Passage cross-references.

By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:

For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

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; …

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

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.

But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.