Matthew 7:24

Easy To Read Version

“Every person that hears these things I say and obeys is like a wise man. The wise man built his house on rock.

Cross References

Job 28:28

And God said to people,\par “Fear and respect the Lord—\par that is wisdom.\par Don’t do evil things—\par that is understanding.”\par

Psalm 111:10

Wisdom begins with fear and respect\par for God.\par People who obey God are very wise.\par Praises will be sung to God forever.\par

Psalm 119:130

When people begin to understand your word,\par it is like a light showing them\par the right way of living.\par Your word makes even simple people wise.\par

Psalm 119:99

I am wiser than all my teachers\par because I study your Agreement. {\cf2\super [597]} \par

Proverbs 10:25

Evil people are destroyed by their trouble. But good people will stand strong forever.

Proverbs 10:8

A wise person obeys when someone tells him to do something. But a fool argues and brings trouble to himself.

Proverbs 12:7

Evil people are destroyed and there is nothing left. But people remember a good man long after he is gone.

Proverbs 14:8

Smart people are wise because they think carefully about the things they do. But foolish people are fools because they think they can live by cheating.

Matthew 12:50

My true brother and sister and mother is any person that does the things my Father in heaven wants.”

Matthew 16:18

So I tell you, you are Peter. {\cf2\super [230]} And I will build my church on this rock. The power of death {\cf2\super [231]} will not be able to defeat my church.

Matthew 24:45

“Who is the wise and trusted servant? The master trusts one servant to give the other servants their food at the right time. Who is the servant that the master trusts to do that work?

Matthew 25:2

Five of the girls were foolish. And five of the girls were wise.

Matthew 25:4

The wise girls brought their lamps and more oil in jars.

Matthew 25:9

“The wise girls answered, ‘No! The oil we have might not be enough for all of us. But go to the people that sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’

Matthew 7:25

It rained hard and the water rose. The winds blew and hit that house. But the house did not fall, because the house was built on rock.

Matthew 7:26

But the person that hears the things I teach and does not obey those things is like a foolish man. The foolish man built his house on sand.

Luke 11:28

But Jesus said, “The people that hear the teaching of God and obey it—they are the people that are truly happy!”

John 13:17

If you know these things, you will be happy if you do them.

John 14:15

“If you love me, then you will do the things I command.

John 15:10

I have obeyed my Father’s commands, and I continue in his love. In the same way, if you obey my commands, you will continue in my love.

John 15:14

You are my friends if you do the things I tell you to do.

Romans 2:13

Hearing the law does not make people right with God. The law makes people right with God only if those people always obey everything the law says.

1 John 2:3

If we obey what God has told us to do, then we are sure that we truly know God.