Luke 6:49
But the man who merely hears them and does not practice them is like a man who built a house upon the ground without a foundation. The torrent burst upon it, and at once it collapsed, and the wreck of that house was complete."
Matthew 12:43-45
"Whenever the foul spirit goes out of a man, it wanders about in deserts in search of rest, but cannot find it.
Matthew 13:20-22
And what was sown upon the thin rocky soil illustrates the man who hears the message and bubbling over with joy at once accepts it,
Matthew 21:29-30
And he answered, 'I will, sir,' but he did not go.
Matthew 23:3
So everything they tell you, do and practice, but stop doing what they do, for they preach but do not practice.
Matthew 24:10
Then many will fall by the way, and will betray one another and hate one another.
Mark 4:17
but it does not take real root in them, and so they last only a little while; then when trouble or persecution comes on account of the truth, they at once fall by the way.
Luke 6:46
"So why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' but do not practice what I tell you?
Luke 8:5-7
"A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some of the seed fell along the path, and were trodden down, and the wild birds ate them up.
Luke 10:12-16
I tell you, on that day the punishment will be lighter for Sodom than for that town.
Luke 11:24-26
"When the foul spirit goes out of a man, it wanders about in deserts in search for rest, and since it finds none, it says, 'I will go back to my house which I left.'
Luke 12:47
That slave who knows his master's wishes and does not get ready or act upon them will be severely punished.
Luke 19:14
But his citizens continued to hate him, and sent a delegation after him to say, 'We do not want this man to become king over us.'
Luke 19:27
But bring those enemies of mine here who did not want me to become king over them and slay them in my presence!'"
John 15:2
He cuts away any branch on me that stops bearing fruit, and He repeatedly prunes every branch that continues to bear fruit, to make it bear more.
Acts 20:29
Because I know that after I have gone violent wolves will break in among you and will not spare the flock.
Acts 26:11
I had them punished and tried to force them to use abusive language; in my extreme fury against them I continued to pursue them even into distant towns.
1 Thessalonians 3:5
That was why, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to learn about your faith, for I was afraid that the tempter had tempted you and our labor might be lost.
Hebrews 10:26-29
For if we go willfully sinning after we have received full knowledge of the truth, there is no sacrifice left to be offered for our sins,
James 1:22-26
Keep on obeying this message; do not merely listen to it, and so deceive yourselves.
James 2:17-26
So faith by itself, if it has no deeds to back it up, is dead.
2 Peter 1:5-9
Now for this very reason you must do your level best to supplement your faith with moral character, moral character with knowledge,
2 Peter 2:20
For if, after men have escaped the corrupting ways of the world through a full knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they again become entangled in them and are conquered by them, then their last condition is worse than their former one.
1 John 2:3-4
By this we can be sure that we know Him -- if we practice obedience to His commands.
1 John 2:19
They have gone out from our own number, but they did not really belong to us; for if they had, they would have stayed with us. It was to show that none of those who went out really belonged to us.