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Proverbs 24:31
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Proverbs 24:31
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31 and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns;
the ground was covered with nettles,
and its stone (A)wall was broken down.
Proverbs 24:31
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Proverbs 24:31
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31 thorns had come up everywhere,
the ground was covered with weeds,
and the stone wall was in ruins.
Ecclesiastes 10:18
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Ecclesiastes 10:18
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18 Through sloth the roof sinks in,
and through indolence the house leaks.
Ecclesiastes 10:18
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Ecclesiastes 10:18
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18 Through laziness, the rafters sag;
because of idle hands, the house leaks.(A)
Jeremiah 4:3
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Jeremiah 4:3
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3 For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:
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Jeremiah 4:3
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Jeremiah 4:3
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3 This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem:
Isaiah 5:5
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Isaiah 5:5
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5 And now I will tell you
what I will do to my vineyard.
I will remove (A)its hedge,
and it shall be devoured;[a]
(B)I will break down its wall,
and it shall be trampled down.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:5 Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5
Isaiah 5:5
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Isaiah 5:5
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Hebrews 6:8
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Hebrews 6:8
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8 But (A)if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, (B)and its end is to be burned.
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Hebrews 6:8
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Hebrews 6:8
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8 But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless and is in danger of being cursed.(A) In the end it will be burned.
Matthew 13:22
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Matthew 13:22
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22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but (A)the cares of (B)the world and (C)the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
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Matthew 13:22
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Matthew 13:22
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22 The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth(A) choke the word, making it unfruitful.
Matthew 13:7
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Matthew 13:7
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7 Other seeds fell among (A)thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.
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Matthew 13:7
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Matthew 13:7
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7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.
Proverbs 23:21
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Proverbs 23:21
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21 for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
and (A)slumber will clothe them with rags.
Proverbs 23:21
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Proverbs 23:21
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21 for drunkards and gluttons become poor,(A)
and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
Proverbs 22:13
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Proverbs 22:13
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13 (A)The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside!
I shall be killed in the streets!”
Proverbs 22:13
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Proverbs 22:13
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13 The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside!(A)
I’ll be killed in the public square!”
Proverbs 20:4
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Proverbs 20:4
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Proverbs 20:4
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Proverbs 20:4
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Proverbs 19:23
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Proverbs 19:23
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23 The fear of the Lord (A)leads to life,
and whoever has it rests (B)satisfied;
he will (C)not be visited by harm.
Proverbs 19:23
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Proverbs 19:23
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23 The fear of the Lord leads to life;
then one rests content, untouched by trouble.(A)
Job 31:40
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Job 31:40
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40 let (A)thorns grow instead of wheat,
and foul weeds instead of barley.”
The words of Job are ended.
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Job 31:40
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Job 31:40
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The words of Job are ended.(C)
Genesis 3:17-19
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Genesis 3:17-19
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17 And to Adam he said,
“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
and have eaten of the tree
(A)of which I commanded you,
‘You shall not eat of it,’
(B)cursed is the ground because of you;
(C)in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;
and you shall eat the plants of the field.
19 By the sweat of your face
you shall eat bread,
till you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
(D)for you are dust,
and (E)to dust you shall return.”
Genesis 3:17-19
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Genesis 3:17-19
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17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’(A)
“Cursed(B) is the ground(C) because of you;
through painful toil(D) you will eat food from it
all the days of your life.(E)
18 It will produce thorns and thistles(F) for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.(G)
19 By the sweat of your brow(H)
you will eat your food(I)
until you return to the ground,
since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
and to dust you will return.”(J)
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