Psalms 127:1 Cross References
Psalms 127:1
1: Unless the LORD builds a house, the work of the builders is useless. Unless the LORD protects a city, guarding it with sentries will do no good.
Proverbs 16:9
- We can make our plans, but the LORD determines our steps.
1 Corinthians 3:7
- The ones who do the planting or watering aren't important, but God is important because he is the one who makes the seed grow.
1 Corinthians 3:9
- We work together as partners who belong to God. You are God's field, God's building--not ours.
- Because of God's special favor to me, I have laid the foundation like an expert builder. Now others are building on it. But whoever is building on this foundation must be very careful.
- For no one can lay any other foundation than the one we already have--Jesus Christ.
- Now anyone who builds on that foundation may use gold, silver, jewels, wood, hay, or straw.
- But there is going to come a time of testing at the judgment day to see what kind of work each builder has done. Everyone's work will be put through the fire to see whether or not it keeps its value.
Proverbs 21:30
- Human plans, no matter how wise or well advised, cannot stand against the LORD.
- The horses are prepared for battle, but the victory belongs to the LORD.
Psalms 33:16
- The best-equipped army cannot save a king, nor is great strength enough to save a warrior.
- Don't count on your warhorse to give you victory--for all its strength, it cannot save you.
- But the LORD watches over those who fear him, those who rely on his unfailing love.
Psalms 121:3
- He will not let you stumble and fall; the one who watches over you will not sleep.
- Indeed, he who watches over Israel never tires and never sleeps.
- The LORD himself watches over you! The LORD stands beside you as your protective shade.
Psalms 124:1
- If the LORD had not been on our side--let Israel now say--
Jeremiah 51:12
- Raise the battle flag against Babylon! Reinforce the guard and station the watchmen. Prepare an ambush, for the LORD will fulfill all his plans against Babylon.
Isaiah 62:6
- O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen on your walls; they will pray to the LORD day and night for the fulfillment of his promises. Take no rest, all you who pray.
1 Chronicles 28:20
- Then David continued, "Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Don't be afraid or discouraged by the size of the task, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. He will see to it that all the work related to the Temple of the LORD is finished correctly.
1 Chronicles 28:10
- So take this seriously. The LORD has chosen you to build a Temple as his sanctuary. Be strong, and do the work."
Psalms 121:1
- I look up to the mountains--does my help come from there?
1 Chronicles 29:19
- Give my son Solomon the wholehearted desire to obey all your commands, decrees, and principles, and to build this Temple, for which I have made all these preparations."
1 Corinthians 15:14
- And if Christ was not raised, then all our preaching is useless, and your trust in God is useless.
Ecclesiastes 9:11
- I have observed something else in this world of ours. The fastest runner doesn't always win the race, and the strongest warrior doesn't always win the battle. The wise are often poor, and the skillful are not necessarily wealthy. And those who are educated don't always lead successful lives. It is all decided by chance, by being at the right place at the right time.
1 Chronicles 22:10
- He is the one who will build a Temple to honor my name. He will be my son, and I will be his father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.'
- "Now, my son, may the LORD be with you and give you success as you follow his instructions in building the Temple of the LORD your God.
Psalms 120:1
- I took my troubles to the LORD; I cried out to him, and he answered my prayer.
Psalms 126:1
- When the LORD restored his exiles to Jerusalem, it was like a dream!
Zechariah 2:4
- The other angel said, "Hurry, and say to that young man, `Jerusalem will someday be so full of people that it won't have room enough for everyone! Many will live outside the city walls, with all their livestock--and yet they will be safe.
- For I, myself, will be a wall of fire around Jerusalem, says the LORD. And I will be the glory inside the city!'"
Psalms 122:1
- I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD."
Psalms 125:1
- Those who trust in the LORD are as secure as Mount Zion; they will not be defeated but will endure forever.
Galatians 4:11
- I fear for you. I am afraid that all my hard work for you was worth nothing.
Psalms 78:69
- There he built his towering sanctuary, as solid and enduring as the earth itself.
Psalms 123:1
- I lift my eyes to you, O God, enthroned in heaven.
Isaiah 27:3
- I, the LORD, will watch over it and tend its fruitful vines. Each day I will water them; day and night I will watch to keep enemies away.
Ezekiel 33:2
- "Son of man, give your people this message: When I bring an army against a country, the people of that land choose a watchman.
- When the watchman sees the enemy coming, he blows the alarm to warn the people.
- Then if those who hear the alarm refuse to take action--well, it is their own fault if they die.
- They heard the warning but wouldn't listen, so the responsibility is theirs. If they had listened to the warning, they could have saved their lives.
- But if the watchman sees the enemy coming and doesn't sound the alarm to warn the people, he is responsible for their deaths. They will die in their sins, but I will hold the watchman accountable.
Isaiah 21:5
- Look! They are preparing a great feast. They are spreading rugs for people to sit on. Everyone is eating and drinking. Quick! Grab your shields and prepare for battle! You are being attacked!
- Meanwhile, the Lord said to me, "Put a watchman on the city wall to shout out what he sees.
- Tell him to sound the alert when he sees chariots drawn by horses and warriors mounted on donkeys and camels."
- Then the watchman called out, "Day after day I have stood on the watchtower, my lord. Night after night I have remained at my post.
- Now at last--look! Here come the chariots and warriors!" Then the watchman said, "Babylon is fallen! All the idols of Babylon lie broken on the ground!"
The Song of Songs 3:3
- The watchmen stopped me as they made their rounds, and I said to them, `Have you seen him anywhere, this one I love so much?
Isaiah 56:10
- For the leaders of my people--the LORD's watchmen, his shepherds--are blind to every danger. They are like silent watchdogs that give no warning when danger comes. They love to lie around, sleeping and dreaming.
The Song of Songs 5:7
- The watchmen found me as they were making their rounds; they struck and wounded me. The watchman on the wall tore off my veil.
Jeremiah 51:31
- Messengers from every side come running to the king to tell him all is lost!
Psalms 72:1
- Give justice to the king, O God, and righteousness to the king's son.