that heareth.

Luke 6:46
Why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord, ' but not do what I say?

Luke 8:5-7
"A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it. . . .

Luke 19:14, 27
But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, 'We do not want this man to rule over us.' . . .

Jeremiah 44:16, 17
"As for the word you spoke to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you! . . .

Ezekiel 33:31
So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.

Matthew 21:29, 30
I will not, ' he replied. But later he changed his mind and went. . . .

Matthew 23:3
So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

John 15:2
He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.

James 1:22-26
Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves. . . .

James 2:17-26
So too, faith by itself, if it is not complemented by action, is dead. . . .

2 Peter 1:5-9
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; . . .

1 John 2:3, 4
By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments. . . .

against.

Matthew 13:20-22
The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and promptly receives it with joy. . . .

Matthew 24:10
At that time many will fall away and will betray and hate one another,

Acts 20:29
I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.

Acts 26:11
I frequently had them punished in the synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.

1 Thessalonians 3:5
For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and caused our labor to be in vain.

immediately.

Proverbs 28:18
He who walks with integrity will be delivered, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.

Hosea 4:14
I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves or your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery, because the men themselves go off with prostitutes and make sacrifices with cult prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.

Matthew 12:43-45
When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. . . .

Mark 4:17
But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

1 John 2:19
They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.

the ruin.

Luke 10:12-16
I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town. . . .

Luke 11:24-26
When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, 'I will return to the house I left.' . . .

Luke 12:47
That servant who knows his master's will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.

Hebrews 10:26-29
If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains, . . .

2 Peter 2:20
If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through their knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.