2 Samuel 23:6

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But the godless are all like thorns that are thrown away, for they cannot be picked up with the hand;

Cross References

Genesis 3:18

thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.

2 Samuel 20:1

Now a scoundrel named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjaminite, happened to be there. He sounded the trumpet and cried out, “We have no portion in David, no share in the son of Jesse! Everyone to your tents, O Israel!”

Song of Solomon 2:2

As a lily among brambles, so is my love among maidens.

Isaiah 27:4

I have no wrath. If it gives me thorns and briers, I will march to battle against it. I will burn it up.

Isaiah 33:12

And the peoples will be as if burned to lime, like thorns cut down that are burned in the fire.”

Ezekiel 2:6

And you, O mortal, do not be afraid of them, and do not be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns surround you and you live among scorpions; do not be afraid of their words, and do not be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.

Micah 7:4

The best of them is like a brier, the most upright of them a thorn hedge. The day of their sentinels, of their punishment, has come; now their confusion is at hand.

Nahum 1:10

Like thorns they are entangled; like drunkards they are drunk; they are consumed like dry straw.

Matthew 13:41

The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers,

Deuteronomy 13:13

that scoundrels from among you have gone out and led the inhabitants of the town astray, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ whom you have not known,

1 Samuel 2:12

Now the sons of Eli were scoundrels; they had no regard for the Lord

1 Samuel 25:17

Now, therefore, know this and consider what you should do, for evil has been decided against our master and against all his house; he is so ill-natured that no one can speak to him.”