Luke 6:49
But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great."
Proverbs 28:18
Whoever walks in integrity will be delivered, but he who is crooked in his ways will suddenly fall.
Jeremiah 44:16-17
"As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you.
Ezekiel 33:31
And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain.
Hosea 4:14
I will not punish your daughters when they play the whore, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go aside with prostitutes and sacrifice with cult prostitutes, and a people without understanding shall come to ruin.
Matthew 12:43-45
"When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, but finds none.
Matthew 13:20-22
As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy,
Matthew 21:29-30
And he answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed his mind and went.
Matthew 23:3
so practice and observe whatever they tell you--but not what they do. For they preach, but do not practice.
Matthew 24:10
And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another.
Mark 4:17
And they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away.
Luke 6:46
"Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do what I tell you?
Luke 8:5-7
"A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it.
Luke 10:12-16
I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.
Luke 11:24-26
"When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.'
Luke 12:47
And that servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating.
Luke 19:14
But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to reign over us.'
Luke 19:27
But as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them before me.'"
John 15:2
Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
Acts 20:29
I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock;
Acts 26:11
And I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme, and in raging fury against them I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
1 Thessalonians 3:5
For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to learn about your faith, for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and our labor would be in vain.
Hebrews 10:26-29
For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
James 1:22-26
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
James 2:17-26
So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
2 Peter 1:5-9
For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,
2 Peter 2:20
For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
1 John 2:3-4
And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.
1 John 2:19
They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us.