Proverbs 24:31

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And lo, it was all couered with nettles, and stoode full of thornes, and the stone wall was broken downe.

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  • Gen 3:17-19 : 17 Unto Adam he sayde: Because thou hast hearkened vnto the voyce of thy wyfe, and hast eaten of the tree concernyng the whiche I commaunded thee, saying, thou shalt not eate of it, cursed is the grounde for thy sake, in sorowe shalt thou eate of it all the dayes of thy lyfe. 18 Thorne also and thistle shall it bryng foorth to thee, and thou shalt eate the hearbe of the fielde. 19 In the sweatte of thy face shalt thou eate thy breade, tyll thou be turned agayne into the ground, for out of it wast thou taken: For dust thou art, and into dust shalt thou be turned agayne.
  • Job 31:40 : 40 Then let thystles growe in steede of my wheate, and cockle for my barlye.
  • Prov 19:23 : 23 The feare of the Lord bringeth a man to lyfe: and he shall rest the whole night in plenteousnesse without visitation of any plague.
  • Prov 20:4 : 4 A slouthfull body wyll not go to plow for colde of the winter: therefore shall he begge in sommer, and haue nothing.
  • Prov 22:13 : 13 The slouthfull body saith there is a Lion without: I might be slaine in the streate.
  • Prov 23:21 : 21 For suche as be drunkardes and riotours shall come to pouertie: and he that is geuen to muche sleepe, shall go with a ragged coate.
  • Eccl 10:18 : 18 Thorowe slouthfulnesse the balkes fall downe, and thorowe idle handes it rayneth in at the house.
  • Isa 5:5 : 5 Well, nowe I shall tell you howe I will do with my vineyarde: I will take the hedge from it, that it may perishe, and breake downe the wall therof, that it may be troden vnder foote.
  • Jer 4:3 : 3 For thus saith the Lorde to all Iuda and Hierusalem: Plowe your lande, and sowe not among the thornes.
  • Matt 13:7 : 7 Agayne, some fell among thornes, and the thornes sprong vp and choked them.
  • Matt 13:22 : 22 He also that receaued seede into the thornes, is he that heareth the worde: and the care of this worlde, and the disceiptfulnes of ryches, choke vp the worde, and so is he made vnfruitfull.
  • Heb 6:8 : 8 But that grounde whiche beareth thornes and bryers, is reproued, and is nye vnto cursyng, whose ende is to be burned.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 24:32-34
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    32This I sawe, and considered it well: I looked vpon it, and toke it for a warning.

    33Yea sleepe on styll I say a litle, slumber a litle, folde thy handes together yet a litle:

    34So shall pouertie come vnto thee as one that trauayleth by the way, and necessitie lyke a weaponed man.

  • Prov 24:30
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    30I went by the fielde of the slouthfull, and by the vineyarde of the foolishe man:

  • Ps 80:12-13
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    12Why hast thou then broken downe her hedge: that all they whiche go by plucke of her grapes?

    13The wylde bore out of the wood rooteth it vp: and the wylde beast of the fielde deuoureth it.

  • Jer 4:26
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    26I marked well, and the plowed fielde was become waste, yea all their cities were broken downe at the presence of the Lord and indignation of his wrath.

  • Isa 5:4-6
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    4What more coulde haue ben done for it, that I haue not done? Wherfore then hath it geuen wylde grapes, where I loked to haue had grapes of it?

    5Well, nowe I shall tell you howe I will do with my vineyarde: I will take the hedge from it, that it may perishe, and breake downe the wall therof, that it may be troden vnder foote.

    6I wyll lay it waste, it shall neither be digged nor cut, but beare thornes and briers: I wyll also forbyd the cloudes that they shall not rayne vpon it.

  • Isa 24:12
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    12In the citie is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.

  • Joel 1:17
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    17The seede is rotte vnder their cloddes, the garners are destroyed, the barnes are ouerthrowen: for the corne is withered.

  • Isa 32:13
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    13My peoples fielde shall bryng thornes and thistles: and so shall it be in euery house of voluptuousnesse, and in euery citie that reioyceth.

  • Ezek 13:12
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    12And lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not then be sayd vnto you, Where is nowe your morter that ye daubed it withall?

  • Ezek 36:34
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    34The desolate lande shalbe tilled againe, which afore time lay waste in the sight of al them that went by.

  • Ps 89:40
    72%

    40Thou hast ouerthrowe all his walles: and broken downe his strong holdes.

  • Isa 34:13
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    13Thornes shall growe in their palaces, nettles & thistles in their strong holdes, that the dragons may haue their pleasure therin, and that they may be a court for Estriches.

  • Ezek 8:7
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    7And with that brought he me to the court gate, and when I loked, beholde there was a hole in the wall.

  • Isa 27:10
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    10Els shall the strong citie be desolate, and the habitation forsaken and left like a wildernesse: there shall the Calfe feede, and there shall he lye, and eate vp the graffes therof.

