Jeremiah 4:3

For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem,

“Plow your uncultivated ground [for a season],
And do not sow among thorns.

Hosea 10:12


Sow with a view to righteousness [that righteousness, like seed, may germinate];
Reap in accordance with mercy and lovingkindness.
Break up your uncultivated ground,
For it is time to seek and search diligently for the Lord [and to long for His blessing]
Until He comes to rain righteousness and His gift of salvation on you.

Matthew 13:7

Other seed fell among thorns, and thorns came up and choked them out.

Matthew 13:22

And the one on whom seed was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the worries and distractions of the world and the deceitfulness [the superficial pleasures and delight] of riches choke the word, and it yields no fruit.

Mark 4:7

Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no grain.

Luke 8:7

Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it out.

Luke 8:14

The seed which fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, but as they go on their way they are suffocated with the anxieties and riches and pleasures of this life, and they bring no fruit to maturity.

Genesis 3:18


“Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you;
And you shall eat the plants of the field.

Mark 4:18-19

And others are the ones on whom seed was sown among the thorns; these are the ones who have heard the word,

Galatians 6:7-8

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked [He will not allow Himself to be ridiculed, nor treated with contempt nor allow His precepts to be scornfully set aside]; for whatever a man sows, this and this only is what he will reap.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

General references

Bible References

General references

Matthew 13:7
Other seed fell among thorns, and thorns came up and choked them out.
Mark 4:7
Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no grain.