2 Samuel 23:6

New American Bible - revised edition

But the wicked are all like thorns to be cast away; they cannot be taken up by hand.

Cross References

Genesis 3:18

Thorns and thistles it shall bear for you, and you shall eat the grass of the field.

2 Samuel 20:1

Now a scoundrel named Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite, happened to be there. He sounded the horn and cried out, “We have no share in David, nor any heritage in the son of Jesse. Everyone to your tents, O Israel!”

Song of Solomon 2:2

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

Isaiah 27:4

I am not angry. But if I were to find briers and thorns, In battle I would march against it; I would burn it all.

Isaiah 33:12

The peoples shall be burned to lime, thorns cut down to burn in fire.

Ezekiel 2:6

But as for you, son of man, do not fear them or their words. Do not fear, even though there are briers or thorns and you sit among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or be terrified by their looks for they are a rebellious house.

Micah 7:4

The best of them is like a brier, the most honest like a thorn hedge. The day announced by your sentinels! Your punishment has come; now is the time of your confusion.

Nahum 1:10

Like a thorny thicket, they are tangled, and like drunkards, they are drunk; like dry stubble, they are utterly consumed.

Matthew 13:41

The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom all who cause others to sin and all evildoers.

Deuteronomy 13:13

If you hear it said concerning one of the cities which the Lord, your God, gives you to dwell in,

1 Samuel 2:12

Now the sons of Eli were wicked; they had respect neither for the Lord

1 Samuel 25:17

Now, see what you can do, for you must realize that otherwise disaster is in store for our master and for his whole house. He is such a scoundrel that no one can talk to him.”