Quotes About Stability

To one bereft of an offering who chooses wood that will not rot, who seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple?

The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who wields the hammer cheers him who strikes the anvil, saying of the welding, “It is good.” He nails it down so it will not be toppled.

who led them through the depths like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble?

They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter.

He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.

“Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce.

Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

The 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.

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.

Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.

If a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot stand.

And He told them, “When you enter a house, stay there until you leave that area.

He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.

Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that area.

Each one should remain in the situation he was in when he was called.

Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is.

Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

The words “Once more” signify the removal of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that the unshakable may remain.

But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.