Leviticus 22:23 Either a bull or a lamb that has any deformity or lacking in his parts, that you may offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted. (See NAS)
Proverbs 15:19 Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway. (See RSV)
Proverbs 24:31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thistles, the face thereof was covered with nettles, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. (See NAS RSV)
Jeremiah 26:18 Micah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest. (See NIV)
Micah 3:12 Therefore Zion for your sake will be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble, and the mountain of the temple like the high places of a forest. (See NIV)