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 sower went out to sow his seed, and as he was sowing, some fell by the way-side, and was trodden down, and the birds of the air devoured it.
Matthew 13:19
and regardeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and snatcheth away that which was sown in his heart: this is he who received the seed as by the way-side.
Mark 4:15
where the word is sown; but when they have heard it, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
James 1:23
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a mirror,
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2 Thessalonians 2:9
who comes, through the efficacy of Satan, with all kind of lying power, and signs,
Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the devil and Satan, who deceiveth the whole world: he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.
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Mark 4:4
and in sowing, some fell by the way-side, and the birds came and ate it up: