Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
The care
The deceitfulness
Choke
General references
Bible References
Seed
Matthew 13:7 Others fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them.
Mark 4:18 Others are sown among thorns; these are the ones who hear the word,
Luke 8:14 As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who, when they have heard, go on their way and are choked with worries, riches, and pleasures of life, and produce no mature fruit.
Luke 18:24
Seeing that he became sad, Jesus said, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!
2 Timothy 4:10
for Demas has deserted me, because he loved this present world, and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
The care
Matthew 6:24 “No one can be a slave of two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and of money.
Matthew 19:16
Just then someone came up and asked Him, “Teacher, what good must I do to have eternal life?”
Genesis 13:10
Lot looked out and saw that the entire Jordan Valley as far as Zoar was well watered everywhere like the Lord’s garden and the land of Egypt. This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
Joshua 7:20
Achan replied to Joshua, “It is true. I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel. This is what I did:
2 Kings 5:20
Gehazi, the attendant of Elisha the man of God, thought: My master has let this Aramean Naaman off lightly by not accepting from him what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and get something from him.
Jeremiah 4:3
For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:
Break up the unplowed ground;
do not sow among the thorns.
do not sow among the thorns.
Mark 10:23
Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!”
Luke 12:15
He then told them, “Watch out and be on guard against all greed because one’s life is not in the abundance of his possessions.”
Luke 14:16
Then He told him: “A man was giving a large banquet and invited many.
Luke 21:34 “Be on your guard, so that your minds are not dulled from carousing, drunkenness, and worries of life, or that day will come on you unexpectedly
Acts 5:1
But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property.
Acts 8:18
When Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,
1 Timothy 6:9
But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.
2 Peter 2:14
They have eyes full of adultery and are always looking for sin. They seduce unstable people and have hearts trained in greed. Children under a curse!
1 John 2:15
Do not love the world or the things that belong to the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.
Jude 1:11
Woe to them! For they have traveled in the way of Cain, have abandoned themselves to the error of Balaam for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
The deceitfulness
Psalm 52:7 “Here is the man
who would not make God his refuge,
but trusted in the abundance of his riches,
taking refuge in his destructive behavior.”
who would not make God his refuge,
but trusted in the abundance of his riches,
taking refuge in his destructive behavior.”
Psalm 62:10 Place no trust in oppression,
or false hope in robbery.
If wealth increases,
pay no attention to it.
or false hope in robbery.
If wealth increases,
pay no attention to it.
Proverbs 11:28 Anyone trusting in his riches will fall,
but the righteous will flourish like foliage.
but the righteous will flourish like foliage.
Proverbs 23:5 As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears,
for it makes wings for itself
and flies like an eagle to the sky.
for it makes wings for itself
and flies like an eagle to the sky.
Ecclesiastes 4:8
There is a person without a companion, without even a son or brother, and though there is no end to all his struggles, his eyes are still not content with riches. “So who am I struggling for,” he asks, “and depriving myself from good?” This too is futile and a miserable task.
Ecclesiastes 5:10
The one who loves money is never satisfied with money, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile.
Mark 4:19 but the worries of this age, the seduction of wealth, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
Luke 18:24
Seeing that he became sad, Jesus said, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!
1 Timothy 6:17
Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.
Choke
Luke 8:14 As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who, when they have heard, go on their way and are choked with worries, riches, and pleasures of life, and produce no mature fruit.
2 Timothy 4:10
for Demas has deserted me, because he loved this present world, and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
Jude 1:12
These are the ones who are like dangerous reefs at your love feasts. They feast with you, nurturing only themselves without fear. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds; trees in late autumn—fruitless, twice dead, pulled out by the roots;
General references
Matthew 7:27 The rain fell, the rivers rose, the winds blew and pounded that house, and it collapsed. And its collapse was great!”
Matthew 13:7 Others fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them.
Matthew 25:2 Five of them were foolish and five were sensible.
Mark 4:7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it didn’t produce a crop.