2 Samuel 23:6

But the worthless shall be as thorns to be thrust away, all of them, because they cannot be taken with the hand.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:

In Context

5Truly my house is not so with God. Yet he has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure. For it is all my salvation, and all [my] desire, though he does not make it to grow.

7But the man who touches them must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear, and they shall be utterly burned with fire in [their] place.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:18Also, thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to thee, and thou shall eat the herb of the field.

1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were base men; they knew not LORD.

2 Samuel 20:1And there happened to be there a base fellow whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite. And he blew the trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his te

Isaiah 33:12And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime, as thorns cut down that are burned in the fire.

Micah 7:4The best of them is as a brier. The most upright is [worse] than a thorn hedge. The day of thy watchmen, even thy visitation, has come. Now shall be their perplexity.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 23:2-8

David's Last Words. ( b. c. 1015.) 1 Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 2 The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. 3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. 4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the… Read the whole commentary →

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