Luke 6:49
But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
Cross-references
Luke 6:46 rebukes those who call Jesus 'Lord' but don't obey — directly illustrating the foolish builder who hears his words yet fails to act.
Luke 12:47 describes a servant who knows his master's will but does not act, receiving a severe beating — directly parallel to hearing without doing.
Luke 8:6 shows seed on rocky soil with no root — a parallel to the foolish builder's lack of foundation, both representing shallow hearing without depth.
1 John 2:4 calls those who say they know God but don't obey liars — directly parallels the hearer who doesn't act.
1 John 2:3 links knowing God to keeping commandments — parallels doing as evidence of hearing.
2 Peter 2:20 says those escaping defilement through Christ but returning to it are worse off — similar to the collapse of the house built without foundation.
James 2:17-26 states that faith without works is dead, paralleling the futility of hearing without doing.
James 1:22-26 directly exhorts being doers not hearers only, echoing Jesus' warning about building without foundation.
Hebrews 10:26-29 warns that willful sin after receiving knowledge brings worse punishment — paralleling the great ruin for those who hear but don't obey.
In Mark 4:17, those without root fall away when tribulation comes — directly parallels the foundationless house collapsing.
Matthew 23:3 condemns those who preach but do not practice — mirroring the hearer who does not do.
In Matthew 13:20-22, seeds on rocky and thorny soil fall away — echoing the collapse of the house without foundation when tested.
Ezekiel 33:31 describes people who hear words but do not do them, directly paralleling the hearer who builds without foundation.
Jeremiah 44:16 has the people refuse to listen to God's word — directly mirroring the foolish builder who hears but does not obey Jesus' teaching.
Matthew 7:27 is the parallel account — the same house built on sand collapses under rain and floods.
Ezekiel 13:14 describes the wall's foundation laid bare in collapse — directly echoing the house without a foundation.
James 2:14 echoes the same theme: faith without works is dead, just as hearing without doing leads to collapse.
Ezekiel 13:11 speaks of a whitewashed wall broken by a storm — the collapse imagery parallels the house without foundation.
Isaiah 30:13 likens iniquity to a bulging wall that suddenly collapses — the same image of sudden ruin for disobedience.
1 Timothy 6:19 uses the same 'foundation' metaphor positively — storing up treasure for the future, contrasting with this verse's warning of no foundation.
In Proverbs 28:18, the crooked will suddenly fall — echoes the sudden ruin of the house without foundation.