Proverbs 24:31 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

³¹ 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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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³¹ And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, And nettles had covered the face thereof, And the stone wall thereof was broken down.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³¹ And, behold, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles were covering its face, and its stone wall was broken down.

American Standard Version (1901)

³¹ And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down.

Common English Bible

³¹ Thorns grew all over it; weeds covered the ground, and the stone wall was falling down.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ and behold, it was entirely filled with nettles, and thorns had covered its surface, and the stonewall was destroyed.

Proverbs 24:31 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 10:18

By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

Jeremiah 4:3

For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

Isaiah 5:5

And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:

Hebrews 6:8

but that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.

Matthew 13:22

He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

Matthew 13:7

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

Proverbs 23:21

for the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

Proverbs 22:13

The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

Proverbs 20:4

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Proverbs 19:23

The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

Job 31:40

let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

Job 30:7

Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.

Proverbs 24:32

Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Isaiah 5:6

and I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.