Jeremiah 4:3

Bible in Basic English 1965

For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: Get your unworked land ploughed up, do not put in your seeds among thorns.

Cross References

Genesis 3:18

Thorns and waste plants will come up, and the plants of the field will be your food;

Exodus 23:11

But in the seventh year let the land have a rest and be unplanted; so that the poor may have food from it: and let the beasts of the field take the rest. Do the same with your vine-gardens and your olive-trees.

Hosea 10:12

Put in the seed of righteousness, get in your grain in mercy, let your unploughed earth be turned up: for it is time to make search for the Lord, till he comes and sends righteousness on you like rain.

Matthew 13:22

And that which was dropped among the thorns, this is he who has the word; and the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, put a stop to the growth of the word and it gives no fruit.

Matthew 13:7

And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth:

Mark 4:7

And some went among the thorns, and the thorns came up, and it had no room for growth and gave no fruit.

Luke 8:14

And those which went among thorns are those who have given hearing, and go on their way, but they are overcome by cares and wealth and the pleasures of life, and they give no fruit.

Luke 8:7

And some went among thorns, and the thorns came up with it and it had no room for growth.