Jeremiah 22:14
Woe to him who says: 'I will build myself a roomy house with spacious upper rooms, and cut out its windows. I will panel it with cedar and paint it bright red (vermilion).'
2 Samuel 7:2
The king said to the prophet Nathan: I live in a house built of cedar. Yet the Ark of God is kept in a tent!
Isaiah 5:8-9
Cursed are those who are joining house to house, and putting field to field, till there is no more living-space for any but themselves in all the land!
Haggai 1:4
Is it time for you to dwell in your roofed and covered houses, while this house is desolate?
2 Chronicles 3:5
He paneled the larger building with cypress. Then he overlaid it with fine gold. It was decorated with designs in the form of palm trees and chains.
Proverbs 17:19
He who loves transgression loves discord. He who opens his door seeks destruction.
Proverbs 24:27
Prepare your outside work. Make it fit for yourself in the field. After that build your house.
Song of Songs 1:17
The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
Isaiah 9:9
All the people will know it. Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria who say with pride and arrogance of heart:
Daniel 4:30
The king spoke: Is this not great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?
Malachi 1:4
Esau's descendants, the Edomites, say: Our towns have been destroyed, but we will rebuild them. Thus Jehovah (YHWH) will reply: Let them rebuild. I will tear them down again. People will call them the evil country. They are the nation with whom Jehovah has a long lasting anger.
Luke 14:28-29
If you plan to build a tower, you sit down first and figure out what it will cost. Then you see if you have enough money to finish the job.