Matthew 7:26

God's Word

“Everyone who hears what I say but doesn’t obey it will be like a foolish person who built a house on sand.

Cross References

Job 22:16

They are snatched up before their time. A river washes their foundation away.

Proverbs 14:1

The wisest of women builds up her home, but a stupid one tears it down with her own hands.

Jeremiah 8:9

Wise people are put to shame, confused, and trapped. They have rejected the Lord’s word. They don’t really have any wisdom.

Matthew 7:24

“Therefore, everyone who hears what I say and obeys it will be like a wise person who built a house on rock.

Matthew 7:25

Rain poured, and floods came. Winds blew and beat against that house. But it did not collapse, because its foundation was on rock.

Matthew 7:27

Rain poured, and floods came. Winds blew and struck that house. It collapsed, and the result was a total disaster.”

Luke 6:49

The person who hears ⌞what I say⌟ but doesn’t obey it is like someone who built a house on the ground without any foundation. The floodwaters pushed against it, and that house quickly collapsed and was destroyed.”

James 2:20

You fool! Do you have to be shown that faith which does nothing is useless?

1 Samuel 2:30

“Therefore, the Lord God of Israel declares: I certainly thought that your family and your father’s family would always live in my presence. “But now the Lord declares: I promise that I will honor those who honor me, and those who despise me will be considered insignificant.