Proverbs 24:31

Coverdale Bible (1535)

And lo, it was all couered wt nettels, & stode full of thistles, & ye stone wall was broke downe.

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  • Gen 3:17-19 : 17 And vnto Adam he sayde: For so moch as thou hast herkened vnto the voyce of thy wyfe, and hast eaten of the tre, wherof I commaunded the, sayenge: thou shalt not eate of it. Cursed be ye earth for thy sake. With sorowe shalt thou eate therof, all the dayes of thy life. 18 Thornes and thistles shalt it beare vnto the, and thou shalt eate the herbes of the felde. 19 In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate thy bred, tyll thou be turned agayne vnto earth, whece thou art take: for earth thou art, and vnto earth shalt thou be turned agayne.
  • Job 31:40 : 40 Than, let thistles growe in steade of my wheate, & thornes for my barlye.Here ende the wordes of Iob.
  • Prov 19:23 : 23 The feare of the LORDE preserueth the life, yee it geueth pleteousnes, without the visitacio of any plage.
  • Prov 20:4 : 4 A slouthfull body wyl not go to plowe for colde, therfore shal he go abegginge in Sommer, and haue nothinge.
  • Prov 22:13 : 13 The slouthfull body sayeth: there is a lyo wt out, I might be slayne in ye strete.
  • Prov 23:21 : 21 for soch as be dronckardes and ryotous, shal come to pouerte, & he that is geuen to moch slepe, shal go wt a ragged cote.
  • Eccl 10:18 : 18 Thorow slouthfulnesse the balkes fall downe, and thorow ydle hades it rayneth in at the house.
  • Isa 5:5 : 5 Well, I shall tell you how I will do wt my vynyarde: I will take the hedge from it, that it maye perish, and breake downe ye wall, that it maye be troden vnder fote.
  • Jer 4:3 : 3 For thus saieth the LORDE, to all Iuda and Ierusalem: plowe youre londe, and sowe not amonge the thornes.
  • Matt 13:7 : 7 Some fell amoge the thornes, & the thornes grewe vp, and choked it.
  • Matt 13:22 : 22 As for him that is sowne amonge ye thornes, this is he: Wha one heareth the worde, & the carefulnes of this worlde, & the disceatfulnes of riches choke the worde, & so he becometh vnfrutefull.
  • Heb 6:8 : 8 But yt grounde which beareth thornes and thistles, is nothinge worth, and nye vnto cursynge: whose ende is to be brent.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 83%

    32This I sawe, & cosidered it wel: I loked vpo it, & toke it for a warnynge.

    33Yee slepe on still a litle, slobre a litle, folde thine hodes together yet a litle:

    34so shall pouerte come vnto the as one yt trauayleth by ye waye, & necessite like a wapened man.

  • 30I wente by ye felde of ye slouthfull, & by ye vynyarde of the foolish ma.

  • Ps 80:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    12Why hast thou then broken downe hir hedge, that all they which go by, plucke of hir grapes?

    13The wilde bore out of the wod hath wrutt it vp, & the beestes of the felde haue deuoured it.

  • 26I marked well, and the plowed felde was become waist: yee all their cities were broken downe at the presence of the LORDE, and indignacion of his wrath.

  • Isa 5:4-6
    3 verses
    75%

    4What more coude haue bene done for it, that I haue not done? Wherfore then hath it geuen thornes, where I loked to haue had grapes of it?

    5Well, I shall tell you how I will do wt my vynyarde: I will take the hedge from it, that it maye perish, and breake downe ye wall, that it maye be troden vnder fote.

    6I will laye it waist, that it shall nether be twysted nor cut, but beare thornes and breares. I wil also forbyd ye cloudes, that they shal not rayne vpon it.

  • 12Desolacion shal remayne in the cities, and the gates shalbe smytten with waistnesse.

  • 17The sede shal perish in the grounde, the garners shall lye waist, the floores shalbe broken downe, for the corne shalbe destroied.

  • 13My peoples felde shal bringe thornes and thistels, for in euery house is voluptuousnes & in the cities, wilfulnes.

  • 12so shal ye wall come downe. Shal it not then be sayde vnto you: where is now the morter, that ye dawbed it withall?

  • 34The desolate londe shalbe buylded agayne, which afore tyme laye waist, in the sight of all them, that wete by.

  • 40Thou hast turned backe the couenaunt of thy seruaunt, and cast his crowne to the grounde.

  • 13Thornes shal growe in their palaces, nettels & thistles in their stronge holdes, yt the dragons maye haue their pleasure therin, & that they maye be a courte for Estriches.

  • 7And with that brought he me to the courte gate: and whe I loked, beholde, there was an hole in the wall.

