21 Bible Verses about construction

What man among you if he wishes to build a tower does not first sit down and estimate the cost of it, to see whether he has enough to complete it?

in order to fit his people for the work of service, for building the body of Christ,

and build yourselves up as living stones into a spiritual house for a consecrated priesthood, so as to offer spiritual sacrifices that through Jesus Christ will be acceptable to God.

And whether one uses gold or silver or costly stone in building on the foundation, or wood or hay or straw,

For we are fellow-laborers for God, and you are God's farm, God's building.

For every house has a builder, and the builder of the universe is God.

and say, 'This man started to erect a building, and could not finish it!'

Through him every part of the building is closely united and grows into a temple sacred through its relation to the Lord,

For I know that if this earthly tent that I live in is taken down, God will provide me a building in heaven to live in, not built by human hands but eternal.

The material of the wall was jasper, but the city was pure gold, as transparent as glass.

Or else when he has laid his foundation and cannot finish the building, everyone who sees it will begin to ridicule him,

Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures, " 'That stone which the builders rejected Has become the cornerstone; This came from the Lord, And seems marvelous to us'?

The Jews said, "It has taken forty-six years to build this sanctuary, and are you going to raise it in three days?"

You are built upon the apostles and prophets as your foundation, and Christ Jesus himself is the cornerstone.

Like an expert builder, I laid a foundation, as God commissioned me to do, and now someone else is building upon it. But let everyone be careful how he does so.

But you, dear friends, must build yourselves up on the foundation of your most holy faith and pray in the holy Spirit,

All Scripture is divinely inspired, and useful in teaching, in reproof, in correcting faults, and in training in uprightness,

For it is under his control that the whole system, adjusted and united by each ligament of its equipment, develops in proportion to the functioning of each particular part, and so builds itself up through love.