11 Bible Verses about Building Houses

Through wisdom is a house built; and by understanding it is established:

A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD shall build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the LORD shall keep the city, the watchman waketh in vain.

Lest when thou hast eaten, and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt in them;

Woe to him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbor's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work; That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is ceiled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.

Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of my house that is waste, and ye run every man to his own house.

Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses, and this house lie waste?

Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Build thee a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence to any place whatever.

And he said to me, To build for it a house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.

For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath built the house, hath more honor than the house.

For every house is built by some man; but he that built all things is God.