Matthew 7:24

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘Therefore,   everyone who hears these words   of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

Cross References

John 13:17

If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.

Luke 11:28

He said, ‘Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God   and keep it.’

1 John 2:3

This is how we know  that we know him: if we keep his commands.

Proverbs 10:8

A wise heart accepts commands, but foolish lips will be destroyed.

John 14:15

‘If you love me, you will keep   my commands.

John 15:14

You are my friends if you do what I command you.

Job 28:28

He said to mankind, ‘The fear of the Lord #– #that is wisdom. And to turn from evil is understanding.’

John 15:10

If you keep my commands you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.

Matthew 12:50

For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.’

Proverbs 14:8

The sensible person’s wisdom is to consider his way, but the stupidity of fools deceives them.

Proverbs 10:25

When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure for ever.

Proverbs 12:7

The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the house of the righteous will stand.

Matthew 7:25

The rain fell, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and pounded that house. Yet it didn’t collapse, because its foundation was on the rock.

Matthew 7:26

But everyone who hears these words of mine and doesn’t act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

Matthew 16:18

And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church,   and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.

Matthew 24:45

‘Who then is a faithful and wise servant,   whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give them food at the proper time?

Matthew 25:2

Five of them were foolish and five were wise.

Matthew 25:4

but the wise ones took oil in their flasks with their lamps.

Matthew 25:9

‘The wise ones answered, “No, there won’t be enough for us and for you. Go instead to those who sell oil, and buy some for yourselves.”

Romans 2:13

For the hearers of the law  are not righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified.