2 Samuel 23:6

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

But all the wicked are like thorns raked aside; they can never be picked up by hand.

Cross References

Ezekiel 2:6

‘But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them and do not be afraid of their words,  even though briars and thorns are beside you and you live among scorpions.  Don’t be afraid of their words or discouraged by the look on their faces, for they are a rebellious house.

Isaiah 33:12

The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and burned in a fire.

Song of Solomon 2:2

Like a lily among thorns, so is my darling among the young women.

2 Samuel 20:1

Now a wicked man, a Benjaminite named Sheba son of Bichri, happened to be there. He blew the ram’s horn and shouted: We have no portion in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Each man to his tent,  Israel!

1 Samuel 2:12

Eli’s sons were wicked men;  they did not respect the Lord

Deuteronomy 13:13

that wicked men have sprung up among you, led the inhabitants of their city astray, and said, “Let’s go and worship other gods,” which you have not known,

Genesis 3:18

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

Matthew 13:41

The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom all who cause sin   and those guilty of lawlessness.   ,

Isaiah 27:4

I am not angry. If only there were thorns and briars  for me to battle, I would trample them and burn them to the ground.

Nahum 1:10

For they will be consumed like entangled thorns, like the drink of a drunkard and like straw that is fully dry.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now consider carefully  what you should do, because there is certain to be trouble for our master and his entire family. He is such a worthless fool nobody can talk to him! ’

Micah 7:4

The best of them is like a briar; the most upright is worse than a hedge of thorns. The day of your watchmen, the day of your punishment, is coming; at this time their panic is here.