Proverbs 24:31
And lo, it hath gone up -- all of it -- thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down.
Genesis 3:17-19
And to the man He said, 'Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and dost eat of the tree concerning which I have charged thee, saying, Thou dost not eat of it, cursed is the ground on thine account; in sorrow thou dost eat of it all days of thy life,
Job 31:40
Instead of wheat let a thorn go forth, And instead of barley a useless weed! The words of Job are finished.
Proverbs 19:23
The fear of Jehovah is to life, And satisfied he remaineth -- he is not charged with evil.
Proverbs 20:4
Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.
Proverbs 22:13
The slothful hath said, 'A lion is without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'
Proverbs 23:21
For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.
Ecclesiastes 10:18
By slothfulness is the wall brought low, And by idleness of the hands doth the house drop.
Isaiah 5:5
And now, pray, let me cause you to know, That which I am doing to my vineyard, To turn aside its hedge, And it hath been for consumption, To break down its wall, And it hath been for a treading-place.
Jeremiah 4:3
For thus said Jehovah, To the man of Judah, and to Jerusalem: Till for yourselves tillage, And do not sow unto the thorns.
Matthew 13:7
and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns did come up and choke them,
Matthew 13:22
'And that sown toward the thorns, this is he who is hearing the word, and the anxiety of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, do choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
Hebrews 6:8
and that which is bearing thorns and briers is disapproved of, and nigh to cursing, whose end is for burning;