OT-PROPHET.filter - rwp Matthew:7:26:

rwp@Luke:6:49 @{He that heareth and doeth not} (\ho de akousas kai m poisas\). Aorist active participle with article. Particular case singled out (punctiliar, aorist). {Like a man} (\homoios estin anthrpi\). Associative instrumental case after \homoios\ as in verse 47|. {Upon the earth} (\epi tn gn\). strkjv@Matthew:7:26| has "upon the sand" (\epi tn ammon\), more precise and worse than mere earth. But not on the rock. {Without a foundation} (\chris themeliou\). The foundation on the rock after deep digging as in verse 48|. {It fell in} (\sunepesen\). Second aorist active of \sunpipt\, to fall together, to collapse. An old verb from Homer on, but only here in the N.T. {The ruin} (\to rgma\). The crash like a giant oak in the forest resounded far and wide. An old word for a rent or fracture as in medicine for laceration of a wound. Only here in the N.T.

rwp@Matthew:7:26 @{And doeth them not} (\kai m poin autous\). The foolish builder put his house on the sands that could not hold in the storm. One is reminded of the words of Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon in strkjv@5:19| about the one "who does and teaches." Hearing sermons is a dangerous business if one does not put them into practice.