Psalm 127:1
Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:20
and your strength will be spent in vain. For your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.

Psalm 78:69
He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever.

Psalm 121:3
He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.

Psalm 121:4
Behold, the Protector of Israel will not slumber or sleep.

Psalm 126:6
He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A Song.

Psalm 120:1
In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.

Psalm 121:1
I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does 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
I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.

Psalm 124:1
If the LORD had not been on our side--let Israel now declare--

Psalm 125:1
Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.

Psalm 126:1
When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.

for Solomon.

Psalm 72:1
Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.

The Lord

Psalm 33:16-18
No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength. . . .

Proverbs 16:9
A man's heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.

Proverbs 21:30, 31
No wisdom, no understanding, and no counsel can prevail against the LORD. . . .

Ecclesiastes 9:11
I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful; rather, time and chance happen to all.

1 Corinthians 3:7
So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

build

1 Chronicles 22:10, 11
He is the one who will build a house for My Name. He will be My son, and I will be his Father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.' . . .

1 Chronicles 28:10, 20
Consider now that the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong and do it." . . .

1 Chronicles 29:19
And give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and carry out all Your commandments, decrees, and statutes, and to build Your palace for which I have made provision."

1 Corinthians 3:9-15
For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building. . . .

they labour

1 Corinthians 15:14
And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.

Galatians 4:11
I fear for you, that my efforts for you may have been in vain.

that build it.

Psalm 121:3-5
He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber. . . .

Isaiah 27:3
I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it.

Zechariah 2:4, 5
and said to him, "Run and tell that young man: 'Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it. . . .

the watchman

Song of Solomon 3:3
I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: "Have you seen the one I love?"

Song of Solomon 5:7
I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls.

Isaiah 21:5-12
They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields! . . .

Isaiah 56:10
Israel's watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.

Isaiah 62:6
On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,

Jeremiah 51:12, 31
Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon. . . .

Ezekiel 33:2-9
"Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: 'Suppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land choose a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman, . . .

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