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Bible Verses About Building
Find Bible verses about building — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about building?
The Bible addresses building with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Jude 1:20
“But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.”
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1 Corinthians 3:9
“For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's farming, God's building.”
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2 Corinthians 5:1
“For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.”
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Ephesians 2:21
“in whom the whole building, fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord;”
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Romans 15:2
“Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, to be building him up.”
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1 Corinthians 14:12
“So also you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek that you may abound to the building up of the assembly.”
Ephesians 4:29
“Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.”
1 Corinthians 3:12
“But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or stubble;”
Ezra 5:11
“Thus they returned us answer, saying, "We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was built these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finish...”
Ephesians 4:12
“for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;”
2 Corinthians 10:8
“For though I should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down) I will not be disappointed,”
Genesis 11:8
“So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.”
Ezra 4:3
“But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers' houses of Israel, said to them, "You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves together will build t...”
Zechariah 2:1
“I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.”
2 Samuel 5:9
“David lived in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. David built around from Millo and inward.”
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Ezra 5:16 — “Then the same Sheshbazzar came, and laid the foundations of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: ...”
1 Chronicles 14:1 — “Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build h...”
1 Chronicles 11:8 — “He built the city all around, from Millo even around; and Joab repaired the rest of the city....”
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