Proverbs 24:31

The Scriptures 1998

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

Cross References

Job 30:7

Among the bushes they cry out, under the nettles they huddled together –

Job 31:40

let thistles grow instead of wheat, and useless weed instead of barley.” The words of Iyoḇ

Proverbs 13:4

The being of the lazy one craves, but has not; While the being of the hard workers are enriched.

Proverbs 19:23

The fear of יהוה  leads to life, And he remains satisfied, He is not visited by evil.

Proverbs 20:4

The lazy one does not plough after the autumn; At harvest time he inquires – there is none!

Proverbs 22:13

The lazy one says, “There is a lion outside! I am going to be killed in the streets!”

Proverbs 23:21

For the drunkard and the glutton become poor, And slumber puts rags on a man.

Proverbs 24:32

When I saw it, I set my heart on it; I looked and received discipline:

Ecclesiastes 10:18

Because of laziness the framework tumbles, and through idleness of hands the house leaks.

Isaiah 5:5

“And now, please let Me inform you what I am doing to My vineyard: To take away its hedge and it shall be burned; to break down its wall and it shall be trampled down;

Isaiah 5:6

and I lay it waste; it is not pruned or dug and thornbushes and weeds shall come up; and I command the clouds not to rain on it.”

Jeremiah 4:3

For this is what יהוה  said to the men of Yehuḏ

Matthew 13:22

“And that sown among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the worry of this age and the deceit of riches choke the word, and it becomes fruitless.

Matthew 13:7

“And others fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them.

Hebrews 6:8

but if it brings forth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near to being cursed, and ends up by being burned.