Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.

And the

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Bible References

Sower

Luke 8:11
'And this is the simile: The seed is the word of God,
Matthew 13:3
and he spake to them many things in similes, saying: 'Lo, the sower went forth to sow,
Mark 4:2
and he taught them many things in similes, and he said to them in his teaching:

Fell

Luke 8:12
and those beside the way are those hearing, then cometh the Devil, and taketh up the word from their heart, lest having believed, they may be saved.
Hebrews 2:1
Because of this it behoveth us more abundantly to take heed to the things heard, lest we may glide aside,
James 1:23
because, if any one is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one hath been like to a man viewing his natural face in a mirror,

It

Psalm 119:118
Thou hast trodden down All going astray from Thy statutes, For falsehood is their deceit.
Matthew 5:13
'Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men.

And the

Genesis 15:11
and the ravenous birds come down upon the carcases, and Abram causeth them to turn back.

General references

Mark 4:4
and it came to pass, in the sowing, some fell by the way, and the fowls of the heaven did come and devour it;