Matthew 7:26

New English Translation

Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

Cross References

Job 22:16

men who were carried off before their time, when the flood was poured out on their foundations?

Proverbs 14:1

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

Jeremiah 8:9

Your wise men will be put to shame. They will be dumbfounded and be brought to judgment. Since they have rejected the word of the Lord, what wisdom do they really have?

Matthew 7:24

“Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock.

Matthew 7:25

The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because it had been founded on rock.

Matthew 7:27

The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed; it was utterly destroyed!”

Luke 6:49

But the person who hears and does not put my words into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against that house, it collapsed immediately, and was utterly destroyed!”

James 2:20

But would you like evidence, you empty fellow, that faith without works is useless?

1 Samuel 2:30

Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘I really did say that your house and your ancestor’s house would serve me forever.’ But now the Lord says, ‘May it never be! For I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me will be cursed!