Every wise woman ¹  builds ²  her household, ³  but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.

I increased my possessions: ¹  I built houses for myself; ²  I planted vineyards for myself.

A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

They will build houses and live in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

And there are times when I promise to build up and establish ¹  a nation or kingdom.

‘Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce.

you built yourself a chamber ¹  and put up a pavilion ²  in every public square.

It will be a day for rebuilding your walls; in that day your boundary will be extended. ¹ 

The one who builds a city by bloodshed is as good as dead ¹  – he who starts ²  a town by unjust deeds.

But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the people ¹  had started ²  building.

So the Lord scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building ¹  the city.

So Abram moved his tents and went to live ¹  by the oaks ²  of Mamre in Hebron, and he built an altar to the Lord there.

When ¹  Aaron saw this, ²  he built an altar before it, ³  and Aaron made a proclamation ⁴  and said, “Tomorrow will be a feast ⁵  to the Lord.”

That is why those who speak in proverbs ¹  say, “Come to Heshbon, let it be built. Let the city of Sihon be established! ² 

Then they came very close to him and said, “We will build sheep folds here for our flocks and cities for our families, ¹ 

So build cities for your descendants and pens for your sheep, but do what you have said ¹  you would do.”

The Gadites rebuilt Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,

The Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,

Then you must build an altar there to the Lord your God, an altar of stones – do not use an iron tool on them.

You must build the altar of the Lord your God with whole stones and offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God.