Bible Verses About Houses
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for houses, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,483 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 Houses
Hebrews 3:4112 votes
For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
Deuteronomy 6:10-1178 votes
And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
2 Corinthians 5:177 votes
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Isaiah 32:1876 votes
And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
Luke 14:2867 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?
Jeremiah 29:559 votes
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
Joshua 24:1357 votes
And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
John 14:257 votes
In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
Psalms 23:653 votes
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Psalms 127:147 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.
Isaiah 65:21-2246 votes
And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
Proverbs 24:3-445 votes
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
Isaiah 28:1642 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.
Proverbs 13:2237 votes
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Matthew 7:24-2737 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:
Proverbs 22:730 votes
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 24:2728 votes
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Romans 15:2028 votes
Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:
Joshua 24:1526 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.
Philemon 1:226 votes
And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:
Ephesians 2:2022 votes
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
2 Samuel 7:1821 votes
Then went king David in, and sat before the Lord, and he said, Who am I, O Lord God? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
2 Kings 4:1020 votes
Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
Proverbs 19:1-2920 votes
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
1 Corinthians 3:1120 votes
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
What does the Bible say about houses?
Readers most often cite Hebrews 3:4 on the subject of houses. Across 1,483 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Deuteronomy 6:10-11, 2 Corinthians 5:1, Isaiah 32:18. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.