Matthew 7:26

New Living Translation

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

Cross References

Job 22:16

They were snatched away in the prime of life, the foundations of their lives washed away.

Proverbs 14:1

A wise woman builds her home, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.

Jeremiah 8:9

These wise teachers will fall into the trap of their own foolishness, for they have rejected the word of the Lord. Are they so wise after all?

Matthew 7:24

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

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 7:27

When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.”

Luke 6:49

But anyone who hears and doesn’t obey is like a person who builds a house right on the ground, without a foundation. When the floods sweep down against that house, it will collapse into a heap of ruins.”

James 2:20

How foolish! Can’t you see that faith without good deeds is useless?

1 Samuel 2:30

“Therefore, the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I promised that your branch of the tribe of Levi would always be my priests. But I will honor those who honor me, and I will despise those who think lightly of me.