Matthew 7:26

New American Bible - revised edition

And everyone who listens to these words of mine but does not act on them will be like a fool who built his house on sand.

Cross References

Job 22:16

They were snatched before their time; their foundations a river swept away.

Proverbs 14:1

Wisdom builds her house, but Folly tears hers down with her own hands.

Jeremiah 8:9

The wise are put to shame, terrified, and trapped; Since they have rejected the word of the Lord, what sort of wisdom do they have?

Matthew 7:24

“Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.

Matthew 7:25

The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock.

Matthew 7:27

The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. And it collapsed and was completely ruined.”

Luke 6:49

But the one who listens and does not act is like a person who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against it, it collapsed at once and was completely destroyed.”

James 2:20

Do you want proof, you ignoramus, that faith without works is useless?

1 Samuel 2:30

This, therefore, is the oracle of the Lord, the God of Israel: I said in the past that your family and your father’s house should minister in my presence forever. But now—oracle of the Lord: Far be it from me! I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me shall be cursed.