17 Bible Verses about woodworking

He fashions wood, and stretches a line; he marks it out with a pencil; he shapes it with carving tools, and he marks it out with the compass, and makes it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man, to sit in the house.

and in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all workmanship.

And Jehovah showed me four craftsmen.

to devise designs; to work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze,

and in the cutting of stones to set, and in carving of wood, to make any kind of skillful work.

He has filled them with wisdom of heart to work all kinds of work; of the smith, and of the skillful worker, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in bleached linen, and of the weaver, of those who do any work, and of those who work out artful work.

to carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and cut stone to repair the house.

And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all workmanship,

And in the most holy house he made two cherubs of carved work, and overlaid them with gold.

He engraves iron with a tool. He works in the coals, and forms it with hammers, and works it with the strength of his arms. Then, he is hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water, and is weak.

And they gave the silver which was counted into the hands of those who did the work, those overseeing the house of Jehovah. And they laid it out to the carpenters and builders who worked on the house of Jehovah,

For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

They gave to the artisans and builders, to buy cut stone and timber for joints, and beams to build up the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at Him.

So the artisan strengthens the refiner, and he smoothing with the hammer, him who struck the anvil, saying of soldering, It is good. And he made it strong with nails; it will not totter.

For the customs of the people are vain; for one cuts a tree out of the forest with the axe, the work of the hands of the workman.

He cuts down cedars, and takes cypress and oak, which he makes the trees of the forest strong for him; he plants a tree, and the rain makes it grow.