Matthew 7:26
Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
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- Luke 6:49 : 49 But 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!”
- Jas 2:20 : 20 But would you like evidence, you empty fellow, that faith without works is useless?
- Jer 8:9 : 9 Your wise men will be put to shame. They will be dumbfounded and be brought to judgment. Since they have rejected the LORD’s message, what wisdom do they really have?
- 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, says,‘I really did say that your house and your ancestor’s house would serve me forever.’ But now the LORD says,‘May it never be! For I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me will be cursed!
- Prov 14:1 : 1 Every wise woman has built her household, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.
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19Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
20So then, you will recognize them by their fruit.
21Judgment of Pretenders“Not everyone who says to me,‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven– only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
22On that day, many will say to me,‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many powerful deeds in your name?’
23Then I will declare to them,‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’
24Hearing and Doing“Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock.
25The 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.
- Luke 6:46-494 verses85%
46“Why do you call me‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do what I tell you?
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!”
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27The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed– it was utterly destroyed!”
- Luke 14:27-304 verses71%
27Whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
28For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t sit down first and compute the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it?
29Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish the tower, all who see it will begin to make fun of him.
30They will say,‘This man began to build and was not able to finish!’
- Jas 1:22-232 verses70%
22But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.
23For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone who gazes at his own face in a mirror.
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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.
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44The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and the one on whom it falls will be crushed.”
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2Jesus said to him,“Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!”
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21Tell them:‘Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive:
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1Every wise woman has built her household, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.
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18Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and the one on whom it falls will be crushed.”
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33In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.
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29The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person.
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18“So listen to the parable of the sower:
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23If anyone has ears to hear, he had better listen!”
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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.’
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18Then he said,‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
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1Do Not Judge“Do not judge so that you will not be judged.
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6Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces.
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15The one who has ears had better listen!
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13And he replied,“Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.
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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.
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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!”
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13Judgment on Jehoiakim“‘Sure to be judged is the king who builds his palace using injustice and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms. He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor.
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15The one on the roof must not come down or go inside to take anything out of his house.