²⁶ And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand;

⁴⁹ But he who gives hearing, without doing, is like a man building a house on the earth without a base for it; and when the force of the river came against it, straight away it came down; and the destruction of that house was great.

²⁰ Do you not see, O foolish man, that faith without works is of no use?

⁹ The wise men are shamed, they are overcome with fear and taken: see, they have given up the word of the Lord; and what use is their wisdom to them?

³⁰ For this reason the Lord God of Israel has said, Truly I did say that your family and your father's people would have their place before me for ever: but now the Lord says, Let it not be so; I will give honour to those by whom I am honoured, and those who have no respect for me will be of small value in my eyes.

¹ Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.