Matthew 7:24

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Anyone who hears and obeys these teachings of mine is like a wise person who built a house on solid rock.

Cross References

Job 28:28

God told us, “Wisdom means that you respect me, the Lord, and turn from sin.”

Psalm 111:10

Respect and obey the LORD! This is the first step to wisdom and good sense. God will always be respected.

Psalm 119:130

Understanding your word brings light to the minds of ordinary people.

Psalm 119:99

Thinking about your teachings gives me better understanding than my teachers,

Proverbs 10:25

Those crooks will disappear when a storm strikes, but God will keep safe all who obey him.

Proverbs 10:8

If you have good sense, you will listen and obey; if all you do is talk, you will destroy yourself.

Proverbs 12:7

Once the wicked are defeated, they are gone for ever, but no one who obeys God will ever be thrown down.

Proverbs 14:8

Wise people have enough sense to find their way, but stupid fools get lost.

Matthew 12:50

Anyone who obeys my Father in heaven is my brother or sister or mother.”

Matthew 16:18

So I will call you Peter, which means “a rock”. On this rock I will build my church, and death itself will not have any power over it.

Matthew 24:45

Who are faithful and wise servants? Who are the ones the master will put in charge of giving the other servants their food supplies at the proper time?

Matthew 25:2

Five of the girls were foolish and five were wise.

Matthew 25:4

The ones who were wise took along extra oil for their lamps.

Matthew 25:9

The girls who were wise answered, “There's not enough oil for all of us! Go and buy some for yourselves.”

Matthew 7:25

Rain poured down, rivers flooded, and winds beat against that house. But it did not fall, because it was built on solid rock.

Matthew 7:26

Anyone who hears my teachings and doesn't obey them is like a foolish person who built a house on sand.

Luke 11:28

Jesus replied, “That's true, but the people who are really blessed are the ones who hear and obey God's message!”

John 13:17

You know these things, and God will bless you, if you do them.

John 14:15

Jesus said to his disciples: If you love me, you will do as I command.

John 15:10

If you obey me, I will keep loving you, just as my Father keeps loving me, because I have obeyed him.

John 15:14

And you are my friends, if you obey me.

Romans 2:13

God accepts those who obey his Law, but not those who simply hear it.

1 John 2:3

When we obey God, we are sure that we know him.