Matthew 7:26

Catholic Public Domain Version

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.

Cross References

Job 22:16

These were taken away before their time, and a flood overthrew their foundation.

Proverbs 14:1

A wise woman builds up her household. But a foolish one will pull down with her own hands what has been built up.

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise men have been confounded; they were terrified and captured. For they cast aside the word of the Lord, and there is no wisdom in them.

Matthew 7:24

Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and does them shall be compared to a wise man, who built his house upon the rock.

Matthew 7:25

And the rains descended, and the floods rose up, and the winds blew, and rushed upon that house, but it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.

Matthew 7:27

And the rains descended, and the floods rose up, and the winds blew, and rushed upon that house, and it did fall, and great was its ruin."

Luke 6:49

But whoever hears and does not do: he is like a man building his house upon the soil, without a foundation. The river rushed against it, and it soon fell down, and the ruin of that house was great."

James 2:20

So then, are you willing to understand, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?

1 Samuel 2:30

Because of this, the Lord God of Israel says: I have spoken clearly, so that your house, and the house of your father, may minister in my sight, even forever. But now the Lord says: May this be far from me. Instead, whoever will have glorified me, I will glorify him. But whoever despises me, they will be despised.