21 Bible Verses about Foundations

And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and all the doors were immediately opened, and the bands of all were loosed.

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

but always earnestly desirous to preach it in this manner,not where Christ had been named, that I might not build on anothers foundation,

According to the grace of God bestowed on me, I, as a skilful masterbuilder, have laid the foundation; and another buildeth thereon; but let every one take heed, how he buildeth thereon.

So then ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but are fellowcitizens with the saints, and members of the household of God, and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;

These things write I to thee, hoping to come to thee shortly; but if I should tarry long, that thou mayst know how thou oughtest to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

Nevertheless Gods firm foundation standeth, having this seal, "The Lord knoweth them that are his;" and, "Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord depart from iniquity."

Every one then that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, shall be likened to a wise man, who built his house upon a rock; and the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not; for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand;read more.
and the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell; and great was its fall.

But why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? Every one that cometh to me and heareth my sayings and doeth them, I will show you whom he is like. He is like a man building a house, who dug deep, and laid its foundation on a rock; and when a flood arose, the stream dashed against that house, and could not shake it; because it was well built.read more.
But he that heareth and doeth not, is like a man that built a house upon the earth without a foundation; against which the stream dashed, and it fell at once, and the ruin of that house was great.

But if any one build upon this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble, the work of every one will be made manifest; for the day will show it; because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will prove what every ones work is. If the work which any one built thereon remaineth, he will receive reward;read more.
if any ones work shall be burned up, he will lose the reward; but he will be saved himself, yet as one escaping through fire.

that they be rich in good works, liberal in imparting, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on the true life.

And: "Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst found the earth, and the heavens are the works of thy hands.

for he was looking for the city which hath foundations, whose maker and builder is God.

And the wall of the city had twelve foundationstones, and on them the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

And I on my part say to thee, that thou art Peter, a rock, and on this rock will I build my church, and the gates of the underworld shall not prevail against it.

So then ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but are fellowcitizens with the saints, and members of the household of God, and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone; in whom all the building, fitly framed together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord;read more.
in whom ye also are built together into a dwellingplace of God in the Spirit.

Let us then, leaving the first principles of the doctrine of Christ, press on to perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, and of the laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of everlasting judgment.

To whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but in the sight of God chosen, honored, be ye yourselves also, as living stones, built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.