thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.
Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.
In that day every place where there used to be a thousand vines, worth a thousand shekels of silver, will become briers and thorns.
The hungry eat his harvest, and he takes it even out of thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.
For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
for the soil of my people growing up in thorns and briers, yes, for all the joyous houses in the exultant city.
I will make it a waste; it shall not be pruned or hoed, and briers and thorns shall grow up; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked; whoever guards his soul will keep far from them.
You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earth and wine to gladden the heart of man, oil to make his face shine and bread to strengthen man's heart.
let thorns grow instead of wheat, and foul weeds instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.
know for certain that the Lord your God will no longer drive out these nations before you, but they shall be a snare and a trap for you, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good ground that the Lord your God has given you.
They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns; they have tired themselves out but profit nothing. They shall be ashamed of their harvests because of the fierce anger of the Lord.”
and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.
covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent.
You return man to dust and say, “Return, O children of man!”
And he said, “Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”
One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables.
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