Mark 4:7
Some seed fell among the thorns. The thorns grew up and choked it so it could yield no fruit.
Jeremiah 4:3
Jehovah says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem: Break up your unplowed fields, and do not plant among thorns.
Genesis 3:17-18
He said to Adam: Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
Matthew 13:7
Others fell upon the thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.
Matthew 13:22
He that was sown among thorns hears the word. The cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
Mark 4:18-19
There is the word sown among the thorns. These have heard the word,
Luke 8:7
Still other seed fell among the thorns. The thorns grew with it, and choked it.
Luke 8:14
The seeds that fell among the thorns are people who hear the word and go their own way. They are choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and do not produce fruit.
Luke 12:15
Jesus said: Be careful, do not covet, for life does not come from your possessions.
Luke 21:34
Be awake so your hearts are not weighed down. Do not allow the weight of worldly involvement, drunkenness, and cares of this life be a snare when that day suddenly comes.
1 Timothy 6:9-10
Those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts. These draw men into ruin and destruction.
1 John 2:15-16
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If any one loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.