<P> The parable illustrates the importance of building one's life on obedience to the teachings and example of Jesus . </P> <P> In the Gospel of Matthew, the Parable appears as part of the Sermon on the Mount as follows: </P> <P> Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock . The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn't fall, for it was founded on the rock . Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn't do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand . The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell--and great was its fall . </P> <P> This parable emphasises the need to put Jesus' teachings into practice, and speaks of "two sorts of people whose hearts are revealed in their actions ." </P>

Build your house on the rock in the bible