Gen 3:17-18, Jer 4:3, Mat 13:7, 22, Mar 4:18-19, Luk 8:7, 14, 12:15, 21:34 | ESV | STEP | And to Adam he said , Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, You shall not eat of it, cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life ;

Genesis 3:17-18

17 And to Adam he said,

“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
and have eaten of the tree
^aof which I commanded you,
‘You shall not eat of it,’
^bcursed is the ground because of you;
^cin pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;
and you shall eat the plants of the field.

Jeremiah 4:3

3 For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:

^d“Break up your fallow ground,
and ^esow not among thorns.

Matthew 13:7

7 Other seeds fell among ^fthorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.

Matthew 13:22

22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but ^gthe cares of ^hthe world and ⁱthe deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.

Mark 4:18-19

18 And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word, 19 but ^jthe cares of ^kthe world and ^lthe deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.

Luke 8:7

7 And some fell among ^mthorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it.

Luke 8:14

14 And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but ⁿas they go on their way they are choked by the ^ocares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.

Luke 12:15

15 And he said to them, ^p“Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

Luke 21:34

Watch Yourselves

34 “But watch yourselves ^qlest ^ryour hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and ^scares of this life, and ^tthat day come upon you suddenly ^ulike a trap.