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.

Bible References

That heareth

Luke 6:46
'And why do ye call me, Lord, Lord, and do not what I say?
Luke 8:5
'The sower went forth to sow his seed, and in his sowing some indeed fell beside the way, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the heaven did devour it.
Luke 19:14
and his citizens were hating him, and did send an embassy after him, saying, We do not wish this one to reign over us.
Jeremiah 44:16
The word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of Jehovah -- we are not hearkening unto thee;
Ezekiel 33:31
And they come in unto thee as the coming in of a people, And they sit before thee -- My people, And have heard thy words, and they do them not, For doting loves with their mouth they are making, After their dishonest gain their heart is going.
Matthew 21:29
And he answering said, 'I will not,' but at last, having repented, he went.
Matthew 23:3
all, then, as much as they may say to you to observe, observe and do, but according to their works do not, for they say, and do not;
John 15:2
every branch in me not bearing fruit, He doth take it away, and every one bearing fruit, He doth cleanse by pruning it, that it may bear more fruit;
James 1:22
and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,
James 2:17
so also the faith, if it may not have works, is dead by itself.
2 Peter 1:5
And this same also -- all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge,
1 John 2:3
and in this we know that we have known him, if his commands we may keep;

Against

Matthew 13:20
'And that sown on the rocky places, this is he who is hearing the word, and immediately with joy is receiving it,
Matthew 24:10
and then shall many be stumbled, and they shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another.
Acts 20:29
for I have known this, that there shall enter in, after my departing, grievous wolves unto you, not sparing the flock,
Acts 26:11
and in every synagogue, often punishing them, I was constraining them to speak evil, being also exceedingly mad against them, I was also persecuting them even unto strange cities.
1 Thessalonians 3:5
because of this also, I, no longer forbearing, did send to know your faith, lest he who is tempting did tempt you, and in vain might be our labour.

Immediately

Proverbs 28:18
Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.
Hosea 4:14
Therefore commit whoredom do your daughters, And your spouses commit adultery, I do not see after your daughters when they commit whoredom, And after your spouses when they commit adultery, For they with the harlots are separated, And with the whores they do sacrifice, A people that doth not understand kicketh.
Matthew 12:43
'And, when the unclean spirit may go forth from the man, it doth walk through dry places seeking rest, and doth not find;
Mark 4:17
and have not root in themselves, but are temporary; afterward tribulation or persecution having come because of the word, immediately they are stumbled.
1 John 2:19
out of us they went forth, but they were not of us, for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but -- that they might be manifested that they are not all of us.

The ruin

Luke 10:12
and I say to you, that for Sodom in that day it shall be more tolerable than for that city.
Luke 11:24
'When the unclean spirit may go forth from the man it walketh through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding, it saith, I will turn back to my house whence I came forth;
Luke 12:47
'And that servant, who having known his lord's will, and not having prepared, nor having gone according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes,
Hebrews 10:26
For we -- wilfully sinning after the receiving the full knowledge of the truth -- no more for sins doth there remain a sacrifice,
2 Peter 2:20
for, if having escaped from the pollutions of the world, in the acknowledging of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and by these again being entangled, they have been overcome, become to them hath the last things worse than the first,