Verse 3

Yes, this is what the LORD has said to the people of Judah and Jerusalem:“Break up your unplowed ground, do not cast seeds among thorns.

Referenced Verses

  • Hos 10:12 : 12 Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap unfailing love. Break up the unplowed ground for yourselves, for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and showers deliverance on you.
  • Luke 8:14 : 14 As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.
  • Matt 13:7 : 7 Other seeds fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked them.
  • Matt 13:22 : 22 The seed sown among thorns is the person who hears the word, but worldly cares and the seductiveness of wealth choke the word, so it produces nothing.
  • Mark 4:7 : 7 Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked it, and it did not produce grain.
  • Gal 6:7-8 : 7 Do not be deceived. God will not be made a fool. For a person will reap what he sows, 8 because the person who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.
  • Luke 8:7 : 7 Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up with it and choked it.
  • Gen 3:18 : 18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you, but you will eat the grain of the field.
  • Mark 4:18-19 : 18 Others are the ones sown among thorns: They are those who hear the word, 19 but worldly cares, the seductiveness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it produces nothing.