Matthew 7:26-27

But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell— and great was its collapse!”

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Matthew 7 · Words of Christ are set in red.

2 songs meet this passage

  • Viva La Vida · Coldplay

    resonates with Matthew 7:26-27

    The image of a crumbling foundation mirrors Jesus' parable about building life on sand rather than rock.

  • Firm Foundation (He Won’t) · Cody Carnes

    strains against Matthew 7:27

    Unlike the house built on sand that falls, this song's house stands because it is founded on Christ, the direct inverse of judgment in the parable.

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