'Foundation' in the Bible
By royal order they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple's foundation with chiseled stone.
In the month Ziv of the fourth year of Solomon's reign the foundation was laid for the Lord's temple.
All of these were built with the best stones, chiseled to the right size and cut with a saw on all sides, from the foundation to the edge of the roof and from the outside to the great courtyard.
The foundation was made of large valuable stones, measuring either 15 feet or 12 feet.
Above the foundation the best stones, chiseled to the right size, were used along with cedar.
During Ahab's reign, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. Abiram, his firstborn son, died when he laid the foundation; Segub, his youngest son, died when he erected its gates, just as the Lord had warned through Joshua son of Nun.
Another third of you will be stationed at the Foundation Gate. Still another third of you will be stationed at the gate behind the royal guard. You will take turns guarding the palace.
Solomon laid the foundation for God's temple; its length (determined according to the old standard of measure) was 90 feet, and its width 30 feet.
All the work ordered by Solomon was completed, from the day the foundation of the Lord's temple was laid until it was finished; the Lord's temple was completed.
Another third of you will be stationed at the royal palace and still another third at the Foundation Gate. All the others will stand in the courtyards of the Lord's temple.
how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth?
"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding!
For he set its foundation upon the seas, and established it upon the ocean currents.
Equity and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loyal love and faithfulness characterize your rule.
Dark clouds surround him; equity and justice are the foundation of his throne.
Remember, O Lord, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said, "Tear it down, tear it down, right to its very foundation!"
By wisdom the Lord laid the foundation of the earth; he established the heavens by understanding.
When the storm passes through, the wicked are swept away, but the righteous are an everlasting foundation.
So I will shake the heavens, and the earth will shake loose from its foundation, because of the fury of the Lord who commands armies, in the day he vents his raging anger.
Therefore, this is what the sovereign master, the Lord, says: "Look, I am laying a stone in Zion, an approved stone, set in place as a precious cornerstone for the foundation. The one who maintains his faith will not panic.
"O afflicted one, driven away, and unconsoled! Look, I am about to set your stones in antimony and I lay your foundation with lapis-lazuli.
No one will use any of your stones as a cornerstone. No one will use any of them in the foundation of his house. For you will lie desolate forever," says the Lord.
I will break down the wall you coated with whitewash and knock it to the ground so that its foundation is exposed. When it falls you will be destroyed beneath it, and you will know that I am the Lord.
He builds the upper rooms of his palace in heaven and sets its foundation supports on the earth. He summons the water of the sea and pours it out on the earth's surface. The Lord is his name.