Jeremiah 4:3
For thus says Yahweh to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, "Break up for yourselves prepared virgin soil, and you must not sow among thornbushes.
Hosea 10:12
Sow for yourselves righteousness; {reap loyal love}. Break up for yourself fallow ground; [it is] time to seek Yahweh so he will come and rain righteousness upon you.
Matthew 13:7
And other [seed] fell among the thorn plants, and the thorn plants came up and choked it.
Matthew 13:22
And what was sown into the thorn plants--this is the one who hears the word, and the anxiety of this world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word and it becomes unproductive.
Mark 4:7
And other [seed] fell among the thorn plants, and the thorn plants came up and choked it, and it did not produce grain.
Luke 8:7
And other [seed] fell in the midst of the thorn plants, and the thorn plants grew up with [it] [and] choked it.
Luke 8:14
And the [seed] that fell into the thorn plants--these are the ones who hear and [as they] go along are choked by the worries and riches and pleasures of life, and they do not bear fruit to maturity.
Genesis 3:18
And thorns and thistles shall sprout for you, and you shall eat the plants of the field.
Mark 4:18-19
And others are the ones sown among the thorn plants--these are the ones who hear the word,
Galatians 6:7-8
Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked, for whatever a person sows, this he will also reap,