Jer 4:3, 12:13, Mat 13:7, Heb 6:8 | ESV | STEP | For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem : Break up your fallow ground , and sow not among thorns .

Jeremiah 4:3

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

^a“Break up your fallow ground,
and ^bsow not among thorns.

Jeremiah 12:13

13 ^cThey have sown wheat and have reaped thorns;
^dthey have tired themselves out but profit nothing.
They shall be ashamed of their ^{▼▼Hebrew your} harvests
^fbecause of the fierce anger of the Lord.”

Matthew 13:7

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

Hebrews 6:8

8 But ^hif it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, ⁱand its end is to be burned.