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Matthew 7:26
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.
from The House on the Rock, Matthew 7:24-27
What it says

The foolish builder hears but does not act.

What it is doing

The verse names the unstable kind of hearing.

In context

24Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock. 26But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell— and great was its collapse!”