Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
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Luke 8:5
The sower went forth to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and it was trodden down, and the birds of the air ate it up.
Matthew 13:19
When any one hears the word of the kingdom, and understands it not, the wicked one comes and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is he that received seed by the way side.
Mark 4:15
These are they that received seed by the wayside, where the word is sown; and when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.
James 1:23
For if any one is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man that looks at his natural face in a mirror:
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2 Thessalonians 2:9
he will destroy him, whose coming is, according to the energy of Satan, with all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,
Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world, was cast into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
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Mark 4:4
and it came to pass, as he sowed, that some seed fell by the wayside, and the birds came and ate it up.