Matthew 7:26 - The Scriptures 2009

²⁶ “And everyone who hears these words of Mine, and does not do them, shall be like 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

Job 22:16

who were cut down before their time, whose foundations were swept away by a flood?

Proverbs 14:1

Every wise woman has built her house, But the foolish breaks it down with her hands.

Jeremiah 8:9

“The wise shall be put to shame, they shall be broken down and caught. See, they have rejected the Word of יהוה, so what wisdom do they have?

Matthew 7:24

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine, and does them, shall be like a wise man who built his house on the rock,

Matthew 7:25

“and the rain came down, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.

Matthew 7:27

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

Luke 6:49

But the one hearing and not doing, is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream burst, and immediately it fell. And the ruin of that house was great.

James 2:20

But do you wish to know, O foolish man, that the belief without the works is dead?

1 Samuel 2:30

“Therefore יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl declares, ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever.’ But now יהוה declares, ‘Far be it from Me, for those who highly esteem Me I highly esteem, and those who despise Me are lightly esteemed.