Matthew 7:24

New Living Translation

“Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock.

Cross References

Job 28:28

And this is what he says to all humanity: ‘The fear of the Lord is true wisdom; to forsake evil is real understanding.’”

Psalm 111:10

Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true wisdom. All who obey his commandments will grow in wisdom. Praise him forever!

Psalm 119:130

The teaching of your word gives light, so even the simple can understand.

Psalm 119:99

Yes, I have more insight than my teachers, for I am always thinking of your laws.

Proverbs 10:25

When the storms of life come, the wicked are whirled away, but the godly have a lasting foundation.

Proverbs 10:8

The wise are glad to be instructed, but babbling fools fall flat on their faces.

Proverbs 12:7

The wicked die and disappear, but the family of the godly stands firm.

Proverbs 14:8

The prudent understand where they are going, but fools deceive themselves.

Matthew 12:50

Anyone who does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother!”

Matthew 16:18

Now I say to you that you are Peter (which means ‘rock’), and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it.

Matthew 24:45

“A faithful, sensible servant is one to whom the master can give the responsibility of managing his other household servants and feeding them.

Matthew 25:2

Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

Matthew 25:4

but the other five were wise enough to take along extra oil.

Matthew 25:9

“But the others replied, ‘We don’t have enough for all of us. Go to a shop and buy some for yourselves.’

Matthew 7:25

Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock.

Matthew 7:26

But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand.

Luke 11:28

Jesus replied, “But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice.”

John 13:17

Now that you know these things, God will bless you for doing them.

John 14:15

“If you love me, obey my commandments.

John 15:10

When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.

John 15:14

You are my friends if you do what I command.

Romans 2:13

For merely listening to the law doesn’t make us right with God. It is obeying the law that makes us right in his sight.

1 John 2:3

And we can be sure that we know him if we obey his commandments.