Psalm 127:1
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Unless the Lord Builds the House
A Song of (A)Ascents. Of Solomon.
127 Unless the Lord builds the house,
those who build it labor in vain.
Unless the Lord (B)watches over the city,
the watchman stays awake in vain.
Proverbs 16:9
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1 Corinthians 3:7
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7 So (A)neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.
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Proverbs 21:30-31
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30 (A)No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel
can avail against the Lord.
31 (B)The horse is made ready for the day of battle,
but (C)the victory belongs to the Lord.
1 Corinthians 3:9-15
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9 For we are (A)God's fellow workers. You are God's field, (B)God's building.
10 (C)According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled[a] master builder I laid a (D)foundation, and (E)someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. 11 For no one can lay a (F)foundation other (G)than that which is laid, (H)which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— 13 (I)each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed (J)by fire, and (K)the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. 14 If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, (L)he will receive a reward. 15 If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, (M)but only as through fire.
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- 1 Corinthians 3:10 Or wise
Psalm 33:16-18
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16 (A)The king is not saved by his great army;
a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.
17 (B)The war horse is a false hope for salvation,
and by its great might it cannot rescue.
18 Behold, (C)the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,
(D)on those who hope in his steadfast love,
Psalm 124:1
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Psalm 121:3-5
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3 He will not (A)let your foot be moved;
he who (B)keeps you will not slumber.
4 Behold, he who keeps Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
Isaiah 62:6
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6 On your walls, O Jerusalem,
I have set (A)watchmen;
all the day and all the night
they shall never be silent.
You who put the Lord in remembrance,
take no rest,
1 Chronicles 28:10
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10 Be careful now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; (A)be strong and do it.”
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Jeremiah 51:12
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12 (A)“Set up a standard against the walls of Babylon;
(B)make the watch strong;
set up watchmen;
prepare the ambushes;
(C)for the Lord has both planned and done
what he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.
1 Chronicles 28:20
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20 Then David said to Solomon his son, (A)“Be strong and courageous and do it. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for the Lord God, even my God, is with you. He will not leave you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of the Lord is finished.
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1 Corinthians 15:14
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14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.
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Psalm 121:1
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Psalm 123:1
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Psalm 120:1
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Deliver Me, O Lord
A Song of (A)Ascents.
120 In my distress I called to the Lord,
and he answered me.
Psalm 125:1
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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.
Psalm 78:69
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69 He (A)built his sanctuary like the high heavens,
like the earth, which he has founded forever.
1 Chronicles 22:10-11
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10 (A)He shall build a house for my name. (B)He shall be my son, and I will be his father, and I will establish his royal throne in Israel forever.’
11 “Now, my son, (C)the Lord be with you, so that you may succeed in building the house of the Lord your God, as he has spoken concerning you.
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Isaiah 56:10
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10 (A)His watchmen are blind;
they are all without knowledge;
they are all silent (B)dogs;
they cannot bark,
dreaming, lying down,
loving to slumber.
Ecclesiastes 9:11
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Psalm 126:1
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Zechariah 2:4-5
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4 and said to him, “Run, say to that young man, (A)‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited (B)as villages without walls, because of (C)the multitude of people and livestock in it. 5 And I will be to her (D)a wall of fire all around, declares the Lord, and I will be the glory in her midst.’”
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Isaiah 21:5-12
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5 (A)They prepare the table,
they spread the rugs,[a]
they eat, they drink.
Arise, O princes;
(B)oil the shield!
6 For thus the Lord said to me:
“Go, set a watchman;
let him announce what he sees.
7 When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs,
riders on donkeys, riders on camels,
let him listen diligently,
very diligently.”
8 Then he who saw cried out:[b]
(C)“Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord,
continually by day,
and at my post I am stationed
whole nights.
9 And behold, here come riders,
horsemen in pairs!”
(D)And he answered,
(E)“Fallen, fallen is Babylon;
(F)and all the carved images of her gods
he has shattered to the ground.”
10 O (G)my threshed and winnowed one,
what I have heard from the Lord of hosts,
the God of Israel, I announce to you.
11 The (H)oracle concerning (I)Dumah.
One is calling to me from (J)Seir,
“Watchman, what time of the night?
Watchman, what time of the night?”
12 The watchman says:
“Morning comes, and also (K)the night.
If you will inquire, (L)inquire;
come back again.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 21:5 Or they set the watchman
- Isaiah 21:8 Dead Sea Scroll, Syriac; Masoretic Text Then a lion cried out, or Then he cried out like a lion
Psalm 122:1
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Let Us Go to the House of the Lord
A Song of (A)Ascents. Of David.
122 I was glad when they said to me,
(B)“Let us go to the house of the Lord!”
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