Proverbs 24:31

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 10:18

By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.

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.

Isaiah 5:5

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

Hebrews 6:8

but if it beareth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and nigh unto a curse; whose end is to be burned.

Matthew 13:22

And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word; and the care of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

Matthew 13:7

And others fell upon the thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked them:

Proverbs 23:21

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.

Proverbs 22:13

The sluggard 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 winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

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.

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 bray; Under the nettles they are gathered together.

Proverbs 24:32

Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, 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 hoed; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.