Luke 14:28
For which of you, wanting 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 in the street and get it ready for yourself in the field; afterward, then you shall build your house.
Genesis 11:4-9
And they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower whose top [reaches to] the heavens. And let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth."
Joshua 24:19-24
But Joshua said to the people, "You cannot serve Yahweh, for he [is] a holy and jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.
Matthew 8:20
And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens and birds of the sky [have] nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."
Matthew 10:22
and you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end--this one will be saved.
Matthew 20:22-23
But Jesus answered [and] said, "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
In the [same] way, therefore, every [one] of you who does not renounce all his own possessions {cannot be} my disciple.
Acts 21:13
Then Paul replied, "What are you doing weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus!"
1 Thessalonians 3:4-5
for indeed when we were with you we told you beforehand that we were about to be afflicted, just as indeed it happened, and you know.
2 Peter 1:13-14
But I consider [it] right, for as long as I am in this habitation, to stir you up by a reminder,