Matthew 7:26

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

Doeth

James 2:20

General references

Bible References

Doeth

“Therefore, this is the declaration of the Lord, the God of Israel:

‘Although I said
your family and your ancestral house
would walk before Me forever,
the Lord now says, “No longer!”
I will honor those who honor Me,
but those who despise Me will be disgraced.

Every wise woman builds her house,
but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

The wise will be put to shame;
they will be dismayed and snared.
They have rejected the word of the Lord,
so what wisdom do they really have?

But the one who hears and does not act is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The river crashed against it, and immediately it collapsed. And the destruction of that house was great!”

Foolish man! Are you willing to learn that faith without works is useless?

General references

And Noah did this. He did everything that God had commanded him.

But among the ones that chew the cud or have divided hooves, you are not to eat these:

the camel, the hare, and the hyrax,
though they chew the cud, they do not have hooves—
they are unclean for you;

Five of them were foolish and five were sensible.

Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his own face in a mirror.