Luke 6:48

Bible in Basic English 1965

He is like a man building a house, who went deep and put the base of it on a rock; and when the water came up and the river was driving against that house, it was not moved, because the building was good.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:2

And he said, The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour, even mine;

2 Samuel 22:32

For who is God but the Lord? and who is a Rock but our God?

2 Samuel 22:47

The Lord is living; praise be to my Rock, and let the God of my salvation be honoured:

2 Samuel 22:5

For the waves of death came round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear;

2 Samuel 23:3

The God of Israel said, the word of the Rock of Israel came to me: When an upright king is ruling over men, when he is ruling in the fear of God,

Psalm 32:6

For this cause let every saint make his prayer to you at a time when you are near: then the overflowing of the great waters will not overtake him.

Psalm 62:2

He only is my Rock and my salvation; he is my high tower; I will not be greatly moved.

Psalm 95:1

O come, let us make songs to the Lord; sending up glad voices to the Rock of our salvation.

Proverbs 10:25

When the storm-wind is past, the sinner is seen no longer, but the upright man is safe for ever.

Isaiah 26:4

Let your hope be in the Lord for ever: for the Lord Jah is an unchanging Rock.

Isaiah 28:16

For this cause says the Lord God, See, I am placing in Zion as a base, a stone, a tested stone, an angle-stone which is certain and of great value: and he who has faith will not give way.

Isaiah 59:19

So they will see the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the east: for he will come like a rushing stream, forced on by a wind of the Lord.

Nahum 1:8

But like water overflowing he will take them away; he will put an end to those who come up against him, driving his haters into the dark.

Luke 6:47

Everyone who comes to me and gives ear to my words and does them, I will make clear to you what he is like:

Luke 6:49

But he who gives hearing, without doing, is like a man building a house on the earth without a base for it; and when the force of the river came against it, straight away it came down; and the destruction of that house was great.

John 16:33

I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.

Acts 14:22

Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 2:20

Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone,

Deuteronomy 32:15

But Jeshurun became fat and would not be controlled: you have become fat, you are thick and full of food: then he was untrue to the God who made him, giving no honour to the Rock of his salvation.

Deuteronomy 32:18

You have no thought for the Rock, your father, you have no memory of the God who gave you birth.

Deuteronomy 32:31

For their rock is not like our Rock, even our haters themselves being judges.

2 Timothy 2:19

But God's strong base is unchanging, having this sign, The Lord has knowledge of those who are his: and, Let everyone by whom the name of the Lord is named be turned away from evil.

2 Peter 1:10

For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:

1 John 2:28

And now, my children, keep your hearts in him; so that at his revelation, we may have no fear or shame before him at his coming.

Jude 1:24

Now to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to give you a place in his glory, free from all evil, with great joy,

1 Samuel 2:2

No other is holy as the Lord, for there is no other God but you: there is no Rock like our God.