5 Bible Verses about Thistles

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Genesis 3:18

It will produce thorns and thistles for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.

2 Kings 14:9

King Jehoash of Israel sent word to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thistle that was in Lebanon once sent a message to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as a wife.’ Then a wild animal that was in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.

Hosea 10:8

The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel,
will be destroyed;
thorns and thistles will grow over their altars.
They will say to the mountains, “Cover us!”
and to the hills, “Fall on us!”

Matthew 7:16

You’ll recognize them by their fruit. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes or figs from thistles?

Job 31:40

then let thorns grow instead of wheat
and stinkweed instead of barley.

The words of Job are concluded.

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