Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
{A Song of degrees for Solomon.} Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
They labour
Except
The watchman
General references
Bible References
Build
1 Chronicles 22:10
He will build a temple to my name. He will be a son to me, I myself will be a father to him, and I will secure his royal throne in Israel forever.'
1 Chronicles 28:10
So keep watching, because the LORD has chosen you to build the Temple of his sanctuary. So be strong, and get to work!"
1 Chronicles 29:19
granting to my son Solomon to keep with a devoted heart your commands, your decrees, and your statutes, carrying out all of them, and that he may build the Temple for which I have made the preparations.
1 Corinthians 3:9
For we are God's co-workers. You are God's farmland and God's building.
They labour
1 Corinthians 15:14
and if the Messiah has not been raised, then our message means nothing and your faith means nothing.
Galatians 4:11
I am afraid for you! I don't want my work for you to have been wasted!
Except
Psalm 121:3
He will never let your foot slip, nor will your guardian become drowsy.
Isaiah 27:3
I, the LORD, watch over it And I water it continuously. I guard it night and day so no one can harm it.
Zechariah 2:4
That other angel told him, "Run and tell that young man: "Jerusalem will be an inhabited city without walls due to the number of people and livestock within it.
The watchman
Song of Songs 3:3
The watchmen who go all around the city found me. I asked, "Have you seen the one I love?"
Song of Songs 5:7
The watchmen making their rounds through the city found me. They beat me, they bruised me. Those guarding the walls took my cloak from me.
Isaiah 21:5
They set the tables; they spread the carpets; they eat, they drink! Get up, you officers! Oil the shields!"
Isaiah 56:10
His watchmen are blind; they are all without knowledge. They are all dumb dogs they cannot bark. They keep on dreaming and lying around, and they're lovers of sleep!
Isaiah 62:6
"Upon your walls, Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; all day and all night they won't remain silent. You who make mention of the LORD, take no rest,
Jeremiah 51:12
Lift up the battle standard against Babylon's walls. Strengthen the guard; post watchmen. Set men in position for an ambush. For the LORD will both plan and carry out what he has declared against the inhabitants of Babylon.
Ezekiel 33:2
"Son of Man, speak to your nation's children and tell them: "If I bring war to a land, and the people of that land appoint one of their conscripted men to serve as a sentinel,
General references
Genesis 1:28
God blessed the humans by saying to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it! Be masters over the fish in the ocean, the birds that fly, and every living thing that crawls on the earth!"