Mat 7:24
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
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Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
But he said, Yea rather, blessed {are} they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. {alone: Gr. by itself}
The fear of the LORD {is} the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do {his commandments}: his praise endureth for ever. {a good...: or, good success} {his commandments: Heb. them}
And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. {a prating...: Heb. a fool of lips} {fall: Heb. be beaten}
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that {is} wisdom; and to depart from evil {is} understanding.
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide {is} the gate, and broad {is} the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: {strait: or, narrow}
I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies {are} my meditation.
The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
Blessed {are} the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
Blessed {are} they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
The wisdom of the prudent {is} to understand his way: but the folly of fools {is} deceit.
Who {is} a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. {have...: or, do wisely}
Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, {and} established my goings. {an...: Heb. a pit of noise}
Blessed {is} the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with {my} whole heart.
For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do {it}, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, {even} unto the end of the world. Amen.
Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. {a prating...: Heb. a fool of lips} {fall: Heb. be beaten}
If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
Who {is} a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
As the whirlwind passeth, so {is} the wicked no {more}: but the righteous {is} an everlasting foundation.
Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
The wicked are overthrown, and {are} not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
He {is in} the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. {erreth: or, causeth to err}
For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him. {when...: Heb. of finding}
So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite {and} Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job. {Job: Heb. the face of Job}
And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee {as} my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, {but} their heart goeth after their covetousness. {as the...: Heb. according to the coming of the people} {they sit...: or, my people sit before thee} {they shew...: Heb. they make loves, or, jests}
And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did {it} with all his heart, and prospered.
When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do {that which is} right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.
If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if {a} man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and {be} not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, {and} which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I {am} the LORD which sanctify you.
He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding. {instruction: or, correction} {heareth: or, obeyeth} {getteth...: Heb. possesseth an heart}
And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. {great: Heb. heavy}
Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
And she said, According unto your words, so {be} it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
And five of them were wise, and five {were} foolish.
The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.