Verse 3

For this is what the LORD says to the people of Judah and Jerusalem: Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow among thorns.

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Referenced Verses

  • Hos 10:12 : 12 Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and showers His righteousness on you.
  • Luke 8:14 : 14 The seed that fell among the thorns represents those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by life's worries, riches, and pleasures, and they do not mature.
  • Matt 13:7 : 7 Other seeds fell among thorns, which grew up and choked them.
  • Matt 13:22 : 22 The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this age and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful.
  • Mark 4:7 : 7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, so it didn’t produce any grain.
  • Gal 6:7-8 : 7 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows, that they will also reap. 8 The one who sows to their flesh will reap decay from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.
  • Luke 8:7 : 7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it.
  • Gen 3:18 : 18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
  • Mark 4:18-19 : 18 Others are like the seed sown among thorns: these are the ones who hear the word, 19 but the worries of this age, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.