Builds

A song of ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.

The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel.

Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.

“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,

He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is His name.

Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!

Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!

By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.

If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,

Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.