Build up

1. Deut. 25: 9
     9 Then shall his brother’s wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his ^ashoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother’s house.
2. 2 Kgs. 21: 3
     3 For he built up again the ^ahigh places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a ^bgrove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the ^chost of heaven, and served them.
3. 2 Chr. 32: 5
     5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the ^awall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired ^bMillo in the city of David, and made ^cdarts and shields in abundance.
4. Neh. 2: 17
     17 ¶ Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth ^awaste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
5. Job 22: 23
     23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be ^abuilt up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
6. Ps. 28: 5
     5 Because they regard not the ^aworks of the Lord, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
7. Ps. 89: 2, 4
     2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
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     4 Thy seed will I ^aestablish for ever, and build up thy ^bthrone to all generations. Selah.
8. Ps. 102: 16
     16 When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall ^aappear in his glory.
9. Ps. 147: 2
     2 The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he ^agathereth together the ^boutcasts of Israel.
10. Eccl. 3: 3
      3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
11. Isa. 60: 10
      10 And the ^asons of strangers shall ^bbuild up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my ^cwrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
12. Ezek. 13: 10
      10 ¶ Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, ^aPeace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered ^bmorter:
13. Micah 3: 10
      10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
14. Acts 20: 32
      32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an ^ainheritance among all them which are sanctified.
15. Col. 2: 7
      7 ^aRooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with ^bthanksgiving.
16. 1 Pet. 2: 5
      5 Ye also, as ^alively stones, are built up a ^bspiritual ^chouse, an holy priesthood, to offer up ^dspiritual ^esacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
17. Jude 1: 20
      20 But ye, beloved, ^abuilding up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
18. 1 Ne. 22: 22-23
      22 And the righteous need not fear, for they are those who shall not be confounded. But it is the kingdom of the devil, which shall be built up among the children of men, which kingdom is established among them which are in the flesh—
      23 For the time speedily shall come that all ^achurches which are built up to get gain, and all those who are built up to get power over the flesh, and those who are built up to become ^bpopular in the eyes of the world, and those who seek the lusts of the flesh and the things of the world, and to do all manner of iniquity; yea, in fine, all those who belong to the kingdom of the ^cdevil are they who need fear, and tremble, and ^dquake; they are those who must be brought low in the dust; they are those who must be ^econsumed as stubble; and this is according to the words of the prophet.
19. 2 Ne. 26: 20-21
      20 And the Gentiles are lifted up in the ^apride of their eyes, and have ^bstumbled, because of the greatness of their ^cstumbling block, that they have built up many ^dchurches; nevertheless, they ^eput down the power and miracles of God, and preach up unto themselves their own wisdom and their own ^flearning, that they may get gain and grind upon the face of the poor.
      21 And there are many churches built up which cause ^aenvyings, and ^bstrifes, and ^cmalice.
20. 2 Ne. 28: 3
      3 For it shall come to pass in that day that the ^achurches which are built up, and not unto the Lord, when the one shall say unto the other: Behold, I, I am the Lord’s; and the others shall say: I, I am the Lord’s; and thus shall every one say that hath built up ^bchurches, and not unto the Lord—
21. Alma 31: 13
      13 For they had a place built up in the center of their synagogue, a place for standing, which was high above the head; and the top thereof would only admit one person.
22. Alma 50: 2
      2 And upon the top of these ridges of earth he caused that there should be ^atimbers, yea, works of timbers built up to the height of a man, round about the cities.
23. Hel. 6: 31, 38
      31 And now behold, he had got great hold upon the hearts of the Nephites; yea, insomuch that they had become exceedingly wicked; yea, the more part of them had turned out of the ^away of righteousness, and did ^btrample under their feet the commandments of God, and did turn unto their own ways, and did build up unto themselves ^cidols of their gold and their silver.
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      38 And it came to pass on the other hand, that the Nephites did build them up and support them, beginning at the more wicked part of them, until they had overspread all the land of the Nephites, and had seduced the more part of the righteous until they had come down to believe in their works and partake of their spoils, and to join with them in their secret murders and combinations.
