2 Samuel 23:6
But, as for the abandoned, like thorns to be tossed away are they all,—For, not with the hand, can they be taken;
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Genesis 3:18Thorn also and thistle, shall it shoot forth to thee,—when thou hast come to eat of the herb of the field:
1 Samuel 2:12Now, the sons of Eli, were abandoned men,—they knew not Yahweh.
2 Samuel 20:1Now, in that place, there happened to be an abandoned man, whose name, was Sheba son of Bichri, a man of Benjamin,—so he blew a horn, and said—We have no share in David, Nor inheritance have we in the son of Jesse, Every man to his home, O Israel!
Isaiah 33:12So shall peoples, become, as the burnings of lime,—As thorns lopped off, with fire, shall they be burned.
Micah 7:4The best of them, is as a sharp briar, and, the most upright, worse than a thorn hedge, The day of thy watchmen—of thy visitation, hath come, Now, shall be 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 →