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Jeremiah 4:3
Here is what the Lord is telling the people of Judah and Jerusalem. He says,“ Your hearts are as hard as a field that has not been plowed. So change your ways and produce good crops. Do not plant seeds among thorns.
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Luke 21:34
“ Be careful. If you aren’t, your hearts will be loaded down with wasteful living, drunkenness and the worries of life. Then the day the Son of Man returns will close on you like a trap. It will happen suddenly.
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Genesis 3:18
You will eat plants from the field, even though the ground produces thorns and prickly weeds.
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Matthew 13:7
Other seed fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and crowded out the plants.
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Mark 4:7
Other seed fell among thorns. The thorns grew up and crowded out the plants. So the plants did not bear grain.
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Mark 4:18-19
And what is seed scattered among thorns like? The people hear the message.But then the worries of this life come to them. Wealth comes with its false promises. The people also long for other things. All of these are the kinds of things that crowd out the message. They keep it from producing fruit.
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Luke 8:14
The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear the message. But as they go on their way, they are choked by life’s worries, riches and pleasures. So they do not reach full growth.
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Matthew 13:22
The seed that fell among the thorns is like others who hear the message. But then the worries of this life and the false promises of wealth crowd it out. They keep the message from producing fruit.
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Hebrews 6:7-8
Some land drinks the rain that falls on it. It produces a crop that is useful to those who farm the land. That land receives God’s blessing.But other land produces only thorns and weeds. That land isn’t worth anything. It is in danger of coming under God’s curse. In the end, it will be burned.
