Job 31:40
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
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Referenced Verses
- Gen 3:17-18 : 17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18 thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
- Ps 72:20 : 20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
- Isa 7:23 : 23 And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, shall be for briers and thorns.
- Zeph 2:9 : 9 Therefore as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall make a prey of them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them.
- Mal 1:3 : 3 but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and [gave] his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.
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