Genesis 3:18
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18 Both thorns and thistles it shall [a]bring forth for you,
And (A)you shall eat the herb of the field.
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- Genesis 3:18 cause to grow
Matthew 13:7
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7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up and choked them.
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Isaiah 7:23
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23 It shall happen in that day,
That wherever there could be a thousand vines
Worth a thousand shekels of silver,
(A)It will be for briers and thorns.
Job 5:5
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5 Because the hungry eat up his harvest,
[a]Taking it even from the thorns,
[b]And a snare snatches their [c]substance.
Hebrews 6:8
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8 (A)but if it bears thorns and briers, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned.
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Jeremiah 4:3
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3 For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem:
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- Jeremiah 4:3 untilled
Isaiah 32:13
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13 (A)On the land of my people will come up thorns and briers,
Yes, on all the happy homes in (B)the joyous city;
Isaiah 5:6
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6 I will lay it (A)waste;
It shall not be pruned or [a]dug,
But there shall come up briers and (B)thorns.
I will also command the clouds
That they rain no rain on it.”
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- Isaiah 5:6 hoed
Proverbs 22:5
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5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
He who guards his soul will be far from them.
Psalm 104:14-15
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14 (A)He causes the grass to grow for the cattle,
And vegetation for the service of man,
That he may bring forth (B)food from the earth,
15 And (C)wine that makes glad the heart of man,
Oil to make his face shine,
And bread which strengthens man’s heart.
Job 31:40
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40 Then let (A)thistles grow instead of wheat,
And weeds instead of barley.”
The words of Job are ended.
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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 from before you. (B)But they shall be snares and traps to you, and scourges on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land which the Lord your God has given you.
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Jeremiah 12:13
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13 (A)They have sown wheat but reaped thorns;
They have [a]put themselves to pain but do not profit.
But be ashamed of your harvest
Because of the fierce anger of the Lord.”
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- Jeremiah 12:13 Or strained
Proverbs 24:31
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31 And there it was, (A)all overgrown with thorns;
Its surface was covered with nettles;
Its stone wall was broken down.
Psalm 104:2
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2 Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment,
Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.
Psalm 90:3
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3 You turn man to destruction,
And say, (A)“Return, O children of men.”
Job 1:21
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21 And he said:
(A)“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
And naked shall I return there.
The Lord (B)gave, and the Lord has (C)taken away;
(D)Blessed be the name of the Lord.”
Romans 14:2
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2 For one believes he (A)may eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables.
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