2 Samuel 23:6

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

As to the worthless -- As a thorn driven away `are' all of them, For -- not by hand are they taken;

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 3:18 : 18 and thorn and bramble it doth bring forth to thee, and thou hast eaten the herb of the field;
  • Deut 13:13 : 13 Men, sons of worthlessness, have gone out of thy midst, and they force away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known --
  • 1 Sam 2:12 : 12 and the sons of Eli `are' sons of worthlessness, they have not known Jehovah.
  • 2 Sam 20:1 : 1 And there hath been called there a man of worthlessness, and his name `is' Sheba, son of Bichri, a Benjamite, and he bloweth with a trumpet, and saith, `We have no portion in David, and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; each to his tents, O Israel.'
  • Song 2:2 : 2 So `is' my friend among the daughters!
  • Isa 33:12 : 12 And peoples have been `as' burnings of lime, Thorns, as sweepings, with fire they burn.
  • Ezek 2:6 : 6 `And thou, son of man, thou art not afraid of them, yea, of their words thou art not afraid, for briers and thorns are with thee, and near scorpions thou art dwelling, of their words thou art not afraid, and of their faces thou art not affrighted, for they `are' a rebellious house,
  • Matt 13:41 : 41 the Son of Man shall send forth his messengers, and they shall gather up out of his kingdom all the stumbling-blocks, and those doing the unlawlessness,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 7 And the man who cometh against them Is filled with iron and the staff of a spear, And with fire they are utterly burnt In the cessation.'

  • 17 `And, now, know and consider what thou dost; for evil hath been determined against our lord, and against all his house, and he `is' too much a son of worthlessness to be spoken to.'

  • 12 and the sons of Eli `are' sons of worthlessness, they have not known Jehovah.

  • 10 For while princes `are' perplexed, And with their drink are drunken, They have been consumed as stubble fully dried.

  • 8 and that which is bearing thorns and briers `is' disapproved of, and nigh to cursing, whose end `is' for burning;

  • 7 `And there are gathered unto him vain men, sons of worthlessness, and they strengthen themselves against Rehoboam son of Solomon, and Rehoboam was a youth, and tender of heart, and hath not strengthened himself against them.

  • 13 Men, sons of worthlessness, have gone out of thy midst, and they force away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known --

  • 21 Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, And the seed of the righteous hath escaped.

  • Jer 6:28-29
    2 verses
    70%

    28 All of them are turned aside by apostates, Walking slanderously -- brass and iron, All of them are corrupters.

    29 The bellows have been burnt, By fire hath the lead been consumed, In vain hath a refiner refined, And the wicked have not been drawn away.

  • 13 as saith the simile of the ancients, From the wicked goeth out wickedness, and my hand is not on thee.

  • 18 For burned as a fire hath wickedness, Brier and thorn it devoureth, And it kindleth in thickets of the forest, And they lift themselves up, an exaltation of smoke!

  • Isa 7:23-25
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    69%

    23 And it hath come to pass, in that day, Every place where there are a thousand vines, At a thousand silverlings, Is for briers and for thorns.

    24 With arrows and with bow he cometh thither, Because all the land is brier and thorn.

    25 And all the hills that with a mattock are kept in order, Thither cometh not the fear of brier and thorn, And it hath been for the sending forth of ox, And for the treading of sheep!'

  • 5 Thorns -- snares `are' in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them.

  • Mic 7:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3 On the evil `are' both hands to do `it' well, The prince is asking -- also the judge -- for recompence, And the great -- he is speaking the mischief of his soul, And they wrap it up.

    4 Their best one `is' as a brier, The upright one -- than a thorn-hedge, The day of thy watchmen -- Thy visitation -- hath come. Now is their perplexity.

  • 22 And the wicked from the earth are cut off, And treacherous dealers plucked out of it!

  • 9 Before your pots discern the bramble, As well the raw as the heated He whirleth away.

  • 7 When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity -- For their being destroyed for ever and ever!

  • Ps 1:4-5
    2 verses
    68%

    4 Not so the wicked: But -- as chaff that wind driveth away!

    5 Therefore the wicked rise not in judgment, Nor sinners in the company of the righteous,

  • 3 And I also have said, I do not cast them out from your presence, and they have been to you for adversaries, and their gods are to you for a snare.'

  • 2 And He also `is' wise, and bringeth in evil, And His words He hath not turned aside, And He hath risen against a house of evil doers, And against the help of workers of iniquity.

  • 38 And transgressors were destroyed together, The latter end of the wicked was cut off.

  • 10 In whose hand `is' a wicked device, And their right hand `is' full of bribes.

  • 13 And now, give up the men -- sons of worthlessness -- which `are' in Gibeah, and we put them to death, and we put away evil from Israel.' And `the sons of' Benjamin have not been willing to hearken to the voice of their brethren, the sons of Israel;

  • 3 For the rod of wickedness resteth not On the lot of the righteous, That the righteous put not forth on iniquity their hands.

  • 16 From beneath his roots are dried up, And from above cut off is his crop.

  • 20 Thou art not united with them in burial, For thy land thou hast destroyed, Thy people thou hast slain, Not named to the age is the seed of evil doers.

  • 7 The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.

  • 6 The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.

  • 18 They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,

  • 2 If they dig through into sheol, From thence doth My hand take them, And if they go up the heavens, From thence I cause them to come down.

  • 5 For they attend not to the doing of Jehovah, And unto the work of His hands. He throweth them down, And doth not build them up.

  • 8 Sons of folly -- even sons without name, They have been smitten from the land.

  • 3 Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart.

  • 28 And the destruction of transgressors and sinners `is' together, And those forsaking Jehovah are consumed.

  • 12 On the right hand doth a brood arise, My feet they have cast away, And they raise up against me, Their paths of calamity.

  • 12 And peoples have been `as' burnings of lime, Thorns, as sweepings, with fire they burn.

  • 24 Yea, they have not been planted, Yea, they have not been sown, Yea, not taking root in the earth is their stock, And also He hath blown upon them, and they wither, And a whirlwind as stubble taketh them away.

  • 16 Lo, not in their hand `is' their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

  • 10 Their fruit from earth Thou destroyest, And their seed from the sons of men.

  • 22 And every bad and worthless man, of the men who have gone with David, answereth, yea, they say, `Because that they have not gone with us we do not give to them of the spoil which we have delivered, except each his wife and his children, and they lead away and go.

  • 27 and the sons of worthlessness have said, `What! this one doth save us!' and they despise him, and have not brought to him a present; and he is as one deaf.

  • 5 For -- not so `is' my house with God; For -- a covenant age-during He made with me, Arranged in all things, and kept; For -- all my salvation, and all desire, For -- He hath not caused `it' to spring up.

  • 5 Also -- God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.

  • 12 There have workers of iniquity fallen, They have been overthrown, And have not been able to arise!

  • 30 The righteous to the age is not moved, And the wicked inhabit not the earth.