'Thorns' in the Bible

The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.

Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

A proverb in the mouth of a foolis like a stick with thorns,brandished by the hand of a drunkard.