Luke 6:49

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.

That heareth

Against

1 Thessalonians 3:5

Immediately

1 John 2:19

The ruin

2 Peter 2:20

Bible References

That heareth

Why call ye me 'Master, Master': and do not as I bid you?

"A sower went out to sow his seed, and as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and it was trodden under feet, and the fowls of the air devoured it up.

But his citizens hated him, and sent messengers after him, saying, 'We will not have this man to reign over us.'

"As for the words that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will in no wise hear them:

These come unto thee, after the manner of a great people: yea, my people sit down before thee, and hear thy words, but they do not thereafter: for in their mouths they show themselves, as though they were fervent, but their heart goeth after their own covetous lucre.

He answered and said, 'I will not.' But afterward, repented and went.

All therefore, whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do: but after their works do not: for they say, and do not.

Every branch that beareth not fruit in me, he will take away. And every branch that beareth fruit will he purge, that it may bring more fruit.

And see that ye be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves with sophistry.

Even so faith, if it have no deeds, is dead in itself.

And hereunto, give all diligence: In your faith, minister virtue; and in virtue, knowledge;

And hereby we are sure that we know him: if we keep his commandments.

Against

But he that was sown in the stony ground, is he which heareth the word of God, and anon with joy receiveth it,

And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one the other.

For I am sure of this: that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, which will not spare the flock.

"And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme: and was yet more mad upon them, and persecuted them even unto strange cities.

For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent that I might have knowledge of your faith, lest haply the tempter had tempted you, and that our labour had been bestowed in vain.

Immediately

Whoso leadeth a godly and an innocent life, shall be safe; but he that goeth froward ways, shall once have a fall.

I will not punish your daughters for being defiled, and your brides that became whores: seeing the fathers themselves have meddled with harlots, and offered with unthriftiness: but the people that will not understand must be punished.

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh throughout dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

yet have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: and anon, as soon as any trouble and persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they fall.

They went out of us, but they were not of us. For if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us. But that fortuned, that it might appear that they were not of us.

The ruin

Yea and I say unto you: that it shall be easier in that day, for Sodom than for that city.

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through waterless places seeking rest. And when he findeth none, he sayeth, I will return again unto my house whence I came out.

The servant that knew his master's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

For if we sin willingly after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins:

For if they, after they have escaped from the filthiness of the world through the knowledge of the Lord, and of the saviour Jesus Christ, they are yet tangled again therein and overcome: then is the latter end worse with them than the beginning.