83 Verses About Foundation from 28 Books

1 Corinthians 3:10

According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.

1 Corinthians 3:11

For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 3:12

But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or stubble;

1 Kings 5:17

The king commanded, and they cut out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with worked stone.

1 Kings 6:37

In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Ziv.

1 Kings 7:9

All these were of costly stones, even of cut stone, according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside, even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside to the great court.

1 Kings 7:10

The foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.



1 Kings 16:34

In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid its foundation with the loss of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.

1 Peter 1:20

who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was revealed at the end of times for your sake,

1 Timothy 6:19

laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold of eternal life.

2 Chronicles 3:3

Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

2 Chronicles 8:16

Now all the work of Solomon was prepared to the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. [So] the house of the LORD was completed.

2 Chronicles 23:5

A third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation. All the people shall be in the courts of the LORD's house.

2 Chronicles 31:7

In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.



2 Samuel 22:8

Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.

2 Samuel 22:16

Then the channels of the sea appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare by the rebuke of the LORD, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

2 Timothy 2:19

However God's firm foundation stands, having this seal, "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness."

Acts 16:26

Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone's bonds were loosened.

Deuteronomy 32:22

For a fire is kindled in my anger, Burns to the lowest Sheol, Devours the earth with its increase, and sets the foundations of the mountains on fire.

Ephesians 1:4

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without blemish before him in love;

Ephesians 2:20

being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;



Ezekiel 13:14

So will I break down the wall that you have plastered with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation shall be uncovered; and it shall fall, and you shall be consumed in its midst: and you shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 30:4

A sword shall come on Egypt, and anguish shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt; and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.

Ezekiel 41:8

I saw also that the house had a raised base all around: the foundations of the side rooms were a full reed of six great cubits.

Ezra 3:6

From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings to the LORD: but the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid.

Ezra 3:10

When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their clothing with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the order of David king of Israel.

Ezra 3:11

They sang one to another in praising and giving thanks to the LORD, "For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever toward Israel." All the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.

Ezra 3:12

But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' [houses], the old men who had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:



Ezra 4:12

Be it known to the king, that the Jews who came up from you are come to us to Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and the bad city, and have finished the walls, and repaired the foundations.

Ezra 5:16

Then the same Sheshbazzar came, and laid the foundations of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now has it been in building, and yet it is not completed.

Ezra 6:3

In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be built, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let its foundations be strongly laid; its height sixty cubits, and its breadth sixty cubits;

Haggai 2:18

'Consider, please, from this day and backward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation of the LORD's temple was laid, consider it.

Hebrews 1:10

And, "You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the works of your hands.

Hebrews 4:3

For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, "As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest;" although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

Hebrews 6:1

Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let us press on to perfection--not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God,



Hebrews 9:26

or else he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now once at the end of the ages, he has been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

Hebrews 11:10

For he looked for the city which has the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

Isaiah 6:4

The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.

Isaiah 24:18

It will happen that he who flees from the noise of the fear will fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the midst of the pit will be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth tremble.

Isaiah 28:16

Therefore thus says the Lord the LORD, "Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.

Isaiah 40:21

Haven't you known? Haven't you heard, yet? Haven't you been told from the beginning? Haven't you understood from the foundations of the earth?





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