Matthew 7:25

World English Bible (2000)

The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn't fall, for it was founded on the rock.

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  • Jas 1:12 : 12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
  • 1 Pet 1:7 : 7 that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ--
  • Ps 125:1-2 : 1 Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can't be moved, but remains forever. 2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so Yahweh surrounds his people from this time forth and forevermore.
  • Ezek 13:11-16 : 11 tell those who plaster it with whitewash, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and you, great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall tear it. 12 Behold, when the wall has fallen, shall it not be said to you, Where is the plaster with which you have plastered it? 13 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will even tear it with a stormy wind in my wrath; and there shall be an overflowing shower in my anger, and great hailstones in wrath to consume it. 14 So will I break down the wall that you have plastered with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation shall be uncovered; and it shall fall, and you shall be consumed in its midst: and you shall know that I am Yahweh. 15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath on the wall, and on those who have plastered it with whitewash; and I will tell you, The wall is no more, neither those who plastered it; 16 [to wit], the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and who see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, says the Lord Yahweh.
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into the Kingdom of God.
  • 1 Cor 3:13-15 : 13 each man's work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man's work is. 14 If any man's work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward. 15 If any man's work is burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but as through fire.
  • 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
  • Col 2:7 : 7 rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving.
  • Mal 3:3 : 3 and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to Yahweh offerings in righteousness.
  • Ps 92:13-15 : 13 They are planted in Yahweh's house. They will flourish in our God's courts. 14 They will still bring forth fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and green, 15 to show that Yahweh is upright. He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
  • Eph 3:17 : 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
  • Matt 16:18 : 18 I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they didn't belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.

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  • Matt 7:26-28
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    26 Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn't do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.

    27 The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell--and great was its fall."

    28 It happened, when Jesus had finished saying these things, that the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,

  • Luke 6:47-49
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    47 Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I will show you who he is like.

    48 He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.

    49 But he who hears, and doesn't do, is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great."

  • Matt 7:24
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    24 "Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

  • Ps 24:2
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    2 For he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the floods.

  • Luke 8:13
    72%

    13 Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.

  • Prov 12:7
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    7 The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, but the house of the righteous shall stand.

  • Mark 3:25
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    25 If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

  • Mark 4:37
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    37 A big wind storm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so much that the boat was already filled.

  • Gen 7:12
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    12 The rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.

  • Luke 8:5-6
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    5 "The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

    6 Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

  • Matt 21:44
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    44 He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whoever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust."

  • Ezek 13:11-12
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    11 tell those who plaster it with whitewash, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and you, great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall tear it.

    12 Behold, when the wall has fallen, shall it not be said to you, Where is the plaster with which you have plastered it?

  • Matt 24:17
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    17 Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house.

  • 1 Cor 3:10-11
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    69%

    10 According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.

    11 For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.

  • Mark 13:2
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    2 Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone on another, which will not be thrown down."

  • Luke 20:17-18
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    17 But he looked at them, and said, "Then what is this that is written, 'The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the chief cornerstone?'

    18 Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush whomever it falls on to dust."

  • Job 14:18
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    18 "But the mountain falling comes to nothing. The rock is removed out of its place;

  • Isa 28:16
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    16 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, "Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone of a sure foundation. He who believes shall not act hastily.

  • Mark 13:15
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    15 and let him who is on the housetop not go down, nor enter in, to take anything out of his house.

  • Matt 16:18
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    18 I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

  • Mark 4:5-6
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    5 Others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.

    6 When the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

  • Matt 13:5
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    5 Others fell on rocky ground, where they didn't have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.

  • Deut 22:8
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    8 When you build a new house, then you shall make a battlement for your roof, that you don't bring blood on your house, if any man fall from there.

  • Prov 10:25
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    25 When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.

  • Isa 28:2
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    2 Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one. Like a storm of hail, a destroying storm, and like a storm of mighty waters overflowing, he will cast them down to the earth with his hand.

  • Matt 24:2
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    2 But he answered them, "You see all of these things, don't you? Most certainly I tell you, there will not be left here one stone on another, that will not be thrown down."

  • Eccl 11:3
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    3 If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.

  • Job 22:16
    68%

    16 who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,

  • Amos 6:11
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    11 "For, behold, Yahweh commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house into bits.

  • Luke 17:31
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    31 In that day, he who will be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away. Let him who is in the field likewise not turn back.

  • Prov 24:3
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    3 Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;

  • Matt 24:39
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    39 and they didn't know until the flood came, and took them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

  • Ps 11:3
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    3 If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?

  • Ps 104:5
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    5 He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever.

  • Luke 13:25
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    25 When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'

  • Matt 8:24
    67%

    24 Behold, a violent storm came up on the sea, so much that the boat was covered with the waves, but he was asleep.

  • Matt 12:25
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    25 Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.

  • Luke 21:6
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    6 "As for these things which you see, the days will come, in which there will not be left here one stone on another that will not be thrown down."

  • Isa 25:12
    67%

    12 He has brought the high fortress of your walls down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.

  • Gen 7:10
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    10 It happened after the seven days, that the waters of the flood came on the earth.

  • Job 1:19
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    19 and behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young men, and they are dead. I alone have escaped to tell you."