2 Samuel 23:6

God's Word

“Worthless people are like thorns. All of them are thrown away, because they cannot be picked by hand.

Cross References

Genesis 3:18

The ground will grow thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat wild plants.

2 Samuel 20:1

A good-for-nothing man by the name of Sheba, Bichri’s son, from the tribe of Benjamin happened to be at Gilgal. He blew a ram’s horn ⌞to announce⌟, “We have no share in David’s kingdom. We won’t receive an inheritance from Jesse’s son. Everyone to his own tent, Israel!”

Song of Solomon 2:2

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

Isaiah 27:4

I am no longer angry. If only thorns and briars would confront me! I would fight them in battle and set all of them on fire.

Isaiah 33:12

People will be cremated. They will be set on fire like dry thornbushes.

Ezekiel 2:6

Son of man, don’t be afraid of them or the things they say. Don’t be afraid, even though thorns and thistles are around you and you live among scorpions. Don’t let the things they say frighten you. Don’t be terrified in their presence, even though they are rebellious people.

Micah 7:4

The best of them is like a briar. The most decent person is sharper than thornbushes. The day you thought you would be punished has come. Now is the time you will be confused.

Nahum 1:10

⌞The people of Nineveh will be⌟ like tangled thorns and like people drunk on their own drink. They will be completely burned up like very dry straw.

Matthew 13:41

The Son of Man will send his angels. They will gather everything in his kingdom that causes people to sin and everyone who does evil.

Deuteronomy 13:13

have been led away from the Lord your God by worthless people. You may hear that these people have been saying, “Let’s worship other gods.” (Those gods may be gods you’ve never heard of.)

1 Samuel 2:12

Eli’s sons, ⌞Hophni and Phinehas,⌟ were good-for-nothing priests; they had no faith in the Lord.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now, consider what you should do because our master and his whole household are doomed. And he’s such a worthless man that it’s useless to talk to him.”