24. Hel. 11: 20
      20 And thus it did come to pass that the people of Nephi began to prosper again in the land, and began to build up their waste places, and began to multiply and spread, even until they did ^acover the whole face of the land, both on the northward and on the southward, from the sea west to the sea east.
25. 3 Ne. 7: 12
      12 Therefore, Jacob seeing that their enemies were more numerous than they, he being the king of the band, therefore he commanded his people that they should take their flight into the northernmost part of the land, and there build up unto themselves a ^akingdom, until they were joined by dissenters, (for he flattered them that there would be many dissenters) and they become sufficiently strong to contend with the tribes of the people; and they did so.
26. 4 Ne. 1: 26, 34, 41-42
      26 And they began to be divided into classes; and they began to build up ^achurches unto themselves to get ^bgain, and began to deny the true church of Christ.
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      34 Nevertheless, the people did harden their hearts, for they were led by many priests and ^afalse prophets to build up many churches, and to do all manner of iniquity. And they did ^bsmite upon the people of Jesus; but the people of Jesus did not smite again. And thus they did dwindle in unbelief and wickedness, from year to year, even until two hundred and thirty years had passed away.
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      41 And they did still continue to build up churches unto themselves, and adorn them with all manner of precious things. And thus did two hundred and fifty years pass away, and also two hundred and sixty years.
      42 And it came to pass that the wicked part of the people began again to build up the secret oaths and ^acombinations of Gadianton.
27. Morm. 3: 2
      2 And it came to pass that the Lord did say unto me: Cry unto this people—Repent ye, and come unto me, and be ye baptized, and build up again my church, and ye shall be ^aspared.
28. Morm. 8: 32-33, 40
      32 Yea, it shall come in a day when there shall be ^achurches built up that shall say: Come unto me, and for your money you shall be forgiven of your sins.
      33 O ye wicked and perverse and ^astiffnecked people, why have ye built up churches unto yourselves to get ^bgain? Why have ye ^ctransfigured the holy word of God, that ye might bring ^ddamnation upon your souls? Behold, look ye unto the ^erevelations of God; for behold, the time cometh at that day when all these things must be fulfilled.
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      40 Yea, why do ye build up your ^asecret abominations to get gain, and cause that widows should mourn before the Lord, and also orphans to mourn before the Lord, and also the blood of their fathers and their husbands to cry unto the Lord from the ground, for vengeance upon your heads?
29. Ether 7: 19
      19 Wherefore, the son of Noah did build up his kingdom in his stead; nevertheless they did not gain power any more over Shule the king, and the people who were under the reign of Shule the king did prosper exceedingly and wax great.
30. Ether 8: 23-25
      23 Wherefore, O ye Gentiles, it is wisdom in God that these things should be shown unto you, that thereby ye may repent of your sins, and suffer not that these murderous combinations shall get above you, which are built up to get ^apower and gain—and the work, yea, even the work of ^bdestruction come upon you, yea, even the sword of the justice of the Eternal God shall fall upon you, to your overthrow and destruction if ye shall suffer these things to be.
      24 Wherefore, the Lord commandeth you, when ye shall see these things come among you that ye shall awake to a sense of your awful situation, because of this ^asecret combination which shall be among you; or wo be unto it, because of the blood of them who have been slain; for they cry from the dust for vengeance upon it, and also upon those who built it up.
      25 For it cometh to pass that whoso buildeth it up seeketh to overthrow the ^afreedom of all lands, nations, and countries; and it bringeth to pass the destruction of all people, for it is built up by the devil, who is the father of all lies; even that same liar who ^bbeguiled our first parents, yea, even that same liar who hath caused man to commit murder from the beginning; who hath ^chardened the hearts of men that they have ^dmurdered the prophets, and stoned them, and cast them out from the beginning.
31. Ether 10: 1-2, 4, 12
      1 And it came to pass that Shez, who was a descendant of Heth—for ^aHeth had perished by the famine, and all his household save it were Shez—wherefore, Shez began to build up again a broken people.
