52 Bible Verses about Thorns

And to Adam he said, Because thou didst listen to the voice of thy wife, and thou wilt eat from the tree which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat from it; cursed the earth for thy sake; in labor shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; And thorns and weeds shall it cause to sprout forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the green herb of the field. In the sweat of thy face thou shalt eat food until thy turning back to the earth; for out of it thou wert taken; for dust thou art, and to dust shalt thou turn back.

And if ye shall not drive out those dwelling in the land from before you, and it shall be whom ye shall leave from them for thorns in your eyes, and for prickles in your sides; and they pressed you upon the land which ye shall dwell upon it

For if turning back, ye shall turn back and cleave to the remainder of these nations, these being left with you, and marry with them, and go in to them, and they in to you, Knowing, ye shall know that Jehovah your God will not add to drive out these nations from before you: and they, were to you for a snare and for a noose, and for a scourge in your sides, and for thorns in your eyes, till your destruction from this good land which Jehovah your God gave to you.

And now I will make known to you now what I do to my vineyard, taking away its hedge, and it was for consuming, breaking down its wall, and it was for a treading down. And I will make it a desolation; it shall not be pruned and it shall not be dressed, and there came up sharp points and thorns: and upon the clouds I will command from raining rain upon it

And it was in that day every place shall be where shall be there a thousand vines for a thousand of silver, for sharp points and thorns shall it be. With arrows and with bows shall he come there: for sharp points and thorns shall be all the land. And all the mountains which shall be dressed with the hoe, the fear of sharp points and thorns shall not come there: and it was for the sending forth of the ox and for the treading of sheep.

For not my purposes your purposes and not your ways my ways, says Jehovah As the heavens were high above the earth, so my ways were high above your ways, and my purposes above your purposes. For as the rain coming down and the snow from the heavens, and shall not turn back there, but watering the earth and causing it to bring forth and sprout, and giving seed to be sown, and bread to be eaten;read more.
So shall be my word which went forth out of my mouth: it shall not turn back to me empty, but doing what I delighted in, and it shall prosper for what I send it For with joy shall ye go forth, and in peace shall ye be led forth; the mountains and hills shall break forth before you into shouting, and all the trees of the field shall clap the hand. Instead of the thorn-hedge shall come up the cypress; of the briar shall come up the myrtle: and it was to Jehovah for a name for an eternal sigh; it shall not be cut off.

They sowed wheat and they reaped thorns: they were wearied, they shall not profit; and they were ashamed of your gains from the burning of the anger of Jehovah.

For behold, they went from destruction: Egypt shall gather them together; Memphis shall bury them: the desire for their silver, the prickly weed shall possess them: the thorn in their tents.

For the earth drinking the rain coming often upon it, and bringing forth the vegetable fitting well to them by whom it is cultivated, receives commendation from God: And producing thorns and briers is rejected, after having been tried, and near cursing; whose end for destruction.

And Belial as the thorn thrusting out are all they, for they will not be taken by the hand.

And Jehoash king of Israel will send to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thorn-bush which was in Lebanon sent to the cedar which was in Lebanon, saying, Thou shalt give thy daughter to my son for a wife: and a beast of the field which was in Lebanon will pass by and will tread down the thorn-bush.

And Joash king of Israel will send to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thorn-bush which was in Lebanon sent to the cedar which was in Lebanon, saying, Thou shalt give thy daughter to my son for wife: and a beast of the field that was in Lebanon will pass by and tread down the thorn-bush.

By their fruits shall ye know them. Far from it, do they gather grapes from thorns, or figs from caltrops

For each tree is known by its own fruit. For of thorns they gather not figs, nor of the bramble do they harvest the grape.

And in that day Jesus, having come out of the house, sat by the sea. And many crowds were assembled together to him; therefore having entered into the ship, he sat down, and all the crowd stood upon the sea shore. And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, he, the sower, went forth to sow.read more.
And in his sowing some truly fell by the way, and the flying things came and swallowed them down. And others fell upon rocky places where it had not much earth, and quickly it sprang forth, for it had no depth of earth. And the sun having risen, it was parched up; and for the not having a root, it was dried up. And others fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them. And others fell upon good earth and gave fruit, some truly a hundred, and some sixty, and some thirty.

And again he began to teach by the sea: and a great crowd was gathered together to him, so that he, having gone into the ship, sat in the sea; and all the crowd was by the sea upon land. And he taught them in parables many things, and said to them in his teaching, Hear ye; behold, he sowing went out to sow:read more.
And it was in sowing some truly fell by the way, and the flying things of heaven came and ate it down. And other fell upon stony places, where it had not much earth; and quickly it sprang forth, for it had no deepness of earth: And the sun having risen, it was parched up; and because it had no root, it was dried up. And other fell in thorns, and the thorns came up, and choked it, and it gave no fruit. And other fell in good earth, and gave fruit coming up and increasing; and one brought thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.

And a great crowd being together, and coming to him in the city, he spake by a parable: The sower went out to sow his seed; and in his sowing, some truly fell by the way, and was trodden down, and the fowls of heaven devoured it. And other fell upon a rock; and having brought forth, was dried up, for it had no moisture.read more.
And other fell in the midst of thorns; and the thorns grew together and choked it. And other fell upon good earth; and having brought forth, made fruit, a hundredfold. Saying these, he called out, He having ears to hear, let him hear.

