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The House Built on the Rock
The house built on the rock is a parable Jesus told at the close of His sermons in Matthew 7 and Luke 6. It compares the person who hears His words and does them to a man who built his house upon a rock, and the person who hears but does not do them to a man who built his house upon the sand.
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- Matthew 7Bible
Matthew 7 is the final chapter of the Sermon on the Mount. It contains the teaching against judging others, the exhortation to ask, seek, and knock in prayer, the Golden Rule, the narrow gate, the warning about false prophets and their fruits, and the parable of the house built on the rock.
- Luke 6Bible
Luke 6 records two Sabbath controversies and the choosing of the twelve apostles, followed by the so-called Sermon on the Plain, which consists of blessings and woes, love for enemies, the command not to judge, and the parable of the house built on a rock.
- Matthew 7:22–27Bible Verses
The closing section of the Sermon on the Mount, which compares those who hear and do the words of Jesus to a house built upon a rock, and those who only hear them to a house built upon the sand. It is frequently cited in discussions of the relationship between faith and works and between spiritual gifts and salvation.
- Matthew 7:13–14Bible Verses
A saying of Jesus contrasting the wide gate that leads to destruction with the narrow gate that leads to life. It is read as a warning that the path of discipleship is not easy, and it frequently appears in discussions about the number of the saved and the exclusivity of salvation.
- Esther 5Bible
Esther 5 recounts how, on the third day, Esther approaches the king unsummoned, obtains his favor, and invites the king and Haman to a banquet. It also describes how Haman, enraged at Mordecai, has a gallows built on which to hang him.
Verses in the King James Version 32, showing 6
- 2 Samuel 5:11
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.
- 1 Kings 3:2
Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the Lord, until those days.
- 1 Kings 6:2
And the house which king Solomon built for the Lord, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.
- 1 Kings 6:7
And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
- 1 Kings 6:10
And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
- 1 Kings 6:14
So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
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