Matthew 7:24

The Sermon On The Mount: Two Houses And Two Foundations

²³ Then I will say to them plainly, 'I never knew you! Go away from me, you who do wrong!' ²⁴  "Everyone, therefore, who listens to this teaching of mine and acts upon it, will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock. ²⁵ And the rain fell, and the rivers rose, and the winds blew, and beat about that house, and it did not go down, for its foundations were on rock.

Prudent Man

Wise Man

Luke 6:47-49

If anyone comes to me and listens to this teaching of mine and acts upon it, I will show you whom he is like.

Luke 11:28

But he said, "You might better say, 'Blessed are those who hear God's message and observe it!' "

John 14:15

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

1 John 2:3

This is how we can be sure that we know him??y obeying his commands.

Matthew 5:3-12

"Blessed are those who feel their spiritual need, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to them!

Matthew 5:28-32

But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman with desire has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Matthew 6:14-15

For if you forgive others when they offend you, your heavenly Father will forgive you too.

Matthew 6:19-21

"Do not store up your riches on earth, where moths and rust destroy them, and where thieves break in and steal them,

Matthew 7:7-8

Ask, and what you ask will be given you. Search, and you will find what you search for. Knock, and the door will open to you.

Matthew 7:13-14

"Go in at the narrow gate. For the road that leads to destruction is broad and spacious, and there are many who go in by it.

Matthew 12:50

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

John 13:17

Now that you have this knowledge, you will be blessed if you act upon it.

John 14:22-24

Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said to him, "Master, how does it happen that you are going to show yourself to us and not to the world?"

John 15:10

If you keep my commands you will retain my love, just as I have observed the Father's commands and retain his love.

John 15:14

You are my friends if you do what I command you to do.

Romans 2:6-9

For he will pay every man for what he has done.

1 Corinthians 3:10-11

Like an expert builder, I laid a foundation, as God commissioned me to do, and now someone else is building upon it. But let everyone be careful how he does so.

Galatians 5:6-7

For in union with Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor the want of it counts for anything, but only faith acting through love.

James 1:21-27

So strip yourselves of everything that soils you, and of every evil growth, and in a humble spirit let the message that has the power to save your souls be planted in your hearts.

James 2:17-26

So faith by itself, if it has no good deeds to show, is dead.

James 3:13-18

What wise, intelligent man is there among you? Let him show by his good life that what he does is done in the humility of wisdom.

1 John 3:22-24

and we obtain from him whatever we ask for, because we are obeying his commands and doing the things that please him.

1 John 5:3-5

For loving God means obeying his commands, and his commands are not burdensome,

Revelation 22:14-15

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

Galatians 6:7-8

Do not be deceived. God is not to be sneered at. A man will reap just what he sows.