Topic
Foundation
42 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Luke 6:48ISBE · Torrey LAID FOR — Houses
He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
- Luke 14:29ISBE · Torrey The lowest part of a building, and on which it rests
Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
- Acts 16:26ISBE · Torrey The lowest part of a building, and on which it rests
And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed.
- 1 Corinthians 3:11ISBE · Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Christ
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
- Ephesians 2:20ISBE · Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Joined together by corner stones
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
- Hebrews 6:1ISBE · Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — First principles of the gospel
Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
- Exodus 9:18Torrey FIGURATIVELY APPLIED TO — Kingdoms
Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.
- Deuteronomy 32:22Torrey FIGURATIVELY APPLIED TO — The mountains
For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
- Joshua 6:26Torrey LAID FOR — Cities
¶ And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
- 2 Samuel 22:8Torrey FIGURATIVELY APPLIED TO — The heavens
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
- 1 Kings 5:17Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Of stone
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
- 1 Kings 6:37Torrey LAID FOR — Temples
¶ In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:
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- 1 Kings 16:34 Torrey LAID FOR — Cities
- Ezra 3:10 Torrey LAID FOR — Temples
- Ezra 4:12 Torrey LAID FOR — Walls
- Ezra 6:3 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Strongly laid
- Job 38:4 Torrey FIGURATIVELY APPLIED TO — The earth
- Psalms 11:3 ISBE
- Psalms 18:15 Torrey FIGURATIVELY APPLIED TO — The world
- Psalms 82:5 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Magistrates
- Psalms 87:1 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Hope of saints
- Psalms 89:14 ISBE
- Psalms 97:2 ISBE
- Psalms 104:5 Torrey FIGURATIVELY APPLIED TO — The earth
- Psalms 104:8 Torrey FIGURATIVELY APPLIED TO — The ocean
- Proverbs 10:25 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — The righteous
- Isaiah 6:4 ISBE
- Isaiah 28:16 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Christ
- Jeremiah 50:15 ISBE
- Matthew 7:25 Torrey Security afforded by
- Matthew 13:35 Torrey FIGURATIVELY APPLIED TO — The world
- Mark 13:35 ISBE
- Mark 15:34 ISBE
- Luke 6:49 ISBE
- Luke 11:50 ISBE
- Luke 14:28 Torrey LAID FOR — Towers
- John 17:24 ISBE
- 2 Timothy 2:19 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Decrees and purposes of God
- Hebrews 6:2 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — First principles of the gospel
- Hebrews 11:10 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Security of saints' inheritance
- 1 Peter 2:6 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Joined together by corner stones
- Revelation 21:14 Torrey LAID FOR — Walls
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 16 references
foun-da'-shun:
In Hebrew the words for "foundation" are mostly derivatives from yacadh, "to found," and in Greek two words are used: one, katabole, of "foundation of the world" (Mr 13:35; 15:34; Lu 11:50; Joh 17:24, etc.); the other, themelios, of the foundation of a building (Lu 6:48,49; 14:29; Ac 16:26, etc.), in which sense it is also used metaphorically in various connections (Christ the foundation of the church, 1Co 3:11; or the apostles and prophets the foundation, with Christ as corner-stone, Eph 2:20; the foundation of repentance, Heb 6:1, etc.). In Ps 11:3, "if the foundations be destroyed," the Hebrew word is shath. In Jer 50:15, the Revised Version (British and American) reads "bulwarks" for "foundations"; conversely in Ps 89:14; 97:2, for the King James Version "habitation," the Revised Version (British and American) reads "foundation," and in Isa 6:4 for the King James Version "posts," reads "foundations."
James Orr
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Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.