Luke 14:28

For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?

Proverbs 24:27

Prepare your work outside
And make it ready for yourself in the field;
Afterwards, then, build your house.

They said, “Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name, otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”

Joshua 24:19-24

Then Joshua said to the people, “You will not be able to serve the Lord, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your transgression or your sins.

Matthew 8:20

Jesus *said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”

Matthew 10:22

You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.

Matthew 20:22-23

But Jesus answered, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?” They *said to Him, “We are able.”

Luke 14:33

So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions.

Acts 21:13

Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

1 Thessalonians 3:4-5

For indeed when we were with you, we kept telling you in advance that we were going to suffer affliction; and so it came to pass, as you know.

2 Peter 1:13-14

I consider it right, as long as I am in this earthly dwelling, to stir you up by way of reminder,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Luke 14:28

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

Intending

Genesis 11:4

Proverbs 24:27

Counteth

General references

Proverbs 24:27

Luke 14:20

Bible References

Intending

Prepare your work outside
And make it ready for yourself in the field;
Afterwards, then, build your house.

Counteth

So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions.

Then Joshua said to the people, “You will not be able to serve the Lord, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your transgression or your sins.

Jesus *said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.”

You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.

But Jesus answered, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?” They *said to Him, “We are able.”

Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

For indeed when we were with you, we kept telling you in advance that we were going to suffer affliction;

and so it came to pass, as you know.

I consider it right, as long as I am in this earthly dwelling, to stir you up by way of reminder,

General references

Prepare your work outside
And make it ready for yourself in the field;
Afterwards, then, build your house.

Another one said, ‘I have married a wife, and for that reason I cannot come.’