Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And behold it was all filled with nettles, and thorns had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down. it Genesis 3:17-19 And to Adam he said: Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee, that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work: with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life. . . . Job 31:40 Let thistles grow up to me instead of wheat, and thorns instead of barley. Jeremiah 4:3 For thus saith the Lord to the men of Juda and Jerusalem: Break up anew your fallow ground, and sow not upon thorns: Matthew 13:7,22 And others fell among thorns: and the thorns grew up and choked them. . . . Hebrews 6:8 But that which bringeth forth thorns and briers is reprobate and very near unto a curse: whose end is to be burnt. and the Proverbs 19:23 The fear of the Lord is unto life: and he shall abide in the fulness without being visited with evil. Proverbs 20:4 Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him. Proverbs 22:13 The slothful man saith: There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the midst of the streets. Proverbs 23:21 Because they that give themselves to drinking, and that club together, shall be consumed: and drowsiness shall be clothed with rags. Ecclesiastes 10:18 By slothfulness a building shall be brought down, and through the weakness of hands, the house shall drop through. Context Further Sayings of the Wise…30I passed by the field of the slothful man, and by the vineyard of the foolish man: 31And behold it was all filled with nettles, and thorns had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down.32Which when I had seen, I laid it up in my heart, and by the example I received instruction.… Cross References Genesis 3:18 Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herbs of the earth. Job 30:7 They pleased themselves among these kind of things, and counted it delightful to be under the briers. Proverbs 24:32 Which when I had seen, I laid it up in my heart, and by the example I received instruction. Isaiah 5:5 And now I will shew you what I will do to my vineyard. I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be wasted: I will break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down. Lexicon Thornsקִמְּשֹׂנִ֗ים (qim·mə·śō·nîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2738: Pointed, a bramble, other thorny weed had grown up עָ֘לָ֤ה (‘ā·lāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively everywhere, כֻלּ֨וֹ ׀ (ḵul·lōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every thistles חֲרֻלִּ֑ים (ḥă·rul·lîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7063: A prickly plant had covered כָּסּ֣וּ (kās·sū) Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 3680: To plump, fill up hollows, to cover the ground, פָנָ֣יו (p̄ā·nāw) Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face and the stone אֲבָנָ֣יו (’ă·ḇā·nāw) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 68: A stone wall וְגֶ֖דֶר (wə·ḡe·ḏer) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 1444: A circumvallation was broken down. נֶהֱרָֽסָה׃ (ne·hĕ·rā·sāh) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 2040: To pull down, in pieces, break, & destroy Additional Translations Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.And, see, 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 with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down. If thou let him alone, he will altogether remain barren and covered with weeds; and he becomes destitute, and his stone walls are broken down. and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its 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. And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face of it, and its stone wall was broken down. Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. And lo, it hath gone up -- all of it -- thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down. Jump to Previous Broken Completely Covered Everywhere Face Full Ground Grown Nettles Overgrown Ruins Stone Surface Thereof Thistles Thorns Wall Waste WeedsJump to Next Broken Completely Covered Everywhere Face Full Ground Grown Nettles Overgrown Ruins Stone Surface Thereof Thistles Thorns Wall Waste WeedsExternal Links Proverbs 24:31 NIVProverbs 24:31 NLT Proverbs 24:31 ESV Proverbs 24:31 NASB Proverbs 24:31 ASV Proverbs 24:31 Bible Apps Proverbs 24:31 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 24:31 Chinese Bible Proverbs 24:31 French Bible Proverbs 24:31 German Bible Alphabetical: and behold broken come completely covered down everywhere ground had in it Its nettles overgrown ruins stone surface the thistles thorns up wall was weeds with OT Poetry: Proverbs 24:31 Behold it was all grown over (Prov. Pro Pr) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |