'Weeds' in the Bible

They bray like donkeys among the bushes and huddle together under the desert weeds.

may thorns spring up instead of wheat, and obnoxious weeds instead of barley." With this, Job's discourse with his friends is completed.

Look! They have gone away because of the destruction Egypt will gather them up, and Memphis will bury them. Weeds will overgrow their inheritance, and thorns will grow in their tents.

Their word is falsely given as they make their agreements; so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

Therefore as I'm alive and living," declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, "Moab will surely become like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a place overrun by weeds and salty marshes, unpopulated forever. The survivors of my people will confiscate their property, and those who remain of my nation will inherit what was theirs.

While people were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.

When the crop came up and bore grain, the weeds appeared, too.

"The owner's servants came and asked him, "Master, you sowed good seed in your field, didn't you? Then where did these weeds come from?'

"He said, "No! If you pull out the weeds, you might pull out the wheat with them.

Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, "Gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles for burning, but bring the wheat into my barn."'"

Then Jesus left the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to him and asked, "Explain to us the parable about the weeds in the field."

while the field is the world. The good seed are those who belong to the kingdom, while the weeds are those who belong to the evil one.

Just as weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so it will be at end of the age.