But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.

The wise {men} are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom {is} in them? {The wise...: or, Have they been ashamed, etc} {what...: Heb. the wisdom of what thing}

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed {that} thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

What {doth it} profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left {us} of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.

Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. {offended: he relapseth, or, falleth into sin}

And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: {whose...: Heb. a flood was poured upon their foundation}

O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?

And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he {is} unclean unto you.

So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered {morter}, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I {am} the LORD.

His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.

Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; {as} the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; {therefore} they {are} unclean unto you.