Matthew 7:24
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Build Your House on the Rock
24 (A)“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like (B)a wise man who built his house on the rock.
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Luke 6:47-49
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47 (A)Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like: 48 he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.[a] 49 (B)But the one who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and (C)the ruin of that house was great.”
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- Luke 6:48 Some manuscripts founded upon the rock
Luke 11:28
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28 But he said, (A)“Blessed rather are those (B)who hear the word of God and (C)keep it!”
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John 13:17
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17 If you know these things, (A)blessed are you if you do them.
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1 Corinthians 3:10-11
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10 (A)According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled[a] master builder I laid a (B)foundation, and (C)someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. 11 For no one can lay a (D)foundation other (E)than that which is laid, (F)which is Jesus Christ.
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- 1 Corinthians 3:10 Or wise
James 2:17-26
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17 So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
18 But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith (A)apart from your works, and I will show you my faith (B)by my works. 19 (C)You believe that God is one; you do well. Even (D)the demons believe—and shudder! 20 Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless? 21 (E)Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see that (F)faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed (G)by his works; 23 and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, (H)“Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a (I)friend of God. 24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. 25 And in the same way was not also (J)Rahab the prostitute justified by works (K)when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? 26 For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.
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1 John 3:22-24
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22 and (A)whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and (B)do what pleases him. 23 And this is his commandment, (C)that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and (D)love one another, (E)just as he has commanded us. 24 (F)Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God,[a] and God[b] in him. And (G)by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.
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- 1 John 3:24 Greek him
- 1 John 3:24 Greek he
1 John 2:3
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3 And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we (A)keep his commandments.
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John 14:15
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Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit
15 (A)“If you love me, you will (B)keep my commandments.
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Psalm 111:10
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10 (A)The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
all those who practice it have (B)a good understanding.
His (C)praise endures forever!
James 1:21-27
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21 Therefore (A)put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with (B)meekness the implanted word, (C)which is able to save your souls.
22 But be (D)doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. 24 For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. 25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, (E)the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, (F)he will be blessed in his doing.
26 If anyone thinks he is religious (G)and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's (H)religion is worthless. 27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: (I)to visit (J)orphans and widows in their affliction, and (K)to keep oneself (L)unstained from the world.
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John 15:14
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14 You are (A)my friends (B)if you do what I command you.
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Proverbs 10:8
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8 (A)The wise of heart will receive commandments,
but a babbling fool will come to ruin.
John 14:22-24
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22 (A)Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it (B)that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” 23 Jesus answered him, (C)“If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and (D)we will come to him and (E)make our home with him. 24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And (F)the word that you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me.
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Matthew 6:19-21
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Lay Up Treasures in Heaven
19 (A)“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where (B)moth and rust[a] destroy and where thieves (C)break in and steal, 20 (D)but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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- Matthew 6:19 Or worm; also verse 20
John 15:10
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10 (A)If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as (B)I have kept (C)my Father's commandments and abide in his love.
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Matthew 12:50
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50 For (A)whoever (B)does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
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Job 28:28
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28 And he said to man,
‘Behold, (A)the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,
and to (B)turn away from evil is understanding.’”
Galatians 6:7-8
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Matthew 7:13-14
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13 (A)“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy[a] that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow and (B)the way is hard that leads to life, and (C)those who find it are few.
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- Matthew 7:13 Some manuscripts For the way is wide and easy
1 John 5:3-5
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3 For (A)this is the love of God, that we (B)keep his commandments. And (C)his commandments are not burdensome. 4 For (D)everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—(E)our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes (F)that Jesus is the Son of God?
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Matthew 7:7-8
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Ask, and It Will Be Given
7 (A)“Ask, (B)and it will be given to you; (C)seek, and you will find; (D)knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
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Proverbs 14:8
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8 The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way,
but the folly of fools is deceiving.
Psalm 119:130
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130 The unfolding of your words gives light;
it imparts (A)understanding to the simple.
Galatians 5:6-7
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6 For in Christ Jesus (A)neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but (B)only faith working through love.
7 (C)You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying (D)the truth?
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