Matthew 7:26

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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.

Cross References

Luke 6:49

But the one who hears and does not act is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The river crashed against it, and immediately it collapsed. And the destruction of that house was great.’

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and snared. They have rejected the word of the  Lord, so what wisdom do they really have?

James 2:20

Senseless person! Are you willing to learn that faith without works is useless?

1 Samuel 2:30

‘Therefore, this is the declaration of the Lord, the God of Israel: “I did say that your family and your forefather’s family would walk before me for ever.  But now,” this is the Lord’s declaration, “no longer! For those who honour me I will honour,  but those who despise me will be disgraced.

Proverbs 14:1

Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

Job 22:16

They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations  were washed away by a river.

Matthew 7:24

‘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.

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 7:27

The rain fell, the rivers rose, the winds blew and pounded that house, and it collapsed. It collapsed with a great crash.’