Matthew 7:26

Bible in Basic English 1965

And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand;

Cross References

Job 22:16

Who were violently taken away before their time, who were overcome by the rush of waters:

Proverbs 14:1

Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise men are shamed, they are overcome with fear and taken: see, they have given up the word of the Lord; and what use is their wisdom to them?

Matthew 7:24

Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;

Matthew 7:25

And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house, but it was not moved; because it was based on the rock.

Matthew 7:27

And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall.

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.

James 2:20

Do you not see, O foolish man, that faith without works is of no use?

1 Samuel 2:30

For this reason the Lord God of Israel has said, Truly I did say that your family and your father's people would have their place before me for ever: but now the Lord says, Let it not be so; I will give honour to those by whom I am honoured, and those who have no respect for me will be of small value in my eyes.