Matthew 7:26 - English Majority Text Version 2009

And everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not do them, will be compared to a foolish man who built his house on the sand:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not do them will be like a stupid (foolish) man who built his house upon the sand.

American Standard Version (1901)

And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand:

Common English Bible

But everybody who hears these words of mine and doesn’t put them into practice will be like a fool who built a house on sand.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them shall be like a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And every one that heareth these my words, and doth them not, shall be like a foolish man that built his house upon the sand,

Matthew 7:26 Cross References

Matthew 7:24

"Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine and does them, I will compare him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock:

Matthew 7:25

and the rain came down, and the floods came, and the winds blew and fell against that house; and it did not fall, for it had been founded upon the rock.

Matthew 7:27

and the rain came down, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And its fall was great."

Luke 6:49

But he who hears and does not do is like a man building a house on the ground without a foundation, [against] which the stream burst upon; and immediately it fell. And the breaking of that house was great."

James 2:20

But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?