6 occurrences

'Thistles' in the Bible

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

Verse ConceptsCondemnation, Examples OfBarren, LandThistlesThornsFood DefinedHerbs

O my God, make them like dead thistles, like dead weeds blown away by the wind!

Verse ConceptsWicked Described AsLight As ChaffWeed

Though these people make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves, when he shouts at them, they will flee to a distant land, driven before the wind like dead weeds on the hills, or like dead thistles before a strong gale.

Verse ConceptsChaffWindWhirlwindsLight As ChaffRoar Of NationsGod Requite Them!

The high places of the "House of Wickedness" will be destroyed; it is the place where Israel sins. Thorns and thistles will grow up over its altars. Then they will say to the mountains, "Cover us!" and to the hills, "Fall on us!"

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, Significance OfSuicideThornsBarren, LandThistlesDestruction Of Satan's WorksEscaping To MountainsDesire For Death

You will recognize them by their fruit. Grapes are not gathered from thorns or figs from thistles, are they?

Verse ConceptsBearing Bad FruitThornsFigsThistlesDistinguishingpersonality

But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is useless and about to be cursed; its fate is to be burned.

Verse ConceptsCreation Spoilt By SinBarren, LandThornsBurning PlantsPeople EndedGod CursingRejectionFarmingcultureapostasy

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