Matthew 7:26

A Conservative Version

And every man who hears these sayings of mine, and does not do them, will be compared to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand.

Cross References

Luke 6:49

But he who heard, and not having done, is like a man who built a house upon the soil without a foundation, on which the stream beat, and straightaway it fell. And the ruin of that house became great.

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise men are put to shame. They are dismayed and taken. Lo, they have rejected the word of LORD, and what manner of wisdom is in them?

James 2:20

But do thou want to know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?

1 Samuel 2:30

Therefore LORD, the God of Israel, says, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me forever, but now LORD says, Be it far from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me

Proverbs 14:1

Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish woman plucks it down with her own hands.

Job 22:16

Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,

Matthew 7:24

Therefore every man, whoever hears these sayings 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 descended, and the torrents came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it had been founded upon the rock.

Matthew 7:27

And the rain descended, and the torrents came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell. And great was the fall of it.