Reference: Thorns, Thistles, Etc
Hastings
So many words are used in the Heb. for thorny plants, and they are so variously translated, that it will be convenient to consider them all in one group. In the great majority of cases it is impossible to identify the special species referred to.
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Ye may know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Ye may know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
And others fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up, and choked them.
And what was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
And having platted a crown of thorns, they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and bowing the knee before him, they mocked him, saying, Hail, king of the Jews!
And that I might not be too much lifted up by the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to buffet me, that I might not be too much lifted up.
but if it bear thorns and briers it is disapproved, and is near to being accursed; and its end is to be burned.