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, also seated at the Lord's feet, was hearing His word.

At once, therefore, I sent to you; and you did well, in coming. Now, therefore, we are all present before God, to hear all the things that have been commanded you by the Lord."

They sit before thee as my people

"Every one, therefore, who hears these words of Mine, and does them, shall be likened to a prudent man, who, indeed, built his house upon the rock;

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

And He, answering, said to them, "My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it."

But He said, "Yea, rather, happy are those who hear the word of God, and keep it!"

And become doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding yourselves.

For with

What profit is it, my brethren, if anyone says he has faith, but has not works; can such faith save him?

But whosoever possesses the goods of the world, and beholds his brother having need, and shuts up his compassion from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

Shew much love

And the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were openly mocking Him.

But their

"No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon.

And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that hears the word; and the anxiety of the age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

But the young man, having heard this saying, went away grieved; for he was one who had large possessions.

And He said to them, "Take heed, and guard yourselves from all covetousness; because one's life consists not in the abundance of the things which he possesses."

For this ye know, assuredly, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man (who is an idolater), has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.

But those, purposing to be rich, fall into temptation, and a snare, and many foolish and hurtful desires, which, indeed, sink men into destruction and perdition.

General references

And he said to Him, "Teacher, all these things I observed from my youth."

Because, if anyone is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a mirror;