'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!

"Every one who hears these my teachings and acts upon them will be found to resemble a wise man who builds his house upon rock;

And every one who hears these my teachings and does not act upon them will be found to resemble a fool who builds his house upon sand.

So then, we must pursue what promotes peace and what builds up one another.

According to God’s grace that was given to me, I have laid a foundation as a skilled master builder, and another builds on it. But each one must be careful how he builds on it.

If anyone builds on that foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw,

About food offered to idols: We know that “we all have knowledge.” Knowledge inflates with pride, but love builds up.

“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is helpful. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything builds up.

The person who speaks in another language builds himself up, but he who prophesies builds up the church.

in whom the whole body is united and held together by every ligament with which it is supplied. As each individual part does its job, the body builds itself up in love.

For this one is considered worthy of greater glory than Moses, inasmuch as the one who builds it has greater honor than the house.