Luke 14:28
For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?
Proverbs 24:27
Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house.
Genesis 11:4-9
Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth."
Joshua 24:19-24
But Joshua said to the people, "You are not able to serve the LORD, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.
Matthew 8:20
And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."
Matthew 10:22
and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
Matthew 20:22-23
Jesus answered, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?" They said to him, "We are able."
Luke 14:33
So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.
Acts 21:13
Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."
1 Thessalonians 3:4-5
For when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction, just as it has come to pass, and just as you know.
2 Peter 1:13-14
I think it right, as long as I am in this body,to stir you up by way of reminder,