2 Samuel 23:6
But the wicked shalbe euery one as thornes thrust away, because they can not be taken with handes.
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Genesis 3:18Thornes also, and thistles shall it bring foorth to thee, and thou shalt eate the herbe of the fielde.
1 Samuel 2:12Now the sonnes of Eli were wicked men, and knewe not the Lord.
2 Samuel 20:1Then there was come thither a wicked man (named Sheba the sonne of Bichri, a man of Iemini) and hee blew the trumpet, and saide, Wee haue no part in Dauid, neither haue we inheritance in the sonne of Ishai: euery man to his tents, O Israel.
Isaiah 33:12And the people shall be as the burning of lime: and as the thornes cut vp, shall they be burnt in the fire.
Micah 7:4The best of them is as a brier, and the most righteous of them is sharper then a thorne hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation commeth: then shalbe their 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 →