Proverbs 24:31
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns. The face of it was covered with nettles, and the stone wall of it was broken down.
Genesis 3:17-19
And to Adam he said, Because thou have hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shall not eat of it, cursed is the ground for thy sake. In toil thou shall eat of it all
Job 31:40
let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Proverbs 19:23
The fear of LORD is life to a man, and he shall abide satisfied. He shall not be visited with evil.
Proverbs 20:4
The sluggard will not plow because of the winter. Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 22:13
The sluggard says, There is a lion outside. I shall be slain in the streets.
Ecclesiastes 10:18
By slothfulness the roof sinks in, and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.
Isaiah 5:5
And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will take away the hedge of it, and it shall be eaten up. I will break down the wall of it, and it shall be trodden down.
Matthew 13:7
And others fell in the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.
Matthew 13:22
And that which was sown in the thorns, this is he who hears the word, and the care of this age, and the deceitfulness of wealth, choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
Hebrews 6:8
But producing thorns and thistles it is unfit and near a curse, the end of which is for burning.