Proverbs 24:31
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and weeds had covered its face, and its stone wall was broken down.
Genesis 3:17-19
And unto Adam he said, Because you have listened unto the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it: cursed is the ground for your sake; in sorrow shall you eat of it all the days of your life;
Job 31:40
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Proverbs 19:23
The fear of the LORD leads to life: and he that has it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
Proverbs 20:4
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 22:13
The slothful man says, There is a lion outside, I shall be slain in the streets.
Proverbs 23:21
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Ecclesiastes 10:18
By much slothfulness the building decays; 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 its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; and 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
And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
Matthew 13:22
He also that received seed among the thorns is he that hears the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
Hebrews 6:8
But that which bears thorns and briars is worthless, and is near unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.