2 Samuel 23:6

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But wicked people are like thorns cast aside, for they cannot be gathered with the hand.

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  • Gen 3:18 : 18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
  • Deut 13:13 : 13 If you hear about one of the cities the LORD your God is giving you to live in,
  • 1 Sam 2:12 : 12 'The sons of Eli were wicked men; they did not know the LORD.'
  • 2 Sam 20:1 : 1 Now a troublemaker named Sheba, son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there. He blew the trumpet and declared, "We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse's son. Every man to his tent, Israel!"
  • Song 2:2 : 2 Like a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
  • Isa 33:12 : 12 The peoples will be burned as if to lime, like cut thorns set ablaze in the fire.
  • Ezek 2:6 : 6 You, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not fear though briars, thorns, or scorpions are around you. Do not be afraid of their words or terrified by their presence, for they are a rebellious house.
  • Matt 13:41 : 41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom all things that cause sin and all who practice lawlessness.

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