  • 10The stronge cities shalbe desolate, and ye fayre cities shalbe left like a wildernes. The catel shal fede and lie there, and the shepe shal eate it vp.

  • 2This he hedged, this he walled rounde aboute, and planted it with goodly grapes. In the myddest of it buylded he a towre, and made a wyne presse therin And afterwarde when he loked yt it shulde bringe him grapes, it brought forth thornes.

  • 7And some fel amonge the thornes, & the thornes grew vp, and choked it, and it gaue no frute.

  • 10and tel the houses of Ierusale, and break of some of the to kepe ye walles.

  • 18Thorow slouthfulnesse the balkes fall downe, and thorow ydle hades it rayneth in at the house.

  • Isa 7:24-25
    2 verses
    70%

    24Like as they shal come in to the londe with arowes and bowes, so shal all the londe become brears and thornes.

    25And as for all hilles that now are hewen downe, thou shalt not come vpo them, for feare of brears and thornes. But the catel shalbe dryuen thither, and the shepe shal fede there.

  • 10Wickednesse is therin, disceate and gyle go not out of hir stretes.

  • 10the wicked cities shalbe broken downe, all houses shalbe shut, that no man maye come in.

  • 17they shall geue them warnynge in euery place, like as the watch men in the felde. For they haue prouoked me to wrath, saieth the LORDE.

  • 7They shal make my vinyarde waist, they shal pyll of the barckes of my fygetrees, strype them bare, cast them awaye, and make the braunches whyte.

  • 70%

    14As for ye wall, that ye haue dawbed with vntempered morter, I wil breake it downe, & make it eauen with the grounde: so that the foundacion therof shal remoue, & it shal fall, yee & ye youre selues shall perish in the myddest therof: to lerne you for to knowe, that I am the LORDE.

    15Thus wil I perfourme my wrath vpon this wall, & vpon them that haue dawbed it with vntempered morter, and then will I saye vnto you: The wall is gone, & the dawbers are awaye.

  • Jer 12:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10Dyuerse hyrdme haue broken downe my vynyarde, and troden vpon my porcion. Of my pleasaunt porcion, they haue made a wildernes & deserte.

    11They haue layed it waist: and now that it is waist, it sigheth vnto me. Yee the whole londe lieth waist, and no man regardeth it.

  • 4Therfore tell him (O Ieremy) yt the LORDE saieth thus: Beholde, The thige that I haue buylded, wil I breake downe agayne, and rote out the thinge, that I haue planted, yee this whole londe.

  • 19The waye of ye slouthfull is full of thornes, but ye strete of the rightuous is well clensed.

  • 6But I will hedge hir waye with thornes, and stoppe it, that she shal not fynde hir fotestoppes:

  • 27For their inhabitours shalbe like lame men, brought in feare & confounded. They shalbe like the grasse & grene herbes in the felde, like the hay vpo house toppes, that wythereth, afore it be growne vp.

  • 14There was a litle cite, & a few me within it: so there came a greate kynge & beseged it, & made greate bulworkes agaynst it.

  • 12As for his stroge holdes & hie walles: he shal buwe them, cast the downe, and sell the to the grounde in to dust.

  • 12Therfore shal Sion (for youre sakes) be plowed like a felde: Ierusale shall become an heape of stones, and the hill of ye temple shal be turned to an hye wodde.

  • 15vpon all costly towres, and vpon all stronge walles,

  • 8But yt grounde which beareth thornes and thistles, is nothinge worth, and nye vnto cursynge: whose ende is to be brent.

  • 3For thus saieth the LORDE, to all Iuda and Ierusalem: plowe youre londe, and sowe not amonge the thornes.

  • 7Some fell amoge the thornes, & the thornes grewe vp, and choked it.

  • 1Beholde, ye LORDE shal waist and plage the worlde, he shal make the face of the earth desolate, & scatre abrode ye inhabitours therof.

  • 26& they that dwell therin, shal be faynte, and fearfull and a shamed, and shal be as the grasse vpon the felde, and as ye grene herbe and hay vpon the house toppes, that wythereth afore it be growne vp.

  • 2But Iesus sayde vnto them: Se ye not all these thinges? Verely I saye vnto you: there shal not be left here one stone vpon another, yt shal not be cast downe.

  • 13And I rode by nighte vnto the valley porte before the Dragon well, & to the Dongporte, & considered ye walles of Ierusalem that were broken downe, & the portes therof consumed wt the fyre.

  • 7And some fell amonge thornes, and the thornes sprange vp with it, and choked it.

  • 3I haue sene my self, when the foolish was depe roted, that his bewty was sodely destroyed: