Verse 31

And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 3:17-19 : 17 ¶ And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed [is] the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life; 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.
  • Job 31:40 : 40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
  • Prov 19:23 : 23 ¶ The fear of the LORD [tendeth] to life: and [he that hath it] shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
  • Prov 20:4 : 4 ¶ The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.
  • Prov 22:13 : 13 ¶ The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
  • Prov 23:21 : 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.
  • Eccl 10:18 : 18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
  • Isa 5:5 : 5 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; [and] break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
  • Jer 4:3 : 3 ¶ For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
  • Matt 13:7 : 7 ‹And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:›
  • Matt 13:22 : 22 ‹He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.›
  • Heb 6:8 : 8 But that which beareth thorns and briers [is] rejected, and [is] nigh unto cursing; whose end [is] to be burned.