Proverbs 24:31
and behold, it was overgrown--all of it was covered [with] thorns, its surface with nettles, and {its stone wall} was broken down.
Genesis 3:17-19
And to Adam he said, "Because you listened to the voice of your wife and you ate from the tree {from which I forbade you to eat}, the ground [shall be] cursed on your account. In pain you shall eat [from] it all the days of your life.
Job 31:40
let thorns grow in place of wheat and noxious weeds in place of barley." The words of Job are ended.
Proverbs 19:23
Fear of Yahweh [leads] to life; he who is filled [with it] will rest--he will not suffer harm.
Proverbs 20:4
The lazy person will not plow in season; he will expect at the harvest, but there [will be] nothing.
Proverbs 22:13
A lazy person says "A lion in the street! In the middle of the highway, I shall be killed!"
Proverbs 23:21
For the drunkard and gluttonous, they will become poor, and [with] rags, drowsiness will clothe them
Ecclesiastes 10:18
Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through idleness of hands the house leaks.
Isaiah 5:5
And now let me tell you what I myself am about to do to my vineyard. [I will] remove its hedge, and it shall become a devastation. [I will] break down its wall, and it shall become a trampling.
Jeremiah 4:3
For thus says Yahweh to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, "Break up for yourselves prepared virgin soil, and you must not sow among thornbushes.
Matthew 13:7
And other [seed] fell among the thorn plants, and the thorn plants came up and choked it.
Matthew 13:22
And what was sown into the thorn plants--this is the one who hears the word, and the anxiety of this world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word and it becomes unproductive.
Hebrews 6:8
But [if it] produces thorns and thistles, [it is] worthless and near to a curse, whose end [is] for burning.