Job 31:40

let briars grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.

Genesis 3:17-18

To Adam he said, "Because you have listened to your wife's voice, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

Psalm 72:20

This ends the prayers by David, the son of Jesse. BOOK III A Psalm by Asaph.

Isaiah 7:23

It will happen in that day that every place where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silver shekels, shall be for briers and thorns.

Zephaniah 2:9

Therefore as I live, says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, surely Moab will be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation. The remnant of my people will plunder them, and the survivors of my nation will inherit them.

Malachi 1:3

but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness."

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

Bible References

Thistles

Genesis 3:17
To Adam he said, "Because you have listened to your wife's voice, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
Isaiah 7:23
It will happen in that day that every place where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silver shekels, shall be for briers and thorns.
Zephaniah 2:9
Therefore as I live, says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, surely Moab will be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation. The remnant of my people will plunder them, and the survivors of my nation will inherit them.
Malachi 1:3
but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness."

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Psalm 72:20
This ends the prayers by David, the son of Jesse. BOOK III A Psalm by Asaph.