2 Samuel 23:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

But the sons of Belial shall all be as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:

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  • Gen 3:18 : 18 Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the herb of the field;
  • Deut 13:13 : 13 Certain men, the children of Belial, have gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known;
  • 1 Sam 2:12 : 12 Now the sons of Eli were worthless men; they did not know the LORD.
  • 2 Sam 20:1 : 1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew a trumpet and said, We have no part in David, nor any inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
  • Song 2:2 : 2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
  • Isa 33:12 : 12 The people will be burned to lime; like thorns cut up, they will be burned in the fire.
  • Ezek 2:6 : 6 And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you, and you dwell among scorpions: do not be afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
  • Matt 13:41 : 41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.

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