Proverbs 24:31
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31 And there it was, (A)all overgrown with thorns;
Its surface was covered with nettles;
Its stone wall was broken down.
Ecclesiastes 10:18
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Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 10:18 Lit. rafters sink
Jeremiah 4:3
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3 For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:
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- Jeremiah 4:3 untilled
Isaiah 5:5
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5 And now, please let Me tell you what I will do to My vineyard:
(A)I will take away its hedge, and it shall be burned;
And break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.
Hebrews 6:8
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8 (A)but if it bears thorns and briers, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned.
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Matthew 13:22
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22 Now (A)he who received seed (B)among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
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Matthew 13:7
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7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them.
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Proverbs 23:21
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21 For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.
Proverbs 22:13
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13 (A)The lazy man says, “There is a lion outside!
I shall be slain in the streets!”
Proverbs 20:4
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Proverbs 19:23
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23 (A)The fear of the Lord leads to life,
And he who has it will abide in satisfaction;
He will not be visited with evil.
Job 31:40
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40 Then let (A)thistles grow instead of wheat,
And weeds instead of barley.”
The words of Job are ended.
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Genesis 3:17-19
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17 Then to Adam He said, (A)“Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree (B)of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’:
(C)“Cursed is the ground for your sake;
(D)In toil you shall eat of it
All the days of your life.
18 Both thorns and thistles it shall [a]bring forth for you,
And (E)you shall eat the herb of the field.
19 (F)In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread
Till you return to the ground,
For out of it you were taken;
(G)For dust you are,
And (H)to dust you shall return.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 3:18 cause to grow
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