Bible verses about "building" | Haweis

²⁴ Every man therefore who is hearing from me these words, and puts them in practice, I will compare him to the intelligent man, who erected his house upon a rock: ²⁵ and the rain descended, and the rivers rushed, and the winds blew, and they beat against that house, and it fell not; for it was founded on a rock. ²⁶ And every man who is hearing these sayings of mine, and doth not practise them, he will resemble the foolish man, who built his house upon the sand: ²⁷ and the rain descended, and the rivers rushed, and the winds blew, and set against that house, and it fell; and the fall of it was great.

¹ LET not your hearts be troubled: trust in God, and trust in me. ² In my Father's house are many mansions: and if not, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. ³ And if I go and prepare you a place, I will come again, and receive you to myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

⁴ Whom approaching, as the living stone, rejected indeed of men, but elect of God, and honourable, ⁵ ye also, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices, well pleasing to God through Jesus Christ. ⁶ Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, "Behold, I lay in Sion a cornerstone, elect, precious, and the believer on him shall never be confounded." ⁷ By you therefore who believe is he honoured: but respecting the disobedient, "the stone which the builders rejected, this very stone is become the head of the corner, ⁸ and a stone of stumbling, and rock of offence," to those who stumble at the word, disobedient; whereunto also they were appointed.

¹¹ Wherefore comfort one another, and edify one another, as also ye do.

¹⁹ So then ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; ²⁰ built up on the foundation of apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; ²¹ in whom the whole building exactly cemented together groweth into a holy temple in the Lord: ²² by whom also ye have been built up together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

⁹ For we are God's fellowlabourers: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. ¹⁰ According to the grace of God given unto me, as a skilful architect, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every one take heed how he buildeth upon it. ¹¹ For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus the Messiah. ¹² But if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, timbers, hay, stubble; ¹³ every man's work shall be made manifest: for that day shall declare it, for it shall be laid open by fire; and the fire shall prove every man's work of what sort it is. ¹⁴ If any man's work which he hath built abide [the trial], he shall receive a reward. ¹⁵ If any man's work be burnt up, he shall suffer loss: but himself shall be saved; yet so as through the fire.

²⁸ For what man of you designing to erect a tower, doth not first sitting down calculate the expence, if he have sufficient to complete the work?