Deuteronomy 6:10; Deuteronomy 8:12; Deuteronomy 13:16; Deuteronomy 20:5; Deuteronomy 20:20; Deuteronomy 22:8; Deuteronomy 25:9; Deuteronomy 27:5; Deuteronomy 27:6; Deuteronomy 28:30

Deuteronomy 6:10

10 When the LORD your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you—a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build,

Deuteronomy 8:12

12 Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down,

Deuteronomy 13:16

16 You are to gather all the plunder of the town into the middle of the public square and completely burn the town and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. That town is to remain a ruin forever, never to be rebuilt,

Deuteronomy 20:5

5 The officers shall say to the army: “Has anyone built a new house and not yet begun to live in it? Let him go home, or he may die in battle and someone else may begin to live in it.

Deuteronomy 20:20

20 However, you may cut down trees that you know are not fruit trees and use them to build siege works until the city at war with you falls.

Deuteronomy 22:8

8 When you build a new house, make a parapet around your roof so that you may not bring the guilt of bloodshed on your house if someone falls from the roof.

Deuteronomy 25:9

9 his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, take off one of his sandals, spit in his face and say, “This is what is done to the man who will not build up his brother’s family line.”

Deuteronomy 27:5

5 Build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. Do not use any iron tool on them.

Deuteronomy 27:6

6 Build the altar of the LORD your God with fieldstones and offer burnt offerings on it to the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 28:30

30 You will be pledged to be married to a woman, but another will take her and rape her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not even begin to enjoy its fruit.