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Genesis 3:18
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18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;
    and you shall eat the plants of the field.

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Genesis 3:18
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18 It will produce thorns and thistles(A) for you,
    and you will eat the plants of the field.(B)

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Genesis 4
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Matthew 13:7
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7 Other seeds fell among (A)thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.

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Matthew 13:7
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7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.

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Matthew 14
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Isaiah 7:23
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23 In that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels[a] of silver, will become (A)briers and thorns.

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  1. Isaiah 7:23 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
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Isaiah 7:23
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23 In that day,(A) in every place where there were a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels,[a](B) there will be only briers and thorns.(C)

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  1. Isaiah 7:23 That is, about 25 pounds or about 12 kilograms
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Isaiah 6
Isaiah 8
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Job 5:5
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5 The hungry eat his harvest,
    and he takes it even out of thorns,[a]
    and the thirsty pant[b] after his[c] wealth.

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  1. Job 5:5 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
  2. Job 5:5 Aquila, Symmachus, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew could be read as and the snare pants
  3. Job 5:5 Hebrew their
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Job 5:5
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5 The hungry consume his harvest,(A)
    taking it even from among thorns,
    and the thirsty pant after his wealth.

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Job 4
Job 6
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Hebrews 6:8
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8 But (A)if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, (B)and its end is to be burned.

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Hebrews 6:8
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8 But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless and is in danger of being cursed.(A) In the end it will be burned.

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Hebrews 7
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Jeremiah 4:3
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3 For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:

(A)“Break up your fallow ground,
    and (B)sow not among thorns.

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Jeremiah 4:3
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3 This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem:

“Break up your unplowed ground(A)
    and do not sow among thorns.(B)

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Jeremiah 3
Jeremiah 5
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Isaiah 32:13
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13 (A)for the soil of my people
    growing up in thorns and briers,
(B)yes, for all the joyous houses
    in the exultant city.

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Isaiah 32:13
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13 and for the land of my people,
    a land overgrown with thorns and briers(A)—
yes, mourn(B) for all houses of merriment
    and for this city of revelry.(C)

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Isaiah 31
Isaiah 33
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Isaiah 5:6
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6 I will make it a waste;
    it shall not be pruned or hoed,
    and (A)briers and thorns shall grow up;
(B)I will also command the clouds
    that they rain no rain upon it.

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Isaiah 5:6
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6 I will make it a wasteland,(A)
    neither pruned nor cultivated,
    and briers and thorns(B) will grow there.
I will command the clouds
    not to rain(C) on it.”

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Isaiah 4
Isaiah 6
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Proverbs 22:5
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5 (A)Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked;
    whoever (B)guards his soul will keep far from them.

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Proverbs 22:5
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5 In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls,(A)
    but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.

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Proverbs 21
Proverbs 23
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Psalm 104:14-15
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14 You cause (A)the grass to grow for the livestock
    and (B)plants for man to cultivate,
that he may bring forth (C)food from the earth
15     and (D)wine to gladden the heart of man,
(E)oil to make his face shine
    and bread to (F)strengthen man's heart.

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Psalm 104:14-15
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14 He makes grass grow(A) for the cattle,
    and plants for people to cultivate—
    bringing forth food(B) from the earth:
15 wine(C) that gladdens human hearts,
    oil(D) to make their faces shine,
    and bread that sustains(E) their hearts.

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Psalm 103
Psalm 105
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Job 31:40
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40 let (A)thorns grow instead of wheat,
    and foul weeds instead of barley.”

The words of Job are ended.

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Job 31:40
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40 then let briers(A) come up instead of wheat
    and stinkweed(B) instead of barley.”

The words of Job are ended.(C)

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Job 30
Job 32
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Joshua 23:13
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13 know for certain that (A)the Lord your God will no longer drive out these nations before you, (B)but they shall be a snare and a trap for you, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good ground that the Lord your God has given you.

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Joshua 23:13
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13 then you may be sure that the Lord your God will no longer drive out(A) these nations before you. Instead, they will become snares(B) and traps for you, whips on your backs and thorns in your eyes,(C) until you perish from this good land,(D) which the Lord your God has given you.

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Joshua 22
Joshua 24
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Jeremiah 12:13
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13 (A)They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns;
    (B)they have tired themselves out but profit nothing.
They shall be ashamed of their[a] harvests
    (C)because of the fierce anger of the Lord.”

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  1. Jeremiah 12:13 Hebrew your
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Jeremiah 12:13
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13 They will sow wheat but reap thorns;
    they will wear themselves out but gain nothing.(A)
They will bear the shame of their harvest
    because of the Lord’s fierce anger.”(B)

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Jeremiah 11
Jeremiah 13
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