'Builds' in the Bible

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.

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

The one who loves a quarrel loves transgression; whoever builds his gate high seeks destruction.

"'Sure to be judged is the king who builds his palace using injustice and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms. He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor.

"'This is because they have led my people astray saying, "All is well," when things are not well. When anyone builds a wall without mortar, they coat it with whitewash.

He builds the upper rooms of his palace in heaven and sets its foundation supports on the earth. He summons the water of the sea and pours it out on the earth's surface. The Lord is his name.

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.

The one who builds a city by bloodshed is as good as dead -- he who starts a town by unjust deeds.

According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master-builder I laid a foundation, but someone else builds on it. And each one must be careful how he builds.

If anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,

With regard to food sacrificed to idols, we know that "we all have knowledge." Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

"Everything is lawful," but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is lawful," but not everything builds others up.

The one who speaks in a tongue builds himself up, but the one who prophesies builds up the church.