Matthew 7:27
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Cross-reference
In Matthew 13:19-22, the sower parable shows hearers who fail to endure—directly parallel to the foolish builder who hears but doesn't act.
In Matthew 13:6, the sun scorches plants with no root—a parallel test of inadequate foundation, as the storm tests the house built on sand.
In Matthew 13:21, persecution causes those without root to fall away—the same principle as the storm destroying the ungrounded house here.
In Ezekiel 13:10-16, God destroys a flimsy wall with rain, hail, and wind—the same stormy judgment imagery as the house on sand.
Isaiah 28:17 mentions hail and waters sweeping away refuge — directly parallels the rain and flood.
Ezekiel 13:11 explicitly mentions rain, hailstones, and stormy wind causing a wall to fall — nearly identical imagery.
Ezekiel 13:13 continues with God's stormy wind, deluge, and hailstones in wrath — same three elements as the storm.
In Nahum 1:8, an overrunning flood makes an utter end—the same flood imagery of destruction that overwhelms the house here.
In Luke 14:30, the builder cannot finish—a parallel to the house that falls because it lacked a solid foundation.
James 2:14 challenges faith without works, mirroring the parable's lesson that hearing without doing leads to ruin.
In Ezekiel 38:22, God rains overflowing rain as judgment—echoing the destructive storm that tests the house here.
In Hosea 5:10, God pours out wrath like water—similar imagery of destructive water overwhelming the unfaithful.