Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
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Bible References
It
Genesis 3:17
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 is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Job 31:40
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Jeremiah 4:3
For thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
Matthew 13:7
And others fell upon the thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked them:
Hebrews 6:8
but if it beareth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and nigh unto a curse; whose end is to be burned.
And the
Proverbs 19:23
The fear of Jehovah tendeth to life; And he that hath it'shall abide satisfied; He shall not be visited with evil.
Proverbs 20:4
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 22:13
The sluggard saith, 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 will clothe a man with rags.
Ecclesiastes 10:18
By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.
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Proverbs 19:24
The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Proverbs 21:25
The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.
Ecclesiastes 10:18
By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.