12 occurrences across the corpus

King James Version

Joshua 6:26

And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.

Job 27:18

He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.

Proverbs 14:1

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

Jeremiah 22:13

Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbours service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;

Hosea 8:14

For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

Amos 9:6

It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.

Habakkuk 2:12

Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!

1 Corinthians 3:10

According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

1 Corinthians 3:10

According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.

KJV Apocrypha (Catholic Deuterocanon)

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 21:8

He that buildeth his house with other mens money is like one that gathereth himself stones for the tomb of his burial.

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 34:23

When one buildeth, and another pulleth down, what profit have they then but labour?

KJV Apocrypha (Eastern Orthodox Additions)

2 Esdras 16:42

He that occupieth merchandise, as he that hath no profit by it: and he that buildeth, as he that shall not dwell therein: