Matthew 7:24

The Sermon On The Mount: Two Houses And Two Foundations

²³ And then I will say to them openly, 'I never knew you at all. Go away from me, you who practiced doing wrong.' ²⁴  "So everyone who listens to my words and practices their teaching, will be like a prudent man who built his house on a rocky foundation. ²⁵ And the rain fell, and the rivers rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, but it did not fall, for its pillars had been laid on a rocky foundation.

Prudent Man

Wise Man

Luke 6:47-49

Everyone who comes to me and continues to listen to my words and practices their teachings, I will show you whom he is like.

Luke 11:28

But He said, "Yes, but better still, blessed are those who listen to God's message and practice it!"

John 14:15

"If you really love me, you will keep my commands.

1 John 2:3

By this we can be sure that we know Him -- if we practice obedience to His commands.

Matthew 5:3-12

"Blessed are those who feel poor in spiritual things, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

Matthew 5:28-32

But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman so as to have an evil desire for her at once has already committed adultery with her in his heart,

Matthew 6:14-15

"For if you forgive others their shortcomings your heavenly Father will forgive you, too.

Matthew 6:19-21

"Stop storing up your riches on earth where moths and rust make away with them, and where thieves break in and steal them.

Matthew 7:7-8

"Keep on asking, and the gift will be given you; keep on seeking, and you will find; keep on knocking, and the door will open to you.

Matthew 7:13-14

"Go in by the narrow gate, for broad and roomy is the road that leads to destruction, and many are going in by it.

Matthew 12:50

For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my mother and sister and brother."

John 13:17

If you know all this, happy are you if you practice it.

John 14:22-24

Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said to Him, "Why is it, Lord, that you are going to make yourself real to us and not to the world?"

John 15:10

If you continue to keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commands and remain in His love.

John 15:14

You are my friends, if you keep on doing what I command you to do.

Romans 2:6-9

For when He finally judges, He will pay everyone with exactness for what he has done,

1 Corinthians 3:10-11

As a skilled architect, in accordance with God's unmerited favor given to me, I laid a foundation, and now another is building upon it. But every builder must be careful how he builds upon it;

Galatians 5:6-7

For in union with Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor lack of it counts for anything; but only faith that is spurred on to action by love.

James 1:21-27

So strip yourselves of everything impure and all the evils prevailing around you, and in humble spirit welcome the message which when rooted in your hearts is able to save your souls.

James 2:17-26

So faith by itself, if it has no deeds to back it up, is dead.

James 3:13-18

Who among you is wise and intelligent? Let him show by his noble living that his good deeds are done in humility, which wisdom prompts.

1 John 3:22-24

and we obtain from Him whatever we ask for, because we practice obedience to His commands and do what pleases Him.

1 John 5:3-5

For love to God means this, to practice obedience to His commands, and His commands are not burdensome,

Revelation 22:14-15

Blessed are those who wash their robes, so as to have a right to the tree of life and to enter the gates of the city.

Galatians 6:7-8

Do not be deceived anymore; God is not to be scoffed at. A person will reap just what he sows, whatever it is.