2 Samuel 23:6

But evil people are like thorns to be thrown aside; they can't be held in the hand.

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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

5Isn't this how my family is with God? For he has made an everlasting agreement with me, set out in detail and with every part guaranteed. He will make sure to save me and to give me all I want.

7The only way to deal with them is to use an iron tool or the handle of a spear. They are completely burned up right where they are.”

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Cross References

Genesis 3:18It will grow thorns and thistles for you, and you will have to eat wild plants.

1 Samuel 2:12Eli's sons were worthless men who didn't have any time for the Lord

2 Samuel 20:1A rabble-rouser called Sheba, son of Bichri, from the tribe of Benjamin, happened to be there. He blew the ram's horn and shouted: “We have no interest in David, no commitment to Jesse's son. Israelites, let's all go home!”

Isaiah 33:12You people will be burned to ashes like thorns that are cut down and thrown into the fire.

Micah 7:4Even the best of them is like a thorny bush, the most honest like a thorn hedge. Your day of judgment that was announced by the prophets, your time of punishment, has arrived. You're thrown into complete confusion.

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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