Mark 4:17 explains the rocky soil — those with no root fall away when persecution comes.

Psalm 1:3 describes the righteous as a tree that does not wither — contrasting with the seed here that withers due to shallow roots.

Psalm 92:13-15 depicts the righteous planted in God's house, flourishing and never withering — the opposite of the rootless seed here.

Jeremiah 17:5-8 contrasts the tree with deep roots that survives heat with the shrub in desert — echoing this parable's need for deep roots.

James 1:11 uses the same image of the sun scorching and withering grass — echoing this parable's lesson about transient vitality.

Revelation 7:16 promises the redeemed will not be struck by sun or scorching heat — the opposite of the sun's destructive effect here.

Luke 8:6 parallels this: the seed on rock withered because of no moisture, a slight variation on the same image.

1 John 2:19 describes apostates who left because they were not truly of us — mirroring the rootless who fall away.

Ephesians 3:17 uses the same root metaphor positively — being rooted in Christ's love provides stability, contrasting the rootless plant here.

Colossians 2:7 also uses 'rooted' — being rooted and built up in Christ ensures faith, unlike the plant without root here.

Isaiah 25:4 portrays God as shade from the heat — contrasting with the destructive sun here that withers the seed.

Jude 1:12 calls false teachers 'twice dead, uprooted' — linking lack of root to spiritual death, echoing the withered plant here.

Jonah 4:8 also features the sun beating down and causing suffering — a parallel image of affliction, though Jonah experiences it directly.