Micah 7:4
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4 The best of them is (A)like a brier,
the most upright of them a thorn hedge.
The day of (B)your watchmen, of your punishment, has come;
(C)now their confusion is at hand.
Ezekiel 2:6
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6 And you, son of man, (A)be not afraid of them, nor be afraid of their words, (B)though briers and thorns are with you and you sit on (C)scorpions.[a] Be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.
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- Ezekiel 2:6 Or on scorpion plants
Isaiah 10:3
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3 What will you do on (A)the day of punishment,
in the ruin that will come (B)from afar?
To whom will you flee for help,
and where will you leave your wealth?
2 Samuel 23:6-7
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6 But worthless men[a] are all like thorns that are thrown away,
for they cannot be taken with the hand;
7 but the man who touches them
arms himself with iron and the shaft of a spear,
and they are utterly consumed with fire.”[b]
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- 2 Samuel 23:6 Hebrew worthlessness
- 2 Samuel 23:7 Hebrew consumed with fire in the sitting
Hosea 9:7-8
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7 (A)The days of punishment have come;
the days of recompense have come;
Israel shall know it.
(B)The prophet is a fool;
the man of the spirit is mad,
because of your great iniquity
and great hatred.
8 The prophet is (C)the watchman of Ephraim with my God;
yet (D)a fowler's snare is on all his ways,
and hatred in the house of his God.
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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Luke 21:25
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The Coming of the Son of Man
25 “And (A)there will be signs in sun and moon (B)and stars, and on the earth (C)distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves,
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Nahum 1:10
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10 For they are (A)like entangled thorns,
like drunkards as they drink;
(B)they are consumed like stubble fully dried.
Amos 8:2
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2 And he said, (A)“Amos, what do you see?” And I said, (B)“A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me,
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- Amos 8:2 The Hebrew words for end and summer fruit sound alike
Ezekiel 12:23-24
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23 Tell them therefore, ‘Thus says the Lord God: I will put an end to this proverb, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel.’ But say to them, (A)The days are near, and the fulfillment[a] of every vision. 24 (B)For there shall be no more any (C)false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.
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- Ezekiel 12:23 Hebrew word
Jeremiah 10:15
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15 They are worthless, a work of delusion;
at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
Jeremiah 8:12
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12 Were they ashamed when they committed abomination?
No, (A)they were not at all ashamed;
they did not know how to blush.
(B)Therefore they shall fall among the fallen;
when I punish them, they shall be overthrown,
says the Lord.
Isaiah 55:13
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13 (A)Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress;
instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle;
and it shall make a name for the Lord,
an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”
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