15 Bible Verses about Builders

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Matthew 7:24-27

Therefore, every one which hears these my words and does them, I will liken him to a discerning man which built his house upon the rock. And the rain descended, and rivers came, and winds blew, and fell upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded upon the rock. And every one hearing these my words and doing them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, which built his house upon sand.read more.
And the rain descended, and rivers came, and winds blew and struck upon that house, and it fell, and great was its fall.

1 Corinthians 3:10-17

According to the grace of God given to me, as a wise chief-architect, I have laid the foundation, and another builds upon. And let each see how he builds upon. For none is able to lay another foundation above that laid, which is Jesus the Christ. And if any one build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, stalks;read more.
The work of each shall be manifested: for the day shall manifest, for in fire it is revealed; and the work of each, what sort it is, the fire shall prove. If the work of any shall remain which he built upon, he shall receive a reward. If the work of any one shall be burned, he shall be caused damage: and he shall be saved; and so as by fire. Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and the spirit of God dwells in you? If any one destroy the temple of God, him will God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which ye are.

Mark 12:10

And have ye not read this writing; The stone which the builders disapproved of, this was for the head of the corner:

Matthew 21:42

Jesus says to them, Have ye never read in the writings, The stone which the builders disapproved of, this was for the head of the corner? This was from the Lord, and it was wonderful in your eyes.

Acts 4:11

This is the stone set at nought by you building, he having been for the head of the corner.

1 Peter 2:7

Therefore honour to you believing: and to the unbelieving, the stone which the builders disapproved of has become the head of the corner,

1 Chronicles 7:24

And his daughter Sherah, and she will build the house of the hollow, the lowest and the highest, and the ear of Sherah.

Genesis 4:17

And Cain will know his wife, and she will conceive and bear Enoch: and he will be building a city, and will call the name of the city after the name of his son Enoch.

Psalm 127:1

Song of ascensions to Solomon. If Jehovah shall not build the house, they building it, in it labored in vain. If Jehovah shall not watch the city, he watching, watched in vain.

Ezra 4:1-4

And the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin will hear that the sons of the captivity were building the temple to Jehovah God of Israel; And they will come near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of the fathers, and they will say to them, We will build with you: for like you we will seek for your God: for we sacrifice not from the days of Esa-Haddon king of Assur bringing us up hither. And to them Zerubbabel will say, and Joshua, and the rest of the heads of the fathers to Israel, Not to you and to us to build a house to our God; for we together will build to Jehovah God of Israel, as the king Cyrus king of Persia commanded us.read more.
And the people of the land will be slackening the hands of the people of Judah, and terrifying them in building,

Ruth 4:11

And all the people which are in the gate will say, and the old men, Witnesses. Jehovah will give the woman coming into thy house as Rachel and as Leah, which they two built up the house of Israel: and make thou power in Ephratah, and call a name in the house of bread.

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Luke 12:18

And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my stores, and build greater; and there will I collect all my produce and my good things.

Jeremiah 22:14

Saying, I will build to me a house of extension, and airy upper chambers, and he rent to himself windows; and covered with cedar, and painted with red.

Daniel 4:30

The king answered and said, Is not this great Babel, that I built it for the house of the kingdom by the strength of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?

Job 27:18

He built his house as the moth, and as a booth he watching made.

Luke 6:49

And he having heard, and not having done, is like a man having built a house upon the earth, without a foundation; against which the river dashed, and immediately it fell; and the breaking of that house was great.

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