43 Bible Verses about construction

For which of you, wanting to build a tower, does not first sit down [and] calculate the cost [to see] if he has [enough] {to complete it}?

And the house that I am building [will be] great, for our God [is] greater than all gods.

for the equipping of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for building up the body of Christ,

And [you] yourselves, as living stones, are being built up [as] a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Now if anyone builds upon the foundation [with] gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, straw,

For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.

And they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower whose top [reaches to] the heavens. And let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth."

Now while the temple was being built, it was built [with] stones finished [at the] quarry, [so that] no hammer or stone shaping tool or any instrument of iron was heard in the temple as it was being built.

Then this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundation of the house of God in Jerusalem. And from that [time] until now it is being built, but not yet finished.'

A day for building your walls; [on] that day he will extend [your] boundary.

For every house is built by someone, but the one who built all [things] [is] God.

And he began to build in the second month of the fourth year of his reign.

So Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites hewed [stones], and they prepared the timber and the stone to build the house.

[The] stone the builders rejected has become [the] chief cornerstone.

By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established.

saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish!'

in whom the whole building, joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,

For we know that if our earthly house, the tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made by hands, eternal in the heavens.

And they said to Moses, saying, "The people are {bringing more} than enough for the service of the work that Yahweh has commanded {to be done}."

So Solomon built the temple and finished it.

And the material of its wall [is] jasper, and the city [is] pure gold, similar in appearance to pure glass.

{Otherwise} [after] he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish [it], all who see [it] will begin to ridicule him,

Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures, 'The stone which the builders rejected, this has become {the cornerstone}. This came about from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?

Then David said, "Solomon my son [is] a boy and inexperienced, and the house built for Yahweh [must be] exceedingly great in fame and splendor throughout every land. I will make preparations for him." So David provided abundant [materials] before he died.

Then the Jews said, "This temple has been under construction forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?"

The ones who were building the wall and the ones {who carried the materials} were carrying in one hand while doing the task, and with the other hand were grasping a weapon.

"The hands of Zerubbabel have founded this house, and his hands will finish it. And you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent me to you.

built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,

And moreover, with respect to my provisions for the house of my God I have a treasure of gold and silver that I have given to the house of my God above all that I have provided for the holy house:

Then the work on the house of God in Jerusalem stopped, and was discontinued until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building upon [it]. But each one must direct his attention to how he is building upon [it].

Then the people of the land discouraged {the people of Judah} and made them afraid to build

"When you build a new house then you shall make a parapet wall for your roof, so that you will not bring bloodguilt on your house {if anyone should fall from it}.

But you, dear friends, [by] building yourselves up in your most holy faith, [by] praying in the Holy Spirit,

Now these [were] the measurements of Solomon for building the house of God: the length in cubits by the former measurement [was] sixty cubits, and the width [was] twenty cubits.

Solomon built his house [over] thirteen years, and he finished all of his house.

All scripture [is] inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness,

Leave this work of the house of God alone. Let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God on its site.

I told them of the good hand of my God that was upon me and surely the words of the king that were spoken to me. And they said, "Let us arise and build!" And they strengthened their hands for [this] good work.

from whom the whole body, joined together and held together by every supporting ligament, according to the working by measure of each single part, the growth of the body makes for the building up of itself in love.