Matthew 7:26 - English Majority Text Version 2009

²⁶ 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

²⁶ 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

²⁶ 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)

²⁶ 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

²⁶ 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

²⁶ 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

²⁶ 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?