Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?
Cross References
Luke 14:27And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.
Luke 14:29Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,
Treasury of Scripture
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sits not down first, and counts the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
intending.
Genesis 11:4-9
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth…
Proverbs 24:27
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
counteth.
Luke 14:33
So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
Joshua 24:19-24
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins…
Matthew 8:20
And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
