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Pro 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

it		Gen 3:17-19; Job 31:40; Jer 4:3; Mat 13:7,22; Hbr 6:8
and the		Pro 19:23; Pro 20:4; Pro 22:13; Pro 23:21; Ecc 10:18

Correlating Passages

	Gen 3:17	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;
	Gen 3:18	Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
	Gen 3:19	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	Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
	Jer 4:3	For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
	Mat 13:7	And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
	Mat 13:22	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.
	Hbr 6:8	But that which beareth thorns and briers [is] rejected, and [is] nigh unto cursing; whose end [is] to be burned.

and the

	Pro 19:23	The fear of the LORD [tendeth] to life: and [he that hath it] shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
	Pro 20:4	The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.
	Pro 22:13	The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
	Pro 23:21	For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.
	Ecc 10:18	By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

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Scott, Thomas. "Proverbs 24:31," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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