'Thorns' in the Bible
'When fire goeth forth, and hath found thorns, and a stack, or the standing corn, or the field, hath been consumed, he who causeth the burning doth certainly repay.
And if ye do not dispossess the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it hath been, those whom ye let remain of them, are for pricks in your eyes, and for thorns in your sides, and they have distressed you on the land in which ye are dwelling,
know certainly that Jehovah your God is not continuing to dispossess these nations from before you, and they have been to you for a gin, and for a snare, and for a scourge, in your sides, and for thorns in your eyes, till ye perish from off this good ground which Jehovah your God hath given to you.
And Gideon saith, 'Therefore -- in Jehovah's giving Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand -- I have threshed your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and with the threshing instruments.'
And he taketh the elders of the city, and the thorns of the wilderness, and the threshing instruments, and teacheth by them the men of Succoth,
Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
They compassed me about as bees, They have been extinguished as a fire of thorns, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off.
Thorns -- snares are in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them.
And lo, it hath gone up -- all of it -- thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down.
For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So is the laughter of a fool, even this is vanity.
And they have come, and rested all of them in the desolate valleys, And in holes of the rocks, and on all the thorns, And on all the commendable things.
And it hath come to pass, in that day, Every place where there are a thousand vines, At a thousand silverlings, Is for briers and for thorns.
And peoples have been as burnings of lime, Thorns, as sweepings, with fire they burn.
And gone up her palaces have thorns, Nettle and bramble are in her fortresses, And it hath been a habitation of dragons, A court for daughters of an ostrich.
For thus said Jehovah, To the man of Judah, and to Jerusalem: Till for yourselves tillage, And do not sow unto the thorns.
They sowed wheat, and have thorns reaped, They have become sick -- they profit not, And they have been ashamed of your increases, Because of the fierceness of the anger of Jehovah.
And thou, son of man, thou art not afraid of them, yea, of their words thou art not afraid, for briers and thorns are with thee, and near scorpions thou art dwelling, of their words thou art not afraid, and of their faces thou art not affrighted, for they are a rebellious house,
Therefore, lo, I am hedging up thy way with thorns, And I have made for her a wall, And her paths she doth not find.
From their fruits ye shall know them; do men gather from thorns grapes? or from thistles figs?
and others fell upon the thorns, and the thorns did come up and choke them,
'And that sown toward the thorns, this is he who is hearing the word, and the anxiety of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, do choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
and having plaited him a crown out of thorns they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand, and having kneeled before him, they were mocking him, saying, 'Hail, the king of the Jews.'
and other fell toward the thorns, and the thorns did come up, and choke it, and fruit it gave not;
'And these are they who toward the thorns are sown: these are they who are hearing the word,
and clothe him with purple, and having plaited a crown of thorns, they put it on him,
for each tree from its own fruit is known, for not from thorns do they gather figs, nor from a bramble do they crop a grape.
'And other fell amidst the thorns, and the thorns having sprung up with it, did choke it.
'And that which fell to the thorns: These are they who have heard, and going forth, through anxieties, and riches, and pleasures of life, are choked, and bear not to completion.
and the soldiers having plaited a crown of thorns, did place it on his head, and a purple garment they put around him,
and that which is bearing thorns and briers is disapproved of, and nigh to cursing, whose end is for burning;