Luke 6:49

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.

That heareth

Against

1 Thessalonians 3:5

Immediately

1 John 2:19

The ruin

2 Peter 2:20

Bible References

That heareth

And why call me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the wayside; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.

But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.

As for the word that you have spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto you.

And they come unto you as the people comes, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their covetousness.

He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.

All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not according to their works: for they say, and do not.

Every branch in me that bears not fruit he takes away: and every branch that bears fruit, he prunes it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

But be you doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

Even so faith, if it has not works, is dead, being alone.

And for this reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

And by this we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

Against

But he that received the seed in stony places, the same is he that hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;

And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

And I punished them often in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto foreign cities.

For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor be in vain.

Immediately

Whosoever walks uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

I will not punish your daughters when they commit harlotry, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for the men themselves are gone apart with harlots, and they sacrifice with prostitutes: therefore the people that do not understand shall fall.

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none.

And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution arises for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

The ruin

But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, I will return unto my house from which I came out.

And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins,

For if after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.