Bible verses about "building a house" | MSTC

¹⁵ But if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, then choose you this day, whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served, that were on the other side of the water, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land, ye dwelt. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD."

¹ But when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth and took great indignation and mocked the Jews ² and said before his brethren and the soldiers of Samaria, "What do these impotent Jews? Shall they be thus suffered? Shall they offer? Shall they perform it in one day? Shall they make the stones whole again that are brought to dust, and burnt?" ³ And Tobiah the Ammonite beside him said, "Let them build on: if a fox go up, he shall break down their stony wall." ⁴ Hear, O thou our God, how we are despised! Turn their shame upon their own head, that thou mayest give them over into despising in the land of their captivity. ⁵ Cover not their wickedness, and let not their sin be put out from thy presence: for they have provoked the builders. ⁶ Yet builded we the wall, and joined it whole together, unto the half height. And the people were well minded to labour. ⁷ But when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and Ammonites, and Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that they had begun to stop up the gaps, they were very wroth; ⁸ and conspired all together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to make a hindrance therein. ⁹ Nevertheless, we made our prayer unto our God, and set watchmen upon the wall day and night over against them. ¹⁰ And Judah said, "The strength of the bearers is too feeble, and there is too much dust, we are not able to build on the wall." ¹¹ And our adversaries thought, "They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and hinder the work." ¹² But when the Jews that dwelt beside them came out of all the places where they dwelt about us, and told us - as good as ten times - ¹³ then set I the people after their kindreds with their swords, spears, and bows beneath, in the low places behind the wall; ¹⁴ and looked, and gat me up, and said unto the chief men and rulers, and to the other people, "Be not ye afraid of them, but think rather upon the great LORD, which ought to be feared; and fight for your brethren, sons, daughters, wives, and houses." ¹⁵ Nevertheless, when our enemies heard that we had gotten word of it, God brought their counsel to nought, and we turned all again to the wall, every one unto his labour. ¹⁶ And from that time forth it came to pass, that the half part of the young men did the labour, and the other half part held spears, shields, bows, and breastplates: and the rulers stood behind all the house of Judah, ¹⁷ which builded on the wall, and bare burdens from those that laded them. With one hand did they the work, and with the other held they their weapon. ¹⁸ And everyone that builded, had his sword gird by his side, and so builded they. And the trumpeters stood beside me. ¹⁹ And I said unto the principal men, and rulers, and to the other people, "The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another. ²⁰ Look in what place now ye hear the noise of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us. Our God shall fight for us, ²¹ and we will be laboring in the work." And the half part of them held the spears from the morning spring, till the stars came forth. ²² And at the same time said I unto the people, "Every one abide with his servant at Jerusalem, that in the night season we may give attendance to the watch, and to labour on the daytime." ²³ As for me and my brethren, and my servants, and the men of the watch behind me, we put never off our clothes, so much as to wash ourselves.

¹⁸ And my people shall dwell in the inns of peace, in my tabernacle and pleasure where there is enough in them all.

¹ Thus sayeth the LORD: Heaven is my seat, and the earth is my footstool. Where shall now the house stand, that ye build unto me? And where shall be the place, that I will dwell in? ² As for these things, my hand hath made them all, and they are all created, sayeth the LORD. Which of them shall I then regard? Even him that is of a lowly troubled spirit, and standeth in awe of my works.

²⁴ "Whosoever heareth of me these sayings, and doeth the same, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house on a rock: ²⁵ And abundance of rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that same house, and it fell not: because it was grounded on the rock. ²⁶ And whosoever heareth of me these sayings, and doeth them not the same, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: ²⁷ And abundance of rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

⁹ We are God's laborers: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.

¹ A wise woman upholdeth her house; but a foolish wife plucketh it down. ² Whoso feareth the LORD, walketh in the right path: and regardeth not him that abhorreth the ways of the LORD. ³ In the mouth of the foolish is the boasting of lordship; but the lips of the wise will beware of such. ⁴ Where no oxen are, there the crib is empty; but where the oxen labour there is much fruit. ⁵ A faithful witness will not dissemble; but a false record will make a lie. ⁶ A scornful body seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; but knowledge is easy to come by, unto him that will understand. ⁷ See that thou meddle not with a fool; and do as though thou hadst no knowledge. ⁸ The wisdom of him that hath understanding is to take heed unto his way; but the foolishness of the unwise deceiveth. ⁹ Fools make but a sport of sin; but there is favourable love among the righteous. ¹⁰ The heart of him that hath understanding will neither despair for any sorrow; nor be too presumptuous for any sudden joy. ¹¹ The houses of the ungodly shall be overthrown; but the tabernacles of the righteous shall flourish. ¹² There is a way which some men think to be right; but the end thereof leadeth unto death.

³ Through wisdom a house shall be builded, and with understanding it shall be set up.

¹² Then the places that have ever been waste, shall be builded of thee: there shalt thou lay a foundation for many kindreds. Thou shalt be called the maker-up of hedges, and the builder-again of the way of the Sabbath.

²⁸ Which of you is he that is disposed to build a tower, and sitteth not down before and counteth the cost: Whether he have sufficient to perform it?

¹⁹ My God fulfill all your needs through his glorious riches in Jesus Christ.

⁴⁶ Why call ye me 'Master, Master': and do not as I bid you? ⁴⁷ Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doth the same, I will show you to whom he is like. ⁴⁸ He is like a man which built a house: and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock. When the waters arose, the flood beat upon that house, and could not move it. For it was grounded upon a rock. ⁴⁹ But he that heareth and doth not, is like a man, that without foundation built a house upon the earth, against which, the flood did beat: and it fell by and by. And the fall of that house was great."

⁸ get you up to the mountain, fetch wood, and build up the house: that it may be acceptable unto me, and that I may show mine honour, sayeth the LORD.

²⁷ First, make up thy work that is without, and look well unto that which thou hast in the field, and then build thine house.

¹ {A song of the stairs} Except the LORD build the house, their labour is but lost that build it. Except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

⁴ Every house is prepared of some man. But he that ordained all things is God.