Job 8:15


“He trusts in his house, but it does not stand;
He holds tightly to it, but it does not endure.

Job 27:18


“He builds his house like a spider’s web,
Like a (temporary) hut which a watchman makes.

Job 18:14


“He is torn from his tent which he trusted [for safety],
And he is marched and brought to the king of terrors (death).

Psalm 49:11


Their inward thought is that their houses will continue forever,
And their dwelling places to all generations;
They have named their lands after their own names [ignoring God].

Psalm 52:5-7


But God will break you down forever;
He will take you away and tear you away from your tent,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.

Psalm 112:10


The wicked will see it and be angered,
He will gnash his teeth and melt away [in despair and death];
The desire of the wicked will perish and come to nothing.

Proverbs 10:28


The hope of the righteous [those of honorable character and integrity] is joy,
But the expectation of the wicked [those who oppose God and ignore His wisdom] comes to nothing.

Matthew 7:24-27

“So everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, will be like a wise man [a far-sighted, practical, and sensible man] who built his house on the rock.

Luke 6:47-49

Everyone who comes to Me and listens to My words and obeys them, I will show you whom he is like:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

Bible References

It shall not stand

Job 18:14

“He is torn from his tent which he trusted [for safety],
And he is marched and brought to the king of terrors (death).
Job 27:18

“He builds his house like a spider’s web,
Like a (temporary) hut which a watchman makes.
Psalm 52:5

But God will break you down forever;
He will take you away and tear you away from your tent,
And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.
Psalm 112:10

The wicked will see it and be angered,
He will gnash his teeth and melt away [in despair and death];
The desire of the wicked will perish and come to nothing.
Proverbs 10:28

The hope of the righteous [those of honorable character and integrity] is joy,
But the expectation of the wicked [those who oppose God and ignore His wisdom] comes to nothing.
Matthew 7:24
“So everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, will be like a wise man [a far-sighted, practical, and sensible man] who built his house on the rock.
Luke 6:47
Everyone who comes to Me and listens to My words and obeys them, I will show you whom he is like: