Proverbs 24:31

New King James Version

And there it was, all overgrown with thorns; Its surface was covered with nettles; Its stone wall was broken down.

Cross References

Job 30:7

Among the bushes they brayed, Under the nettles they nestled.

Job 31:40

Then let thistles grow instead of wheat, And weeds instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.

Proverbs 19:23

The fear of the Lord leads to life, And he who has it will abide in satisfaction; He will not be visited with evil.

Proverbs 20:4

The lazy man will not plow because of winter; He will beg during harvest and have nothing.

Proverbs 22:13

The lazy man says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!”

Proverbs 23:21

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

Proverbs 24:32

When I saw it, I considered it well; I looked on it and received instruction:

Ecclesiastes 10:18

Because of laziness the building decays, And through idleness of hands the house leaks.

Isaiah 5:5

And now, please let Me tell you what I will do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be burned; And break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.

Isaiah 5:6

I will lay it waste; It shall not be pruned or dug, But there shall come up briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds That they rain no rain on it.”

Jeremiah 4:3

For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your fallow ground, And do not sow among thorns.

Matthew 13:22

Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

Matthew 13:7

And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them.

Hebrews 6:8

but if it bears thorns and briers, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned.