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Genesis 3:18
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18 It will grow thorns and thistles for you,
    though you will eat of its grains.

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Listen to Genesis 3:18, Matthew 13:7, Isaiah 7:23, Job 5:5, Hebrews 6:8, Jeremiah 4:3, Isaiah 32:13, Isaiah 5:6, Proverbs 22:5, Psalm 104:14-15, Job 31:40, Joshua 23:13, Jeremiah 12:13
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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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Matthew 13:7
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7 Other seeds fell among thorns that grew up and choked out the tender plants.

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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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Isaiah 7:23
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23 In that day the lush vineyards, now worth 1,000 pieces of silver,[a] will become patches of briers and thorns.

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  1. 7:23 Hebrew 1,000 [shekels] of silver, about 25 pounds or 11.4 kilograms in weight.
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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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Job 5:5
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5 The hungry devour their harvest,
    even when it is guarded by brambles.[a]
    The thirsty pant after their wealth.[b]

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  1. 5:5a The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
  2. 5:5b As in Greek and Syriac versions; Hebrew reads A snare snatches their wealth.
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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 6
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Hebrews 6:8
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8 But if a field bears thorns and thistles, it is useless. The farmer will soon condemn that field and burn it.

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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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Jeremiah 4:3
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Coming Judgment against Judah

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

“Plow up the hard ground of your hearts!
    Do not waste your good seed 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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Isaiah 32:13
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13 For your land will be overgrown with thorns and briers.
    Your joyful homes and happy towns will be gone.

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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 33
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Isaiah 5:6
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6 I will make it a wild place
    where the vines are not pruned and the ground is not hoed,
    a place overgrown with briers and thorns.
I will command the clouds
    to drop no rain on 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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Proverbs 22:5
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5 Corrupt people walk a thorny, treacherous road;
    whoever values life will avoid it.

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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 23
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Psalm 104:14-15
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14 You cause grass to grow for the livestock
    and plants for people to use.
You allow them to produce food from the earth—
15     wine to make them glad,
olive oil to soothe their skin,
    and bread to give them strength.

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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 105
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Job 31:40
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40 then let thistles grow on that land instead of wheat,
    and weeds instead of barley.”

Job’s words 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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Joshua 23:13
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13 then know for certain that the Lord your God will no longer drive them out of your land. Instead, they will be a snare and a trap to you, a whip for your backs and thorny brambles in your eyes, and you will vanish from this good land 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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Jeremiah 12:13
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13 My people have planted wheat
    but are harvesting thorns.
They have worn themselves out,
    but it has done them no good.
They will harvest a crop of shame
    because of the fierce anger of the Lord.”

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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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