Proverbs 24:31
and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.
Genesis 3:17-19
And to Adam he said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
Job 31:40
let thorns grow instead of wheat, and foul weeds instead of barley."The words of Job are ended.
Proverbs 19:23
The fear of the LORDleads to life, and whoever has it rests satisfied; he will not be visited by harm.
Proverbs 20:4
The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
Proverbs 22:13
The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!"
Proverbs 23:21
for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags
Ecclesiastes 10:18
Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks.
Isaiah 5:5
And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will remove its hedge, and it shall be devoured; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.
Jeremiah 4:3
For thus says the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: "Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
Matthew 13:7
Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.
Matthew 13:22
As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
Hebrews 6:8
But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.