Proverbs 24:31
and, behold, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered its face, and its stone wall was broken down.
Genesis 3:17-19
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it, cursed shall be the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Job 31:40
let thistles grow up unto me instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Proverbs 19:23
The fear of the LORD is unto life, and he that has it shall live satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
Proverbs 20:4
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore he shall beg in harvest and have nothing.
Proverbs 22:13
The slothful man says, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
Proverbs 23:21
for the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall cause them to wear rags.
Ecclesiastes 10:18
By much slothfulness the building decays, and through idleness of the hands the rain drips throughout the house.
Isaiah 5:5
And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; and break down its wall, and it shall be trodden down:
Jeremiah 4:3
For thus has the LORD said to every man of Judah and of Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and do not sow among thorns.
Matthew 13:7
And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up and choked them.
Matthew 13:22
And he that was planted among the thorns is he that hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
Hebrews 6:8
but that which bears thorns and briers is rejected and is near unto cursing, whose end shall be by fire.