Proverbs 24:31

English Standard Version 2016

and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 10:18

Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks.

Jeremiah 4:3

For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and 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 remove its hedge, and it shall be devoured; I will break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.

Hebrews 6:8

But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.

Matthew 13:22

As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.

Matthew 13:7

Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.

Proverbs 23:21

for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags.

Proverbs 22:13

The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!”

Proverbs 20:4

The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.

Proverbs 19:23

The fear of the Lord leads to life, and whoever has it rests satisfied; he will not be visited by harm.

Job 31:40

let thorns grow instead of wheat, and foul weeds instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.

Job 30:7

Among the bushes they bray; under the nettles they huddle together.

Proverbs 24:32

Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction.

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

Isaiah 5:6

I will make it a waste; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and briers and thorns shall grow up; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.