      2 And it came to pass that Shez did remember the destruction of his fathers, and he did build up a righteous kingdom; for he remembered what the Lord had done in bringing Jared and his brother ^aacross the deep; and he did walk in the ways of the Lord; and he begat sons and daughters.
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      4 And it came to pass that his father did build up many cities upon the face of the land, and the people began again to spread over all the face of the land. And Shez did live to an exceedingly old age; and he begat Riplakish. And he died, and Riplakish reigned in his stead.
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      12 And it came to pass that Morianton built up many cities, and the people became exceedingly rich under his reign, both in buildings, and in ^agold and silver, and in raising grain, and in flocks, and herds, and such things which had been restored unto them.
32. Ether 11: 15
      15 And it came to pass that there arose a ^arebellion among the people, because of that secret ^bcombination which was built up to get power and gain; and there arose a mighty man among them in iniquity, and gave battle unto Moron, in which he did overthrow the half of the kingdom; and he did maintain the half of the kingdom for many years.
33. Ether 13: 5-6, 8
      5 And he spake also concerning the house of Israel, and the ^aJerusalem from whence ^bLehi should come—after it should be destroyed it should be built up again, a ^choly city unto the Lord; wherefore, it could not be a new Jerusalem for it had been in a time of old; but it should be built up again, and become a holy city of the Lord; and it should be built unto the house of Israel.
      6 And that a ^aNew Jerusalem should be built up upon this land, unto the remnant of the seed of ^bJoseph, for which things there has been a ^ctype.
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      8 Wherefore, the remnant of the house of Joseph shall be built upon this ^aland; and it shall be a land of their inheritance; and they shall build up a holy ^bcity unto the Lord, like unto the Jerusalem of old; and they shall ^cno more be confounded, until the end come when the earth shall pass away.
34. D&C 10: 52, 54, 56, 62
      52 And now, behold, according to their faith in their prayers will I bring this part of my gospel to the knowledge of my people. Behold, I do not bring it to ^adestroy that which they have received, but to build it up.
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      54 Now I do not say this to destroy my church, but I say this to build up my church;
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      56 But it is they who do not ^afear me, neither keep my commandments but build up ^bchurches unto themselves to get ^cgain, yea, and all those that do wickedly and build up the kingdom of the devil—yea, verily, verily, I say unto you, that it is they that I will disturb, and cause to tremble and shake to the center.
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      62 Yea, and I will also bring to light my gospel which was ministered unto them, and, behold, they shall not deny that which you have received, but they shall build it up, and shall bring to light the true points of my ^adoctrine, yea, and the only doctrine which is in me.
35. D&C 18: 5
      5 Wherefore, if you shall build up my ^achurch, upon the foundation of my gospel and my ^brock, the ^cgates of hell shall not prevail against you.
36. D&C 21: 2
      2 Being ^ainspired of the Holy Ghost to lay the foundation thereof, and to ^bbuild it up unto the most holy faith.
37. D&C 22: 3
      3 For it is because of your dead works that I have caused this last covenant and this church to be built up unto me, even as in days of old.
38. D&C 27: 4
      4 Wherefore, you shall partake of none except it is made ^anew among you; yea, in this my Father’s kingdom which shall be built up on the earth.
39. D&C 30: 6
      6 And be you afflicted in all his ^aafflictions, ever ^blifting up your heart unto me in prayer and faith, for his and your ^cdeliverance; for I have given unto him power to ^dbuild up my ^echurch among the ^fLamanites;
40. D&C 39: 13
      13 Thou art called to ^alabor in my vineyard, and to ^bbuild up my ^cchurch, and to bring forth ^dZion, that it may rejoice upon the hills and ^eflourish.
41. D&C 42: 8, 11, 35
      8 And from this place ye shall go forth into the regions westward; and inasmuch as ye shall find them that will receive you ye shall ^abuild up my church in every region—
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      11 Again I say unto you, that it shall not be given to any one to go forth to ^apreach my gospel, or to build up my church, except he be ^bordained by some one who has ^cauthority, and it is known to the church that he has authority and has been regularly ordained by the heads of the church.
