20 Bible Verses about Building
Most Relevant Verses
"The God who made the universe and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands,
"Moreover I say to you that you are Petros (a rock), and on this petra (rock) I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against her.
For I know, if this earthly tent of mine were struck, I have a mansion built by God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
So comfort one another, and try to build one another up, as indeed you are doing.
Come to him then, that living Stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, and precious. And yourselves like living stones be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood offering spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God, through Christ Jesus.
"Have you never read in the Scriptures," Jesus answered, "how The stone that the builders rejected Has been made the corner-stone; This is the Lord's doing, It is wonderful in our eyes?
From Thematic Bible
Building » Figurative
For I know, if this earthly tent of mine were struck, I have a mansion built by God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Church and state » State superior to religion » Solomon » Building » Temple
Covetousness » Instances of » Some jews » Building » Houses
The tribe of Gad » Assists » Assisted » Building » Altars » Jealousy
Mortar » Cement » Slime » Building » Babel
Similitudes » The church compared to » Building
For we are God's fellow workers; and you are God's field, you are God's building.
Topics on Building
Adornment, Of Buildings
Luke 21:5And to some who were about the Temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones votive offerings, he said,
Building
1 Corinthians 3:10-15According to the grace of God vouchsafed me, like a skillful master-builder, I have laid a foundation; but another will be building upon it. Let each take heed how he builds on it.
Building Each Other Up
1 Thessalonians 5:11So comfort one another, and try to build one another up, as indeed you are doing.
Building God's Dwelling
Acts 7:46"David obtained favor with God, and asked permission to find a dwelling-place for the God of Jacob.
Building Houses
Hebrews 3:3Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who has built a house has higher honor than the house itself.
Building Relationships
1 Corinthians 3:9For we are God's fellow workers; and you are God's field, you are God's building.
Building Stones Rejected
Matthew 24:2"You see all these buildings?" he answered them; "I tell you solemnly that there shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be torn down."
Building Up The Church
Ephesians 4:12in order to equip the saints for the work of serving, for the building up of the Body of Christ??13 till we all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to the maturity of manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.
Foundations Of Buildings
Matthew 7:24-27"Every one who hears my words and does them I will liken to a wise man who built his house upon the rock.
