Luke 6:49

New International Version

But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete.”

Cross References

Ezekiel 33:31

My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. Their mouths speak of love, but their hearts are greedy for unjust gain.

Matthew 23:3

So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

Proverbs 28:18

The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe, but the one whose ways are perverse will fall into the pit.

1 John 2:19

They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.

John 15:2

He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.

Luke 12:47

“The servant who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows.

Luke 6:46

“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?

Mark 4:17

But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

2 Peter 2:20

If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.

1 Thessalonians 3:5

For this reason, when I could stand it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith. I was afraid that in some way the tempter had tempted you and that our labors might have been in vain.

Acts 26:11

Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished, and I tried to force them to blaspheme. I was so obsessed with persecuting them that I even hunted them down in foreign cities.

Acts 20:29

I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.

Luke 19:27

But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me.’ ”

Luke 19:14

“But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We don’t want this man to be our king.’

Matthew 24:10

At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other,

Hosea 4:14

“I will not punish your daughters when they turn to prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery, because the men themselves consort with harlots and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes— a people without understanding will come to ruin!

Luke 6:48

They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.

Luke 7:1

When Jesus had finished saying all this to the people who were listening, he entered Capernaum.