Psalm 127:1

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord guards the city, the guard keeps watch in vain.

Cross References

1 Kings 5:12

So the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he had promised him. There was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.

1 Chronicles 28:10

Take heed, now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house as the sanctuary; be strong, and act.”

1 Chronicles 28:20

David said further to his son Solomon, “Be strong and of good courage, and act. Do not be afraid or dismayed, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of the Lord is finished.

1 Chronicles 29:19

Grant to my son Solomon that with single mind he may keep your commandments, your decrees, and your statutes, performing all of them, and that he may build the temple for which I have made provision.”

Psalm 120:1

In my distress I cry to the Lord, that he may answer me:

Psalm 121:1

I lift up my eyes to the hills— from where will my help come?

Psalm 122:1

I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord!”

Psalm 123:1

To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens!

Psalm 124:1

If it had not been the Lord who was on our side —let Israel now say—

Psalm 125:1

Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but abides forever.

Psalm 126:1

When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.

Psalm 72:1

Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to a king’s son.

Psalm 78:69

He built his sanctuary like the high heavens, like the earth, which he has founded forever.

Proverbs 16:9

The human mind plans the way, but the Lord directs the steps.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the skillful, but time and chance happen to them all.

Song of Solomon 3:3

The sentinels found me, as they went about in the city. “Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”

Song of Solomon 5:7

Making their rounds in the city the sentinels found me; they beat me; they wounded me; they took away my mantle, those sentinels of the walls.

Isaiah 27:3

I, the Lord, am its keeper; every moment I water it. I guard it night and day so that no one can harm it;

Isaiah 56:10

Israel’s sentinels are blind; they are all without knowledge; they are all silent dogs that cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

Isaiah 62:6

Upon your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted sentinels; all day and all night they shall never be silent. You who remind the Lord, take no rest,

Jeremiah 51:12

Raise a standard against the walls of Babylon; make the watch strong; post sentinels; prepare the ambushes, for the Lord has both planned and done what he spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon.

Jeremiah 51:31

One runner runs to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to tell the king of Babylon that his city is taken from end to end:

1 Corinthians 15:14

and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation is in vain and your faith is in vain.

1 Corinthians 3:7

So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.

Galatians 4:11

I am afraid that my work for you may have been wasted.

Deuteronomy 8:18

But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, so that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your ancestors, as he is doing today.

Joshua 2:2

The king of Jericho was told, “Some Israelites have come here tonight to search out the land.”