Proverbs 24:31

Geneva Bible (1560)

And lo, it was al growen ouer with thornes, and nettles had couered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken downe.

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  • Gen 3:17-19 : 17 Also to Adam he said, Because thou hast obeyed the voyce of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, (whereof I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eate of it) cursed is the earth for thy sake: in sorowe shalt thou eate of it all the dayes of thy life. 18 Thornes also, and thistles shall it bring foorth to thee, and thou shalt eate the herbe of the fielde. 19 In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate bread, till thou returne to the earth: for out of it wast thou taken, because thou art dust, and to dust shalt thou returne.
  • Job 31:40 : 40 Let thistles growe in steade of wheate, and cockle in the stead of Barley. THE WORDES OF IOB ARE ENDED.
  • Prov 19:23 : 23 The feare of the Lord leadeth to life: and he that is filled therewith, shall continue, and shall not be visited with euill.
  • Prov 20:4 : 4 The slouthfull will not plowe, because of winter: therefore shal he beg in sommer, but haue nothing.
  • Prov 22:13 : 13 The slouthfull man saith, A lyon is without, I shall be slaine in the streete.
  • Prov 23:21 : 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall bee poore, and the sleeper shalbe clothed with ragges.
  • Eccl 10:18 : 18 By slouthfulnes the roofe of the house goeth to decaie, and by the ydlenesse of the handes the house droppeth through.
  • Isa 5:5 : 5 And nowe I will tell you what I will do to my vineyarde: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten vp: I will breake the wall thereof, and it shall be troden downe:
  • Jer 4:3 : 3 For thus saith the Lorde to the men of Iudah, and to Ierusalem,
  • Matt 13:7 : 7 And some fell among thornes, and the thornes sprong vp, and choked them.
  • Matt 13:22 : 22 And hee that receiued the seede among thornes, is hee that heareth the woorde: but the care of this worlde, and the deceitfulnesse of riches choke the word, and he is made vnfruitfull.
  • Heb 6:8 : 8 But that which beareth thornes and briars, is reproued, and is neere vnto cursing, whose end is to be burned.

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    32Then I behelde, and I considered it well: I looked vpon it, and receiued instruction.

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    30I passed by the fielde of the slouthfull, and by the vineyarde of the man destitute of vnderstanding.

  • Ps 80:12-13
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    12Why hast thou then broken downe her hedges, so that all they, which passe by the way, haue plucked her?

    13The wilde bore out of the wood hath destroyed it, and the wilde beastes of the fielde haue eaten it vp.

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    26I behelde, and loe, the fruitfull place was a wildernesse, and all the cities thereof were broken downe at the presence of the Lorde, and by his fierce wrath.

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    4What coulde I haue done any more to my vineyard that I haue not done vnto it? why haue I looked that it should bring foorth grapes, and it bringeth foorth wilde grapes?

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  • 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 rotten vnder their cloddes: the garners are destroyed: the barnes are broken downe, for the corne is withered.

  • Isa 32:13
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    13Vpon the lande of my people shall growe thornes and briers: yea, vpon all the houses of ioye in the citie of reioysing,

  • Ezek 13:12
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    12Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not bee sayd vnto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye haue daubed it?

  • Ezek 36:34
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    34And the desolate land shalbe tilled, whereas it lay waste in the sight of all that passed by.

  • Ps 89:40
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    40Thou hast broken downe all his walles: thou hast layd his fortresses in ruine.

  • Isa 34:13
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    13And it shall bring foorth thornes in the palaces thereof, nettles and thistles in the strong holdes thereof, and it shall be an habitation for dragons, and a court for ostriches.

  • Ezek 8:7
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    7And he caused me to enter at the gate of the court: and when I looked, beholde, an hole was in the wall.

  • Isa 27:10
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    10Yet the defenced citie shalbe desolate, and the habitation shalbe forsaken, and left like a wildernes. There shall the calfe feede, and there shall he lie, and consume the branches thereof.

  • Isa 5:2
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    2And hee hedged it, and gathered out the stones of it, and he planted it with the best plants, and hee builte a towre in the middes thereof, and made a wine presse therein: then hee looked that it should bring foorth grapes: but it brought foorth wilde grapes.

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

  • Isa 22:10
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    10And yee nombred the houses of Ierusalem, and the houses haue yee broken downe to fortifie the wall,

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    18By slouthfulnes the roofe of the house goeth to decaie, and by the ydlenesse of the handes the house droppeth through.

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    24With arrowes and with bowe shall one come thither: because all the land shall be briers and thornes.

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

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    14So I wil destroy the wall that ye haue daubed with vntempered morter, and bring it downe to the ground, so that the fundation thereof shalbe discouered, and it shall fal, and ye shalbe consumed in the middes thereof, and ye shall know, that I am the Lord.

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    10Many pastors haue destroyed my vineyarde, and troden my portion vnder foote: of my pleasant portion they haue made a desolate wildernesse.

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    19The way of a slouthfull man is as an hedge of thornes: but the way of the righteous is plaine.

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    7And some fell among thornes, and the thornes sprong vp, and choked them.

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    2And Iesus sayd vnto them, See ye not all these things? Verely I say vnto you, there shall not be here left a stone vpon a stone, that shall not be cast downe.

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  • Luke 8:7
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    7And some fell among thornes, and the thornes sprang vp with it, and choked it.

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