Matthew 7:25

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because its foundation had been laid on rock.

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  • Jas 1:12 : 12 Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.
  • 1 Pet 1:7 : 7 Such trials show the proven character of your faith, which is much more valuable than gold– gold that is tested by fire, even though it is passing away– and will bring praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.
  • Ps 125:1-2 : 1 A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved and will endure forever. 2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people, now and forevermore.
  • Ezek 13:11-16 : 11 Tell the ones who coat it with whitewash that it will fall. When there is a deluge of rain, hailstones will fall and a violent wind will break out. 12 When the wall has collapsed, people will ask you,“Where is the whitewash you coated it with?” 13 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: In my rage I will make a violent wind break out. In my anger there will be a deluge of rain and hailstones in destructive fury. 14 I will break down the wall you coated with whitewash and knock it to the ground so that its foundation is exposed. When it falls you will be destroyed beneath it, and you will know that I am the LORD. 15 I will vent my rage against the wall, and against those who coated it with whitewash. Then I will say to you,“The wall is no more and those who whitewashed it are no more– 16 those prophets of Israel who would prophesy about Jerusalem and would see visions of peace for it, when there was no peace,” declares the Sovereign LORD.’
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying,“We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions.”
  • 1 Cor 3:13-15 : 13 each builder’s work will be plainly seen, for the Day will make it clear, because it will be revealed by fire. And the fire will test what kind of work each has done. 14 If what someone has built survives, he will receive a reward. 15 If someone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as through fire.
  • 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 who by God’s power are protected through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
  • Col 2:7 : 7 rooted and built up in him and firm in your faith just as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
  • Mal 3:3 : 3 He will act like a refiner and purifier of silver and will cleanse the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will offer the LORD a proper offering.
  • Ps 92:13-15 : 13 Planted in the LORD’s house, they grow in the courts of our God. 14 They bear fruit even when they are old; they are filled with vitality and have many leaves. 15 So they proclaim that the LORD, my protector, is just and never unfair.
  • Eph 3:17 : 17 that Christ will dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love,
  • Matt 16:18 : 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us, because if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they went out from us to demonstrate that all of them do not belong to us.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 7:26-28
    3 verses
    93%

    26Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

    27The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed– it was utterly destroyed!”

    28When Jesus finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed by his teaching,

  • Luke 6:47-49
    3 verses
    87%

    47“Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and puts them into practice– I will show you what he is like:

    48He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep, and laid the foundation on bedrock. When a flood came, the river burst against that house but could not shake it, because it had been well built.

    49But the person who hears and does not put my words into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against that house, it collapsed immediately, and was utterly destroyed!”

  • Matt 7:24
    87%

    24Hearing and Doing“Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock.

  • Ps 24:2
    73%

    2For he set its foundation upon the seas, and established it upon the ocean currents.

  • Luke 8:13
    72%

    13Those on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in a time of testing fall away.

  • Prov 12:7
    71%

    7The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the righteous household will stand.

  • Mark 3:25
    70%

    25If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

  • Mark 4:37
    70%

    37Now a great windstorm developed and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was nearly swamped.

  • Gen 7:12
    70%

    12And the rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.

  • Luke 8:5-6
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    70%

    5“A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled on, and the wild birds devoured it.

    6Other seed fell on rock, and when it came up, it withered because it had no moisture.

  • Matt 21:44
    70%

    44The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and the one on whom it falls will be crushed.”

  • Ezek 13:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11Tell the ones who coat it with whitewash that it will fall. When there is a deluge of rain, hailstones will fall and a violent wind will break out.

    12When the wall has collapsed, people will ask you,“Where is the whitewash you coated it with?”

  • Matt 24:17
    70%

    17The one on the roof must not come down to take anything out of his house,

  • 1 Cor 3:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master-builder I laid a foundation, but someone else builds on it. And each one must be careful how he builds.

    11For no one can lay any foundation other than what is being laid, which is Jesus Christ.

  • Mark 13:2
    69%

    2Jesus said to him,“Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!”

  • Luke 20:17-18
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    69%

    17But Jesus looked straight at them and said,“Then what is the meaning of that which is written:‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’?

    18Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and the one on whom it falls will be crushed.”

  • Job 14:18
    69%

    18But as a mountain falls away and crumbles, and as a rock will be removed from its place,

  • Isa 28:16
    69%

    16Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD, says:“Look, I am laying a stone in Zion, an approved stone, set in place as a precious cornerstone for the foundation. The one who maintains his faith will not panic.

  • Mark 13:15
    69%

    15The one on the roof must not come down or go inside to take anything out of his house.

  • Matt 16:18
    69%

    18And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.

  • Mark 4:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5Other seed fell on rocky ground where it did not have much soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep.

    6When the sun came up it was scorched, and because it did not have sufficient root, it withered.

  • Matt 13:5
    69%

    5Other seeds fell on rocky ground where they did not have much soil. They sprang up quickly because the soil was not deep.

  • Deut 22:8
    69%

    8If you build a new house, you must construct a guard rail around your roof to avoid being culpable in the event someone should fall from it.

  • Prov 10:25
    68%

    25When the storm passes through, the wicked are swept away, but the righteous are an everlasting foundation.

  • Isa 28:2
    68%

    2Look, the Lord sends a strong, powerful one. With the force of a hailstorm or a destructive windstorm, with the might of a driving, torrential rainstorm, he will knock that crown to the ground with his hand.

  • Matt 24:2
    68%

    2And he said to them,“Do you see all these things? I tell you the truth, not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!”

  • Eccl 11:3
    68%

    3If the clouds are full of rain, they will empty themselves on the earth, and whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, the tree will lie wherever it falls.

  • Job 22:16
    68%

    16men who were carried off before their time, when the flood was poured out on their foundations?

  • Amos 6:11
    68%

    11Indeed, look! The LORD is giving the command. He will smash the large house to bits, and the small house into little pieces.

  • Luke 17:31
    68%

    31On that day, anyone who is on the roof, with his goods in the house, must not come down to take them away, and likewise the person in the field must not turn back.

  • Prov 24:3
    68%

    3By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established;

  • Matt 24:39
    68%

    39And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away. It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Ps 11:3
    68%

    3When the foundations are destroyed, what can the godly accomplish?”

  • Ps 104:5
    68%

    5He established the earth on its foundations; it will never be moved.

  • Luke 13:25
    68%

    25Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him,‘Lord, let us in!’ But he will answer you,‘I don’t know where you come from.’

  • Matt 8:24
    67%

    24And a great storm developed on the sea so that the waves began to swamp the boat. But he was asleep.

  • Matt 12:25
    67%

    25Now when Jesus realized what they were thinking, he said to them,“Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and no town or house divided against itself will stand.

  • Luke 21:6
    67%

    6“As for these things that you are gazing at, the days will come when not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!”

  • Isa 25:12
    67%

    12The fortified city(along with the very tops of your walls) he will knock down, he will bring it down, he will throw it down to the dusty ground.

  • Gen 7:10
    67%

    10And after seven days the floodwaters engulfed the earth.

  • Job 1:19
    67%

    19and suddenly a great wind swept across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they died! And I– only I alone– escaped to tell you!”