Bible Verses about “building a house”
The Bible contains 32 verses about building a house across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.”
“For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn't first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?”
“"Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.”
“Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn't do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.”
“The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn't fall, for it was founded on the rock.”
“The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell--and great was its fall."”
“If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh."”
“Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;”
“There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.”
“by knowledge the rooms are filled with all rare and beautiful treasure.”
“Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.”
“My people will live in a peaceful habitation, in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting places.”
“Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.”
“Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.”
“"Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do the things which I say?”
“For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's farming, God's building.”
“For every house is built by someone; but he who built all things is God.”
“Stay away from a foolish man, for you won't find knowledge on his lips.”
“He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.”
“Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will.”
“Go up to the mountain, bring wood, and build the house. I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified," says Yahweh.”
“The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.”
“A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.”
“Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I will show you who he is like.”
“But he who hears, and doesn't do, is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great."”
“A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn't find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.”
“Those who shall be of you shall build the old waste places; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.”
“The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger.”
“He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.”
“The fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.”
“Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase is by the strength of the ox.”
“The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.”