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
a husbandman went out to sow his corn: and as he was sowing, some fell upon the beaten road, which was crush'd under foot, or devoured by the birds.
Matthew 13:19
when any one heareth the doctrine of the gospel, and considers it not, then comes the wicked one, and catches away what was sown in his heart: he is the person meant by the high-way, where some of the seed was sown: but the stony ground,
Mark 4:15
they who receiv'd seed by the wayside, are those in whom the word is sown, who no sooner have heard it, but satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.
James 1:23
for a bare auditor without practice is like one who sees his image form'd by a mirror:
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2 Thessalonians 2:9
who by the instigation of satan will make his parade with various arts, with fallacious signs and prodigies,
Revelation 12:9
the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, call'd the devil or satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were precipitated with him.
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Mark 4:4
some of the seed happened to fall by the wayside, which the birds light upon, and devoured.