And he having sown among thorns, this is he hearing the word; and the care of this time, and the deceit of riches, choke the word, and it is unfruitful.

And these are they sown in thorns; these are they hearing the word. And the cares of this time, and the deceit of riches, and eager desires about remaining things, coming in, choke the word, and it is unfruitful.

And that having fallen into thorns, and they are they having heard, and with cares and riches, and pleasures of life going forth, are choked, and bring not to maturity.

And Belial as the thorn thrusting out are all they, for they will not be taken by the hand. And the man laboring in them shall be filled with iron and the wood of a spear; and in fire burning they shall burn in the dwelling.

The way of the slothful as the cutting of the thorn: and the path of the upright was raised up.

Thorns, snares, in the way of the perverse one: he watching his soul shall be far from them.

Therefore, behold me hedging in thy way with thorns, and I walled a wall and she shall not find her beaten paths.

And peoples were the burnings of lime; thorns cut down, in fire shall they be burnt

If fire shall come forth, and find thorns, and it consume the heap of sheaves or stalk of grain, or the field; he having kindled the fire, recompensing, he shall recompense.

They surrounded me as bees; they were quenched as the fire of thorns: in the name of Jehovah for I will destroy them.

For wickedness burnt as fire; the sharp point and the thorn it shall consume, and shall burn in the thickets of the forest, and they shall roll up in the mounting up of smoke.

And the light of Israel was for a fire, and his Holy for a flame: and he burnt and consumed his thorns, and his sharp points in one day:

Wrath not to me: who shall distribute to me the sharp point of the thorn in battle? I will rush upon her; I will set her on fire together.

And he will take the old men of the city, and thorns of the desert, and threshing sledges, and with them he caused the men of Succoth to know.

And Gideon will come to Jordan to pass through, he and the three hundred men that are with him, faint and pursuing. And he will say to the men of Succoth, Ye shall give now rounds of bread to the people who are at my feet: for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian. And the chiefs of Succoth will say, Is the hand of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand that bread was given to thine army?read more.
And Gideon will say, For this in Jehovah's giving Zebah and Zalmunna into my band, and I threshed your flesh with thorns of the desert and threshing-sledges.

And the heights of vanity were destroyed, the sin of Israel: the thorn and weeds shall come up upon their altars; and they said to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall upon us.

I passed upon the field of the slothful man, and upon the vineyard of the man wanting heart; And behold, it came up all of it with thorns; brambles covered its face, and the wall of its stones was overthrown.

Tremble, ye careless be disturbed, ye, confident: strip and be naked, gird upon the loins. Smiting upon the breasts for the fields of desire, for the fruitful vine. Upon the land of my people shall come up the thorn of the sharp point; so upon the houses of rejoicing of the exulting city.read more.
For the fortress was left, the multitude of the city was forsaken; the hill and the watch-tower for caves even forever; the rejoicing of the wild asses a pasture of the flocks; Until the spirit shall be poured upon us from on high, and the desert be for Carmel, and Carmel be reckoned for a forest.

And having unclothed him, they put round him a scarlet, loose, warm cloak. And having twined a crown of thorns, they put upon, his head: and a reed upon his right hand: and having fallen upon the knees before him, they mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

And the soldiers led him away within the hall, which is the Pretorium; and they call together the whole band. And they clothed him with purple, and put round him, having woven, a thorny crown. And they began to greet him, Hail, O King of the Jews

And the soldiers having twined a crown of thorns, put upon his head, and they put round him a purple robe, And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they gave him blows with a rod. Then again went out Pilate without, and says to them, See, I lead him to you without, that ye might know that in him I find no fault.read more.
Then went forth Jesus without, bearing a crown of thorns, and a purple garment. And he says to them, Behold the man! When therefore the chief priests and attendants saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify, crucify. Pilate says to them, Take ye him, and crucify; for I find no fault in him.

Their good as the thorn, the upright more than the thorn-hedge: the day of thy watchings and thy reviewings came; now shall be their perplexity.

And thou son of man, thou shalt not be afraid of them, and thou shalt not be afraid of their words, if rebels and thorns with thee, and thou art dwelling with scorpions: thou shalt not be afraid of their words, and thou shalt not be terrified from their face, for they a house of contradiction.

And no more shall there be to the house of Israel a thorn making bitter; and briars causing pain from all round about them despising them; and they shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.

And lest I be lifted up by the eminence of Revelation, a thorn in the flesh was given me, a messenger of Satan, that he might cuff me, lest I be lifted up.

And thorns and weeds shall it cause to sprout forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the green herb of the field.

Wilt thou put a rope in his nose? and wilt thou hollow out his jaw with a thorn?

And others fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them.

And having twined a crown of thorns, they put upon, his head: and a reed upon his right hand: and having fallen upon the knees before him, they mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

And producing thorns and briers is rejected, after having been tried, and near cursing; whose end for destruction.

And thorns came up in her palaces, the nettle and the thorn bush in her fortifications, and it was a dwelling of jackals, an enclosure for the daughters of the ostrich.

The thorn shall come forth, instead of wheat, and the weed instead of barley. The words of Job were completed

Before your pots shall perceive the thorn, as living, as in wrath, he will sweep him away.

For as the voice of thorns under the pot, so the laughter of the foolish one. Also this is vanity.