Jeremiah 22:14
How terrible for him who says, "I'll build a large house for myself with spacious upper rooms, who cuts out windows for it, paneling it with cedar and painting it red.'
2 Samuel 7:2
he told the prophet Nathan, "Look now, I'm living in a cedar palace, but the Ark of God resides behind a tent curtain."
Isaiah 5:8-9
"How terrible it will be for you who join house to house, who add field to field, until there is no more room, and you have settled yourselves alone in the middle of the land!"
Haggai 1:4
"Is it the right time for all of you to live in your own paneled houses while this house remains in ruins?"
2 Chronicles 3:5
The main room of the Temple was trimmed with a wainscoting composed of cypress wood, overlaid with fine gold ornamented with palm trees and chains.
Proverbs 17:19
The person who loves transgression loves strife; the person who builds a high gate invites destruction.
Proverbs 24:27
First do your outside work, preparing your land for yourself. After that, build your house.
Song of Songs 1:17
The beams of our house are cedar, our rafters are pine.
Isaiah 9:9
and all of the people were evil Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria saying proudly with arrogant hearts:
Daniel 4:30
he commented to himself, "Isn't Babylon great? I've built a royal palace in it by my own might and power, for the sake of my majesty."
Malachi 1:4
Even though Edom may claim, "We were crushed, but we will return and rebuild the ruins,' this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "They may rebuild, but I'll demolish. People will call them, "The Wicked Land,' and, "The People With Whom the LORD is Forever Angry.'
Luke 14:28-29
"Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. He will first sit down and estimate the cost to see whether he has enough money to finish it, won't he?