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      35 And for the purpose of ^apurchasing lands for the public benefit of the church, and building houses of ^bworship, and building up of the ^cNew Jerusalem which is hereafter to be revealed—
42. D&C 45: 64
      64 Wherefore I, the Lord, have said, gather ye out from the ^aeastern lands, assemble ye yourselves together ye elders of my church; go ye forth into the western countries, call upon the inhabitants to repent, and inasmuch as they do repent, build up churches unto me.
43. D&C 58: 48
      48 And let them build up ^achurches, inasmuch as the inhabitants of the earth will repent.
44. D&C 63: 4
      4 Who buildeth up at his own will and ^apleasure; and destroyeth when he pleases, and is able to ^bcast the soul down to hell.
45. D&C 84: 32, 108
      32 And the sons of Moses and of Aaron shall be filled with the ^aglory of the Lord, upon ^bMount Zion in the Lord’s house, whose sons are ye; and also many whom I have called and sent forth to build up my ^cchurch.
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      108 Behold, this is the way that mine apostles, in ancient days, built up my church unto me.
46. D&C 101: 18, 64, 74
      18 They that remain, and are pure in heart, shall return, and come to their ^ainheritances, they and their children, with ^bsongs of everlasting joy, to ^cbuild up the waste places of Zion—
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      64 That the work of the ^agathering together of my saints may continue, that I may build them up unto my name upon ^bholy places; for the time of ^charvest is come, and my word must needs be ^dfulfilled.
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      74 And the churches in the ^aeastern countries, when they are built up, if they will hearken unto this counsel they may buy lands and gather together upon them; and in this way they may establish Zion.
47. D&C 103: 11
      11 But verily I say unto you, I have decreed that your brethren which have been scattered shall return to the ^alands of their inheritances, and shall ^bbuild up the waste places of Zion.
48. D&C 104: 36, 59
      36 And it is my will that he should sell the lots that are laid off for the building up of the ^acity of my saints, inasmuch as it shall be made known to him by the ^bvoice of the Spirit, and according to the counsel of the order, and by the voice of the order.
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      59 For the purpose of building up my church and kingdom on the earth, and to ^aprepare my people for the time when I shall ^bdwell with them, which is nigh at hand.
49. D&C 105: 5
      5 And ^aZion cannot be built up ^bunless it is by the ^cprinciples of the ^dlaw of the celestial kingdom; otherwise I cannot receive her unto myself.
50. D&C 107: 33-34
      33 The ^aTwelve are a ^bTraveling Presiding High Council, to officiate in the name of the Lord, under the direction of the Presidency of the Church, agreeable to the institution of heaven; to build up the church, and regulate all the affairs of the same in all nations, first unto the ^cGentiles and secondly unto the Jews.
      34 The ^aSeventy are to act in the name of the Lord, under the direction of the ^bTwelve or the traveling high council, in building up the church and regulating all the affairs of the same in all nations, first unto the Gentiles and then to the Jews;
51. D&C 115: 17
      17 And again, verily I say unto you, it is my will that the city of Far West should be built up speedily by the gathering of my saints;
52. D&C 124: 51, 83
      51 Therefore, for this cause have I accepted the offerings of those whom I commanded to build up a city and a ^ahouse unto my name, in Jackson county, Missouri, and were hindered by their enemies, saith the Lord your God.
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      83 If he will do my will let him not take his family unto the eastern lands, even unto Kirtland; nevertheless, I, the Lord, will build up ^aKirtland, but I, the Lord, have a scourge prepared for the inhabitants thereof.
53. D&C 125: 2-3
      2 Verily, thus saith the Lord, I say unto you, if those who ^acall themselves by my name and are essaying to be my saints, if they will do my will and keep my commandments concerning them, let them gather themselves together unto the places which I shall appoint unto them by my servant Joseph, and build up cities unto my name, that they may be prepared for that which is in store for a time to come.
      3 Let them build up a city unto my name upon the land opposite the city of Nauvoo, and let the name of ^aZarahemla be named upon it.
54. D&C 136: 19
      19 And if any man shall seek to build up himself, and seeketh not my ^acounsel, he shall have no power, and his ^bfolly shall be made manifest.