Matthew 7:24

The Sermon On The Mount: Two Houses And Two Foundations

²³ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’ ²⁴ “Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. ²⁵ And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.

Prudent Man

Wise Man

Luke 6:47-49

Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them, I will show you whom he is like:

Luke 11:28

But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.”

John 14:15

“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

1 John 2:3

By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments.

Job 28:28

“And to man He said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
And to depart from evil is understanding.’”

Psalm 111:10

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
A good understanding have all those who do His commandments;
His praise endures forever.

Psalm 119:99

I have more insight than all my teachers,
For Your testimonies are my meditation.

Psalm 119:130

The unfolding of Your words gives light;
It gives understanding to the simple.

Proverbs 10:8

The wise of heart will receive commands,
But a babbling fool will be ruined.

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the sensible is to understand his way,
But the foolishness of fools is deceit.

Matthew 5:3-12

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:28-32

but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Matthew 6:14-15

For if you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Matthew 6:19-21

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

Matthew 7:7-8

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Matthew 7:13-14

“Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.

Matthew 12:50

For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother.”

John 13:17

If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.

John 14:22-24

Judas (not Iscariot) *said to Him, “Lord, what then has happened that You are going to disclose Yourself to us and not to the world?”

John 15:10

If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

John 15:14

You are My friends if you do what I command you.

Romans 2:6-9

who will render to each person according to his deeds:

1 Corinthians 3:10-11

According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it.

Galatians 5:6-7

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love.

James 1:21-27

Therefore, putting aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls.

James 2:17-26

Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.

James 3:13-18

Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom.

1 John 3:22-24

and whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.

1 John 5:3-5

For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.

Revelation 22:14-15

Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city.

Galatians 6:7-8

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.