Matthew 7:24

The Message

“These words I speak to you are not incidental additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living. They are foundational words, words to build a life on. If you work these words into your life, you are like a smart carpenter who built his house on solid rock. Rain poured down, the river flooded, a tornado hit—but nothing moved that house. It was fixed to the rock.

Cross References

Proverbs 10:25

When the storm is over, there’s nothing left of the wicked; good people, firm on their rock foundation, aren’t even fazed.

Proverbs 10:8

A wise heart takes orders; an empty head will come unglued.

Proverbs 12:7

Wicked people fall to pieces—there’s nothing to them; the homes of good people hold together.

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the wise keeps life on track; the foolishness of fools lands them in the ditch.

Matthew 24:45

“Who here qualifies for the job of overseeing the kitchen? A person the Master can depend on to feed the workers on time each day. Someone the Master can drop in on unannounced and always find him doing his job. A God-blessed man or woman, I tell you. It won’t be long before the Master will put this person in charge of the whole operation.

Matthew 25:9

“They answered, ‘There might not be enough to go around; go buy your own.’

Matthew 7:26

“But if you just use my words in Bible studies and don’t work them into your life, you are like a stupid carpenter who built his house on the sandy beach. When a storm rolled in and the waves came up, it collapsed like a house of cards.”

Luke 11:28

Jesus commented, “Even more blessed are those who hear God’s Word and guard it with their lives!”

John 14:15

“If you love me, show it by doing what I’ve told you. I will talk to the Father, and he’ll provide you another Friend so that you will always have someone with you. This Friend is the Spirit of Truth. The godless world can’t take him in because it doesn’t have eyes to see him, doesn’t know what to look for. But you know him already because he has been staying with you, and will even be in you!