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
and while he sowed, some fell by the way-side; and it was trodden down, and the birds of the air devoured it.
Matthew 13:19
and considereth it not, the wicked one cometh, and catcheth away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the way-side.
Mark 4:15
but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word sown in their hearts.
James 1:23
For if any one be an hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a glass.
Then
2 Thessalonians 2:9
Whose coming is after the mighty working of Satan, with all power and signs and lying wonders,
Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was cast out, the antient serpent, who is called the devil and satan, who deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out unto the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
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Mark 4:4
And as he sowed, some fell by the way-side, and the birds of the air came and devoured it.