Matthew 7:26
And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand;
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- Luke 6:49 : 49 But he who gives hearing, without doing, is like a man building a house on the earth without a base for it; and when the force of the river came against it, straight away it came down; and the destruction of that house was great.
- Jas 2:20 : 20 Do you not see, O foolish man, that faith without works is of no use?
- Jer 8:9 : 9 The wise men are shamed, they are overcome with fear and taken: see, they have given up the word of the Lord; and what use is their wisdom to them?
- 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 For this reason the Lord God of Israel has said, Truly I did say that your family and your father's people would have their place before me for ever: but now the Lord says, Let it not be so; I will give honour to those by whom I am honoured, and those who have no respect for me will be of small value in my eyes.
- Prov 14:1 : 1 Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.
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19 Every tree which does not give good fruit is cut down and put in the fire.
20 So by their fruits you will get knowledge of them.
21 Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven.
22 A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power?
23 And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil.
24 Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;
25 And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house, but it was not moved; because it was based on the rock.
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46 Why do you say to me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
47 Everyone who comes to me and gives ear to my words and does them, I will make clear to you what he is like:
48 He is like a man building a house, who went deep and put the base of it on a rock; and when the water came up and the river was driving against that house, it was not moved, because the building was good.
49 But he who gives hearing, without doing, is like a man building a house on the earth without a base for it; and when the force of the river came against it, straight away it came down; and the destruction of that house was great.
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27 And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house; and it came down and great was its fall.
- Luke 14:27-304 verses71%
27 Whoever does not take up his cross and come after me may not be my disciple.
28 For which of you, desiring to put up a tower, does not first give much thought to the price, if he will have enough to make it complete?
29 For fear that if he makes a start and is not able to go on with it to the end, all who see it will be laughing at him,
30 And saying, This man made a start at building and is not able to make it complete.
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22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas.
23 Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a glass;
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13 And those on the rock are those who with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for a time, and when the test comes they give up.
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44 Any man falling on this stone will be broken, but he on whom it comes down will be crushed to dust.
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2 And Jesus said to him, Do you see these great buildings? there is not one stone here resting on another which will not be overturned.
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21 Give ear now to this, O foolish people without sense; who have eyes but see nothing, and ears without the power of hearing:
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1 Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.
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18 Everyone falling on that stone will be broken, but the man on whom the stone comes down will be crushed to dust.
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33 And so whoever is not ready to give up all he has may not be my disciple.
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29 The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.
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18 Give ear, then, to the story of the man who put the seed in the earth.
19 When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.
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23 If any man has ears, let him give ear.
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25 When the master of the house has got up, and the door has been shut, and you, still outside, give blows on the door, saying, Lord, let us in; he will make answer and say, I have no knowledge of where you come from.
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18 And he said, This I will do: I will take down my store-houses and make greater ones, and there I will put all my grain and my goods.
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9 He who has ears, let him give ear.
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10 In the measure of the grace given to me, I, as a wise master-builder, have put the base in position, and another goes on building on it. But let every man take care what he puts on it.
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15 And let him who is on the house-top not go down, or go in, to take anything out of his house: