Ezekiel 33:31

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.

As the people cometh

Luke 10:39

Acts 10:33

They sit before thee as my people

James 1:22

For with

James 2:14

1 John 3:17

Shew much love

Luke 16:14

But their

General references

Mark 10:20

James 1:23

Bible References

As the people cometh

And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his word.

So I sent for you immediately, and you have been kind enough to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God, to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord."

They sit before thee as my people

"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it was well built.

But he said to them, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it."

But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"

But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.

For with

What good is it, my brethren, if a man says he has faith but has no works? Can such faith save him?

But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?

Shew much love

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this, and they scoffed at him.

But their

No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, but the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

But when the young man heard this, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

And he said to them, "Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."

For of this you can be sure, that no immoral, impure, or covetous personsuch a man is an idolaterhas any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.

General references

And he said to him, "Teacher, all these I have observed from my youth."

For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror;