Matthew 7:27 Cross References - Haweis

²⁷ and the rain descended, and the rivers rushed, and the winds blew, and set against that house, and it fell; and the fall of it was great.

⁴³ When the unclean spirit is indeed gone out of a man, he traverses through places destitute of water, in search of rest, but cannot find it. ⁴⁴ Then he saith, I will return to my mansion, whence I came; and on his arrival, he findeth it unoccupied, swept, and furnished. ⁴⁵ Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation.

¹⁹ When any person heareth the word of the kingdom, and doth not understand it, the wicked one cometh, and snatcheth away what was sown on his heart: such is he who is the sown by the road-side. ²⁰ But the sown on the rocky soil, is he who having heard the word, and instantly with joy receiving it, ²¹ hath not really root in himself, but is merely temporary: and when tribulation or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately he is stumbled. ²² But the sown among the thorns, is he who heareth the word, and the anxiety about this world and the deceitfulness of riches, choketh the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

¹³ every man's work shall be made manifest: for that day shall declare it, for it shall be laid open by fire; and the fire shall prove every man's work of what sort it is.

²⁶ For if we sin wilfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no more sacrifice for sins remaineth; ²⁷ but a certain terrible expectation of judgment, and a burning indignation, ready to devour these enemies. ²⁸ Any man who treated the law of Moses with neglect, was put to death, without mercy, on the deposition of two or three witnesses: ²⁹ by how much, think ye, shall he be counted worthy of more condign punishment who hath trampled on the Son of God, and regarded the blood of his testament, by which he was sanctified, as an unclean thing, and hath treated the gracious Spirit contumeliously? ³⁰ For we know him who declares, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord." And again, "The Lord will judge his people." ³¹ It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

²⁰ For if having escaped from the defilements of the world by the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again enveloped by them and overcome, their last deeds are worse than the first. ²¹ For it had been better for them never to have been acquainted with the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to have turned aside from the holy commandment delivered unto them. ²² But the true proverb is verified in them, The dog hath returned to his own vomit; and the sow which was washed to its wallowing in the mire.