Jeremiah 4:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow among the thorns.”
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“For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow among the thorns.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For thus said Jehovah, To the man of Judah, and to Jerusalem: Till for yourselves tillage, And do not sow unto the thorns.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 4:3 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 3:18Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
- Hosea 10:12Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.
- Matthew 13:7Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.
- Matthew 13:22The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
- Mark 4:7Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings, and they yielded no crop.
- Mark 4:18Others are like the seeds sown among the thorns. They hear the word,
- Luke 8:7Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the seedlings.
- Luke 8:14The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does not mature.
- Galatians 6:7Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).