Jeremiah 4:3
Jehovah says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem: Break up your unplowed fields, and do not plant among thorns.
Hosea 10:12
I said: Plow new ground for yourselves, plant righteousness, and reap the blessings that your devotion to me will produce. It is time for you to turn to me, Jehovah, and I will come and pour out righteousness on you.
Matthew 13:7
Others fell upon the thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.
Matthew 13:22
He that was sown among thorns hears the word. The cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
Mark 4:7
Some seed fell among the thorns. The thorns grew up and choked it so it could yield no fruit.
Luke 8:7
Still other seed fell among the thorns. The thorns grew with it, and choked it.
Luke 8:14
The seeds that fell among the thorns are people who hear the word and go their own way. They are choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and do not produce fruit.
Genesis 3:18
It will produce thorns and thistles for you. You will eat the plants of the field.
Mark 4:18-19
There is the word sown among the thorns. These have heard the word,
Galatians 6:7-8
Do not be deceived. God is not mocked! A man will harvest what he sows.