1 Kings 6:7
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.
Deuteronomy 27:5-6
And you shall build an altar there for Yahweh your God, an altar of stone, but {you shall not use an iron tool to shape the stones}.
Exodus 20:25
And if you make an altar of stones for me, you will not build them [as] hewn stone, because if you use your chisel on it, you have defiled it.
1 Kings 5:17-18
When the king commanded, they quarried great stones [and] precious stones to lay [the] foundation of the house [with] hewn stones.
Proverbs 24:27
Prepare your work in the street and get it ready for yourself in the field; afterward, then you shall build your house.
Isaiah 42:2
He will not cry out and lift up and make his voice heard in the street.
Acts 9:31
Then the church throughout all of Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being strengthened. And living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, it was increasing [in numbers].
Romans 9:23
And [he did so] in order that he could make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy that he prepared beforehand for glory,
2 Corinthians 5:5
Now the one who has prepared us for this very [thing] [is] God, who has given us the down payment, the Spirit.
Colossians 1:12
giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you for a share of the inheritance of the saints in light,
James 1:20
for human anger does not accomplish the righteousness of God.
James 3:17-18
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, obedient, full of mercy and good fruits, nonjudgmental, without hypocrisy,
1 Peter 2:5
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.