The word in Scripture

Foundation in the Bible

The word foundation appears 54 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A foundation is the sure base on which everything else stands. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What foundation means in the Bible

A foundation is the sure base on which everything else stands.

Where the word foundation appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word foundation appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.”Psalms 102:25

“Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.”Psalms 137:7

“That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;”Luke 11:50

“Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,”Luke 14:29

“Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.”John 17:24

“Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:”Romans 15:20

“For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.”1 Corinthians 3:11

“And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:”Hebrews 1:10