'Thorns' in the Bible

And thorns and thistles shall sprout for you, and you shall eat the plants of the field.

But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from your presence, then it will happen that whomever you let remain of them will be like irritants in your eyes and like thorns in your sides; they will be your enemies in the land in which you live.

know for certain that Yahweh your God {will not continue to drive out} these nations from before you; they will be for you a snare and a trap, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that Yahweh your God has given to you.

Now I say, I will not drive them out from before you; they will {become as thorns} for you, and their gods will be a trap for you."

Gideon said, "Well then, when Yahweh gives Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will trample your flesh with the thorns and briers of the wilderness."

But evil persons [are] like thorns cast aside; all of them, because they cannot be picked up in the hand.

whose harvest [the] hungry eats, and he takes it {from behind} [the] thorns; and [the] thirsty pants after their wealth.

let thorns grow in place of wheat and noxious weeds in place of barley." The words of Job are ended.

They surrounded me like bees; they were extinguished like a fire of thorns. In the name of Yahweh I opposed them indeed.

The way of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright [is] a highway.

Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the perverse; he who guards himself will keep away from them.

and behold, it was overgrown--all of it was covered [with] thorns, its surface with nettles, and {its stone wall} was broken down.

Like the sound of thorns under a pot, so also the laughter of fools. This also [is] vanity!

Like a lily among the thorns, so [is] my love among the maidens.

And the light of Israel will become like a fire, and his holy one like a flame, and it will burn and devour his thorns and briers in one day.

{I have no wrath}. Whatever gives me thorns [and] briers, I will step forth against in battle. I will set it on fire altogether.

over the soil of my people. It goes up [in] thorns [and] briers, indeed over all of [the] houses of joy [in the] jubilant city.

And [the] peoples will be burning [to] lime-- they are burned [like] thorns [that have been] cut down in the fire.

And thorns shall go up her citadel fortress, weeds and thistle plants in her fortresses; and it shall be [the] settlement of jackals, green grass for [the] daughters of an ostrich.

They have sown wheat and they have reaped thorns. They are exhausted, they do not profit. And they will be ashamed of your produce, because of {the burning anger} of Yahweh."

And you, son of man, you must not be afraid of them, and you must not be afraid of their words, because briers and thorns [are] with you, and you [are] sitting among scorpions. You must not be afraid of their words, and you must not be dismayed because of their {looks}, for they [are] a rebellious house.

Therefore, Look! I [am] going to hedge her path {with thorns}, and I will build a stone wall, a stone wall [against] her, and she will not find her paths.

For look! [If] they flee from the destruction, Egypt will gather them; Memphis will bury them. Nettles will possess their precious things of silver; thorns [will be] in their tents.

For like entangled thorns, and like their drink which is drunk, they will be consumed like fully dry chaff.

and weaving a crown of thorns, they put [it] on his head, and [put] a reed in his right hand. And kneeling down before him, they mocked him, saying, "Hail, king of the Jews!"

And they put a purple cloak on him, and [after] weaving a crown of thorns they placed [it] on him.

And the soldiers wove a crown of thorns and placed [it] on his head, and put a purple robe on him,

Then Jesus came outside wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, and he said to them, "Behold the man!"

But [if it] produces thorns and thistles, [it is] worthless and near to a curse, whose end [is] for burning.