2 Samuel 23:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But the worthless are all like thorns raked aside, for they can never be gathered by hand.”
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“But the worthless are all like thorns raked aside, for they can never be gathered by hand.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:”
King James Version · Public Domain“But the ungodly shall be all of them as thorns to be thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with the hand;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“As to the worthless--As a thorn driven away <FI>are<Fi> all of them, For--not by hand are they taken;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 23:6 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 3:18Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
- Deuteronomy 13:13that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known),
- 1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were wicked men; they had no regard for the LORD
- 1 Samuel 25:17Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”
- 2 Samuel 20:1Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”
- Song of Solomon 2:2Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.
- Isaiah 33:12The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze.
- Ezekiel 2:6But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns surround you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their presence, though they are a rebellious house.
- Micah 7:4The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion.
- Matthew 13:41The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.
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