'Build' in the Bible

Then the king of the north will advance and will build siege mounds and capture a well-fortified city. The forces of the south will not prevail, not even his finest contingents. They will have no strength to prevail.

You build Zion through bloody crimes, Jerusalem through unjust violence.

They mock kings and laugh at rulers. They laugh at every fortified city; they build siege ramps and capture them.

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.

Go up to the hill country and bring back timber to build the temple. Then I will be pleased and honored,' says the Lord.

He replied, "To build a temple for her in the land of Babylonia. When it is finished, she will be placed there in her own residence."

Then say to him, 'The Lord who rules over all says, "Look -- here is the man whose name is Branch, who will sprout up from his place and build the temple of the Lord.

Indeed, he will build the temple of the Lord, and he will be clothed in splendor, sitting as king on his throne. Moreover, there will be a priest with him on his throne and they will see eye to eye on everything.

Then those who are far away will come and build the temple of the Lord so that you may know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you. This will all come to pass if you completely obey the voice of the Lord your God."'"

Edom says, "Though we are devastated, we will once again build the ruined places." So the Lord who rules over all responds, "They indeed may build, but I will overthrow. They will be known as the land of evil, the people with whom the Lord is permanently displeased.

And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.

"We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple made with hands and in three days build another not made with hands.'"

Woe to you! You build the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors killed.

So you testify that you approve of the deeds of your ancestors, because they killed the prophets and you build their tombs!

Then he said, 'I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.

For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn't sit down first and compute the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it?

They will say, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish!'

For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and surround you and close in on you from every side.

Heaven is my throne, and earth is the footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is my resting place?

And now I entrust you to God and to the message of his grace. This message is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

Let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up.

And in this way I desire to preach where Christ has not been named, so as not to build on another person's foundation,

Have you been thinking all this time that we have been defending ourselves to you? We are speaking in Christ before God, and everything we do, dear friends, is to build you up.

But if I build up again those things I once destroyed, I demonstrate that I am one who breaks God's law.

to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ,

Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, just as you are in fact doing.