| Matt.16.18 | And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. |
| Matt.23.29 | “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous, |
| Mark.14.58 | “We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, not made with hands.’ ” |
| Luke.6.48 | he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. |
| Luke.11.47 | Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed. |
| Luke.11.48 | So you are witnesses and you consent to the deeds of your fathers, for they killed them, and you build their tombs. |
| Luke.12.18 | And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. |
| Luke.14.28 | For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? |
| Luke.14.30 | saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’ |
| Luke.17.28 | Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, |
| John.2.20 | The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?” |
| Acts.7.49 | “ ‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my . What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest? |
| Acts.20.32 | And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified. |
| Rom.15.2 | Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. |
| Rom.15.20 | and thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else’s foundation, |
| 1Cor.3.9 | For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, God’s building. |
| 1Cor.3.10 | According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. |
| 1Cor.3.12 | Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— |
| 1Cor.8.1 | Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” This “knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up. |
| 1Cor.10.23 | “All things are lawful,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up. |
| 1Cor.14.4 | The one who speaks in a tongue builds up himself, but the one who prophesies builds up the church. |
| 1Cor.14.12 | So with yourselves, since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church. |
| 1Cor.14.26 | What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up. |
| 2Cor.5.1 | For we know that if the tent, which is our earthly home, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. |
| 2Cor.10.8 | For even if I boast a little too much of our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be ashamed. |
| 2Cor.13.10 | For this reason I write these things while I am away from you, that when I come I may not have to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down. |
| Eph.4.12 | to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, |
| Eph.4.16 | from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love. |
| Eph.4.29 | Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. |
| 1Thess.5.11 | Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. |
| Jude.1.20 | But you, beloved, build yourselves up in your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit; |