, 5 (B)you yourselves like living stones are being built up as (C)a spiritual house, to be (D)a holy priesthood, (E)to offer spiritual sacrifices (F)acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For it stands in Scripture:
(G)“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone,
a cornerstone chosen and precious,
(H)and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”
Ephesians 2:20
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20 (A)built on the foundation of the (B)apostles and prophets, (C)Christ Jesus himself being (D)the cornerstone,
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1 John 2:28
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Children of God
28 And now, little children, abide in him, so that (A)when he appears (B)we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his (C)coming.
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2 Timothy 2:19
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19 But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: (A)“The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone (B)who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.”
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Psalm 32:6
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6 Therefore let everyone who is (A)godly
offer prayer to you at a time when you (B)may be found;
surely in the rush of (C)great waters,
they shall not reach him.
2 Samuel 22:32
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32 “For who is God, but the Lord?
(A)And who is a rock, except our God?
Revelation 6:14-17
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14 (A)The sky vanished (B)like a scroll that is being rolled up, and (C)every mountain and island was removed from its place. 15 Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave[a] and free, (D)hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, 16 (E)calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of (F)him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, 17 for (G)the great day of their wrath has come, and (H)who can stand?”
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- Revelation 6:15 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
Proverbs 10:25
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2 Samuel 22:47
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1 Corinthians 15:55-58
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55 (A)“O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”
56 The sting of death is sin, and (B)the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, (C)who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 (D)Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in (E)the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord (F)your labor is not in vain.
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Romans 8:35-38
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35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written,
(A)“For your sake (B)we are being killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
37 No, in all these things we are more than (C)conquerors through (D)him who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers,
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Isaiah 59:19
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19 (A)So they shall fear the name of the Lord from the west,
and his glory from the rising of the sun;
(B)for he will come like a rushing stream,[a]
which the wind of the Lord drives.
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- Isaiah 59:19 Hebrew a narrow river
Psalm 125:1-2
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The Lord Surrounds His People
A Song of (A)Ascents.
125 Those who (B)trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,
which (C)cannot be moved, but abides forever.
2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
so (D)the Lord surrounds his people,
from this time forth and forevermore.
2 Peter 1:10
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10 Therefore, brothers,[a] be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and (A)election, for if you practice these qualities (B)you will never fall.
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- 2 Peter 1:10 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters
Acts 14:22
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22 (A)strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them (B)to continue in (C)the faith, and saying that (D)through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
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Nahum 1:8
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8 But (A)with an overflowing flood
he will make a complete end of the adversaries,[a]
and (B)will pursue his enemies into darkness.
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- Nahum 1:8 Hebrew of her place
Psalm 95:1
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Let Us Sing Songs of Praise
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