Bible Verses About Straw

Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.

So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.

He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way.

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.

And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.

They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.

Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;

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

And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank.

Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.

Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?

She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.

And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.

Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.

If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?

But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.

And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?

And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

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

And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.

And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.

For in this mountain shall the hand of the Lord rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.

Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.