  • Isa 5:2
    71%

    2This he hedged, and gathered out the stones from it, and planted it with the choysest vine: In the middest of it builded he a towre, also made a wine presse therin: and he loked that it shoulde bring him grapes, and it brought foorth wylde grapes.

  • Mark 4:7
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    7And some fell among thornes: and the thornes grewe vp, and choked it, and it gaue no fruite.

  • Isa 22:10
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    10As for the houses of Hierusalem ye haue numbred them, and the houses haue ye broken downe, to make the wall strong.

  • Eccl 10:18
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    18Thorowe slouthfulnesse the balkes fall downe, and thorowe idle handes it rayneth in at the house.

  • Isa 7:24-25
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    24They shall come into the lande with arrowes and bowes, because all the lande shall become bryers and thornes.

    25As for all hilles that shalbe digged with the mattocke, there shall not come vpon them any feare of bryers and thornes: but the cattell shalbe driuen thyther, and the sheepe shal feede there.

  • Ps 55:10
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    10They do compasse it day and night within the walles: mischiefe also and labour, are in the midst of it.

  • Isa 24:10
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    10The citie of vanitie is broken downe, euery house is shut vp, that no man may come in.

  • Jer 4:17
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    17And they haue beset her about in euery place, lyke as the watchmen in the fielde: For they haue prouoked me to wrath, saith the Lorde.

  • Joel 1:7
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    7He hath destroyed my vine, & barked my figge tree, he hath pilled it and cast it from him, and hath left bowes therof whyte.

  • Ezek 13:14-15
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    14As for the wall that ye haue daubed with vntempered morter, I wil breake it downe, and make it euen with the grounde, so that the foundation therof shalbe discouered, and it shall fall: yea and ye your selues shall perishe in the middes therof, and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde.

    15Thus wyll I perfourme my wrath vpon this wall, and vpon them that haue daubed it with vntempred morter, and then wyl I say vnto you, The wall is gone, and the daubers of it.

  • Jer 12:10-11
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    70%

    10Diuers heardmen haue broke downe my vineyarde, and troden vpon my portion: of my pleasaunt portion they haue made a wildernesse and desert.

    11They haue layde it waste, and nowe that it is waste it sigheth vnto me: yea the whole lande lyeth waste, and no man regardeth it.

  • Jer 45:4
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    4Therefore tell hym O Ieremie, that the Lord saith thus: Beholde, the thing that I haue buylded, wyll I breake downe agayne, and roote out the thing that I haue planted, yea this whole lande:

  • Prov 15:19
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    19The way of a slouthfull man is as an hedge of thornes: but the way of the ryghteous is playne.

  • Hos 2:6
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    6Therefore beholde, I wyll stop thy way with thornes, and make a hedge, that she shall not finde her pathes.

  • Isa 37:27
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    27For their inhabitours shalbe like lame men brought in feare and confounded: they shalbe lyke grasse and greene hearbes in the fielde, lyke the hay vpon house toppes, that wythereth before it be growen vp.

  • Eccl 9:14
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    14There was a litle citie and a few men within it: so there came a great kyng and besieged it, and made great bulwarkes against it.

  • Isa 25:12
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    12The strong holde also and defence of thy walles hath he ouerthrowne and cast downe, and brought them to the grounde, euen vnto dust.

  • Mic 3:12
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    12Therefore shall Sion for your sake be plowed as a fielde, & Hierusalem shalbe an heape, and the mountaine of the house as the hie places of the forest.

  • Isa 2:15
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    15And vpon euery high towre, and vpon euery fenced wall,

  • Heb 6:8
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    8But that grounde whiche beareth thornes and bryers, is reproued, and is nye vnto cursyng, whose ende is to be burned.

  • Jer 4:3
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    3For thus saith the Lorde to all Iuda and Hierusalem: Plowe your lande, and sowe not among the thornes.

  • Matt 13:7
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    7Agayne, some fell among thornes, and the thornes sprong vp and choked them.

  • Isa 24:1
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    1Beholde, the Lord maketh the earth waste and emptie, he turneth it vpside downe, and scattereth abrode the inhabitours therof.

  • 2 Kgs 19:26
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    26And the inhabiters of them shalbe of litle power, and faynt hearted, and confounded, and shalbe lyke the grasse of the field, or greene hearbe, or as the hay on the toppes of the houses, or as the corne that is vnripe & smitten with blasting.

  • Matt 24:2
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    2Iesus sayde vnto them: See ye not all these thynges? Ueryly I say vnto you there shall not be here left one stone vpon another, that shall not be destroyed.

  • Neh 2:13
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    13And I departed in the night by the valley port, before the dragon well, and to the doung port, & considered the walles of Hierusalem howe they were broken downe, and the portes therof consumed with the fire.

  • Luke 8:7
    69%

    7And some fell among thornes, and the thornes sprang vp with it, and choked it.

  • Job 5:3
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    3I haue seene my selfe when the foolish was deepe rooted, and sodenly I cursed his habitation.