'Builds' in the Bible

Then Joshua made them take an oath at that time, saying, “Cursed before the Lord is the man who rises up and builds this city Jericho; with the loss of his firstborn he shall lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son he shall set up its gates.”

The house he builds is as fragile as a moth's cocoon, like a hut that a watchman has made.

Is it at your command that the eagle soars, and builds its nest on high?

Even the birds find a home there, and the swallow builds a nest, where she can protect her young near your altars, O Lord who rules over all, my king and my God.

For the Lord has built up Zion;He has appeared in His glory and brilliance;

the birds build their nests there, and the heron builds its nest among the evergreen.

A Solomonic song of ascents.Unless the Lord builds a house,its builders labor over it in vain;unless the Lord watches over a city,the watchman stays alert in vain.

The Lord builds up Jerusalem;He gathers the outcasts of Israel.

Every wise woman builds her house,but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

One who loves to offend loves strife;one who builds a high threshold invites injury.

Woe for the one who builds his palacethrough unrighteousness,his upper rooms through injustice,who makes his fellow man serve without payand will not give him his wages,

Abandon the cities, and live on the cliffs, you inhabitants of Moab. Be like a dove that builds a nest by the mouth of a cave.

“Since they have led My people astray saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, for when someone builds a wall they plaster it with whitewash,

"When someone builds a wall, they coat it with whitewash. Tell those who coat it with whitewash that it will fall. It will be washed off by the rain. Great hailstones will fall and a stormy wind will strip it off.

"The more altars Ephraim builds for sin, the more altars there will be for sin.

He builds His upper chambersin the heavensand lays the foundation of His vaulton the earth.He summons the waters of the seaand pours them out on the face of the earth.Yahweh is His name.

he who builds Zion with blood and Jerusalem with wickedness.

Yes, he scoffs at kings, and princes are a derision to him. He laughs at every stronghold, for he builds up an earthen ramp, and takes it.

The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches of disaster.

Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshedand founds a town with injustice!