Jeremiah 4:3

Free Bible Version

This is what the Lord is saying to the people of Judah and Jerusalem: Plow your unplowed ground, and don't sow among the thorns.

Cross References

Genesis 3:18

It will grow thorns and thistles for you, and you will have to eat wild plants.

Exodus 23:11

but in the seventh year you are to let it rest and leave it uncultivated, so that poor people may eat what grows naturally from the field and the wild animals can finish what's left. Follow the same procedure for your vineyards and olive groves.

Hosea 10:12

Sow for yourselves what is right and you will reap unfailing love. Break up the unplowed ground. It's time to go to the Lord until he comes and rains down goodness on you.

Matthew 13:22

The seeds sown among thorns are people who hear the message, but then life's worries and the temptation of money choke the message so that they become fruitless.

Matthew 13:7

Other seeds fell among thorns that grew up and choked them.

Mark 4:7

Other seeds fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and choked the sprouting seeds, so they produced nothing.

Luke 8:14

The seeds that fall among thorns are those who hear the message but it's choked out by life's distractions—worries, wealth, pleasure—so they don't produce anything.

Luke 8:7

Some seeds fell among thorns and as they both grew the thorns choked the plants.