'Thorns' in the Bible

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

But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, then those whom you allow to remain will be irritants in your eyes and thorns in your side, and will cause you trouble in the land where you will be living.

know for certain that the Lord our God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. They will trap and ensnare you; they will be a whip that tears your sides and thorns that blind your eyes until you disappear from this good land the Lord your God gave you.

Gideon said, "Since you will not help, after the Lord hands Zebah and Zalmunna over to me, I will thresh your skin with desert thorns and briers."

He seized the leaders of the city, along with some desert thorns and briers; he then "threshed" the men of Succoth with them.

But evil people are like thorns -- all of them are tossed away, for they cannot be held in the hand.

The hungry eat up his harvest, and take it even from behind the thorns, and the thirsty swallow up their fortune.

then let thorns sprout up in place of wheat, and in place of barley, weeds!" The words of Job are ended.

They surrounded me like bees. But they disappeared as quickly as a fire among thorns. Indeed, in the name of the Lord I pushed them away.

The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.

Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.

I saw that thorns had grown up all over it, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down.

For like the crackling of quick-burning thorns under a cooking pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This kind of folly also is useless.

The Lover to His Beloved: Like a lily among the thorns, so is my darling among the maidens.

I will make it a wasteland; no one will prune its vines or hoe its ground, and thorns and briers will grow there. I will order the clouds not to drop any rain on it.

At that time every place where there had been a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels will be overrun with thorns and briers.

With bow and arrow men will hunt there, for the whole land will be covered with thorns and briers.

They will stay away from all the hills that were cultivated, for fear of the thorns and briers. Cattle will graze there and sheep will trample on them.

For evil burned like a fire, it consumed thorns and briers; it burned up the thickets of the forest, and they went up in smoke.

The light of Israel will become a fire, their Holy One will become a flame; it will burn and consume the Assyrian king's briers and his thorns in one day.

I am not angry. I wish I could confront some thorns and briers! Then I would march against them for battle; I would set them all on fire,

Mourn over the land of my people, which is overgrown with thorns and briers, and over all the once-happy houses in the city filled with revelry.

Her fortresses will be overgrown with thorns; thickets and weeds will grow in her fortified cities. Jackals will settle there; ostriches will live there.

Yes, the Lord has this to say to the people of Judah and Jerusalem: "Like a farmer breaking up hard unplowed ground, you must break your rebellious will and make a new beginning; just as a farmer must clear away thorns lest the seed is wasted, you must get rid of the sin that is ruining your lives.

But you, son of man, do not fear them, and do not fear their words -- even though briers and thorns surround you and you live among scorpions -- do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you, for they are a rebellious house!

"'No longer will Israel suffer from the sharp briers or painful thorns of all who surround and scorn them. Then they will know that I am the sovereign Lord.

Therefore, I will soon fence her in with thorns; I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.

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!"

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

Other seeds fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked them.

The seed sown among thorns is the person who hears the word, but worldly cares and the seductiveness of wealth choke the word, so it produces nothing.

and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him: "Hail, king of the Jews!"

Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked it, and it did not produce grain.

Others are the ones sown among thorns: They are those who hear the word,

They put a purple cloak on him and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on him.

for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorns, nor are grapes picked from brambles.

Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up with it and choked it.

As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.

The soldiers braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they clothed him in a purple robe.

So Jesus came outside, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, "Look, here is the man!"

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