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

"Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do what I tell you?

"A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled on, and the wild birds devoured it.

But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to be king over us!'

"We will not listen to what you claim the Lord has spoken to us!

They come to you in crowds, and they sit in front of you as my people. They hear your words, but do not obey them. For they talk lustfully, and their heart is set on their own advantage.

The boy answered, 'I will not.' But later he had a change of heart and went.

Therefore pay attention to what they tell you and do it. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they teach.

He takes away every branch that does not bear fruit in me. He prunes every branch that bears fruit so that it will bear more fruit.

But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.

So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead being by itself.

For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith excellence, to excellence, knowledge;

Now by this we know that we have come to know God: if we keep his commandments.

Against

The seed sown on rocky ground is the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.

Then many will be led into sin, and they will betray one another and hate one another.

I know that after I am gone fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to force them to blaspheme. Because I was so furiously enraged at them, I went to persecute them even in foreign cities.

So when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter somehow tempted you and our toil had proven useless.

Immediately

The one who walks blamelessly will be delivered, but whoever is perverse in his ways will fall at once.

I will not punish your daughters when they commit prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men consort with harlots, they sacrifice with temple prostitutes. It is true: "A people that lacks understanding will come to ruin!"

"When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it.

But they have no root in themselves and do not endure. Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.

They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us, because if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they went out from us to demonstrate that all of them do not belong to us.

The ruin

I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town!

"When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but not finding any. Then it says, 'I will return to the home I left.'

That servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or do what his master asked will receive a severe beating.

For if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins is left for us,

For if after they have escaped the filthy things of the world through the rich knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again get entangled in them and succumb to them, their last state has become worse for them than their first.