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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 83%

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

    33 Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the handes to sleepe.

    34 So thy pouertie commeth as one that traueileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.

  • 30 I 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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    75%

    12 Why hast thou then broken downe her hedges, so that all they, which passe by the way, haue plucked her?

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

  • 26 I 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.

  • Isa 5:4-6
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    4 What 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?

    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:

    6 And I will laye it waste: it shall not be cut, nor digged, but briers, and thornes shall growe vp: I will also commande the cloudes that they raine no raine vpon it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 13 And 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.

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

  • 10 Yet 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.

  • 2 And 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.

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

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

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

  • Isa 7:24-25
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    24 With arrowes and with bowe shall one come thither: because all the land shall be briers and thornes.

    25 But on all the mountaines, which shalbe digged with the mattocke, there shal not come thither the feare of briers and thornes: but they shalbe for the sending out of bullocks, and for the treading of sheepe.

  • 10 Day and night they goe about it vpon the walles thereof: both iniquitie and mischiefe are in the middes of it.

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

  • 17 They haue compassed her about as the watchmen of the fielde, because it hath prouoked me to wrath, saith the Lord.

  • 7 He maketh my vine waste, & pilleth off the barke of my figge tree: he maketh it bare, and casteth it downe: ye branches therof are made white.

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    14 So 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.

    15 Thus will I accomplish my wrath vpon the wall, and vpon them that haue daubed it with vntempered morter, and will say vnto you, The wall is no more, neither the daubers thereof,

  • Jer 12:10-11
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    10 Many pastors haue destroyed my vineyarde, and troden my portion vnder foote: of my pleasant portion they haue made a desolate wildernesse.

    11 They haue layde it waste, and it, being waste, mourneth vnto me: and the whole lande lyeth waste, because no man setteth his minde on it.

  • 4 Thus shalt thou say vnto him, The Lorde sayeth thus, Behold, that which I haue built, will I destroy, and that which I haue planted, will I plucke vp, euen this whole lande.

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

  • 6 Therefore beholde, I will stoope thy way with thornes, and make an hedge, that shee shall not finde her pathes.

  • 27 Whose inhabitants haue small power, and are afrayd & confounded: they are like the grasse of the field & greene herbe, or grasse on the house tops, or corne blassed afore it be growen.

  • 14 A litle citie and fewe men in it, and a great King came against it, and compassed it about, and builded fortes against it.

  • 12 The defence also of the height of thy walles shall he bring downe and lay lowe, and cast them to the ground, euen vnto the dust.

  • 12 Therefore shall Zion for your sake bee plowed as a field, & Ierusalem shalbe an heape, and the mountaine of the house, as the hye places of the forest.

  • 15 And vpon euery hie tower, and vpon euery strong wall,

  • 8 But that which beareth thornes and briars, is reproued, and is neere vnto cursing, whose end is to be burned.

  • 3 For thus saith the Lorde to the men of Iudah, and to Ierusalem,

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

  • 1 Beholde, the Lorde maketh the earth emptie, and hee maketh it waste: hee turneth it vpside downe, and scattereth abrode the inhabitants thereof.

  • 26 Whose inhabitants haue small power, and are afraid, & confounded: they are like the grasse of the field, and greene herbe, or grasse on ye house toppes, or as corne blasted before it be growen.

  • 2 And 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.

  • 13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, & came before the draggon well, and to the dung porte, and vewed the walles of Ierusalem, howe they were broken downe, and the portes thereof deuoured with the fire.

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

  • 3 I haue seene the foolish well rooted, and suddenly I cursed his habitation, saying,