Proverbs 24:31

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

And, lo, it was all grown over {H5927} with thorns {H7063}, and nettles {H2738} had covered {H3680} the face {H6440} thereof, and the stone {H68} wall {H1444} thereof was broken down {H2040}.

There it was, overgrown with thistles; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.

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

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Cross-References

  • Ecclesiastes 10:18 (5 votes)

    By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

  • Jeremiah 4:3 (4 votes)

    ¶ For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

  • Isaiah 5:5 (4 votes)

    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:

  • Proverbs 23:21 (3 votes)

    For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.

  • Matthew 13:22 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Proverbs 19:23 (3 votes)

    ¶ The fear of the LORD [tendeth] to life: and [he that hath it] shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

  • Hebrews 6:8 (3 votes)

    But that which beareth thorns and briers [is] rejected, and [is] nigh unto cursing; whose end [is] to be burned.