Proverbs 24:31

Tree of Life Version

Surprisingly, it was all overgrown with thorns, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down.

Cross References

Job 30:7

They brayed among the bushes and huddled under the nettles.

Job 31:40

then let briars come up instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.

Proverbs 13:4

The slacker’s soul craves, yet has nothing, but the diligent soul will be satisfied.

Proverbs 19:23

The fear of Adonai leads to life, and he who has it rests satisfied, untouched by harm.

Proverbs 20:4

A slacker will not plow in season, so at harvest he looks but finds nothing.

Proverbs 22:13

The slacker says, “There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the streets.”

Proverbs 23:21

for both drunkards and gluttons will be impoverished— grogginess will clothe them with rags.

Proverbs 24:32

Then I took to heart what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw:

Ecclesiastes 10:18

By laziness the rafters sag, and by idle hands the house leaks.

Isaiah 5:5

So now, I will make known to you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge, and it will be eaten up. I will break down the fence, and it will be trodden down.

Isaiah 5:6

I will lay it waste: it will not be pruned or hoed, but briers and thorns will come up. I will also command the clouds not to rain on it.

Jeremiah 4:3

Thus says Adonai to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground and do not sow among thorns.

Matthew 13:22

“But the one sown among the thorns, this is the one who hears the word; and the worries of the world and the seduction of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Matthew 13:7

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

Hebrews 6:8

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