'Build' in the Bible

It is the smallest of all seeds, and yet when full-grown it is larger than any herb and forms a tree, so that the birds come and build in its branches."

And I declare to you that you are Peter, and that upon this Rock I will build my Church, and the might of Hades shall not triumph over it.

who testified, "This man said, 'I am able to pull down the Sanctuary of God and three days afterwards to build a new one.'"

and said, "You who would pull down the Sanctuary and build a new one within three days, save yourself. If you are God's Son, come down from the cross."

yet when sown it springs up and becomes larger than all the herbs, and throws out great branches, so that the birds build under its shadow."

It follows that you bear testimony to the actions of your forefathers and that you fully approve thereof. They slew, you build.

"And he said to himself, "'This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and in them I will store up all my harvest and my wealth;

"Which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not sit down first and calculate the cost, asking if he has the means to finish it? --

saying, 'This man began to build, but could not finish.'

"It has taken forty-six years," replied the Jews, "to build this Sanctuary, and will you rebuild it in three days?"

"'The sky 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 resting place shall I have?

"And now I commend you to God and to the word of His grace. He is able to build you up and to give you your inheritance among His people.

Let each of us endeavour to please his fellow Christian, aiming at a blessing calculated to build him up.

And again Isaiah says, "There shall be the Root of Jesse and One who rises up to rule the Gentiles. On Him shall the Gentiles build their hopes."

Everything is allowable, but not everything is profitable. Everything is allowable, but everything does not build others up.

If, however, I were to boast more loudly of our Apostolic authority, which the Lord has given us that we may build you up, not pull you down, I should have no reason to feel ashamed.

Dependent on Him, the whole body--its various parts closely fitting and firmly adhering to one another-- grows by the aid of every contributory link, with power proportioned to the need of each individual part, so as to build itself up in a spirit of love.

Thus He will build up your characters, so that you will be faultlessly holy in the presence of our God and Father at the Coming of our Lord Jesus with all His holy ones.

and serve a copy and type of the heavenly things, just as Moses was divinely instructed when about to build the tabernacle. For God said, "See that you make everything in imitation of the pattern shown you on the mountain."