Bible Verses About Building a House
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for building a house, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 4,257 votes, led by Hebrews 3:4. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Building a House
Hebrews 3:4236 votes
For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
Psalms 127:1229 votes
Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Haggai 1:8177 votes
Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord.
Proverbs 24:27176 votes
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Luke 14:28162 votes
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
Luke 6:46-49149 votes
And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
Proverbs 24:3143 votes
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
Isaiah 32:18120 votes
And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
Proverbs 24:3-4113 votes
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
Philippians 4:19110 votes
But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Joshua 24:15100 votes
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Isaiah 58:1297 votes
And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
Proverbs 14:1-1279 votes
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
Matthew 7:24-2778 votes
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
1 Corinthians 3:974 votes
For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.
Nehemiah 4:1-2369 votes
But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
Matthew 7:2459 votes
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Isaiah 28:1657 votes
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
Isaiah 66:1-256 votes
Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
Luke 6:4856 votes
He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
Jeremiah 29:1155 votes
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Isaiah 65:21-2252 votes
And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
Colossians 3:2352 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Proverbs 16:946 votes
A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.
Deuteronomy 28:643 votes
Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
What does the Bible say about building a house?
Readers most often cite Hebrews 3:4 on the subject of building a house. Across 4,257 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 127:1, Haggai 1:8, Proverbs 24:27. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.