Matthew 7:24-25
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The Two Foundations
24 “Therefore,(A) everyone who hears these words(B) of Mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain fell, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and pounded that house. Yet it didn’t collapse, because its foundation was on the rock.
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Luke 6:47
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47 I will show you what someone is like who comes to Me, hears My words, and acts on them:(A)
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Luke 11:28
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28 He said, “Even more, those who hear the word of God(A) and keep it(B) are blessed!”
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James 1:22-25
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22 But(A) be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his own face[a] in a mirror. 24 For he looks at himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but one who does good works—this person will be blessed in what he does.(B)
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- James 1:23 Lit at the face of his birth
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