Proverbs 24:31

Thistles had come up everywhere,
weeds covered the ground,
and the stone wall was ruined.

Genesis 3:17-19

And He said to Adam, “Because you listened to your wife’s voice and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘Do not eat from it’:

The ground is cursed because of you.
You will eat from it by means of painful labor
all the days of your life.

Job 31:40

then let thorns grow instead of wheat
and stinkweed instead of barley.

The words of Job are concluded.

Proverbs 19:23

The fear of the Lord leads to life;
one will sleep at night without danger.

Proverbs 20:4

The slacker does not plow during planting season;
at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing.

Proverbs 22:13

The slacker says, “There’s a lion outside!
I’ll be killed in the public square!”

Proverbs 23:21

For the drunkard and the glutton will become poor,
and grogginess will clothe them in rags.

Ecclesiastes 10:18

Because of laziness the roof caves in,
and because of negligent hands the house leaks.

Isaiah 5:5

Now I will tell you
what I am about to do to My vineyard:
I will remove its hedge,
and it will be consumed;
I will tear down its wall,
and it will be trampled.

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.

Matthew 13:7

Others fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them.

Matthew 13:22

Now the one sown among the thorns—this is one who hears the word, but the worries of this age and the seduction of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Hebrews 6:8

But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and about to be cursed, and will be burned at the end.

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Proverbs 24:31

And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

It

Hebrews 6:8

And the

Ecclesiastes 10:18

General references

Proverbs 19:24

Proverbs 21:25

Ecclesiastes 10:18

Bible References

It

then let thorns grow instead of wheat
and stinkweed instead of barley.

The words of Job are concluded.

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.

Others fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them.

But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and about to be cursed, and will be burned at the end.

And the

The fear of the Lord leads to life;
one will sleep at night without danger.

The slacker does not plow during planting season;
at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing.

The slacker says, “There’s a lion outside!
I’ll be killed in the public square!”

For the drunkard and the glutton will become poor,
and grogginess will clothe them in rags.

Because of laziness the roof caves in,
and because of negligent hands the house leaks.

General references

The slacker buries his hand in the bowl;
he doesn’t even bring it back to his mouth.

A slacker’s craving will kill him
because his hands refuse to work.

Because of laziness the roof caves in,
and because of negligent hands the house leaks.