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Genesis 3:18
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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.(A)
Genesis 3:18
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Genesis 3:18
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Matthew 13:7
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Matthew 13:7
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7 Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.
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Matthew 13:7
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Matthew 13:7
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7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.
Isaiah 7:23
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Isaiah 7:23
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23 On that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels of silver, will become briers and thorns.
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Isaiah 7:23
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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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- Isaiah 7:23 That is, about 25 pounds or about 12 kilograms
Job 5:5
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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.
Hebrews 6:8
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Hebrews 6:8
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8 But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and on the verge of being cursed; its end is to be burned over.(A)
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Hebrews 6:8
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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.
Jeremiah 4:3
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Jeremiah 4:3
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3 For thus says the Lord to the people of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem:
Break up your fallow ground,
and do not sow among thorns.(A)
Jeremiah 4:3
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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:
Isaiah 32:13
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Isaiah 32:13
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13 for the soil of my people
growing up in thorns and briers,
yes, for all the joyous houses
in the jubilant city.(A)
Isaiah 32:13
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Isaiah 32:13
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Isaiah 5:6
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Isaiah 5:6
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6 I will make it a wasteland;
it shall not be pruned or hoed,
and it shall be overgrown with briers and thorns;
I will also command the clouds
that they rain no rain upon it.(A)
Isaiah 5:6
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Isaiah 5:6
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Proverbs 22:5
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Proverbs 22:5
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5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
the cautious will keep far from them.(A)
Proverbs 22:5
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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.
Psalm 104:14-15
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Psalm 104:14-15
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14 You cause the grass to grow for the cattle
and plants for people to cultivate,
to bring forth food from the earth(A)
15 and wine to gladden the human heart,
oil to make the face shine
and bread to strengthen the human heart.(B)
Job 31:40
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Job 31:40
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40 let thorns grow instead of wheat
and foul weeds instead of barley.”
The words of Job are ended.(A)
Job 31:40
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Job 31:40
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The words of Job are ended.(C)
Joshua 23:13
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Joshua 23:13
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13 know assuredly that the Lord your God will not continue to drive out these nations before you, but they shall be a snare and a trap for you, a scourge on your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the Lord your God has given you.(A)
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Joshua 23:13
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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.
Jeremiah 12:13
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Jeremiah 12:13
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13 They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns;
they have tired themselves out but profit nothing.
They shall be ashamed of their[a] harvests
because of the fierce anger of the Lord.(A)
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- 12.13 Heb your
Jeremiah 12:13
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Jeremiah 12:13
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