2 Kings 14:9

New American Bible - revised edition

Joash, king of Israel, sent this reply to Amaziah, king of Judah: “A thistle of Lebanon sent word to a cedar of Lebanon, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage,’ but an animal of Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle underfoot.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 25:18

Joash, king of Israel, sent this reply to Amaziah, king of Judah: “A thistle of Lebanon sent word to a cedar of Lebanon, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage,’ but an animal of Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle underfoot.

2 Chronicles 33:11

Therefore the Lord brought against them the army commanders of the Assyrian king; they captured Manasseh with hooks, shackled him with chains, and transported him to Babylon.

Job 31:18

Though like a father he has reared me from my youth, guiding me even from my mother’s womb—

Exodus 3:2

There the angel of the Lord appeared to him as fire flaming out of a bush. When he looked, although the bush was on fire, it was not being consumed.

Proverbs 26:9

A thorn stuck in the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

Song of Solomon 2:2

M Like a lily among thorns, so is my friend among women.

Isaiah 34:13

Its castles shall be overgrown with thorns, its fortresses with thistles and briers. It shall become an abode for jackals, a haunt for ostriches.

Hosea 9:6

When they flee from the devastation, Egypt will gather them, Memphis will bury them. Weeds will overgrow their silver treasures, and thorns, their tents.

1 Corinthians 12:15

If a foot should say, “Because I am not a hand I do not belong to the body,” it does not for this reason belong any less to the body.

1 Samuel 13:6

When the soldiers saw they were in danger because the army was hardpressed, they hid themselves in caves, thickets, rocks, caverns, and cisterns.